Sarah Palin and the New York Times are headed back to a courtroom where the former Alaska governor and Republican vice presidential candidate will try convincing a second jury the newspaper defamed her in an editorial about gun control. A retrial in Palin’s nearly eight-year-old lawsuit is scheduled to begin on Monday in Manhattan federal … Read more
The Optional Protocol to the UN Torture Convention (OPCAT) is unique amongst the UN human rights treaties and their Optional Protocols. Unique as it is not normative because it does not set out a new right which would be additional to those elaborated in the Torture Convention itself. Nor is it purely procedural as it … Read more
The commercial adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) is real and growing, though not as fast as the hype might suggest, according to the new survey issued this week by Eclipse Foundation, an open source organisation focusing on IoT. Entitled “IoT Commercial Adoption Survey”, the results showed less than 40% of those polled online are … Read more
Even as California moves to address regulatory obstacles to fair, actuarially sound insurance underwriting and pricing, the state’s risk profile continues to evolve in ways that impede progress, according to the most recent Triple-I Issues Brief. Like many states, California has suffered greatly from climate-related natural catastrophe losses. Like some disaster-prone states, it also has … Read more
Partner Eve Hill was featured by ABILITY Magazine as an “attorney with purpose,” discussing two major lawsuits in which she represents disabled and transgender individuals challenging discrimination. These cases highlight “the deeply entrenched barriers disabled people face, particularly when compounded by homelessness, incarceration, and discrimination and the critical role that legal advocacy continues to play … Read more