Death, divorce, disease, disability and wealth often lead to situations where people may change homes or have multiple places to live. Anytime these happen, policyholders need to be careful that their residential insurance policies do not stop providing full coverage. This is a significant issue, as I noted in “Residence Premises” and Other Killer Exclusions,…
Mexico and Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding in relation to the equivalency of their organic standards this past week. From the Canadian perspective, Mexico is joining the US, UK, EU, Taiwan, Costa Rica, Japan, and Switzerland in becoming equivalent to the Canada Organic Regime. The Canada Mexico Organic Equivalency Arrangement relates to the…
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Elon Musk has confirmed that, if you put a link in a Twitter post, the post will be throttled. In other words, it is a negative for his algorithm. Twitter, of course, has had numerous problems since Musk bought it and tried to re-brand it as X. Among those problems was the destruction of its…
On 6 December, Romania’s constitutional court annulled the first round of voting in the country’s presidential election. Alexandru Damian writes the decision will have profound consequences for Romanian politics and public trust. The unprecedented annulment of Romania’s presidential election, decided while the diaspora was voting for the second round and just two days before polling…
Trending in Telehealth highlights state legislative and regulatory developments that impact the healthcare providers, telehealth and digital health companies, pharmacists, and technology companies that deliver and facilitate the delivery of virtual care. Trending in the past two weeks: Behavioral and mental telehealth Coverage and payment parity A CLOSER LOOK Proposed Legislation & Rulemaking: In Illinois, HB…
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It is an unfortunate reality that most employers, should they operate long enough, will eventually be confronted with some form of employee misconduct. This article delves deep into one particular type of misconduct: insubordination. To that end, below we will review what “insubordination” entails, consider two brief case studies (one where insubordination was made out,…
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The claims in the complaint are striking. Claims that a 90-year old was pushed into a guardianship, was wrested from her home of 70 years, was defamed and was the recipient of extreme emotional distress did not state a cause of action for violation of Judiciary Law 487. in Kohler v West End 84 Units LLC 2024…
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Professor Steve Peers, Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction Member States’ ministers (the EU Council) are likely to agree a negotiating position this week on replacement of existing EU law on smuggling of migrants – raising questions in particular about the compatibility of this law with human rights,…
Canada’s largest media companies, including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Postmedia, CBC, and Canadian Press, came together last week to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI, the owners of ChatGPT. The lawsuit is the first high profile Canadian claim lodged against the enormously popular AI service, though there have been similar suits filed…
Driving without insurance in Ontario is a serious matter, carrying substantial financial and legal risks. Many people are aware that driving without insurance is illegal, but some may not realize this can include situations where coverage has unintentionally lapsed due to administrative errors or policy changes. If an accident occurs, the repercussions can be severe—from…
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