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U.S. Targets Non-Compete Clauses That Block Workers From Better Jobs
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, proposed a rule that would ban companies from requiring workers to sign non-compete provisions as well as some training repayment ...
FTC Streamlines Probes Related to Artificial Intelligence
Investigations of cases where artificial intelligence (AI) is used to break the law will be streamlined under a new process approved by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the agency said. The move, ...
Pulitzer-Winning Authors Join OpenAI, Microsoft Copyright Lawsuit
A group of 11 nonfiction authors have joined a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court that accuses OpenAI and Microsoft of misusing books the authors have written to train the models behind OpenAI's ...
No Ransomware Cover in BOP Policy, Ohio Supreme Court Rules
A businessowners insurance policy did not provide coverage for software damaged by a ransomware attack because there was no direct physical damage or loss, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. "Computer ...
Is the Broken Florida Homeowners Insurance Market Finally Fixed?
Between 2017 and 2022, 11 property and casualty insurers writing mainly homeowners insurance in Florida, where they were domiciled, were declared insolvent and placed in liquidation. This does not ...
Courtroom Predictions for 2023 From Clyde & Co
Insurance law firm Clyde & Co put together some predictions for 2023. The bad news for claims: nuclear verdicts aren't going anywhere. Here is that prediction as well as some others. Nuclear ...
OSHA: Amazon Failed to Record Some Warehouse Injuries
Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during the course of ...
U.S. Opioid Crackdown Hits Some Patients’ Access to Psychiatric Drugs
A crackdown by U.S. drug wholesalers in response to the opioid crisis is preventing some pharmacists from dispensing a combination of stimulants and sedatives routinely prescribed by psychiatrists to ...