ALL ABOARD: TSA ISSUES NEW SECURITY DIRECTIVE TO TRACK CYBERSECURITY EFFORTS BY THE RAIL INDUSTRY
10/25/22
By: Nicholas Jajko and Nicholas Hubner
SECURITY DIRECTIVE: 1580/82-2022-01
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2022
Working with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (“CISA”), TSA issued a new Security Directive to protect against malicious cyber-intrusions affecting the nation’s railroads …
“Quiet Quitting” and the Great Resignation: How Should Employers Respond?
10/24/22
By: Megan Gable and R. Victoria Fuller
Recently, “quiet quitting” has taken over social media and the news as employees across the country openly declare a change in attitude, perception, boundaries, and work ethic. Quiet quitting has no single definition, …
Police Training Reform Comes to Light in a California Courtroom
10/17/22
By: Mandy D. Hexom
The California Court of Appeal reversed summary judgment in favor of the City of San Diego which was sued by a family of a deceased motorcyclist and its passenger who led the police on a high-speed …
With Greater Pay Transparency Reporting on the Way, California Employers Are Advised to Be Ready or Face Stiff Penalties
10/10/22
By: Justin Ruedaflores
Although not the first of its kind, California Senate Bill 1162 (SB 1162) expands California’s already progressive pay and data reporting laws by requiring certain employers to provide more transparency on pay scales and expanding pay data …
Special Relationship between Innkeepers and Guests
10/6/22
By: Sean P. Kelly
The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently considered, in a matter of first impression, whether “innkeepers” have a duty to prevent their guests from committing suicide. In Bonafini v. G6 Hospitality Property, LLC, the Appeals Court concluded …
Seek, Never Hide: Massachusetts Federal Court Enters Rare Default Judgment for Plaintiffs After Defendants Fail to Comply with ESI Discovery Orders
10/5/22
By: Janet R. Barringer, Esq. and Andrew M. Vandini
On September 8, 2022, Judge Mark T. Wolf, longtime federal judge from Massachusetts’ District Court, entered a default judgment in favor of Plaintiffs in Red Wolf Energy Trading, LLC v. …
I Now Pronounce You Joint Employers: The NLRB’s New Rule Would Expand Definition of Joint Employer
10/3/22
By: Jacob McClendon
On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board proposed a new rule that would expand the definition of “joint employer” under the National Labor Relations Act. The new rule proposes a much broader definition that would …
NHTSA probes Tesla crashes involving motorcyclist fatalities
9/29/22
By: Edward Solensky Jr.
A recent article in Insurance Journal discusses how two crashes involving Teslas apparently running on Autopilot are drawing scrutiny from federal regulators and point to a potential new hazard on U.S. freeways: The partially automated vehicles …
Outbreak!: Why insurance claims professionals should pay attention to Monkeypox
9/22/22
By: Glenn Klinger
Monkeypox was declared a national public health emergency by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on August 4, 2022, only the fifth time this has happened since 2009. As of September 20, 2022, the Centers …
The Supreme Court of Ohio found insurer has no duty to defend claims that an insured’s distribution of opioids caused local governments to spend money caring for citizens.
9/16/22
By: Barry Miller
Acuity v. Masters Pharmaceutical, 2022-Ohio-3092 (September 7, 2022), considered a “growing and diverging” body of case law applying commercial general liability (“CGL”) policies in opioid cases. Prior courts differed on whether CGL claimants must link …
California just enacted new law to increase the wages and standards for fast-food employees — and Opponents are already trying to stop it in its tracks
9/14/22
By: Katherine A. Mastrobuoni
On Labor Day, California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom, signed Assembly Bill 257, the Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act (“the Act” or “FAST Recovery Act”) into law. The FAST Recovery Act aims to protect and give California …
Owners and contractors beware: Massachusetts Appeals Court strictly interprets the Prompt Pay Act
9/12/22
By: David A. Slocum
A recent decision by the Massachusetts Appeals Court in Tocci Building Corp. v. IRIV Partners, LLC, 101 Mass. App. Ct. 133 (2022) has established precedent that the formal rejection requirements of the Massachusetts Prompt Pay Act, …