Nearly anyone who can read a newspaper understands the meaning of a FOIL or FOIA request. FOIA refers to the Freedom of Information Act, which allows a requester to obtain documents from federal ...

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Provisions in commercial mortgage loan documents, where a particular state law is “selected” as the governing law, can drive a deal into a ditch, and take a good (or growing) lending relationship into ...

Even with the steps forward taken by this state to promote equality for same-sex couples with respect to marriage and adoption, it is evident there are still gaps in our statutory scheme that need ...