There are various rules and regulations in home construction. Each discipline involved in the process — carpentry, plumbing, and electrical, to name a few — has codes to follow, which are intended to ...

Last year, the Ninth Circuit curtailed the use of Rule 12(f) motions to strike in a case of first impression called Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co., 618 F.3d 970 (9th Cir. 2010). The narrow ...

Surviving a motion to dismiss does not necessarily mean that counsel drafting a pleading will survive a motion for sanctions under Rule 9011 if they have not conducted a “reasonable inquiry” of the ...