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August 20, 2024 | Daily Business Review
What Businesses Need to Know About New Labor and Employment Laws in FloridaSeveral legislative changes focused on labor and employment areas such as teen labor rights and retirement benefits for public employees, are creating significant potential impacts on businesses and workers across the state.
By Katie Molloy and Cayla Page
5 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
AI in Advertising: Understanding the Hype, Role and Legal ChallengesAI offers businesses—including law firms—powerful tools to reach the right audience, optimize their advertising budgets, and ultimately grow their client base.
By Dobromir Kamburov
7 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Right-to-Know Law Policy Update in Wake of Anonymous FOIA Buddy Record RequestsThe Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) released a memo confirming that FOIA Buddy is operated by people who have a stated goal of efficiently promoting government transparency and accountability in a cost-effective manner for all involved and that the OOR found no indication that FOIA Buddy is part of a phishing, scraping or scamming activity.
By Robert Max Junker and Anna R. Hosack
9 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Special Section: Insurance Law 2024In The Legal's Insurance Law special section, read about PFAS coverage, regular use exclusions after Gallagher and defense counsel's responsibility to the insured and insurer.
By ALM Staff
2 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Matt's Corner: What Are Rule 11 Sanctions?FRCP 11(c) allows a federal court to impose the least severe penalty to deter repetition upon a law firm, counsel or a party.
By Matthew B. Weisberg
2 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
An Overview of Emerging Hazards Under CGL PoliciesIn recent years, new hazards have emerged that potentially implicate coverage under commercial general liability policies. Much attention has been paid to the liabilities associated with opioids and "PFAS," but there are many other examples of emerging hazards.
By Robert F. Walsh and Gianna Martorano
8 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Conditional Duty to Indemnify' in Pa.: An Insurance Company's Duty to Pay a SettlementAn insurance company's duty to defend carries with it a conditional duty to indemnify a settlement reached prior to judgment. When an underlying action is settled, there are often unresolved factual questions. In almost all circumstances, Pennsylvania law does not permit a trial of those facts in an insurance declaratory judgment action.
By Timothy P. Law and Lisa Szymanski
8 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
How Massive Sports Contracts and Lottery Winnings Influence Jury VerdictsWhat factors are contributing to the desensitization of jury pools, leading to these unprecedented verdicts? More importantly, what can we, as defense lawyers, do to mitigate or at least slow down this trend?
By Barret S. Albritton
9 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Two Perspectives, One Goal: Coverage and Defense Counsel's Dual Responsibilities to Insured and InsurerAn inherent tension can arise between the carrier's obligation to protect the insured by resolving the litigation and the desires of the defendant, who quite understandably may feel that they have been wrongly sued and would prefer to see justice carried out rather than to pay and settle the case.
By Michelle McCliman and Marcelle Mouledoux
8 minute read
August 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Regular Use Exclusions' Stand: Pa. Supreme Court's Latest Ruling Post-'Gallagher'After the Pennsylvania Superior Court determined in 2021 that "regular use exclusions" in UM/UIM policies violate the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL), and in a post-Gallagher legal landscape, some were ready to put the regular use exclusion to rest for good. Now, however, in Rush v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 308 A.3d 780 (Pa. Jan. 29, 2024), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a lengthy majority opinion, has confirmed that the regular use exclusion remains very much alive.
By Allison L. Krupp and Christopher W. Woodward
7 minute read
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