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Insurance Coverage and GDPR: What’s Your Financial Exposure? –Linda Kornfeld, Blank Rome
In her recent article -- GDPR Is Finally Here: It’s Time to Make Sure Your Current Cyber Policy Will Protect against New Financial Exposures -- Blank Rome insurance coverage partner Linda Kornfeld wrote: Companies can face large financial exposure for GDPR “fines or penalties.” Are they covered under currently worded cyber policies? The answer is, maybe not if your policy, e.g., covers regulatory proceedings addressing only failures to protect private information, as opposed to GDPR proceedings that may address broader noncompliant data collection and use practices. Additionally, coverage for GDPR fines or penalties may be more restricted under the laws of many European countries than the laws of certain states in the United States. Your insurer may agree to choice of law language in your policy that will increase the chances of coverage. On behalf of all of us at HB -- Congratulations to Linda on her move to Blank Rome! Now Vice Chair of the firm's Insurance Recovery Practice Group, Linda is one of the nation’s most prominent insurance recovery attorneys, representing corporate policyholders in high-stakes litigation for more than 25 years. Using strategic, creative approaches in her trial and appellate practice, Linda assists her clients in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance assets. She is a strategic adviser to senior executives and in-house counsel on mitigating risk and maximizing insurance recoveries. Linda has been a valued contributor to HB programs and, before that, to Mealey's Conferences and Mealey's Litigation Reports.
Class Actions Weekly Roundup from Top Class Actions
This roundup is prepared exclusively for HB Litigation Conferences by: Walmart Class Action Claims Glucosamine Tablets are Mislabeled Walmart has been hit with a class action lawsuit claiming that their store brand glucosamine tablets are mislabeled. Plaintiffs Cynthia Parker, Reba Garth, Margaret Herrin, and Shirley Reinhard allege that Walmart misrepresents its store-brand glucosamine sulfate dietary… Read More Sorin 3T Heater Cooler Lawsuit Alleges Serious M. Chimaera Bacterial Infection An Indiana man has filed a Sorin 3T heater cooler lawsuit against LivaNova PLC, alleging their cardiac heater cooler device had caused him to develop a potentially fatal infection. The claimant filed the Sorin 3T heater cooler… Read More Coca-Cola Seeks Dismissal of Diet Coke Class Action Lawsuit Coca-Cola asked a New York federal court to toss a class action lawsuit alleging the company’s use of the name “Diet Coke” is misleading. The company argues that claims against its use of the word “diet” in… Read More Couple Files Stryker Hip Recall Lawsuit Over Metallosis Complications Thousands of hip implants were affected by a Stryker hip recall after they were linked with serious complications, including metallosis. Some patients affected by these major side effects have turned to litigation, hoping to regain some… Read More Facebook Class Action Challenges Facial Recognition Technology Facebook faces a new class action lawsuit alleging that the social media site captured and stored biometric information of non-users in violation of Illinois state law. Plaintiff Clayton Zellmer argues that Facebook broke state law by… Read More Woman Alleges Bleeding While Taking Xarelto in Lawsuit Against Drug Makers A woman who allegedly suffered bleeding while taking Xarelto has filed a lawsuit against the makers of the anticoagulant drug. Plaintiff Emmy L. filed the Xarelto lawsuit in Louisiana federal court, joining a growing multidistrict litigation (MDL) against… Read More Arthrex Knee Replacement Causes Injuries, Patients Claim Knee replacement surgery is one [...]
Top Class Actions’ Top Trends Affecting Class Actions in 2018
Editor's Note: This article was written by Kim Gale at Top Class Actions and is reprinted here with the permission of the publisher. Scott Hardy, the company's President & CEO, is one of the speakers featured at HB's Class Action Mastery conference May 9-11, 2018 in New York. Top Class Actions is sponsoring that event and its companion program, Mass Tort Med School, the same week. As we come close to rounding out the first quarter of 2018, it is clear that several class action lawsuit trends from 2017 will continue to ripple through the court system this year. Class Action Lawsuit Stats Did you know three areas are responsible for a third of all class action lawsuits filed in the U.S.? The federal courts in California, Southern District (Miami) of Florida, and the Eastern District (Brooklyn) of New York keep lawyers and judges the busiest. In the initial nine months of 2017, a total 3,136 federal class action lawsuits were filed in those areas alone, according to an article published Dec. 9, 2017 by PorterWright.com. These statistics are apt to change because new Supreme Court decisions (Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California and BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell) rein in a court’s jurisdiction and ability to litigate matters when residents from outside the court’s state make claims. These new decisions mean a defendant will need to be sued in the state where the business is incorporated. Another option could be for individual states to file class action lawsuits and then seek to have them consolidated through multidistrict litigation (MDL). Marketing Tactics Under Fire Makers of everything from washing machines to mascara faced allegations of product misrepresentation. Advertising claims such as “organic,” “preservative free” and “virgin” can land a company in hot water with multiple class action lawsuits if these claims [...]