Labor and Employment

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Big Biometric Privacy Loss For BNSF Railway

In what a post from law firm Jackson Lewis identifies as the first trial of claims under the Illinois Biometric […]

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Home Depot Prevails In ERISA “Imprudent Investment” Case

A judge in the Northern District of Georgia has ruled against plaintiffs in a putative class action that alleged Home […]

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Legal Recruiter Loses Trade Secrets Case

A legal recruiter was ordered by a federal judge in Austin, Texas to pay his former employer $3.6 million in […]

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Biden’s Vaccine Mandate For Federal Contractors “In Limbo”

A ruling from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals leaves the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for federal contractors intact. However, […]

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Dangerous Hybrid: “Psychological” Cyber Crime

Sophisticated cyber-engineering skills are not required. At work here is a new iteration of an old archetype, the con artist […]

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$600K Phishing Attack Not Covered By Computer Fraud Policy

The operative term for what happened to a company called SJ Computers is a BEC  (“business email compromise”) attack, sometimes […]

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In High-Stakes Biometric Coverage Battle, Players Await A Key Decision

The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”) has spawned numerous lawsuits since it went into effect in 2008, and some […]

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Could Liberal Panic Over Pending SCOTUS Case Help Trump Steal The Next Election?

Many commentators are misunderstanding – and overstating – the potential consequences of the pending Supreme Court decision in Moore v […]

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18-Wheel Headache: Risk Management & Coverage Challenge For Trucking Companies

Economic and political factors that are peripheral in much of the liability insurance market are having an outsized effect on […]

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$15M For “Passing Around” An Article, And No Insurance Coverage

An investment advisory firm that subscribed to a trade publication found its articles so useful it “passed them around,” rather […]

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