Law Sites
JANUARY 27, 2025
Less than two weeks remain to cast your vote to help pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete at the ninth-annual Startup Alley atABA TECHSHOW, April 2-5,2025, in Chicago.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Sweden detained a vessel suspected of damaging a subsea data cable connecting it with Latvia, the third such incident in the Baltic Sea in the past three months.
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IP Watchdog
JANUARY 27, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) handed Apple a win when it confirmed today in a precedential opinion that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTOs) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has jurisdiction over expired patents brought before it in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. While the CAFC has previously ruled in appeals from the PTAB involving expired patents, it has not squarely addressed the subject until now.
Law Sites
JANUARY 27, 2025
Last August, LexisNexis Legal & Professional released the preview version of Protg, its AI-powered legal assistant that incorporates both generative and agentic AI capabilities, describing it as a substantial leap forward in personalized generative AI that will transform legal work.
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.
E-Discovery LLC
JANUARY 27, 2025
The decision in Cook v. Meta Platforms, Inc., 2024 WL 251942 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 21, 2025), packs a lot into very few pages. In two instances, where Meta had offered a compromise solution, the court held Meta to that offer. I. PRIVILEGE LOG DISPUTE First , the court resolved a privilege log dispute under the ESI Order. Meta had stored some of the documents in databases and due to the records associated with those databases, it is sometimes difficult or impossible to identify (a) the beginning date
Legal Dive
JANUARY 27, 2025
Landlords’ use of automated rent-setting software is “plainly illegal,” Sen. Jess Salomon in Washington state says.
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Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B
JANUARY 27, 2025
Legal malpractice occurs when an attorney fails to provide the standard of care expected, resulting in harm to their client. Lawyers play a crucial role in facilitating business transactions and providing legal guidance. However, they may be liable for legal malpractice when they act negligently or breach their duties. It can include missing important deadlines, providing incorrect advice or having conflicts of interest.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Former RenaissanceRe executive Stephen Weinstein has launched a new Florida-domiciled insurance carrier, known as Mangrove Property Insurance, with plans to assume thousands of policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
Complex Discovery
JANUARY 27, 2025
Editor’s Note: DeepSeeks emergence as a formidable contender in the AI sector signals a new phase in the ever-evolving global tech competition. This Chinese startups unveiling of a cutting-edge large language model (LLM) has sparked industry-wide discourse, reshaping perspectives on technological innovation and investment. With significant implications for AI development, market dynamics, and geopolitical strategies, this development underscores the transformative power of disruption from
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
The cyberattack at UnitedHealth Group’s tech unit last year affected the personal information of 190 million people, the health conglomerate said on Jan. 24, making it the largest healthcare data breach in the United States.
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Legal Dive
JANUARY 27, 2025
Kraken and the Securities and Exchange Commission both secured partial victories in a ruling about what defenses Kraken can use in the ongoing case between the two.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Southern California will clock a few more tense hours as showers continue to soak the burn-scarred landscape around Los Angeles.
Legal Dive
JANUARY 27, 2025
Bank of America, BlackRock, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley were all asked about how they plan to implement or have implemented hiring or supplier diversity goals.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Holdout creditors who claim tainted baby powder gave them ovarian cancer urged a judge to reject Johnson & Johnson’s plan to force an end to all related cancer lawsuits.
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
Civil Litigation Brief
JANUARY 27, 2025
We are again returning tothe judgment of Cost Judge Rowley in Perrett v Wolferstans LLP [2025] EWHC 68 (SCCO). Here we examine the claimant’s (former client’s) arguments in relation to the deduction of costs breaching the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation this month released a report on fatal occupational injuries in Texas for the 2023 year, finding that fatal injuries were slightly down compared to the year prior.
Complex Discovery
JANUARY 27, 2025
Editors Note: Five Great Reads is your monthly guide to the critical intersections of cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery. As these fields continue to evolve, so too do the challenges and opportunities they present. In this issue, we explore pivotal developments shaping global industries, from the transformative potential of artificial intelligence to the persistent vulnerabilities exposed by cyber threats.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Westchester, Chubb’s Excess and Surplus Lines Division, headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, named three leaders for its recently formed new business practices property, casualty, and financial lines serving the organization’s digital and middle market, brokerage and programs businesses.
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
JANUARY 27, 2025
Enforcement takeaways (according to DFS allegations in the Consent Order with PayPal): NYDFS found customer data was exposed after PayPal implemented changes to make 1099-K forms available to more of its customers, after teams tasked with implementing these changes failed to follow proper procedures before the changes went live. Malicious actors leveraged compromised credentials to access Form 1099-Ks, and PayPal discovered that its platform contained unmasked consumer information, including nam
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Target is ending its diversity, equity and inclusion program this year, the retailer said on Friday, the latest U.S. corporation to step away from such policies in the face of severe scrutiny from conservative groups.
Securities Docket
JANUARY 27, 2025
A former Celsius Holdings Inc. vice president is accused of profiting more than $1.6 million off insider trading when he left the company, the federal government said Friday. Stephen George accessed material non-public information on his final day of employment with Celsius in April 2023 to gauge the companys financial performance, the US said in a criminal information document.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
New York City is walking back a proposed rule change that would have required taxi and rideshare drivers to be covered by a “solvent and responsible” insurance carrier, after Uber Technologies Inc.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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Civil Litigation Brief
JANUARY 27, 2025
In St Francis Group 1 Ltd & Ors v Kelly & Anor [2025] EWHC 125 (SCCO) Costs Judge Leonard struck out large parts of a defendant’s Points of Dispute. The Points of Dispute were inadequately particularised. The judgment contains an.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Winter Storm owyn pummeled Ireland and the UK with hurricane-force winds on Friday, creating blackouts for hundreds of thousands and disrupting travel across northwestern Europe.
Securities Docket
JANUARY 27, 2025
The SEC senior staff selected by Acting Chairman Uyeda, with the concurrence of the Commission, include: Jeffrey Finnell, Acting General Counsel Robert Fisher, Acting Director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis Kathleen Hutchinson, Acting Director of the Office of International Affairs Samuel Waldon, Acting Director of the Division of Enforcement Ryan Wolfe, Acting Chief Accountant (effective Jan.25, 2025) Source: Acting Chairman Mark T.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Cattle feedlot operators Wickstrum Farms Inc. and Wickstrum Cattle LLC of Pottawatomie County, Kansas, will pay a combined $70,000 in civil penalties to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to the U.S.
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!
Securities Docket
JANUARY 27, 2025
So, while its possible that a combined SEC and CFTC could be run with fewer employees and a smaller budget, the gains do not result from the combination but from subsequent layoffs and closures, which might not happen as planned. This is partly why the idea has been proposed and rejected at regular intervals since the 1990s. The other claimed virtue of combination is rationalizing and simplifying rules with a single authority instead of two.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
International auditors have been given new guidance on what to check when assessing firms’ environmental, social and governance claims – and how – as part of efforts to increase rigor and consistency, the chair of the industry’s global ethics watchdog …
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 27, 2025
The focus of our conversation was entrepreneurship, particularly the trials and tribulations of entrepreneurs looking to dive into the startup world with an innovative product. The road to building and monetizing a better mouse trap requires ingenuity and the identification of opportunity, but it requires funding.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 27, 2025
Southern California Edison, a unit of utility Edison International, said on Monday preliminary analysis of data showed a “momentary and expected increase in current” on its energized lines in the Eaton Canyon corridor on Jan. 7 evening.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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