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By Devin C. Maddox, Esq. of Tressler LLP

Claims against a psychic telephone hotline company for misappropriation of image and invasion of privacy were found to fall outside a professional liability policy's scope of coverage because the claims arose from the same common facts, circumstances, transactions, events and/or decisions alleged in a prior lawsuit filed before the policy's inception. The Zodiac Group, Inc., et al. v. Axis Surplus Ins. Co., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 21370 (11th Cir. October 22, 2013).

OSHA's HazCom Rule and Personal Injury Suits          By Matthew R. Shindell, Esq. of Goldberg Segalla LLP

Last year, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) published a rule that modified its Hazard Communication (HazCom) requirements governing how chemical manufacturers, employers, and other organizations convey hazard information to employees. Previously, companies had some discretion over the appearance and wording of these labels. 

E&O Loss Prevention Tip

Description of Claim:

Misrepresentation

Allegations against the Agent: An insurance agent sold a homeowners policy to his customer and informed the customer that the homeowners policy selected would cover the property and its contents. A few months later, a fire destroyed a portion of the home, causing damage to all the home's bedrooms, closets and bathrooms. 

Greg Arnold on the use of Professional Employer Organizations

By Eric A. Packel, Esq. Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C.

re LinkedIn User Privacy Litig., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31131 (N.D. Cal., 3/6/13)

After a hacker obtained 6.5 million passwords and email addresses from LinkedIn (the professional networking site), two of its users brought a putative class action claiming that LinkedIn had misrepresented its level of security. However, the plaintiffs ran into a threshold problem seen in many data breach cases: Article III standing.

4 Quick Tips to Make Your Annual Goal Quickly        

By Mark Hunter, "The Sales Hunter"

With less than two months left in the year. How confident are you in making your annual goal?

It's not too late, no matter where you currently stand. The worst thing you can do is pack it in and blow off the rest of the year.