SEKLE WISSEH, Plaintiff, v. PROGRESSIVE DIRECT INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant, Slip Copy, 2026 WL 736762. On March 15, 2025, Sekle Wisseh was struck and injured by another car while at a red light in Philadelphia. He sought insurance benefits from his carrier, Progressive Direct Insurance Company. Progressive purportedly delayed and denied payment without a reasonable basis….

Following the 2026 legislative session, Virginia’s employment law landscape is shifting with the enactment of several new employee-friendly measures, and even more on the horizon. Here are the key developments for which employers should be prepared. Non-Compete Agreements Virginia’s non-compete statute was amended to prohibit the enforcement of non-compete agreements unless the employer provides “severance…

The focus in AI regulation has shifted from writing the rules to applying them, and the EU and UK are taking very different approaches. In this episode of “SkadBytes,” Deborah Kirk, Jonathan Stephenson and Alistair Ho discuss where the EU’s Digital Omnibus stands now that trilogue negotiations between the European Parliament, Council of the European…

The Bank of England (BoE) and the UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) have published updated Statements of Policy (SoP) setting out their respective approaches to cost benefit analysis (CBA). The BoE SoP sets out how it conducts CBAs when making rules for financial market infrastructures, in particular central counterparties and central securities depositories. It explains…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported that, in 2025, social media scams were the costliest of all scams against consumers, with a whopping $2.1 billion lost. Thirty percent of those who reported losing funds in 2025 indicated that the scam started over social media. The number of 2025 scams beginning on social media increased…

There’s a moment every plan provider eventually faces, though most won’t admit it out loud. It’s when you realize that the way you’ve been doing business, the relationships you rely on, the services you promote, the way you market yourself, isn’t really working anymore. Not because you’re bad at what you do, but because the…

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at 4 top books recently released by Yale University Press. • Josephine Baker’s…

The US options market is booming, but is its regulatory framework keeping pace? On April 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought together exchanges, market makers, broker-dealers, clearing firms, academics, and regulators to tackle exactly that question. What followed was a spirited day of debate: three substantive panels, insightful input from industry veterans, and…

THE HUMAN ELEMENT: MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS This is the third and final installment in a three-part series exploring the key business and legal considerations for minority investments in alternative asset manager sponsors—commonly structured as “GP stake” transactions—from the perspectives of both sponsors (“GPs” or “sponsors”) and GP stake investors. Part One addressed defining the key objectives…

In the Sunday Book Review, Tom Fox considers books that would interest compliance professionals, business executives, or anyone curious. It could be books about business, compliance, history, leadership, current events, or anything else that might interest Tom. In this episode, we look at ?4 top books recently released by the University of California Press. •…