Rising concerns over food sourcing and preparation is leading to more and more litigation for restaurants and franchises. Most of the lawsuits claim discrimination, which makes sense as many dietary strictures are rooted in religious tradition. Other restaurant lawsuits are based on disability discrimination, as some plaintiffs suffer physical hardships when their dietary needs are …
Monthly Archives: September 2017
Judge rules Yahoo must face litigation from data breach victims after more than ONE BILLION users ha…
A US judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of more than one billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches. Wednesday night’s decision from US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, was a setback for efforts by Verizon Communications Inc, which acquired Yahoo’s …
Training Could Have Helped These Companies Avoid Litigation
Yesterday’s Advisor highlighted a few legal cases that serve as reminders that antidiscrimination and antiharassment training is essential for employers that want to avoid becoming a defendant. Today, we present a few more costly examples of cases that proper training could have averted. In another sexual harassment case, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed …
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Think Tank: Litigation Trends Brands Need to Know Now to Mitigate Risk – WWD
A recent study by legal research organization Acritas found that U.S. companies spend, for every dollar of revenue, nearly triple the amount on legal services than their counterparts around the globe. Unfortunately, doing business in the U.S. comes with increased risk and exposure to unanticipated litigation, which raises the underlying “cost” of doing business. Here, …
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Lex Machina commercial litigation report shows that one-fifth of commercial cases include IP claims
In early August, legal data analytics firm Lex Machina released its first Commercial Litigation Year in Review report, which identifies trends and highlights in commercial litigation filed in U.S. district courts between 2009 and 2017. Although the recent Lex Machina report focuses mainly on cases involving breach of contract or business torts, there appears to …
When does “litigation” become sufficient to trigger litigation privilege?
This decision is perhaps of greater interest for the discussion on litigation privilege in the context of investigations – something which was not pleaded in the recent RBS litigation (dealing with the scope of legal advice privilege). It was common ground that communications between parties or their solicitors and third parties for the purpose of …
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Right to Privacy: Lawyers expect spurt in privacy-related litigation – Business Standard
Legal experts expect a spurt in privacy-related litigation following the Supreme Court (SC) verdict. “Every government action could now be challenged in a court, if it is seen as violating a person’s privacy,” says cyber law expert and SC advocate Pavan Duggal. For instance, if a person gets a call on …
Litigation ban leaves civil rights center future in question
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) – The civil rights center at the University of North Carolina that helps the poor and disenfranchised can no longer litigate cases – a move that supporters say jeopardizes the center’s future. The policy-making board of the UNC system voted overwhelmingly Friday to ban litigation by the UNC Center for Civil …
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Minimising risk of litigation – The Star Online
THE letter “Caught in dilemma of medical defence insurance” (The Star, Sept 4) is referred. Medical Defence Malaysia Berhad (MDM) is the first local medical defence organisation (MDO) that offered occurrence-based indemnity to Malaysian doctors from 2002 till 2016. Effective January 2017, MDM ceased to offer occurrence-based indemnity in view of the increased litigation rate …
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Initial Coin Offerings Set Stage for Litigation Wave – Bloomberg BNA
By Michaela Ross Initial coin offerings are attracting billions of dollars in financing, a growing pool of unsophisticated investors, and increased regulatory scrutiny. That’s a recipe for a wave of private litigation, financial services and commercial litigation attorneys and policy researchers analysts told Bloomberg BNA. The nascent technology is drawing legal scrutiny as it becomes …
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