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Data Mining & Privacy: Who’s Watching Them Watch You?

Data mining’s big surprise? Right now, a substantial legal and regulatory void exists regarding data mining’s most critical privacy and business questions.

A Window into the Future for Apple’s Trade Dress?

Apple’s more concise, less open-ended patent filing for the layout of its mobile phone interface saw more success than Microsoft’s attempt at a similar patent. Tim Sitzmann of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. outlines how it differs, and what insight a patent lawyer can take away.

Are Communications With Contractors Privileged?

What happens when an in-house attorney communicates with an independent contractor or some other non-employee who is working closely with the company?

Whistleblower Expenses Not Allowable

An interim rule that prohibited government contractors and subcontractors from expensing costs related to whistleblower claims was made final late last month, with minor changes.

Conscious Uncoupling: What To Consider Before Dismissing A Senior Executive

Several considerations to keep in mind when separating from a senior figure, including cost and protecting the business.

Risk Management Information Ruled Accessible To Plaintiff Attorneys

Risk managers for hospitals and other health care providers are going to have to deal with a disturbing trend, says […]

Sixth Circuit Holds That Market Crash Cannot Be Considered in Determining ACV

The definition of “obsolescence” makes a $1.6 million difference in a case determining what an insurance company owed after a Michigan building was burned down.

Alabama Supreme Court Reverses Course, Finds Insurance Coverage for Faulty Workmanship Claims

An Alabama Supreme Court decision in Owners Ins. Co. v. Jim Carr Homebuilder, LLC, highlights a growing majority among courts nationwide which have held that damage to a construction or building project, purportedly due to the policyholder’s faulty workmanship, can constitute a covered “occurrence” under a commercial general liability policy.

The Costliest Man-Made Disasters, And The Strangest

Risk Management Magazine takes a look in the rear-view mirror to tally up the most expensive disasters in history that […]

Legalese Omission May Cost Insurers Millions In Malaysian Air Crashes

The aviation insurance industry is reeling after the second major Malaysian Airlines disaster within months, largely because the airline’s $2.25 […]

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