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Uncle RICO Gets the High Court Treatment: Cannabis Companies and Those Who Provide Services to Them May Be Subject to RICO Claims...

Recently, a divided United States Supreme Court held that a cannabis product manufacturer could face civil liability under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) if a consumer suffered a personal injury...more

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New York’s Grieving Families Act Vetoed for a Third Time

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On December 21, 2024, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York vetoed, for a third time, the Grieving Families Act (“Act”), a significant bipartisan legislative proposal in New York aimed at reforming the state’s wrongful death...more

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American Tort Reform’s 2025 Top 10 “Judicial Hellholes” for Defendants

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Released yearly in December, the American Tort Reform (ATR) Foundation publishes its annual “Judicial Hellhole” rankings for the upcoming year. The Hellholes represent the worst of the worst jurisdictions to defend tort...more

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Democratizing the Defense to Doxing: New Attorney Fee Awards for Victims Alters Paradigm

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Defamation is the line between free and unlawful speech. Doxing is the disclosure of another’s personally identifiable information with the intent to bring the internet’s violent speech to their front door. Online defamation...more

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Louisiana Expands Liability for Perpetrators of Sexual Assault in the Workplace

On June 10, 2021, the Louisiana State Legislature passed House Bill (HB) No. 379, a measure that provides for civil liability for injuries caused to individuals who have experienced sexual assault in the workplace, as defined...more

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The Supreme Court of Georgia Sheds New Light on Apportionment of Damages

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The Supreme Court of Georgia issued another decision in its recent line of cases opining on the scope and availability of Georgia’s apportionment statute - O.C.G.A. § 51-12-13. This latest decision, Alston & Bird, LLP v....more

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NFTs and the Right of Publicity: Assessing the Legal Risks

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NFT creators should craft strategies to avoid minting or auctioning NFTs that use the likeness of an individual without their consent. As non-fungible tokens (NFTs) increase in popularity, the so-called common law “right of...more

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Missouri Governor Signs Bill on COVID-19 Civil Actions

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On July 7, 2021, Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed into law a COVID-19 liability bill (Senate Bill 51). The law, which becomes effective on August 28, 2021, is intended to provide protections to Missouri businesses, the...more

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Austrian Court Submits Questions on GDPR Civil Damages Claims to CJEU

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The CJEU’s decision is likely to have significant implications for ongoing and future proceedings for damages claims under Art. 82 GDPR. On April 15, 2021, the Austrian Supreme Court (OGH) referred key questions...more

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Governor DeSantis Signs COVID-19 Liability Protection Bill

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On Monday, March 29, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law Senate Bill 72. The new law greatly increases a plaintiff’s burden in both pleading and ultimately prevailing in a case seeking damages from a business with the...more

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Important Lessons from the DOJ's First Civil Action for CARES Act Loan Fraud

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On January 12, 2021, the Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) settled its first civil action for alleged fraud against the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) – the primary lending program under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,...more

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How Much Money Do You Have? DOJ Releases New Guidance on Settling Civil Cases Based on an Ability to Pay

Last month, the Department of Justice released new guidance for assessing a company’s claim that it is unable to pay the amount of money demanded by the DOJ to settle a civil lawsuit. When the DOJ brings a lawsuit seeking...more

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Kansas Act Purports to Provide Immunity from COVID-19 Related Claims

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On June 4, 2020, the Kansas Legislature passed the COVID-19 Response and Reopening for Business Liability Protection Act. It now goes to Governor Laura Kelly for signature....more

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U.S. Supreme Court Denies Certiorari Review in FCRA Sovereign Immunity Case, Cementing Circuit Split

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On Monday, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari review of a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that the federal government is immune from civil liability for claims brought under the Fair Credit Reporting...more

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Insurance Agent Negligence and the New Michigan Auto Insurance Law

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Now is not the time to be placing new limits on insurance agent liability. Think of insurance agents as the foot soldiers for the new Michigan auto insurance law. Insurance agents are now – more than ever before – tasked...more

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President Trump's trade wars and the expansion of customs violations into the white-collar space

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The US' ongoing trade wars—with various trading partners and particularly with China—are everywhere in the news. Putting politics and policy aside, the "trade wars" reflect a basic disagreement over the rules that should...more

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Employers May Be Subject To Liability Under The Illinois Gender Violence Act

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An Illinois Appellate Court recently answered a previously undecided question when it held in Gasic v. Marquette Management, Inc., that a corporation may be subject to liability under the Illinois Gender Violence Act (IGVA)....more

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Posibles acciones en México en contra de la Ley Helms-Burton

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A partir del 2 de mayo de 2019 se levanta la suspensión del título III de la denominada Ley Helms-Burton (véase alerta de Holland & Knight: "Cuba Policy in Flux: Seven Unanswered Questions," 25 de abril del 2019), conforme al...more

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Mexico Could Take Actions to Counter the Helms-Burton Act

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The suspension of Title III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act (LIBERTAD), also known as the Helms-Burton Act, will be lifted as of May 2, 2019. (See Holland & Knight's alert, "Cuba Policy in Flux: Seven...more

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Chapter 16: Remedies and sanctions – Unlocking the EU General Data Protection Regulation

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Why does this topic matter to organisations? Whereas the remedies and sanctions available to DPAs under the Directive were comparatively low (generally subject to a maximum of less than €1 million per infringement, with...more

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Court of Appeal Decision Welcome News for Victims of Fraud

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The Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Wescom Solutions Inc v Minet, 2019 ONCA 251 released on April 1, 2019, provides helpful guidance for victims of fraud seeking to pursue civil recovery against third parties....more

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Vantage defaults in first case decision

It didn’t take long for the first decision in a lawsuit against vantage Benefits and its owners when they defaulted. A default judgment was handed down by Judge David C. Godbey of the U.S. District Court for the Northern...more

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