This recent article in the Santa Clara Law Review V.55.4 discusses the recent expansion in 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing, and considers the legal implications in these growing fields. Below is an excerpt from the article: The capabilities demonstrated by 3D Continue Reading
Kemper Insurance Company Contingent Claims Filing Deadline Is Fast Approaching: What You Need To Know
Lumbermens Mutual Group, formerly known as Kemper Insurance Company (or just as Kemper), is comprised of Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company, American Motorists Insurance Company, and American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company. These Kemper Entities sold property and casualty insurance policies Continue Reading
Regulatory Gap Remains for Chemical Tanks Due to No EPA Spill-Prevention Requirement
"The EPA does not require spill-prevention actions by operators of aboveground chemical storage tanks, a regulatory gap that continues to exist 20 months after a chemical tank spill that led to a 10-day public drinking water ban for 300,000 West Virginians. The Environmental Protection Agency has Continue Reading
Business Income Coverage Guide
This brand new resource is the all-inclusive reference encompassing ISO, AAIS, and MSO Business Income coverage programs. It delivers:• Line-by-line analysis of full-text forms and endorsements• Turnkey case law application to clarify tricky policy language and settle potential interpretation Continue Reading
Mortgage and Foreclosure Law: Decision on Standing Has Widespread Implications
On July 14, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a decision in Handsome v. Planning and Zoning Commission of the Town of Monroe, 317 Conn. 515 (2015), that broadly relates to the issue of standing and, more specifically, emphasizes the absolute nature of the conveyance of title to real property Continue Reading
Academic Institutions Are Under Cyber Attack
Academia’s cyber preparedness (or lack thereof) has received less media attention than that of certain retailers and financial institutions, but nonetheless the cyber risks confronting universities are pervasive and alarming. Consider recent breaches suffered by educational institutions. At the Continue Reading
Appeals Court Upholds USDOL’s New Minimum Wage and Overtime Rules for Home Care Workers Employed by Home Health Care Agencies
Reversing a decision celebrated by employers in the home care industry, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that home health care agencies must comply with the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) 2013 domestic service regulations. Those regulations (which, but for the court challenge, were to Continue Reading
Just in Time for Labor Day – Employees You Didn’t Know Were Yours
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) on August 27, 2015, issued a sweeping decision that overturned decades of precedent and created a new standard for determining when two (or more) entities are “joint employers” for purposes of federal labor law. The ruling, in Browning Ferris Continue Reading
Applying Choice-of-Law Principles to Punitive Damages Claims
In 2008, the New Jersey Supreme Court established New Jersey's adherence to the "significant relationship test" in choice-of-law determinations. The court made clear that, pursuant to that test, there is a presumption in personal injury cases that the law of the state in which the injury occurred Continue Reading
5 Things Companies Should Know About the Slowdown in China
The dramatic drops in the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong stock markets have produced very obvious repercussions in global markets. In China, the nature and extent of the market drops have not been clearly reported, and in much of the domestic, government-controlled Chinese media, there is almost Continue Reading