(Insured Entitled to Video Record the Insurer’s Participants In an Examination Under Oath Proceeding)

(Insurer Entitled to Arbitrate Underinsured Motorist Claim, Notwithstanding Insured’s Lawsuit for Bad Faith)

The California Supreme Court rendered an opinion that California employers will undoubtedly welcome. In Naranjo (Gustavo) v. Spectrum Security, Inc. (2024 Cal. LEXIS 2438), the Court confronted the issue of whether an employer’s good faith yet erroneous belief that it has complied with the wage statement reporting requirements of Labor Code section 226 precludes the imposition of penalties for the knowing and intentional failure to comply with that section.

On March 18, 2024, the Georgia General Assembly passed Senate Bill 426, amending O.C.G.A. 40-1-112 and 40-2-140. This bill significantly limits the situations in which a plaintiff can name and assert a direct action against the insurer of a motor carrier. After a 172-0 passage in the House and 46-2 passage in the Senate, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed the bill into law on May 6, 2024, and it will take effect on July 1, 2024.

The Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) issued on April 12, 2024 a Determination for Prohibitions Related to Imports of Aluminum, Copper, and Nickel of Russian Federation Origin, and a Determination for Prohibitions on Certain Services for the Acquisition of Aluminum, Copper, or Nickel of Russian Federation Origin (the “Determinations”), which prohibits the importation, exportation, sale, and other service activities involving aluminum, copper, and nickel of Russian Federation origin.

On April 22, 2024, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed Senate Bill 83, which makes significant changes to the language of O.C.G.A. § 9-11-67.1. The changes in the statute apply to “any offers to settle a tort claim for personal injury, bodily injury, or death arising from a motor vehicle collision made on or after the date this Act is approved by the Governor[.]”

Under the Copyright Act, a plaintiff must file a suit for infringement of copyright “within three years after the claim accrues.” 17 U.S.C.§507(b).