E-Discovery LLC
JULY 11, 2025
Marris Hoffee and Michael D. Berman In Hall v. Baltimore Police Dept., 2025 WL 1548560 (D. Md. May 30, 2025)(Austin, J.), the Court considered whether materials created many years after the underlying incident were protected under the work-product doctrine. The materials were prepared as part of legal representation of the plaintiff. They included witness interview notes and memoranda.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
The cost of insuring commercial ships that sail past Yemen’s Houthi militants surged after the rebels sank two ships and killed sailors this week, underscoring how the attacks have revived risk in the crucial waterway.
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Complex Discovery
JULY 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: In an age where digital information moves at the speed of light and context is often lost in the noise, this article offers a striking reminder: structure endures. By drawing a parallel between the ancient engineering of Stonehenge and the architecture of modern data systems, this cultural perspective encourages readers in the eDiscovery ecosystem and beyond to consider how perspective, precision, and intentional design shape understanding.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
Insurance broker Aon plc announced the launch of its Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP), a proprietary multi-line insurance facility designed to help clients manage risk across every stage of data center development and operations.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Join this session to get a fresh look at how AI tools can help you work smarter, faster, and more effectively! Attorney and law professor Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk you through the complete journey of a legal case—from the first client meeting through the final outcome—while showing you how artificial intelligence can transform your daily work at each important step.
Complex Discovery
JULY 11, 2025
Editor’s Note: The European Commission’s new General-Purpose AI Code of Practice arrives at a pivotal moment for professionals navigating compliance, security, and legal oversight in AI-rich environments. As general-purpose models underpin an increasing number of enterprise tools—from cybersecurity threat analysis to automated document review—this voluntary code provides actionable standards for transparency, copyright compliance, and systemic risk management.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined a Georgia countertop maker $33,000 for allegedly exposing workers to high levels of silica dust, which causes silicosis and other respiratory ailments.
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Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
By segmenting retail brokers into tiers using premium volume, profitability and strategic alignment as factors to define top tiers, carriers can start to win more business, according to a new consulting firm report.
Law Sites
JULY 11, 2025
A new survey of state courts reveals a striking paradox in the American judicial system: Even though courts face severe staffing shortages and operational strain, they remain reluctant to adopt generative artificial intelligence technologies that could provide significant relief.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
Regulators in Ohio, a key data center market, ruled that data centers will have to pay for some of their energy requests regardless of whether the electricity ends up being needed.
Securities Docket
JULY 11, 2025
We have talked about Hunterbrook — the hedge fund that’s also a newspaper — a lot, and one thing that I have said is that, if you are in the business of finding problems at public companies, you should really try to monetize that every way you can. The classic approach is “find bad companies and sell their stocks short,” but there are other approaches that are (1) maybe better and (2) certainly additive.
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Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
The European Commission is expected to propose a floating Russian oil price cap this week as part of a new draft sanctions package in an attempt to overcome opposition from some member states, four EU diplomats said.
Securities Docket
JULY 11, 2025
Investors who spent their spring buying discounted stocks are fueling a summer surge of activity at Sidley Austin, the top defender of companies facing shareholder activism. Kai Liekefett, co-chair of Sidley’s shareholder activism and corporate defense practice, said eight companies have hired him in the past couple of weeks alone. This kind of summer activity is unusual even for Sidley—which has been the No. 1 law firm enlisted to fend off activist shareholders for the last three years.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
States have secured about $720 million in settlements from eight pharmaceutical companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. The settlement was achieved as part of a nationwide collaborative effort by state attorneys general.
Securities Docket
JULY 11, 2025
The UK will scrap paper stock certificates to cut costs for companies, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves seeks to fully digitize Britain’s capital markets in a bid to boost the competitiveness of the City. The ending of paper shares, an idea long called for by many FTSE 100 companies because of the administrative cost of issuing physical certificates and maintaining separate paper-based share registers, is due to be announced by Reeves at her Mansion House speech on Tuesday, according
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Get ready to master the art and science of trial preparation organization that top attorneys rely on in this exclusive webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will walk through proven systems for creating comprehensive trial notebooks and binders that transform scattered case materials into a powerful command center. Learning Objectives: Strategic Organization 📊 Learn the essential sections every trial notebook needs and how to structure them for maximum clarity and acce
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
Across a wide swath of Texas, the inundated rivers that ravaged communities also tore through farms and ranches.
