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
The rising use of AI agents across healthcare will inevitably produce claims when those agents make the wrong call. The question that lands on the risk manager’s desk is which policy responds. Until recently, policyholders could reasonably assume that AI
AI developers who train large language models on copyrighted code just cleared a significant legal hurdle. On September 16, 2026, the 9th Circuit affirmed dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claim in Doe v. GitHub, Inc. under Section 1202(b) of the Digital
For healthcare providers, professional liability coverage protects against financial and reputational risk. A provider’s reputation and credentials can be worth far more than any single claim — and providers depend on their insurers to defend against those risks. The Georgia
On September 23, 2026, a Planet 13 cannabis dispensary customer filed a proposed class action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada against Planet 13 and its identity-verification vendor, IDScan.net, Inc. The suit, first reported by Law360’s
Back in May, I wrote a piece predicting that Schedule III rescheduling would flip the first prong of the Central Hudson commercial speech test for state-licensed medical marijuana operators. My thought at the time was that speech proposing a transaction
The Dangers of Joint Employment
Employers sometimes are named in employment litigation or agency investigations for employees who never actually were on their payroll. All sorts of uncomfortable issues, such as confidentiality issues, insurance issues, and indemnity issues, can arise
At a Glance
Channeling Ted Lasso, one can hear him coaching his team that, to win, you need to prepare before you perspire. The same holds true when a business owner first begins to think about selling the business in a few years.
