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Businesses decide to switch liability insurers or obtain higher policy limits for various reasons. In doing so, policyholders should exercise caution to avoid future claim denials (or even policy recission) based on so-called “prior knowledge” issues. Prior knowledge comes into play when the policyholder knew about facts, incidents, or circumstances that occurred before the policy incepted, which can lead to problems if the insurer asserts that the policyholder had “prior knowledge” of an incident before seeking new coverage, limits, or policies.

The Labor and Employment Team is pleased to announce that associate Reilly Moore has been named to the 2025 class of “Up and Coming Lawyers” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly.

A bill making its way through the California legislature (S.B. 361) would amend the California Delete Act to require data brokers to provide significantly more information in their registration applications with the California Privacy Protection Agency.

A lawsuit recently filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California is testing the constitutional limits of California’s worker classification law. In the suit entitled Blu Nail Bar, Inc et al v. Newsom et al, a group of Vietnamese American-owned nail salons in Southern California are suing the state, alleging that the application of Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5) violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

On August 28, 2025, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office initiated a public consultation on draft guidance on Distributed Ledger Technologies, focusing on blockchain.