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Risk Events: Truth Is Definitely Stranger Than Fiction

The fact of the matter is, you simply can't plan for the unexpected. No matter how much preparation and risk management training you offer your teams, the stranger things that impact your enterprise are ones that you can't control or predict.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Amazon Gets Bitten—Third Circ. Tackles Internet Giant's 'Seller' Status

Heather Oberdorf took her dog for a walk, using a retractable leash. The dog lunged causing the D-ring on the collar to break. The leash recoiled hitting Oberdorf’s face and eyeglasses. She was permanently blinded in her left eye.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Home Delivery Services—Restaurant Disruption or Destruction?

Do you order items from Amazon? If so, you are likely to order food delivery from restaurants. With Amazon merchandise, you will know when the order is fulfilled and a likely date and part of day when it will be delivered.
6 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Two Attorneys To Lead Talks For Possible Opioid Class. Flint Lawyers Float Settlement Counsel. Capital One Brings in Top Privacy Lawyer.

Find out the two attorneys who got appointed—and who did not—to lead a potential class settlement over opioids.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Yes, There's An Attorney Behind Actor Morgan Freeman's Ads for Air Bag Recall

The Podhurst Orseck litigator has served as lead counsel in the multidistrict litigation over the defective vehicle safety parts. He and settlement administrator Patrick Juneau remain concerned that many drivers are still operating vehicles with Takata air bags.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Lawyers in Bacardi, Bombay Sapphire Class Action Over Prohibited Ingredient

A class action complaint was entered in Miami-Dade Circuit Court against Bacardi and Winn-Dixie Stores on Aug. 9. The legal action was prompted by attorney Roniel Rodriguez's discovery that Bombay Sapphire contains grains of paradise, an ingredient outlawed by Florida statutes.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Totality of Circumstances Approach Trumps Rigid Tests in Two Decisions

As practitioners, we are often called upon to evaluate how a court might apply the law to a client’s fact patterns. In two tort cases from the past term, the Court of Appeals reminded us that legal principles often require us to analyze the totality of circumstances, rather than apply facile but ill-fitting and rigid tests.
17 minute read

Law.com

Critical Mass: Could Monsanto Really Pay $8B to Settle Roundup Cases? Lawyers Target Walmart Over El Paso Shooting. Which Firm Represents JUUL As Lawsuits Spread?

That’s the dollar figure floating around for a potential settlement of lawsuits brought over Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, but the plaintiffs' bar quickly denied the rumor.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

New Legislation to Regulate Hemp, Extracts and CBD

The New York State Legislature has passed legislation which, if signed by Governor Cuomo, will establish one of the most comprehensive regulatory frameworks for hemp and hemp extracts in the country and could significantly impact the burgeoning hemp industry in New York by adding new regulatory requirements. This article provides a summary of some of the legislation's more notable (and controversial) provisions.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Producer of 'Disaster' Brooklyn Food Festivals Targeted in AG's Suit

“Then, after creating chaos [at the fesitvals], [he] takes the money and runs,” said the Attorney General’s Office of the defendant and festivals' producer, Ishmael Osekre.
4 minute read

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