Monthly Archives: <span>April 2021</span>

Court Agrees Chubb Excluded Coverage in $3.3 Million Unsolicited Advertising Case

Chubb subsidiary Federal Insurance Co. does not have to pay $3.3 million that medical device services firm Mesa Laboratories Inc. wants to fund a settlement over its violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The U.S. 7th Circuit Court …

Debate Swirls Over Setting Marijuana Policy by Potency of Pot

As marijuana legalization spreads across U.S. states, so does a debate over whether to set pot policy by potency. Under a law signed last month, New York will tax recreational marijuana based on its amount of THC, the main intoxicating …

Alaska Sightseeing Planes’ Crash Blamed on Blocked Views, Failed Alerts Systems

Two Alaska sightseeing planes collided in 2019 because the views of the pilots were obscured and aircraft-tracking systems failed to warn them about nearby aircraft, federal investigators concluded on Tuesday. Six people died, and 10 people survived. The National Transportation …

Vermont Advances Bill Ending Statute of Limitations in Physical Abuse Civil Cases

The Vermont Senate this week passed a proposal to eliminate the statute of limitations in civil cases of childhood physical abuse. The bill, approved by a vote of 29-0, builds on legislation passed two years ago that ended the statute …

U.S. Completes Stabilization of Nuclear Waste Structures in Washington State

The U.S. Department of Energy has confirmed that two underground structures at the decommissioned Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state have been stabilized after they were deemed at risk of collapsing and spreading radioactive contamination into the air. “With this …

Measuring Business Interruption Damages? Recently Released Book Provides Methodological Framework for Measuring Lost Profits

New York, NY, April 21, 2021 – Computing damages in business interruption cases requires thorough knowledge of the research and practices in diverse areas of expertise, such as general and forensic accounting, litigation economics, and business law. The third edition …

TikTok Could Face Damages Claim Worth Billions in London Child-Privacy Lawsuit

LONDON – TikTok, the wildly popular video app, and its Chinese parent ByteDance could face a damages claim worth billions of pounds (dollars) in London’s High Court over allegations they illegally harvested the private data of millions of European children. …

Parent Sues Over Transgender Teen’s Suicide at Maine Youth Detention Center

The mother of a transgender teenager who died by suicide at a youth detention center in Maine has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the state. Michelle Knowles, of North Vassalboro, filed the lawsuit against the Maine Department of Corrections …

Transit Agency, Security Firm Settle Knee-on-Neck Death Lawsuit for $5.5M

San Diego County’s transportation agency has apologized and agreed to pay $5.5 million to the mother of a mentally ill man who died after a security officer kept a knee on his neck for several minutes. It was announced this …

Cape Town Wildfire Largely Contained, Damage Assessment Underway

Fire crews had largely contained a big wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town’s Table Mountain on Tuesday as the city started to come to terms with the damage caused by what officials described as one of the area’s worst …