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Insurer Must Pay $5.2M To Woman Who Caught STD In Car

A Missouri appeals court has upheld an arbitration decision awarding a $5.2M insurance payout to a woman who said she’d […]

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Meta Is Getting Swarmed By “Addictive Algorithm” Lawsuits

Psychologically damaging content on Meta, formerly Facebook, might be protected by Section 230 in the Communications Decency Act, but the […]

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Is An SEC “Greenwashing” Charge Covered By D&O Insurance?

So-called ESG initiatives are good PR for the company and good for the world, most would agree. They can  also […]

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Meat-Substitute Companies At Each Other’s Throats

Two big players in the substitute-meat industry have been going at it since 2017, when they leveled reciprocal charges of […]

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Claims-Made Pitfall: “So Many Are Shocked To Find That Their Claim Will Be Denied And That the Denial Will Be Upheld.”

Claims-made, as opposed to occurrence-based policy forms, have been around since at least 1964 and are the standard in the […]

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When Does GC “Stewardship” Become Abuse Coverup?

A list of accused sexual predators within the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., was compiled […]

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Board Diversity Mandates Hits A Wall In CA.

Two recent court cases have dealt a blow to efforts in California to enhance diversity in corporate governance. A post […]

South Dakota Billionaire Won’t Face Child Porn Charges

A state investigation into South Dakota’s richest citizen, T. Denny Sanford, has been closed with no charges. The attorney general’s […]

Goodwill, Bad Will, and the Spirit of Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers got some bad press for tanking the global economy in 2008, but hey, that was a long time […]

Life Imitated E-discovery At Depp-Heard Trial

Writing in eDiscovery Today, Doug Austin reluctantly admits getting sucked into the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial vortex when he glimpsed […]

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