Plaintiffs Bar notches a rare win from the US Supreme Court
By Ross Todd, The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — The class action defense bar learned Wednesday that it won’t be getting everything it asked for this term from the U.S. Supreme Court. Ruling 6-3 in Campbell-Ewald v. Gomez, the high court held…
Casino sues cybersecurity firm for ‘woefully inadequate’ investigation
By Erin E. Harrison, From Editor in Chief, Legaltech News Affinity Gaming filed a lawsuit against Trustwave alleging the firm’s work was ‘grossly negligent’ data breach investigation involving 300,000 customers. A Las Vegas casino operator that filed a lawsuit against…
Supreme Court rules on liability policies and claims-made principle
Written by Alexandra Bösch & Markus Dörig Contributed by BADERTSCHER Rechtsanwälte AG From International Law Office The Federal Supreme Court recently rendered a rare judgment on the temporal scope of liability policies and the claims-made principle. Facts The case involved…
Cayman Islands Government: Business Licensing Counter now accepting card payments
As of this Monday, 18 January, business owners will have the option of paying their trade and business licensing fees using bank-issued credit and debit cards. Previously, the Business Licensing Counter, formerly known as the Trade and Business Licensing Counter,…
A 2-year-old girl is recovering from what her mother calls a severe poisoning incident during a Caribbean cruise
AP From US NEWS SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A 2-year-old girl is recovering from what her mother calls a severe poisoning incident during a Caribbean cruise. Samantha Gandy says she woke up early Wednesday to find her daughter…
Positive U.S. jobs report extends to legal industry
By Scott Flaherty, From The Am Law Daily The U.S. legal services sector added 1,200 jobs in December, continuing a trend of growth over the final four months of 2015, according to seasonally adjusted preliminary data released Friday by the…
5 ways Londoners can beat loneliness this Winter
BY RACHEL THOMPSON From Mashable LONDON — Living in a city can be a lonely experience at times, particularly during the winter months. Making friends might have been fairly straightforward during adolescence, but meeting new people during adulthood is a…
Cayman Islands legalises gambling on cruise ships and exclude raffles being staged by non-profit organisations
Gambling Law Empowers Cruise Ships and Non-Profits The Gambling (Amendment) Law 2015<http://www.gov.ky/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/12274401.PDF>, which came into effect on 1 January 2016, amends The Gambling Law (1996 Revision) to allow for gambling on cruise ships and exclude raffles being staged by non-profit…
New Turks and Caicos law halts path to permanent residency and citizenship
From Caribbean News Now PROVIDENCIALES, TCI — The House of Assembly in the Turks and Cacios Islands (TCI) has passed a new law that stops the path to permanent residency status and eventual citizenship for foreign workers. news2.jpg This appears…
Puerto Rico reports first case of Zika virus, spread by mosquitoes
From Reuters Puerto Rico has reported its first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that has been spreading across South America and the Caribbean and has been linked by Brazilian authorities to a serious birth defect, a U.S. Congressman said…
