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No Dentist Near You in California? How to Find Dental Care
If your California town is short on dentists, here are real ways to find care, including Medi-Cal dental, community clinics, and emergency help.
No Primary Care Doctor Taking New Patients? Your California Options
If every family doctor says they're full, California rules and public programs give you more ways to get in than you might think.
Pandora Posts 6% Organic Growth but Trims 2026 Margin Guide to Around 23%
Pandora's third quarter delivered 6% organic growth and 20% like-for-like in Asia-Pacific, but material and currency costs pushed its 2026 margin guide down to around 23%. Richemont reports November 13, Audemars Piguet takes a Hong Kong flagship, and the De Beers sale remains open.
3M's $7.35B AFFF Settlement Closes Out Personal Injury Claims
3M's $7.35 billion AFFF settlement resolves 99 percent of PFAS personal-injury claims across roughly 115,000 plaintiffs, while California's SB 623 caps rideshare lien billing at the FAIR Health 70th percentile starting January 1, 2027. A St. Louis County jury's $37.04 million verdict against a pain clinic adds fresh p…
Gold Slips to $4,049 on Jobs Data as Central Banks Buy 321 Tonnes in Q3
Spot gold fell $38.28 to $4,049.69 on Friday after a stronger-than-expected October jobs report, a day after rising to $4,121.74. Central banks bought 321 tonnes in the third quarter, up 42% on a year earlier, as gold jewelry consumption hit its weakest third quarter in the series.
NHTSA's November Recalls Fuel New Auto Crashworthiness Claims
NHTSA's Nov. 5-6 recall wave covers 37,901 Hyundai Kona and Veloster N units for an airbag software fault, while Lyft's $272.5 million misclassification settlement and a $604 million Dallas trucking verdict reset vicarious-liability and crashworthiness strategy for the PI bar this quarter.
Rapaport 0.30-Carat Index Falls 5.5% in October as De Beers Sight 9 Runs Thin
Rapaport's 0.30-carat index fell 5.5% in October, its weakest reading since December 2025, as listings of comparable goods on Rapaport Trade rose 165% since June. De Beers held Sight 9 prices steady on low volume ahead of Diwali, with Sight 10 set for November 30.
PI Firm AI Adoption Passes 50% as SB 623 Lien Intake Deadline Looms
More than half of personal injury firms now use AI in daily case operations, per the 2026 LawPro.ai survey of 300-plus firms, while California's SB 623 gives counsel until December 31, 2026 to audit lien-provider billing on rideshare cases against FAIR Health's 70th-percentile benchmark.
Phillips Geneva XXIV Leads With a Steel Patek 1436 as Sotheby's Offers the First 3970
Phillips Geneva Watch Auction: XXIV offers 220 timepieces led by a 1945 steel Patek Philippe Ref. 1436 split-seconds chronograph estimated at CHF 2-4 million, while Sotheby's brings the first ref. 3970. Spring results and secondary pricing set the bar for the weekend.
3M's $7.35 Billion AFFF MDL Settlement Reshapes PI Practice This Week
3M's $7.35 billion AFFF settlement covers an estimated 115,000 to 120,000 PFAS plaintiffs, while a St. Louis jury returned a $37.04 million verdict in a delayed-diagnosis spinal malpractice case. California's SB 623 adds the first statutory cap on lien-based medical billing, benchmarking recovery to the 70th percentil…
Trade Week Wrap, Nov 6: Hong Kong Up 22%, Gold Jewelry Off 17%, Geneva Gavels Loom
Hong Kong jewelry and watch sales hit their best level since 2019 while JCK logged the weakest third quarter in the series for gold jewelry consumption. Swiss exports turned the year positive, gold slipped after jobs data, and Geneva's auction weekend opens with a steel Patek 1436.
Missouri's $37M Spinal Tumor Verdict and the FDA Recalls Reshaping Hospital Liability
A St. Louis County jury's $37.04M award in Birkel v. Gheith, built on $30M in punitives, lands the same week B. Braun's dialysis bloodline recall creates fresh hospital exposure. Counsel tracking ERISA liens and California's SB 623 benchmark should treat both as intake-stage checklist items, not footnotes.
