On October 7, the Arkansas Court of Appeals issued a significant opinion addressing dozens of insurers, insurance coverage applicable to a national public-health crisis, and an arbitration clause imported from a Bermuda reinsurer. In ACE American Insurance Co. v. Walmart,
Retailers and consumer brands will soon have more flexibility in handling requests to stop automated calls and texts. On September 30, 2026, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted changes to its consent-revocation rules under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
Religious discrimination and accommodations have quietly become some of the EEOC’s enforcement priorities, and a string of recent lawsuits shows the agency is not shy about pursuing those claims. For employers, this is a good time to revisit how religious
On October 1, 2026, the Department of Justice issued Directive 26-12, a memorandum to all Fraud Division personnel regarding corporate enforcement. The directive outlines corporate enforcement priorities, steps to ensure corporate investigations and enforcement actions are treated consistently, and
A Florida federal judge has found architectural firm HKS liable for providing defective structural designs from its engineering subconsultant on a hospital project in Florida. The case involves expansion of an existing hospital in Lake Mary, Florida. The owner, Orlando Health, hired
California just closed the door on one legal theory driving thousands of CIPA website-tracking claims, but businesses still face real exposure under the statute’s other provisions.
For three years, businesses have faced a particular brand of privacy suit: claims that
On Sept. 29, the USPTO issued another memorandum as well as a new flowchart addressing applicant “subject matter eligibility declarations” (SMEDs) submitted to establish eligibility under Section 101. This is now the third time the office has issued guidance on
Sexual harassment has been in the headlines again in recent weeks. Just last week, the EEOC filed suit against a trucking company in Michigan over alleged sexual harassment. The EEOC claims that the president of logistics, who was also a
Nuclear verdicts are growing at an alarming pace. Healthcare risk managers face increasing challenges in purchasing an insurance tower sufficient to withstand a nuclear verdict. Filling the tower can be difficult as insurers assess their willingness to bear nuclear verdict
As usual, Tom Petty was spot on when he sang, “the waiting is the hardest part.” Marijuana rescheduling has tested that proposition all year, and this week it was retested. We’ve spent a lot of ink this year on what
