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MGM Resorts Confirms Cyber Attack, Raising Concerns of Possible Data Breach
On Sunday, September 10, 2023, MGM Resorts (“MGM”) experienced a large-scale cyberattack, forcing the company to shut down several hotels in Las Vegas. While the MGM cyberattack is still under investigation, it has caused many to fear the possibility of a data breach involving confidential employee and customer information….By: Console and Associates, P.C.
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Prospect Medical Holdings Confirms Ransomware Attack and Subsequent “Data Security Incident”
Recently, Prospect Medical Holdings posted a notice on its website indicating that the company’s “computer systems are now back up and running … following a data security incident.” While Prospect has not yet confirmed what, if any, confidential patient data was leaked as a result of the incident, it appears likely sensitive data was compromised…
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City of Tomball, Texas, Announces Data Breach in the Wake of 2022 Ransomware Attack
On September 12, 2023, the City of Tomball, Texas (“Tomball”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Texas after learning that the City was the recent target of a ransomware attack. In this notice, city officials explain that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive…
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Sunshine On My Shoulder: Reptile Smiting in the Sunshine State
Reptile theory litigation tactics and commensurate nuclear verdicts have become a recurring problem for motor carriers, transportation brokers, and now, even shippers in high-stakes, catastrophic casualty litigation. There are many effective ways to counter Reptile theory tactics before litigation and in the heat of litigation itself….By: Benesch
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Jury Holds Nitrous Oxide Distributor Liable For Conspiring to Market and Distribute Inhalant Drugs – $745 Million Verdict
On Friday September 8, 2023, a St. Louis County jury decided, after hearing all the evidence, that United Brands Products Design Development and Marketing, Inc. (an international distributor of nitrous oxide) and Coughing Cardinal, LLC (a local head shop) conspired to sell nitrous oxide—a known inhalant drug—as an inhalant to consumers, that doing so was…
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Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine Strikes Headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet
The pre-dawn attack damaged two ships and triggered a large blaze at a naval shipyard in Crimea that plays a critical role in Russia’s war effort.
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Jim Nutt’s Art Remains a Mystery. Even to Him.
In his first show of new work in over a decade, he has been occupied with a single subject: a portrait of a woman, in which he finds endless variation and human emotion.
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TIFF 2023: Wildcat, Gonzo Girl, Orlando My Political Autobiography
There’s an interesting dynamic wherein artists are often fascinated by the lives and processes of other artists. It’s probably both the act of witnessing a kindred spirit and a desire to elevate the aspect of the human condition that produces timeless creativity. This habit led to three of the films I saw this year at…
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Fair Play
After its splashy debut at Sundance in January led to a pricey acquisition by Netflix, Chloe Domont’s high finance romantic thriller “Fair Play” finally made its international debut at TIFF. The (mostly) two-hander, about the implosion of a secret relationship between two hedge fund analysts, has lost none of its urgency in the interim, largely…
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TIFF 2023: Frybread Face and Me, Uproar, Close to You
There were several coming-of-age and coming home films at this year’s festival. Both kinds of movies allow a personal story to be told with a universal lens. This is the case for writer/director Billy Luther’s “Frybread Face and Me,” a semi-autobiographical film about a pivotal visit to his grandmother’s house in the Navajo Nation in…
