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Tis the Season!! Compensability of Accidents During Work Holiday Events: Insights from New Jersey Case Law
As the holiday season approaches, many employers host festive events to celebrate with their employees. While these gatherings can foster camaraderie and boost morale, they also raise questions about workers’ compensation claims in New Jersey. Specifically, what happens if an employee is injured while traveling to or attending a work-sponsored holiday event? This article explores…
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The Future of Section 230: Protection Against Product Liability Claims?
Courts around the country are grappling with Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Section 230 generally shields online platforms from liability for content posted by third-party users, but courts are now deciding if it can also protect online platforms from product liability claims. Plaintiffs have recently attempted to circumvent Section 230’s robust immunity by…
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RRCA Accounts Management Sends Data Breach Letters on Behalf of Health Care Providers
On October 23, 2024, RRCA Accounts Management, Inc. (“RRCA”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after the organization was targeted in a ransomware attack. In this notice, RRCA explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information, which includes their names, Social…
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Israeli or Palestinian, U.S. Voters in the West Bank Say Biden Let Them Down
Tens of thousands of U.S. citizens live in the Israeli-occupied territory, on opposing sides of an entrenched conflict, where neither Palestinians nor Israelis have much enthusiasm for Kamala Harris.
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Whether Trump or Harris, Pessimism Reigns in Russia Over U.S. Election Winner
Russian officials feel disrespected by the Democrats and betrayed by Donald J. Trump, who lavished praise on President Vladimir V. Putin but made decisions the Kremlin saw as benefiting Ukraine.
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Tiny Homes Face the Ax in Hong Kong, Leaving Many Families Worried
The government says the city’s smallest apartments need more regulation. For some of Hong Kong’s poorest, that could mean higher rents or even eviction.
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Gazans Fear Neither Candidate in U.S. Election Will Help Them
American politics have not been topmost in the minds of Gazans. “We only need one thing: for this war to come to an end,” one man said.
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How Kemi Badenoch Became Leader of the UK Conservative Party
Kemi Badenoch’s ascent is partly the result of a deliberate diversifying of the party under David Cameron in the 2000s. In her politics, she exemplifies its more recent rightward turn.
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Alessandra Lacorazza, Sasha Calle, Lío Mehiel on “In the Summers”
Despite its expansive scale, Alessandra Lacorazza’s “In the Summers” thrives in the smaller moments, prioritizing the ways we wear complex emotions in our bodies far better than we can ever hope to articulate through words. The film, which won the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, focuses on sisters, Eva and Violeta, who every…
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Short Films in Focus: Don Hertzfeldt’s “ME”
Don Hertzfeldt’s “ME” is available on Vimeo On-Demand. Don Hertzfeldt’s “ME” will feel familiar to the filmmaker’s fans and admirers, with its expressive stick figures serving as our protagonists, its depiction of technological breakthroughs that cause societal disarray, and journeys through time and space that warrant repeated viewings just to take in all the ideas…
