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Maryland Court Orders Insurance Company to Pay Ransomware Damages Under Businessowner’s Policy

By Sean C. Griffin

February 20, 2020

The United States District Court for the District of Maryland recently held that an insurer must cover an insured’s costs to replace its computer systems following a ransomware attack. The case, National Ink and Stitch, LLC v. State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Civ. No. SAG-18-2138 (D. Md. January 23, 2020), contains lessons for business and insurance companies going forward. Plaintiff, an embroidery and screen printing business, obtained a businessowner’s insurance policy from the…

NextGen Financial Services Report

It’s the Trustee’s Burden: Can It Be Delegated?

By David B. West

February 20, 2020

You are the local banker. An elderly husband and wife have been long-standing customers of your bank. They have a modest estate and have set up a living trust so they can avoid the costs of probate. If they both sign as co-trustees, can they add their daughter, who lives in another state, as a co-signer to the living trust account? Another customer was named as the trustee for his parents’ irrevocable trust. He has…

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Michigan to License Remote Pharmacies

By Kathleen A. Reed

February 18, 2020

Remote Pharmacy Legislation In an attempt to improve access to pharmacy services in rural areas, the Michigan legislature recently enacted Public Act 4 of 2020 (“PA 4”), permitting licensure of “remote pharmacies” in Michigan. Effective April 26, 2020, a “parent pharmacy” licensed and located in Michigan may obtain a license for a “remote pharmacy,” provided there is no licensed pharmacy within a 10 mile radius of the remote pharmacy location. The 10-mile rule does not…

The Open Road Automotive Law Blog

The NTSB and “Automation Complacency”

By Thomas B. Alleman

January 24, 2020

On November 25, 2019 the National Transportation Safety Board issued its final report on the March 2018 fatality accident in Tempe, Arizona, involving an autonomous vehicle and a pedestrian. NTSB’s position on the accident is that it came about because of a combination of an “inadequate safety culture” at the developer and “automation complacency,” which it describes as the failure of the human safety driver to “monitor an automation system for its failures.” It doesn’t…

The Firewall

Cybersecurity Attacks: The Importance of Compliance With the Standards

By Kathrin E. Kudner

January 6, 2020

Recent ransomware attacks illustrate the importance of compliance with the HIPAA required and addressable security standards. In its December 2, 2019 Fall 2019 Cybersecurity Newsletter, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) discussed ransomware attacks and ways to recognize, prevent, mitigate and recover from an attack. HIPAA requires both covered entities and business associates to conduct a risk analysis of the potential risks and vulnerabilities to the security of electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) and to…

Homeostasis

Cybersecurity Attacks: The Importance of Compliance With the Standards

By Kathrin E. Kudner

January 6, 2020

Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog

The NLRB Ends 2020 With a Bang!

By Robert A. Boonin

December 27, 2019

Over the past few weeks, the National Labor Relations Board issued a series of employer-friendly decisions overturning a number of Obama-Board precedent-changing decisions. While not all of these recent decisions totally restored the law to what it was before the Obama Board’s changes, they all significantly move the pendulum back to near the center. The Board also issued its final rule regarding representation case procedures, something employers have been anxiously awaiting. The following summarizes what…

Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog

January 1, 2020, Means New Pay Rules – Are You Ready?

By Robert A. Boonin

December 20, 2019

On January 1, 2020, a number of new pay rules will become effective. While these changes may not directly impact many employees, they could cause pay compression under many compensation plans. Pay compression issues trigger employee morale issues, and adapting to those issues may mean that more than just those at the bottom of pay scales will need to have their pay adjusted. This ripple effect, of course, could be costly. Further, if the employees…

The Open Road Automotive Law Blog

Driverless Vehicles Will Be Here as Soon as They Are Safe Enough, but What Does That Actually Mean?

December 12, 2019

The good news is that improved safety is far and away the predominant force behind development of advanced driving technologies. This is evident from the NHTSA’s latest Automated Vehicles 3.0, in which the word “safety” appears no less than 318 times. Industry has also prioritized safety as the race to commercialize autonomous driving technology will require, as a threshold matter, broad acceptance from the public in order to realize investment returns. Driverless vehicles promise…

The Firewall

Policyholder Win Under Crime Policy for Social Engineering Scam

By Stacey L. McGraw

December 11, 2019

Sophisticated cyber crimes have been of great interest in the insurance world for the past decade, but relatively low-tech schemes are also a risk to policyholders and to insurers. Tricking an employee to transfer funds to an unauthorized account is a scam that existed prior to wide-spread use of email and the Internet. For example, the fraudster calls the bank employee, pretending to be his supervisor, authorizing a payment to be made ASAP, or a…

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Maryland Court Orders Insurance Company to Pay Ransomware Damages Under Businessowner’s Policy

It’s the Trustee’s Burden: Can It Be Delegated?

Michigan to License Remote Pharmacies

The NTSB and “Automation Complacency”

Cybersecurity Attacks: The Importance of Compliance With the Standards

Cybersecurity Attacks: The Importance of Compliance With the Standards

The NLRB Ends 2020 With a Bang!

January 1, 2020, Means New Pay Rules – Are You Ready?

Driverless Vehicles Will Be Here as Soon as They Are Safe Enough, but What Does That Actually Mean?

Policyholder Win Under Crime Policy for Social Engineering Scam

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