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On August 24, 2015, the Third Circuit United States Court of Appeals issued its ruling in Federal Trade Commission v. Wyndham Worldwide Corporation. The case was highly anticipated by the data security community generally for its expected ruling on the authority of the FTC to regulate data security standards. Although the decision dealt most directly […]
The Safe Harbor For 15 years, the Safe Harbor Framework has provided a way for U.S. companies to comply with the EU Data Protection Directive. Under the directive, transfers of personal data from the EU to a non-EU country are prohibited unless the receiving country can assure an adequate level of protection for the data. […]
Susan Allison’s article ‘California Decision Expands Actuary’s Potential Liability Based on Aiding and Abetting Theory’ was republished by news aggregator, Mondaq.
Megan Earhart was the assistant editor for California Trusts & Estates Quarterly, Volume 21, Issue 3, 2015 (Tax Symposium).
Arbitration was originally created to provide parties with a speedy and less expensive forum for resolving disputes outside of the courts, but has eroded over the years to become equally, if not more, expensive and time consuming than litigation. To curb that trend, one state has enacted an innovative statutory scheme whose express purpose is […]
Rod Berman’s white paper, “Wearable technology: Brand Implications and Strategies” was published by Thomson Reuters in July 2015. An excerpt follows: Wristbands that record and analyze your physical activity. Gloves that help manufacturing workers work smarter. Glasses that put a world of information and communication in your line of sight. These are just a few examples of the “wearable […]
Tim Lappen discussed Jay Leno’s unique car collection and this August’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in his article ‘Jay Leno on Cars, the Concours & Comedy’ published by Haute Living.
Jim Butler’s article, “US Supreme Court Voids LA Ordinance Requiring Hotel Operators to Turn Over Guest Records on Demand” was published by Hotel Online. The article details the City of Los Angeles v. Patel case, Los Angeles City code’s provisions, the history of the challenge in the District Court, appeals to the Ninth Circuit, and […]
Marta Fernandez and Patricia DeSantis wrote the article “Employers Must Prepare to be Ambushed by Unions,” published in the Daily Journal.
The recently published California decision in Nasrawi v. Buck Consultants LLC, issued by the Court of Appeal, Sixth District, has the potential to expand an actuarial firm’s liability well beyond its current limits under California law.[1] In Nasrawi, the appellate court reversed a trial court order which sustained a demurrer filed by defendants Buck Consultants […]
