The Strategy’s liability proposal represents a fundamental change in the cybersecurity market for software markers. Proposed legislation would seek to restrict software providers’ ability to limit liability while also...more
The SAFETY Act, a liability management program managed by the Department of Homeland Security, can be used by businesses to limit or eliminate potential liability associated with ransomware attacks. To take advantage of...more
After over 18 months of private mediation, MGM Resorts International has finally dismissed a series of declaratory judgment actions the company brought against victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival shooting. Those cases...more
Significant potential changes to liability risks should help guide and inform business reopening plans. Adoption of new COVID-19-related liability protections for businesses has become a top legislative priority for key...more
Asurge in COVID-related product liability and other tort litigation could dampen the national recovery. Such suits, brought by members of the rapacious plaintiffs’ bar, are already being filed and will no doubt be very...more
1.What do the Novel Coronavirus (n-CoV) and the SAFETY Act have in common? 2.They were both topics addressed this week by TSA Chief Counsel Francine Kerner at the Fox Rothschild 2020 Airline Symposium....more
More than 1,000 Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act (SAFETY Act) of 2,002 approvals have been granted by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since the act’s inception. Many professional...more