Securities Docket
JULY 11, 2025
The London office of boutique international disputes firm Signature Litigation today announces the appointments of Mark Beardsworth and Duncan Grieve who join as partners from Goodwin Proctor and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, to spearhead the launch and growth of its global white collar crime practice. Source: White Collar Crime Practice Launch | Signature Litigation The post White Collar Crime Practice Launch | Signature Litigation appeared first on Securities Docket.
Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 11, 2025
A solicitor is under a specific duty to warn the client when "unusual costs "are being incurred, particularly those costs that may be irrecoverable on an inter party basis. Here we have an example of a (former) client asserting that.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
Oscar Rafeal Ruiz was a busy man in 2023 and 2024, jetting to numerous places, losing his luggage multiple times and filing travel insurance claims of almost $300,000.
Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Securities Docket
JULY 11, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed charges seeking an asset freeze and other emergency relief against Newnan, Georgia-based First Liberty Building & Loan, LLC and its founder and owner Edwin Brant Frost IV in connection with a Ponzi scheme that defrauded approximately 300 investors of at least $140 million. According to the SEC’s complaint, from approximately 2014 through June 2025, First Liberty and Frost offered and sold to retail investors promissory note
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
Tesla Inc. is aiming to bring its driverless taxis to California and Arizona as the carmaker plots an expansion on the heels of last month’s limited rollout in Austin.
Temple University Beasley School of Law - Advocacy
JULY 11, 2025
Rule 404(b) is the bane of the criminal defendant, although it is equally applicable in civil litigation. But criminal cases come with the added facet of the guarantee of the right to counsel, and with that right comes the obligation for counsel to be an effective lawyer, not just a present one. And when 404(b) evidence is offered against an accused, effective lawyering means doing all one can to seek its exclusion, have it toned down, or ensure that the jury does no more harm with it than the
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
After Outlook users ran into issues accessing their email accounts late Wednesday and into Thursday, Microsoft says that affected systems are back online.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 11, 2025
In this judgment today the Court of Appeal consider, in detail, whether it is appropriate for a judge to go outside the pleaded case. The judgment provides guidance for the practice to be adopted if the judge feels that they.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
NEWNAN, Ga. (AP) — A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed Thursday. The civil lawsuit by the U.S.
Practice of Law
JULY 11, 2025
Current immigration policy has its share of both detractors and supporters. It also evidently has a few states that don't think it goes far enough. Florida's passage of Senate Bill 4-C (SB 4-C) in 2025 took the issue to the next level by making it a criminal offense for people who'd entered the country illegally to even set foot within the state. When a U.S.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Consilium and Everest’s International Insurance Operation. A summary of these new hires (and one exit) follows here.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!
IP Watchdog
JULY 11, 2025
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Fourth Circuit finds that rotary die manufacturer Sysco’s trade secret claims fell short of the appellate court’s pleading standard; the General Court of the European Union affirms a lower ruling annulling trademark rights to the popular Rubik’s Cube toy; the Federal Circuit will sit in and around Boston, MA, during its October 2025 session; the U.S.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
Key questions remain unanswered about the actions Texas officials took both before and during the catastrophic July Fourth holiday floods as a painstaking search for victims continues along the Guadalupe River nearly a week later.
Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 11, 2025
This webinar deals with some of the most sensitive and difficult issues that a litigator may have to deal with. It looks a law and practice relating to losses incurred prior to death. Booking details are available here. ISSUES COVERED.
Insurance Journal
JULY 11, 2025
A New York state law holding gun manufacturers potentially liable when their weapons are used in deadly shootings was upheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. The ruling Thursday by the 2nd U.S.
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