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Cannabis Farm Defeats Insurer Dismissal Bid Over Ex-Worker Suit
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (116+ words) Bloomberg Law News Kinsale Insurance Co. lost a bid to dismiss a counterclaim made by a New Mexico-based cannabis farm over whether a wrongful termination suit brought by a partial owner was excluded from the carrier’s duty to defend under…...
Fourth Circuit Loss Leaves South Carolina Room to Fight OSHA
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (949+ words) A recent Fourth Circuit ruling against South Carolina over an OSHA rule on maximum state workplace safety fines leaves the door open for another later challenge to the federal regulation, legal observers say. South Carolina lost the bid to revive…...
Snapshot: Environmental and Construction Professional Liability Insurance Market
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (867+ words) This article reflects a summary of RT ECP’s Market Update, an analysis of environmental and construction-related professional liability trends by specialists, with perspectives from leading insurance companies writing these risks. Following are summary outlooks by line of coverage. This form…...
AI liability clarified but gaps remain
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (130+ words) Solicitors Journal The UK Jurisdiction Taskforce has issued a significant statement on AI liability, identifying legal uncertainties and areas needing urgent government attention Brett Dixon, vice president of the Law Society of England and Wales, expressed support for the UKJT's…...
Congress targets SCOTUS Roundup ruling with new warning label bill
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (200+ words) This newly introduced bipartisan bill called the People Over Poison Act (H.R. 9528) seeks to mandate health warning labels on pesticides and restore consumers' rights to sue chemical manufacturers. While the EPA and the EU maintain that glyphosate is not likely to…...
Was Amazon truck driver watching porn before motorcycle crash? Jury awarded $44.6 million - AOL
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1105+ words) Was a South Carolina Amazon driver watching a porn video on his cellphone when he pulled in front of a motorcycle, causing severe injuries to the rider? A jury in a civil case was told that just before the Sept....
Where There’s Smoke, There’s Liability- Courts Remind Cannabis Companies That Raising and Deploying Capital Must Be Done Compliantly
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (756+ words) The National Law Review Raising money in the cannabis industry, like most everything else in the space, is no walk in the park and presents a landmine for those tasked with raising and spending capital. This month, two federal district…...
High Court: Security for costs ordered in Irish equestrian sector competition law dispute
5+ day, 18+ hour ago (660+ words) The High Court has awarded security for costs to the defendants in proceedings alleging discrimination and anti-competitive conduct in the Irish equestrian sector. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Max Barrett opined: “it is manifest that the greater…...
Understanding Cannabis Insurance And What It Covers
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (774+ words) For most medical cannabis patients, the relationship between their medication and their health insurance is straightforward: there isn’t one. Despite cannabis being legal for medical use in the majority of US states, federal prohibition continues to block it from standard…...
Legal certainty over liability for AI harms is good for business
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (13+ words) The Times...