Optima Juris
AUGUST 7, 2025
Legal technology is no longer a luxury—it’s a standard. As deadlines tighten and caseloads grow, today’s legal professionals need tools that help them stay organized, work faster, and support lawyers more effectively. Legal tech isn’t here to replace human expertise, it’s here to back it up, giving you more time for high-value work and fewer headaches from repetitive tasks.
The Marshall Project
AUGUST 7, 2025
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Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Floods that damaged hydropower dams in Nepal and destroyed the main bridge connecting the country to China show the vulnerability of infrastructure and need for smart rebuilding in a region bearing the brunt of a warming planet, experts say.
Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips
AUGUST 7, 2025
A significant number of substantial jury verdicts are being obtained in trials lasting only a short time compared to the length of previous jury trials in major damage cases. Two recent examples involve a Washington federal jury case for wrongful termination resulting in a $5 Million dollar jury verdict that lasted less than three days. The federal judge, in that case, limited the lawyers to thirty minutes for voir dire, fifteen minutes for opening statements and closing arguments to twenty minu
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.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2025
Two SEC enforcement actions from earlier this month, each including charges against a firm’s Chief Compliance Officer in their personal capacity, underscore the importance of maintaining accurate records and upholding transparency during regulatory examinations. While the cases differ in detail, both focus on allegations that the CCO provided misleading information to regulators during an exam—highlighting one of the principal ways that individual liability can arise.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
French wine makers have seen extensive damage to vines that were almost ready to be harvested after the worst fires in more than 70 years burned through the south of the country.
Trial Strategy Today brings together the best content for law professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
East of San Antonio in Bexar County, 500 electric vehicle batteries at the end of their automotive lives will soon be repurposed to provide energy storage for Texas’ electric grid, a California company, B2U Storage Solutions, announced last week.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2025
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday that aims to allow private equity, real estate, cryptocurrency and other alternative assets in 401(k)s, a major victory for industries looking to tap some of the roughly $12.5 trillion held in those retirement accounts. […] Trump will also direct Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to work with counterparts at the Treasury Department, Securities and Exchange Commission, and other federal regulators to determine whether rule chang
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Global miners BHP Group and Vale have offered around $1.4 billion to settle a class action lawsuit in the United Kingdom tied to one of Brazil’s worst-ever environmental disasters, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
E-Discovery LLC
AUGUST 7, 2025
The federal court in Delaware has a “Default Standard for Discovery, Including Discovery of Electronically Stored Information.” Belvac Production Machinery, Inc. v. Adonis Acquisition Holdings LLC, 2025 WL 2146099 (D. Del. Jul. 29, 2025). It applied that standard to a request to preserve information in Random Access Memory (“RAM”). Belvac sought preservation of information in the RAM of Adonis computers and requested entry of an ESI Protocol to that effect.
Advertiser: Trellis
Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Marsh announced new investment bank indemnification coverage to its directors and officers liability (D&O) insurance offering for clients pursuing initial public offerings (IPOs).
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2025
Fintiv, Inc. has filed a complaint against Apple, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Atlanta Division, alleging “corporate theft and racketeering of monumental proportions” due to Apple’s misappropriation of Fintiv’s mobile wallet technology. Fintiv’s complaint charges that Apple blatantly stole its trade secrets for mobile wallet technology from Fintiv’s predecessor, CorFire, under pressure to develop a mobile digital wallet and an inability to do so on its ow
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Root Inc. swung to second quarter net income of $22 million versus a loss of $7.8 million a year ago during the same time. Results build off net income of $18.2 million for Q1 2025, reversing a loss of $6.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2025
James Howells, the man who has been hunting down his lost hard drive containing 8,000 BTC, addressed circulating reports claiming that he has given up on his 12-year search. In 2013, a British IT engineer accidentally threw out his hard drive containing Bitcoin he had mined a few years earlier, which ended up in a landfill site in Newport. As bitcoin’s value soared exponentially over the following years, Howells sought permission to excavate the landfill, only to have his request rejected
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
AUGUST 7, 2025
Two experts on autonomous vehicle safety recently dove into legal arguments and engineering factors that shaped last week’s landmark jury decision against Tesla, at one point surfacing an important takeaway about insurance for Tesla drivers.
