Emerging Litigation Blog

Edited and curated by Tom Hagy, this blog features articles from the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation, episodes of the Emerging Litigation Podcast, webinars produced by HB Litigation and Critical Legal Content, and guest posts. Many of the contributions come from the Editorial Advisory Board for the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation, published by Fastcase Full Court Press. The podcast is a collaboration between HB, CLC, Fastcase, and Law Street Media. Contact: Editor@LitigationConferences.com.
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The Long and Brawny Arm of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with Mark Bini and Tom Suddath
False Claims Act, Health Care Whistleblowers, and Whistling in the Wind with Justin Lugar
President Biden’s Critical Infrastructure Cyber Memo and CrowdStrike’s Whoopsie Daisy with Elizabeth Burgin Waller
Algorithmic Software Facilitated Price Fixing with Jonathan Rubin
Biometric Privacy Litigation and Coverage Disputes with John Leonard and Cort Malone
Mitigating Greenwashing Litigation Risks with Ramya Ravishankar
Automation Comes to Our Litigation Nation with James Lee
Mental Wellbeing and Fulfillment for Litigators: Sara Lord Interviews Gary Miles
Litigation Prognostication with Dan Rabinowitz
AI Litigation Risks in Employment by Gerald L. Maatman Jr., Alex W. Karasik, and George J. Schaller
Employment Law in the COVID-19 Era with Stefani Schwartz

Employment Law in the COVID-19 Era with Stefani Schwartz Joining me to discuss this important subject is Stefani Schwartz, co-founder of the woman-owned employment-and-labor boutique Hatfield Schwartz in New Jersey. Stefani has devoted her legal career to representing employers in all aspects of employment law, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wrongful termination matters. Stefani will be [...]

Facial Recognition: How It Works and How It Doesn’t

Debbie Reynolds Founder, CEO & CDPO Debbie Reynolds Consulting Website Martin T. Tully Founding Partner Actuate Law Website Facial Recognition: Benefits & Risks Editor's Note: Imagine how great technology would be if it weren't for people. Since the beginning of time man has developed remarkable solutions to common problems. [...]

COVID-19 and the Courtroom with Alison Besunder

COVID-19 and the Courtroom with Alison Besunder Joining me is Alison Besunder on this timely and evolving subject.  It’s based on her article — Crisis is the Mother of Change: How a Pandemic Sparked Progress in Courtroom Efficiency — which will be featured in the January 2021 issue of the Journal on Emerging Issues in Litigation. Alison brings [...]

Biogen Pays 22M To Resolve False Claims Act Charges For Paying Kickbacks

The Justice Department has announced that Biogen, Inc., has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using foundations as a conduit to pay the copays of Medicare patients taking Biogen’s multiple sclerosis drugs, Avonex and Tysabri. Biogen did not admit liability in reaching the agreement. [...]

FTC’s Case Against Facebook Will Test the Flexibility of U.S. Antitrust Law

MoginRubin LLP Washington, DC | San Diego Explore more from MoginRubin LLP! Blog: Emboldened by New Resources and Expanded Authority, Feds Continue 10-Year Look Back at Chinese Investment. By Dan Mogin, Jonathan Rubin, Jennifer Oliver, and Timothy LaComb. List OnDemand CLE Webinar: The Antitrust Case Against Google. Dan Mogin, Jonathan Rubin, Jennifer Oliver, Timothy LaComb, [...]

Chubb’s COVID-19 Claim Denials Draw Litigation from Hollywood

Editor and Managing Director HB Litigation Conferences Editor@LitigationConferences.com Chubb’s COVID-19 Claim Denials Draw Litigation from Hollywood Well-known policyholder and insurance recovery attorney Kirk Pasich and his firm have sued Chubb insurance companies on behalf of policyholders in the entertainment industry to recover millions in losses they suffered as a result of the [...]

The Antitrust Case Against Google

The Antitrust Case Against Google Perspectives from highly regarded competition law attorneys, litigators, and economists. This overview and Q&A has been developed for advertisers, mobile device makers, app developers,corporate counsel, business writers, and search market participants. The U.S. Department of Justice and 11 states have filed a sweeping antitrust suit against Google alleging the [...]

Podcast: Charlie Kingdollar on Social Disparagement

HBLC · HBPC Charlie Kingdollar Social Disparagement - 10:8:20, 7.57 PM Charlie Kingdollar spent more than four decades with General Reinsurance, three-quarters of which as the company's Emerging Issues Officer. One colleague described him as "one of the most prescient and gifted industry futurists I have met in my 36 year professional career [...]

Cryptocurrency Article and Webinar

Cryptocurrency: The Good, The Bad, and the Tricky According to a recent Visual Capitalist article, there are now more than 5,000 cryptocurrencies in circulation, fueling an exploding $200 billion industry. Clearly it is a boom time for virtual asset service providers, or VASPs, like cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet providers. Despite its notoriety, mystique still surrounds [...]

Climate Change Litigation Expands with Addition of Hoboken, NJ’s Suit Against Big Oil

Excerpt of Sept. 2, 2020 post at HobokenNJ.gov. Decades-long campaign of misinformation has directly contributed to effects of climate change in Hoboken, City seeks relief for costs associated with climate adaptation efforts. Hoboken Mayor Ravi S. Bhalla today announced that the City of Hoboken has filed a lawsuit in Hudson County against Exxon Mobil, other Big Oil [...]

European Union’s Top Court Strikes Down EU-US Privacy Shield

European Union's Top Court Strikes Down EU-US Privacy Shield The Court of Justice for the European Union has invalidated the EU-US Privacy Shield as an approved mechanism for transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States. The Privacy Shield had been in place since October 2015, and enabled U.S. companies to more easily [...]

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