The changes to electronic communication introduced into the Insurance Contracts Act 1984 (“ICA”) by the Insurance Contracts Amendment Act 2013 (“ICAA”) mean that insurers are now able to take advantage of the provisions of the Electronic Transactions...
Following Target's massive data breach, everyone wanted to know how it happened. We may now have an answer. It seems the Target hackers breached the chain's security systems by first using electronic credentials stolen from a vendor, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The ability to obtain information about a prospective employee on social media is hard to resist. With the explosion of social media sites and other information on the Internet, employers have a vast array of information about applicants available at...
The father of a 7-year-old boy suspended from school for two days last year for chewing a breakfast toaster pastry into the shape of a gun did not protest the Baltimore district's application of its zero-tolerance policy on weapons in vain.
California Senate Bill 751, which went into effect January 1, requires the legislative body of a local agency to publicly report any action taken and the vote or abstention on that action of each member present. This new law seeks to prevent...
Renowned economist Hugh F. Kelly, Ph.D., CRE, who is also the national chair of The Counselors of Real Estate, led a discussion at a CREW-Miami luncheon about the top five issues affecting the commercial real estate market in 2014 and gave his annual...
In a much-anticipated decision released on January 23, 2014, Hryniak v Maudlin, 2014 SCC 7, the Supreme Court of Canada articulated a new approach to summary judgment under Rule 20 of Ontario's Rules of Civil Procedure (RRO 1990, Reg 194). The...
The CFPB has published a notice announcing that it is seeking to fill two vacancies on its Academic Research Council. The Council is an advisory body that provides the CFPB’s Office of Research with advice and feedback on its research work....
Last year, the Illinois Supreme Court held statutory damages of $500 per occurrence for violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) were not punitive in nature and reversed an Illinois appellate court decision precluding insurance...
The past year in EU merger control has seen the beginning of some important trends and changes. The European Commission (the Commission) issued 279 merger decisions in 2013, with two prohibitions and 11 decisions resulting in the acceptance of...
