legal
Tesla’s governance autopilot heads for disaster
NEW YORK, May 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) – Portraying a CEO as a father figure is one way to tell there’s a lack of judicious oversight. Backing the company’s board despite obvious shortcomings is another. Tesla shareholders did both on Tuesday, with one of them playing the part of boss Elon Musk’s “son,” a robot the …
What Can Autonomous Corporations Teach Us About Legal Personhood?
Corporations are increasingly using technology to conduct business, seeking greater automation and efficiencies while decreasing costs. Indeed, several states are considering changes to their business-formation laws to accommodate completely automated businesses – those run through, or by, self-executing computer code and artificial intelligence. Internationally, several jurisdictions already offer corporation-equivalent business structures to completely automated businesses. …
MVP Health Care and The Legal Project to offer free legal assistance to older adults – troyrecord
ALBANY, N.Y. — MVP Health Care and The Legal Project recently announced a partnership to offer older adults free legal assistance on a variety of issues. The Elder Law Assistance Program, powered by a $260,000 grant from MVP, helps people over the age of 55 navigate complicated legal questions, draft living wills, assist with guardianship …
UnitedHealth lifts profit outlook as slow elective-care recovery cuts costs
July 15 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) on Friday raised its annual profit forecast for a second straight quarter, as a slow recovery in non-urgent medical procedures and lower COVID-care costs help it rein in medical expenses. Shares of the largest U.S. healthcare company by market value rose 4.5% in morning trade, providing the …
Enjoy Technology, led by ex-Apple and JC Penney executive Johnson, files bankruptcy
June 30 (Reuters) – Enjoy Technology Inc (ENJY.O), a Silicon Valley retailer led by former Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and JC Penney Co executive Ron Johnson, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday, fewer than nine months after going public through a special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The Palo Alto, California-based startup said it plans to sell its …
Uptime Legal Acquires Flywire Technology
This acquisition furthers Uptime’s dominate position in cloud services for law firms and opens a comprehensive menu of legal technology services to Flywire clients. EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (PRWEB) June 03, 2022 Uptime Legal Systems (Uptime Legal), a leading legal technology company, today announced it has acquired Flywire Technology (Flywire), a leading provider of cloud …
Equal mental health insurance coverage elusive despite legal guarantee
Placeholder while article actions load Max Tillitt was finally making progress in his battle with addiction and mental illness when word arrived that United Behavioral Health was cutting off his benefits. Tillitt, 21, had become addicted to opioids prescribed after a high school football injury, then moved on to heroin, relapsing seven or eight times …
EPA Revamps Legal ‘Toolbox’ to Reach Environmental Justice Goals
The EPA on Thursday unveiled a review of dozens of existing laws it can use to better protect marginalized communities from pollution—a legal “toolbox” to help the agency make good on the Biden administration’s broad environmental justice efforts. The 191-page legal tools review, which has undergone its first update since 2011, reflects statutory changes both …
Jury acquits only Louisville officer charged in Breonna Taylor raid
March 3 (Reuters) – A Kentucky jury on Thursday acquitted a white former detective of endangering neighbors of Breonna Taylor during a botched raid that killed the Black woman in her home, clearing law enforcement of all criminal liability in a case that rocked the United States in 2020. Detective Brett Hankison, 45, whose stray …
Former Ghosn deputy set for U.S. return after suspended sentence
Greg Kelly, former executive of Nissan Motor Co., walks in to the Tokyo District Court, in Tokyo, Japan, March 3, 2022. Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool via REUTERS Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register TOKYO, March 3 (Reuters) – A Tokyo court on Thursday handed former Nissan Motor executive Greg Kelly a six-month suspended sentence …
