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New GDPR Law Triggers New Risks – and a Panoply of Coverage Issues
Daniel J. Healy of Anderson Kill's cyber insurance recovery practice sorts out the complex coverage issues raised by the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. GDPR, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation, has arrived with much ado. So far, however, there has...
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Supreme Court Upholds Employers’ Mandatory Arbitration Agreements Barring Class Actions
On May 21, 2018, the Supreme Court handed down a pivotal decision in the arena of employment law, ending the uncertainty over the enforceability of mandatory arbitration agreements barring class actions. The Supreme Court ruled that an employee who enters into an arbitration agreement...
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Faced with a #MeToo Claim? Hire an Outside Investigator
The #MeToo movement has changed the framework for companies faced with sexual harassment claims. The revelations of 2017 have unleashed a flood of internal and external complaints of sexual harassment and sexual hostile work environments. Companies need to develop new rapid-response reflexes. In...
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Battle Lines Drawn Over Coverage For Opioid Litigation
Opioid producers and distributors have turned to their insurance companies for relief from litigation, triggering a fierce fight. The pharmaceutical industry is under siege by opioid litigation. Opioid producers and distributors are the targets of dozens of suits brought by states and...
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Tide Turns on Phantom Exclusion
“Final adjudication” undermines the insurance industry’s disgorgement defense. For decades, the protection provided by directors and officers (D&O) and errors and omissions (E&O) professional liability insurance policies has been weakened by insurance companies...
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Managing the Risk of Employee Claims
The #MeToo movement has naturally caused many companies to make greater efforts to prevent and police sexual harassment in the workplace. Protecting employees from any form of sexual misconduct, harassment and even violence should undoubtedly be the primary goal of these efforts. Even so, there...
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Blockchain: Beyond Bitcoin
The technology promises to streamline business processes—but companies need to understand its potential risks, as well. Blockchain has been described by some as a revolutionary technology that will fundamentally change how business is done. Others have likened it to the Dutch tulip craze or...
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