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Client Alert: Insuring Against Recent Trend of Antitrust Actions Targeting Pricing Algorithms
Following a 2022 ProPublica article reporting on the use of a third-party software to inflate rents in “a new kind of cartel,” a new wave of antitrust enforcement and class actions targets companies using pricing algorithms, including those in the real estate and hospitality industries. Huiyi Chen discusses the latest development in those lawsuits and…
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Contrary Decisions Highlight Complexity of TCA Claims
The New Jersey Appellate Division and the Third Circuit issued two different opinions in regard to the notice requirements pursuant to the New Jersey Tort Claims Act (TCA). Both highlight the complexity of TCA litigation and courts’ contrary viewpoints….By: Marshall Dennehey
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Expert’s Results-Driven Methodology Leads to Exclusion and Summary Judgment in Paraquat MDL
An expert witness is not supposed to pick a desired result and then reverse engineer inputs and methods that reach that result. As the Ninth Circuit observed 30 years ago, “[c]oming to a firm conclusion first and then doing research to support it is the antithesis of [the scientific] method.” Claar v. Burlington Northern R.R.…
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Advarra Data Breach Leaks SSNs of Moffitt Cancer Center Patients
On April 23, 2024, Advarra, Inc. filed a notice with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an October 2023 data breach resulted in the leak of confidential information belonging to patients of Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute (“Moffitt”). In this notice, Advarra explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being…
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Asbury Automotive Group Announces Data Breach Leaking Consumers’ Social Security Numbers
On April 24, 2024, Asbury Automotive Group (“Asbury Auto”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party had gained access to the company’s computer network. In this notice, Asbury Auto explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive…
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Gaza Authorities Say More Bodies Were Discovered in Mass Grave
An analysis of satellite imagery and videos by the The Times found that two of three graves had been dug on a hospital’s grounds before an Israeli raid.
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Deadly Rains and Floods Sweep Cities Across East Africa
Downpours have killed at least 200 people and submerged homes and farms in Tanzania, Kenya and Burundi.
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Ariel Henry Resigns as Prime Minister as Haiti Installs Ruling Council
With that body in place, Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned and the new leaders turned to the task of establishing order in a gang-ridden country.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez Considers Resignation Amid Wife’s Investigation
Despite insisting that allegations of influence peddling against his wife are false, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he is considering stepping down, bewildering Spain.
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Far-Right Greek Party Is Banned From E.U. Parliament Elections
The Supreme Court in Greece found that Spartans had “offered their party as a cloak” for the former spokesman of the banned neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn.