Practice of Law
AUGUST 7, 2025
Depending on your point of view, artificial intelligence (AI) is either an exciting technology with almost limitless possibilities that's constantly evolving, or a high-tech thief accessing intellectual property without permission or payment while consuming energy at staggering rates. After their filing of a lawsuit over the use of an AI surveillance program by a school district, it's easy to figure out which side of the argument nine current and former high school students in Kansas are on.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
During a webinar this week devoted to analyzing possible factors that fueled a $243 million jury verdict against Tesla, a lawyer not involved in the case fielded a question about Elon Musk’s impact.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2025
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a ruling in American Science and Engineering, Inc. v. Stewart vacating a final written decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that invalidated several of American Science and Engineering’s (AS&E) patent claims covering inspection systems using pencil-beam radiation sources.
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
AUGUST 7, 2025
Defendants in Securities and Exchange Commission enforcement actions will still contend with a controversial “no-deny” policy when settling with the agency in court, after a panel of Ninth Circuit judges signed off on the practice. The regulator has historically permitted the targets of court actions to settle without admitting wrongdoing, while requiring that they also not publicly deny the allegations, and the appeals court Wednesday deemed that condition constitutionally sound.
Joseph, Hollander & Craft
AUGUST 7, 2025
In a criminal case, the prosecution bears the burden of proof and must therefore introduce evidence of the defendant’s guilt. But the evidence may travel a long way and be handled by many people before it makes its way into court. How can the jury be sure that the evidence is reliable? For the defense, the chain of custody offers potential opportunities to challenge and even exclude the evidence from court.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Surplus lines sector continues to grow with mid-year premium reaching $46.2 billion from the 3.7 million items filed so far in 2025, according to data from U.S. surplus lines service and stamping offices in 15 states.
Complex Discovery
AUGUST 7, 2025
Editor’s Note: The Tea Dating Advice breach is a cautionary tale of what happens when safety-focused platforms fail to secure the very data they promise to protect. With sensitive images, government IDs, and over a million private messages exposed, this incident highlights the urgent need for security-by-design in consumer apps that handle high-risk data.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
The difference between a paralegal and an exceptional paralegal isn't just competence—it's the bold initiative to anticipate needs, master hidden firm dynamics, and transform challenges into opportunities that showcase your indispensable value. Join this webinar with attorney Joe Stephens to get an insider's perspective into how you can become a strategic asset to your practice!
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Brookfield Corp. is planning to refocus itself into an investment-led insurer, marking a turn for the Canadian money manager that built its name as an owner of real assets.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2025
Pharmaceutical companies were dealt back-to-back blows over the last 24 hours in their fight against the Biden-era Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program, which the Trump Administration has continued. In one decision, published today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed a district court’s judgment that dismissed all of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s constitutional claims.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Insurance Services of New England (ISNE), headquartered in Wellesley, Massachusetts, named Mike Chamberlain as the new manager of membership and sales.
Practice of Law
AUGUST 7, 2025
With close to $300 billion in federal funding scheduled to be slashed from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) over the next ten years, it's an open question of how many of the 40 million people who depend on the service may find it no longer meeting their needs. That's not the only change to be aware of. On August 4, 2025, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins signed waivers that will allow six states to ban SNAP recipients from purchasing cert
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!
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance Director Angela Nelson announced she has filled new leadership for the positions of Deputy Department Director, General Counsel, Division Director of Insurance Consumer Affairs, and Division Director of DCI Administration.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2025
A Justice Department official in Washington is pushing back on acting Los Angeles US Attorney Bill Essayli’s reliance on recent white-collar policy to dismiss charges against a fast-food executive who’s donated to President Donald Trump. Essayli’s court filing Tuesday pointed to a May memo from the head of DOJ’s criminal division to justify his office’s July 29 motion to dismiss the $47 million fraud case against Andrew Wiederhorn, the founder and chairman of FAT Brands, Inc.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2025
NFP, an Aon company and leading international insurance brokerage and consulting firm, announced it has acquired Bspoke Insurance Group, a platform of multi-class niche and specialist managing general agents.
Civil Litigation Brief
AUGUST 7, 2025
We are continuing to examine the case looked at in the previous post. The claimant, faced with an application that the amended Particulars of Claim did not comply with the requirements of a court order, or the rules, made an.
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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