Reading the Leaves: Financing Trends in the Cannabis Industry
Feuding Business Partners in Private Companies: Considering Arbitration to Resolve Partnership Disputes
Ninth Circuit Narrowly Construes IP Exclusion, Reaffirming Rules of Insurance Policy Construction
The My Choice Decision…
Manufacturing Expert, Lisa Anderson, Notes Workforce Talent and Suppliers are Critical to Stabilizing the Supply Chain
CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – August 24, 2020 – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Expert, Lisa Anderson, MBA, CSCP, CLTD, president of LMA Consulting Group Inc., tells companies to recognize workforce talents and take time to partner with the right suppliers. LMA Consulting Group works with manufacturers and distributors on strategy and end-to-end supply chain transformation to maximize the customer experience and enable profitable, scalable, dramatic business growth. “Stabilizing the supply chain has been critical these last few…
South African Insurers Agree to Pay for COVID-19 Losses
Over the past couple of months, we have written on decisions by various European insurers to pay policyholders for their COVID-19 related losses. That positive trend is now moving across continents.…
Family’s Wrongful Death Claims for Ranch Hand Trampled to Death by Cattle Allowed to Proceed to Trial
Introduction. In this tragic case involving interesting legal issues, a ranch hand was killed when he was trampled by cattle while working for a ranch. The ranch hand’s surviving parents and children sued the ranch for wrongful death and survival claims. The ranch was a nonsubscriber under the Texas Workers Compensation Act. However, the trial court tossed the family’s case on summary judgment under an obscure statute known as the Texas Farm Animal Activity Act.…
My First Corporate Clients for “Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass”
If you’re an individual and you want to sign up for my new online course Drafting Clearer Contracts: Masterclass, you go to the course home page, here. But if you’re a company, law firm, or government agency, you contact me directly. That’s what two companies did, and soon I’ll start a series of Masterclass for […]
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When will this end?
This year has been probably the worst on record since a long time ago. Then again, I wonder if every year ends up being a personal hell for someone somewhere. If you think about it, maybe this is just life.
It feels like nothing has progressed this year. Probably not just for me – for everyone. I feel very stuck in the muck and unable to get out of the swamp. Torts and Contracts are…
Can a Declaratory Judgment Protect My Company From a Price Gouging Lawsuit?
Much of the discussion to date regarding price gouging laws has rightly focused on the two core elements of a price gouging lawsuit: what constitutes a violation and what are the defenses? And while these defenses are valid, most would prefer to never have to spend the time and expense getting a case dismissed in the first place – raising the question of whether a declaratory judgment may be the right solution.…
A for algorithm or U for unfair?
The chaos that has ensued from the regrading of A-Levels in the UK highlights far-reaching impacts of automated decision-making and why its use is restricted under the GDPR.
The law
Decisions which are based solely on automated processing which “produces legal effects concerning [the data subject] or similarly significantly affects [the data subject]” are prohibited under Article 22 of the GDPR.
There are some limited exceptions – (i) if the decision-making is necessary for the…