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The Weekly Top 10 from Front Page News

By Josh Bradford, Advisen

Advisen editors rely on a variety of metrics to determine the types of stories we write and curate in our editions of Front Page News. One metric we pay particularly close attention to is the number of times a story is forwarded. We value this metric because the simple act of forwarding a story to a colleague, client or friend illustrates a higher degree of readership engagement. Below are some of the most forwarded stories over the previous five business days.

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Gallagher sued by NetDilience over failure on communicable disease cover: NetDiligence, a cyber risk events and breach response services firm, sued its broker Arthur J. Gallagher this week alleging that poor communication and an inexperienced broker resulted in a failure to renew communicable disease coverage on the firm's event cancellation insurance.

Tension building in the cyber market, as insurers look to push pricing 'to the right levels': The cyber market isn't for the faint of heart or the weak on pricing as the claims experience worsens, but insurers speaking this week during NetDiligence's fall cyber summit see a way forward with a renewed focus in a hardening market.

401(k) And 403(b) Fund And Fee Litigation: Employers, Can You Answer These Four Questions?: Most employers sponsoring 401(k) and 403(b) plans are well aware of the large number of lawsuits filed over the past decade or so alleging breach of ERISA fiduciary duty related to plan investment funds and service providers.

Biometric privacy losses on the rise: Advisen Data Spotlight: According to a recent story in Front Page News, The Trump International Hotel in Chicago is being sued under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA). Following the enactment of the Illinois BIPA in 2008, Advisen has seen a steady increase in losses involving biometrics - not just in Illinois.

Online businesses face rapid growth in website accessibility ADA claims: Website accessibility claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) are rising as commerce shifts online but businesses can take proactive measures to avoid accessibility claims.

As if COVID wasn't enough, Houston-area schools face ransom demands from hackers: Trustees in the 10,000-student school district in northwest Houston were forced into a choice: Pay the hackers a ransom of as much as $350,000 to obtain a digital key to unlock their hijacked systems, or spend the next five to six months rebuilding the affected servers from scratch.

A flaw in a 'smart' chastity sex toy could cause it to lock permanently and trap users, researchers found: Once the sex toy is locked by an outsider, researchers at Pen Test Partners found, there's no emergency override function meaning the sex toy would have to be cut off using bolt cutters or an angle grinder.

'It's already having a massive effect.' Corporate America demands Trump rescind executive order on diversity: Diversity consultants are calling on corporate America to get on 'right side of history' and protest Trump's executive order on diversity training.

California Court Dismisses COVID-19 Business Income Loss Suit: Last week, Judge Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California dismissed a declaratory relief and bad faith action against Travelers Indemnity Company of Connecticut seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income losses.

Woman files ADA lawsuits across US as 'tester' of compliance: A disabled Florida woman paid a virtual visit to Maine and left a trail of lawsuits in her wake. Her six lawsuits in Maine are among hundreds she has filed in more than a dozen states. Laufer didn't actually stay at any of the properties, at least not in Maine.

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Senior Editor Josh Bradford can be reached at jbradford@advisen.com.