JA New York Fall Closes a Five-Show October as LVMH Grows Just 1%
JA New York Fall closed a five-event October trade show calendar that also included two Select Jewelry Show dates, JIS and IWJG at the TWA Hotel. The run unfolded as LVMH reported 1% organic Q3 growth to €18.5 billion and Fashion & Leather fell 5%.
Skelly and the Public-Sector Overlay: Litigating Government-Employee Employment Claims
A public-sector termination case can look exactly like a private one until a missed claim deadline or an unchallenged administrative finding ends it. Here are the Skelly rights, exhaustion rules, and immunities that change how you take, plead, and value a government-employee case.
Gold Drops 3% to $3,897 as Central Banks Log 170 Tonnes Through August
Gold spot dropped $124.03, or 3.08%, to $3,897.48 on October 30, extending a slide from $4,120 on October 20. Central banks still reported 39 tonnes of net buying in August and 170 tonnes through August, and China has now added gold for 23 months.
Who Is Defending Your Case Now: Carrier Trial Counsel Hiring and Retention Patterns
The name on the defense substitution of attorney tells you more than it used to. Carriers are moving work in-house, squeezing panel rates, and losing mid-level trial lawyers, and each of those changes shows up in how your case gets valued, staffed, and tried.
Lab-Grown Diamond Prices Drop 11% in a Month as Natural Small Goods Firm
StoneAlgo's index has lab-grown diamond prices down 11% in a month and 27% in a year, with a one-carat stone averaging $502 against $3,820 for natural. Rapaport's September indexes moved the other way, led by a 3.2% gain at 0.30 carat.
The Privette Doctrine: When Hirers Answer for Contractor Injuries
California's Privette line shields hirers from liability to a contractor's injured employees, with exceptions that turn on retained control. A guide to the cases and the pleading strategy.
Beyer Closes After 266 Years as Sotheby's Offers 21 Vintage Pateks
Beyer Uhren & Juwelen is closing after 266 years on Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse, and Sotheby's is selling 21 vintage Pateks from its stock just as Chrono24 shows Patek up 17.0% and Audemars Piguet joins Rolex in certified pre-owned. A dealer's read on what it means for supply.
The Going-and-Coming Rule: Exceptions That Cover Commute Injuries
Commute injuries are presumptively outside comp. The special-mission, required-vehicle, and employer-premises exceptions can bring them back in.
Trade Week Wrap, Oct 30: Gold Slips Under $3,900, AP Opens Watch Keepers
Gold spot fell $124.03 to $3,897.48 on Friday, Audemars Piguet made Watch Keepers official, Rolex CPO ran an estimated $229 million in Q3, Swiss September exports rose 11.7%, LVMH grew just 1% and De Beers booked $731 million from two sights. Here is the week from the dealer floor.
Anticoagulation Management Errors: Building the Warfarin Malpractice Case
Bleeding and clotting events after anticoagulant errors are among the more provable medication cases. Monitoring failures, drug interactions, and perioperative bridging are the recurring breaches.
Richemont and Signet Eye De Beers as NYC Jewelry Show Opens in Chelsea
Bloomberg reports Richemont and Signet are both interested in acquiring De Beers and joining the Global Diamond Consortium, a potential realignment of the supply chain that arrives as the New York City Jewelry and Watch Show opens its 11th edition.
The Sudden Medical Emergency Defense in Auto Crash Cases
A driver blacks out and crosses the center line. When does a sudden medical emergency excuse negligence, and what evidence defeats it?
Gold Pulls Back to $4,010 as the PBoC Buys a 23rd Straight Month
Spot eased to $4,010.80 late Thursday after trading above $4,120 earlier in the week, but the official sector kept buying: the PBoC added 23 tonnes in September, its biggest month since October 2023, lifting China's holdings to 2,410 tonnes.
Training First-Year PI Associates: A 12-Month Curriculum That Works
Most PI firms train associates by osmosis. A structured twelve-month plan with case-handling milestones, supervision levels, and review checkpoints shortens ramp time and cuts errors.
