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Law Firm Website Design Trends for 2025: Elevate Your Online Presence

Attorney at Work

Website trends have shifted dramatically over the past year, driven by the rapid rise of AI and evolving user expectations. The post Law Firm Website Design Trends for 2025: Elevate Your Online Presence appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Keeping an Eye on Geofence Warrants

E-Discovery LLC

While a Maryland State court permitted a geofence warrant, Geofence Search Warrant Held Valid (Jun. 28, 2024), there is a split of authority between the Fourth and Fifth federal circuits. Are Geofence Warrants Permissible? A Circuit Split (Aug. 12, 2024). On November 1, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted rehearing en banc.

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Treasury’s FIO Releases ‘Flawed’ Homeowners Insurance Report, Industry Says

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office last week released what it called the “most comprehensive data on homeowners insurance in history.” Weeks after a U.S.

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Trade secrets in California: Protecting your company’s information

Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B

In California, trade secrets can include anything from customer lists and devices to business plans, programs or special recipes. Protecting your company’s valuable information is crucial in today’s competitive business world. The California Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) provides legal protection to such information, as long as the company takes reasonable steps to keep it secret.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegal's Playbook: How To Leverage AI

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?

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Does Florida’s 15-year Roof Age Rule Discourage More Wind-Resistant Products?

Insurance Journal

After Hurricane Milton swept through parts of southwestern Florida in October, aerial drone images showed condominium buildings with large sections of their roof membranes peeled back like blankets on a beach, exposing the buildings to water intrusion.

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What Is AI Contract Management?

Percipient

Keeping track of contracts can quickly become overwhelmingevery deadline, clause, and renewal demands attention. Yet, research shows that 81% of businesses plan to implement automation to their contract management processes. Why? Because its not just about saving timeits about avoiding costly mistakes and improving outcomes. AI-powered tools are reshaping the way organizations handle contracts, from automating routine tasks to identifying risks and providing actionable insights.

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Patent Data Reports Show China’s Continued Gains, Rapid Advances in Sustainability

IP Watchdog

Last week, patent data tracking firm IFI CLAIMS published its annual rankings of the Top 50 U.S. Patent Assignees and the Top 10 Fastest Growing Technologies of 2024, providing a snapshot of the worlds most innovative companies and rapidly advancing tech sectors by analyzing U.S. patent grants totals over the last calendar year. Although U.S. patent grants increased overall last year, pointing to the strength of the domestic market, foreign economic rival China continued to make significant gain

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Insurtechs’ Approach to Wildfire Insurance: Part III – Faura

Insurance Journal

While the Los Angeles wildfires inch closer toward containment, estimates of insured losses continue to creep higher. CoreLogic said the industry price tag of the Palisades and Eaton fires could land between $35 billion and $45 billion.

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BlackRock and Tennessee reach settlement on ESG suit

Legal Dive

“We’re pleased to resolve this matter,” a BlackRock spokesperson told ESG Dive. The agreement dismisses the state’s 2023 lawsuit and does not find that the investment firm violated any laws.

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India Widens Approvals for Russian Insurers After Oil Sanctions

Insurance Journal

India widened backing for Russian insurers as the largest buyer of Moscow’s seaborne crude strives to keep discounted barrels flowing, after the US imposed fresh sanctions earlier this month.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

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!

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COURT REFUSES PERMISSION TO RELY ON EXPERT EVIDENCE: AN “INAPPROPRIATE DISTRACTION”: A REPORT WAS “IN FACT LEGAL ARGUMENTS DRESSED UP AS ECONOMIC EXPERTISE”

Civil Litigation Brief

In Kington SARL v Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd (Rev1) [2025] EWHC 84 (Ch) Mr Justice Trower rejected the applicant’s application to rely on expert evidence. The proposed expert report was to “uncertain” and, in any event, unlikely to assist.

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Wildfire-Risk Models Are Struggling to Predict LA-Style Fires

Insurance Journal

Among natural disasters, wildfires are the great unknown. Even the most-sophisticated scientific models fail to capture all the risk factors or properly account for the increasing impact of climate change.

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What parallel parenting is and how it differs from co-parenting

Valdosta Law Blog

Shared custody is the standard outcome in most divorce scenarios. When parents decide they can no longer live together, they have to find a way to divide parental rights and responsibilities. The ideal in such scenarios is typically co-parenting. Co-parenting occurs when two parents work together closely to meet the needs of their children as consistently and effectively as possible.

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Microsoft’s LinkedIn Sued for Disclosing Customer Information to Train AI Models

Insurance Journal

Microsoft’s LinkedIn has been sued by Premium customers who said the business-focused social media platform disclosed their private messages to third parties without permission to train generative artificial intelligence models.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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3 surprising statistics about divorce

Valdosta Law Blog

Most people get married with the expectation of staying with their spouses forever. However, a variety of challenging circumstances can force people to compromise that goal. Adultery, abuse, addiction, differing values and other factors can make a marriage unsustainable. People considering divorce often think of marital dissolution as a sign of personal failure.

