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AI Reporter – April 2024
Tennessee recently became the first state in the Union to pass a law protecting creative artists in the music industry from having their works, voices or likenesses duplicated by AI without authorization. On the surface, the bill represents good news for musicians in the state by giving them extra protections, but how the law will…
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Unraveling a Tangled Net of Claims: Jury Split on a Jellyfish-Derived Supplement Product
In February 2024, a New York federal jury returned a split verdict in the New York attorney general’s lengthy battle against Quincy Bioscience, finding that certain of Quincy’s efficacy and establishment claims for a dietary supplement called Prevagen were materially misleading. Quincy advertises that Prevagen improves memory through an active ingredient derived from jellyfish….By: Venable…
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Appellate Court Reverses Premise Defendant’s Summary Judgment Ruling
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, Houston – Carolyn and Frank Burford were married from November 1962 until Carolyn’s death in 2015. While married, Frank Buford worked for Alcoa at its aluminum smelter in Rockdale, Texas. …By: Goldberg Segalla
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Appellate Court Affirms Finding of Liability against Talc Defendant; Vacates Apportionment of Liability
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania – In this asbestos action, appellant American International Industries (AII) appealed from a judgment entered in December 2022 awarding damages to appellee, Holly Fisher, executrix of the Estate of Sandra Reichart (decedent), following a jury trial….By: Goldberg Segalla
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Goddard Systems Confirms Recent Data Breach Following Breached Email Account
On April 12, 2024, Goddard Systems, LLC (“Goddard”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access the company’s computer network. In this notice, Goddard explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information….By: Console…
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Citizens Property Insurance Provides Notice of January 2024 Data Breach
On April 17, 2024, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (“Citizens”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Montana after discovering that sensitive information stored on the company’s computer network was accessed by an unauthorized party. In this notice, Citizens explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access…
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U.S. Vetoes Palestinian Bid to Be Full U.N. Member State
The move blocked a resolution to support a status that Palestinians had long sought at the United Nations, where it is considered a “nonmember observer state.”
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U.S. and Allies Penalize Iran for Striking Israel, and Try to Avert War
While imposing sanctions on Iran, U.S. and European governments are urging restraint amid fears of a cycle of escalation as Israel weighs retaliation for an Iranian attack.
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A Millennial Weaver Carries a Centuries-Old Craft Forward
Melissa Cody mastered a weaving tradition dating back millenniums, but her eye-dazzling patterns joyously venture beyond it.
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After 70 Years, Si Lewen’s Wrenching ‘Parade’ Marches On
This sequence of 63 bravura antiwar drawings hasn’t been shown in New York in nearly seven decades but they’re up again now, thanks to Art Spiegelman.
