-
Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company Notified by PBI of Data Breach Related to MOVEit
On July 20, 2023, Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that one of the company’s vendors, Pension Benefit Information, LLC, experienced a MOVEit-related data breach. In this notice, F&G explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to…
-
Purchasers of Vehicles from Private Party Sellers Have No Standing Under the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act
In Dagher v. Ford Motor Co. (2015) 238 Cal.App.4th 905, the plaintiff purchased a used vehicle in a private sale from the original purchaser. The vehicle had over 12,500 miles and two years left on its five-year express manufacturer’s warranty. Id. at 912. After the purchase, plaintiff had dealers perform several warranty repairs on the…
-
Israel Adopts Law Weakening Supreme Court
Complaining of an unaccountable judiciary, the far-right governing coalition, despite months of mass protests, voted to strip the court’s power to override “unreasonable” government actions.
-
Netanyahu Scores Another Victory, but at What Price?
The Israeli prime minister has pushed through the first part of his judicial overhaul, but in doing so has deepened a rift in Israeli society and propelled the country into an uncertain new era.
-
Russia Strikes Danube Port, Escalating Attacks on Ukraine Grain Routes
The assault, across the river from Romania, heightened the risk of a more direct confrontation with a NATO member and came on the same day that drones struck buildings in Moscow.
-
What the Collapse of Spain’s Far Right Means Going Forward
About the only thing clear from Spain’s muddled election results was that Spaniards were turning away from the political extremes.
-
Russia-Ukraine War: Russia Strikes Danube River Port, Escalating Attacks on Ukrainian Agriculture
A drone attack on a port near Romania signaled that Moscow, after pulling out of a deal enabling Ukraine to ship grain via the Black Sea, is targeting alternate export routes.
-
Faith in Life: Jane Birkin (1946-2023)
When I read the news that Jane Birkin had died, my first thought was of the scene in Agnès Varda’s “Jane B. par Agnès V.,” where Birkin discusses Marilyn Monroe in front of a wall of mirrors. Her body reflects in multiples, then later disappears into the mirrors altogether before Varda cuts to a medium shot,…
-
Legacy Forever: Memories of Tony Bennett (1926-2023)
How does one sum up a life as momentous as that of Tony Bennett? He won 20 Grammys, two Emmys, and sold over 50 million records worldwide. He was a WWII vet, a Civil Rights leader, and a phenomenal collaborator with everyone from K.D. Lang to Lady Gaga. He was a legend who made his…
-
Futurama Returns with Uneven but Often Funny New Season on Hulu
You just can’t kill Philip J. Fry. When Matt Groening premiered “Futurama” on FOX back in 1999, he probably foresaw it running for decades, much like his beloved TV staple “The Simpsons.” That wasn’t meant to be, and FOX canceled the witty animated sci-fi comedy in 2003, but reruns on Adult Swim did well enough…