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South Korea to Change Airport Design After Deadly Jeju Air Crash

Insurance Journal

South Korea will extend runway safety areas and redesign infrastructure after the crash of a Jeju Air Co. flight last month that killed almost everyone on board, sparking criticism that the design of the airport might have exacerbated the accident.

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How ‘productization’ turns legal services into a strategic asset

Legal Dive

By treating the in-house team’s work as scalable product that aligns with business needs, general counsel can put to rest the idea of legal as only a cost center.

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Travelers Posts 28% Increase in Q4 Net Income

Insurance Journal

The Travelers Cos. said fourth quarter 2024 and full year net income increased 28% and 67% on string underlying underwriting results. Travelers posted fourth quarter net income of about $2.1 billion compared to about $1.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

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ADVOCACY – THE JUDGE’S VIEW XIII: GUIDANCE ON SKELETON ARGUMENTS: “PUT YOURSELF IN THE POSITION OF THE JUDGE”: “DIFFICULT TO READ, DISGUSTING TO TOUCH AND IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND. IT IS WORSE THAN NO SKELETON AT ALL”

Civil Litigation Brief

This post is another in the series of repeats of the series on advocacy. This blog has many posts that record cases where judges have been critical of the contents (and usually length) of skeleton arguments. A remedy for most.

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AXA XL Supports UK’s First Development-Stage Accelerator for Climate Tech Businesses

Insurance Journal

AXA XL is partnering with London GreenCity, the UK’s first accelerator for development-stage climate tech entrepreneurs, to offer expertise in insurance and risk management to the accelerator’s members.

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AVOIDINGS THE PITFALLS IN SERVICE OF THE CLAIM FORM: WEBINAR 4th FEBRUARY 2025: CAN YOU AFFORD TO MISS IT?

Civil Litigation Brief

Every year this blog covers numerous cases where claimants (and occasionally defendants) come to grief in relation to service of the claim form. The frustrating issue in relation to service issues is that most (if not all) of the problems.

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South Dakota Bill to Protect Farms From Spying Could Limit Access to Data

Insurance Journal

Proposed legislation aimed at protecting South Dakota farmers from potential “agro-terrorism” activities could have a secondary effect of limiting access to some information about the state’s largest animal feeding operations.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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Inactive Mailboxes in M365 Present Significant Hidden Risks and Costs

Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

By Chas Meier and John Patzakis In our recent blog post , we outlined the challenges associated with inactive mailboxes in Microsoft 365. The response was very positive, and this post dives a bit deeper into the specific challenges with MS Purview in addressing inactive mailboxes, including some hidden pitfalls and risks that many enterprises may not be aware of.

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Texas Regulators Overhaul Oilfield Waste Rule

Insurance Journal

Texas regulators have completed the first overhaul of oilfield waste rules in over 40 years.

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Get Organized with Primafact 6 Case Templates

Primafact

If your team has upgraded to Primafact 6, taking the time to update your Case Templates is a smart move. While you can continue using your existing templates, adapting to the new format in Primafact 6 can significantly streamline your workflow and boost efficiency.

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Tennessee to See Another Drop in Average Workers’ Comp Costs This Year

Insurance Journal

Average workers’ compensation loss costs for the voluntary market in Tennessee will drop by 3.6% starting March 1, marking the 12th straight year for decreases in the state.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Faces New Cybersecurity Breach Allegations

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) finds itself navigating another cybersecurity challenge, as allegations emerge of a breach by the hacker “IntelBroker.” While the validity of these claims remains under investigation, the incident highlights the ongoing vulnerabilities faced by even the most sophisticated enterprises.

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Citigroup Must Face New York Lawsuit Over Handling of Fraud Scams

Insurance Journal

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Citigroup’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James claiming it failed to protect customers from online scammers and refused to reimburse customers who were victimized. U.S.

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Outgoing director of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Steven Dettelbach to rejoin BakerHostetler | BakerHostetler

Securities Docket

Former U.S. attorney for Northern District of Ohio is slated to head litigation practice group by end of the year, will reside in Washington and Cleveland. Steven Dettelbach, who stepped down from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Jan. 17, returns to BakerHostetler after more than two years as ATF director. He will join as a partner in our national Litigation Practice Group and as a member of the White Collar, Investigations and Securities Enforcement and Litigatio

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Fire-Damaged Cannabis Grower Loses $1.3 Million Business Income Loss Claim

Insurance Journal

A cannabis growing company has lost its bid to have its insurer cover $1.3 million in claimed business income losses after a building fire damaged almost 1,000 of its marijuana plants and shuttered one of its “flowering” rooms.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.