Joint ventures can help businesses launch products, enter new markets and reach new customer segments. They can also introduce risks if the parties’ expectations are not clearly documented. In this Warner in Brief video, corporate attorney Conor J. Boland discusses
Mexico Adopts New Guidelines for VELAGRO Agricultural Export Labor Certificates
Mexico has approved the General Operating Guidelines for the VELAGRO Platform for Obtaining Agricultural Export Labor Certificates, which was published in Mexico’s Official Journal of the Federation on September 15, 2026.
Created for the purpose of facilitating the import and
A Hollow Claim: Federal Court Dismisses Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins Class Action for Lack of Injury
Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins may not have had the jack-o’-lantern faces pictured on their packaging, but a federal court concluded that those missing details did not give consumers a concrete injury sufficient to support a proposed class action.
In Vidal
Massachusetts Appeals Court Addresses Rent Demands and Attorneys’ Fees Under Chapter 93A
The Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed a Chapter 93A violation involving a landlord’s rent demand and addressed attorneys’ fees under fee-shifting statutes.
Warner Represents Compass Advisors and Long Island Wealth Management in Sale to CAPTRUST
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP represented Compass Advisors and Long Island Wealth Management in their sale to CAPTRUST Financial Advisors.
Based in Melville, New York, Compass Advisors and Long Island Wealth Management are longtime affiliated wealth management firms serving
The Thin Line: A Conversation with Venky Ganesan at Sidebar Summit
By Louis Lehot, Partner, Foley & Lardner LLPVishal Verma (left), Louis Lehot (center), Venky Ganesan (right)On the opening day of SF Tech Week, I asked a room full of founders and investors at Sidebar Summit to raise a hand if they had
Friday Frivolity from the Mind of Dan Barnhizer on Parol Evidence and the Statute of Frauds
Paper-Shaped Paralysis
Listen here stereo headphones recommended; psychedelics optional.The lyrics are a lot more compelling in the context of the song!
[Spoken Intro – low, theatrical, over heavy organ drone]
Ladies and gentlemen,put down the highlighters.
No— put them down.
What Does a Timber Contract Have to do With Oil and Gas Operations?
A lot, when there are conflicting uses of the property. Louisiana Minerals, Ltd. v. Weyerhaeuser Co. resolved a dispute over a 99-year Timber Sale and Lease Contract. Louisiana Minerals (LML) owns and leases 200,000 acres in North Louisiana to Weyerhaeuser,
Dos and Don’ts of Hague Service Requests
Almost a decade ago, I posted a fairly exhaustive how-to guide on filling out a standard Hague Service Convention Request, known colloquially here in the United States as a USM-94. More technically, it’s U.S. Marshals Form 94, which the
And this is why I always teach agency in my BizOrgs class
In a typical securities class action, plaintiffs name the individual company officers responsible for the alleged fraud, as well as the company itself. The company’s liability is, necessarily, predicated on some kind of agency theory, but that point is apparently