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Can a Streaming Service Agreement Require Arbitration in a Food Allergy Death?

Insurance Journal

Florida property insurers considering the expanded use of binding arbitration to settle claims disputes may want to ponder a recent arbitration move by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts: An answer to a lawsuit against Disney, which has made headlines on …

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New York High Court Upholds Uber Arbitration Mandate in Previously-Filed Injury Case

Insurance Journal

In a 5-2 decision, New York State’s high court this week upheld Uber’s “clickwrap” agreement requiring arbitration of all disputes in a case of a passenger who was injured by another vehicle after exiting an Uber car. The woman had …

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Arbitration Claims Against LNG Exporter Venture Global Reach Close to $6 Billion

Insurance Journal

Pending arbitration claims against liquefied natural gas exporter Venture Global LNG Inc. from several of its customers have grown to nearly $6 billion, according to a bond document seen by Bloomberg. Claims in cases by eight separate companies, including some …

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NC High Court Allows Liquidation of Lindberg Insurers; He Owes $524M in Fed Case

Insurance Journal

Greg Lindberg, the North Carolina insurance and business executive now awaiting sentencing on a bribery conviction, can’t escape a $524 million arbitration and civil judgment against him, a federal appeals court decided this week. Also this week, the state Supreme …

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Disney Drops Bid to Toss Allergy Suit Because Plaintiff Signed Disney+ Arbitration

Insurance Journal

NEW YORK (AP) — Disney is no longer asking a Florida court to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit on the grounds that the victim’s family had signed up for its streaming service Disney+. The company filed a notice in Orange …

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Westlaw Precision: Next-Generation Legal Research With a Human Touch

Attorney at Work

By the year’s end, Westlaw Precision will add arbitration, insurance and real estate to its coverage and another dozen areas of law will be added in 2023. What’s Next for Westlaw Precision. At launch time, Westlaw Precision covers 12 years of cases and eight practice areas/topics.

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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, June 10: Leahy and Tillis Request NFT Study, European Court Dismisses Apple’s Appeal of ‘THINK DIFFERENT’ Cancellation, and EUIPO Report Shows Increase in Intentional Counterfeit Purchases

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Director Kathi Vidal issues guidance clarifying the use of applicant admitted prior art in IPR proceedings at the PTAB; the EUIPO issues an IP Youth Scorecard showing that young people in the EU have significantly increased their intentional purchase of counterfeit products; the Seventh Circuit affirms a (..)