This is not about him.
It's a heads up about author-related items of interest to writers, but there is no uniting theme.
A few years ago, as an indirect result of affordable medical care legislation, TEIGIT (an entertainment industry collective) found it unaffordable to offer group dental insurance to entertainment industry professionals.
Now, Authors Guild members are able to join the Book Industry Health Insurance Program (BIHIP) to buy health insurance with the Lighthouse Insurance Group (LIG).
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/authors-guild-partners-with-lig-solutions-to-provide-members-health-insurance-options/
Authors Guild dues are on a sliding scale according to the writing income of the member, but most members pay the minimum annual dues of around $150 per annum.
Refer a friend link. (I have no idea whether or not this benefits this author. I doubt it, but disclose it.)
https://go.authorsguild.org/join?rc=57e0498b09194644
Additional disclaimer: Authors Guild is borderline political, but so far, not so much that dues are not tax deductible.
Authors and other creators who feel like they are being mugged every day by pirates might enjoy the Authors Guild ongoing advocacy against the allegedly lawless Internet Archive.
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/ia-national-emergency-library-update/
The law office of Littler Mendelson PC has a rather useful, State by State chart of where face mask wearing is recommended or required... or not at all. You don't have to have anything sitting on your face in Oklahoma, Iowa, or Montana. Which is good to know.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/documents.lexology.com/57310a69-1d92-460f-a21f-72a9929052c7.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAVYILUYJ754JTDY6T&Expires=1592693204&Signature=JJNC%2FUj6pwS0%2BSne2uCIKWZp9J4%3D
Talking of good-to-know stuff, the law office of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein and Selz PC, has a need-to-know breakdown of the recent DMCA report.
https://ipandmedialaw.fkks.com/post/102g8rz/copyright-office-dmca-report-what-you-need-to-know
Kudos to Craig Whitney, Caren Decter, and Christina Campbell. It's actually a very comprehensive article, with hot topics such as the meaning of red flag knowledge, repeat offenders, safe harbors, and an OSP or ISP's ability to control.
For our United Kingdom readers comes a really great analysis of WIPO and poor man's copyright from Dr. Catherine Cotter of Slaughter and May, with kudos to the researcher Emily Costello (no link to Emily available at this time.) Any English-writing writer might like this. (Not "like" in the Facebook sense.) If you are beyond wanting to snail mail a sealed envelope to yourself and preserve it in its intact state, check this out... (and forgive my grammar.)
https://thelens.slaughterandmay.com/post/102g9cb/wipo-brings-poor-mans-copyright-into-digital-age
All the best,
Rowena Cherry
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