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Postal Scandal Sheds Light on Shady Litigation Funding

Over Christmas, you probably heard about the ITV drama series “Mr Bates vs The Post Office.” The show depicts the real-life saga of hundreds of postmasters who were wrongly convicted of theft and false accounting, when in fact, a defective computing system was to blame. When shortfalls appeared in postmasters’…

IAPP Day 1: Regulators, Privacy Professionals Evaluate AI Regulatory Landscape

Applying old laws to new technologies is regulators’ most infamous innate ability. Yet in this artificial intelligence era, there are loud, ongoing debates about whether new, bespoke AI laws may be needed to account for some of the modern-day risks the technology poses—think facial recognition, data collection or even consumer…

Half a Million Dollars? Attorney Fees Adding Up in ‘Tiger King’ Saga

The personal assistant and executor of a missing Tampa millionaire’s estate has petitioned a Florida court for attorney fees in the defamation litigation surrounding public statements made by a former Netflix show star. Attorney John Michael Phillips, left, and Anne McQueen, Don Lewis’ long-time assistant, right. Courtesy photo “We filed a lawsuit…