Law Sites
APRIL 30, 2025
Coheso, an AI-powered intake and work management platform that describes itself as a “legal front door” for corporate legal and compliance teams, today announced a significant enhancement to its platform with the addition of a universal contract lifecycle management (CLM) connector, which it says enables seamless integration and granular data mapping with organizations’ CLM systems.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes hit US$137 billion in 2024, following the 5%-7% annual growth rate that has been the norm in recent years, according to Swiss Re analysis.
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Percipient
APRIL 30, 2025
Youve got a stack of contracts to review, deadlines looming, and a dozen other tasks waiting for your attention. Scrolling through pages of legal text and making sure everything lines up takes timetoo much time. Plus, mistakes arent an option, but neither is spending all day on contract reviews. There is one saving grace: AI-powered contract review tools.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Britain’s Co-op Group said on Wednesday hackers had attempted to break into its systems, the second high-profile cyber attack on a major UK retailer in as many weeks, following an ongoing incident at Marks & Spencer.
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E-Discovery LLC
APRIL 30, 2025
E-discovery blazed across the litigation sky more than two decades ago. There were several reasons: As a starting point, what is ESI? Forensic expert Craig Ball, Esq., notes that the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure use the term electronically stored information, but do not define it. C. Ball, Electronic Discovery Workbook (2019), 47 n. 11 (hereinafter 2019 Workbook).
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
The UK should spare flood defense programs from budget cuts to be announced in June, as the country is already woefully unprepared for worsening disasters linked to climate change, a government adviser has said.
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Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the day before, business associations and companies began counting the cost.
Law Sites
APRIL 30, 2025
Contract management is emerging as the top use case for generative artificial intelligence in legal departments, according to a new survey of in-house legal professionals released today, the 2025 AI Impact on In-House Legal Teams Survey Report. Conducted by the contract lifecycle management company SpotDraft, the survey finds that a significant majority (70.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Aspen Specialty Insurance Co. has reached a settlement with the owners of a Nashville condominium building that was badly damaged in the Christmas Day bombing in 2020. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
IP Watchdog
APRIL 30, 2025
The Patent Office Professional Association (POPA), the union that represents patent examiners, has filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The charge alleges that a POPA representative was denied an opportunity to comment, speak and make statements during a formal discussion of personnel policies, practices and general conditions of employment with bargaining unit employees during an All Patents Employee Meeting conducted on March 27, 2025, acc
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Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SiriusPoint and Howden. A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint Taps AIG’s Gibson as International Chief Underwriting Officer SiriusPoint Ltd.
IP Watchdog
APRIL 30, 2025
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision Wednesday affirming a district courts finding for PayPal Holdings, Inc. that certain claims of Fintiv, Inc.s patents for a mobile wallet payment system were invalid as indefinite. Fintiv sued PayPal for infringement of its U.S. Patent Nos. 9,892,386; 11,120,413; 9,208,488; and 10,438,196.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
A California Assembly committee advanced a bill designed to deal with the state’s wildfire and insurance crises. The California Safe Homes Act, Assembly Bill 888, passed out of the Assembly Insurance Committee on a unanimous vote.
IP Watchdog
APRIL 30, 2025
Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Longitude Licensing Ltd. v. Google LLC affirming yet another ruling invalidating patent claims via judicial exceptions to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101. The Federal Circuit agreed with the Northern District of California that Longitudes patent claims to digital image correction technologies are directed to abstract ideas claimed in functional terms without any explanation of how the claimed impro
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?
The Marshall Project
APRIL 30, 2025
The honor is for outstanding work in investigative and digital journalism.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Los Angeles County officials this week approved a $4 billion payout to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959. The agreement reached on April 4 far surpasses a $2.
Expert Witness Blog
APRIL 30, 2025
In the case of Leon Max v. Commissioner , T.C. Memo. 2021-37 (U.S. Tax Court 2021), the testimony of an Apparel & Textile Industry Expert Witness was pivotal in evaluating the legitimacy of research and development (R&D) tax credits claimed by a fashion designer. Background of the Case Leon Max, a prominent fashion designer and owner of Leon Max, Inc.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California submitted a September 1, 2025 pure premium rate filing, proposing advisory pure premium rates on average 11.2% above the average approved September 1, 2024 advisory pure premium rates.
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!
Complex Discovery
APRIL 30, 2025
Editors Note: eDiscovery collection is no longer a quiet first stepits a strategic linchpin in the digital discovery process. As legal, compliance, and IT teams grapple with an explosion of data sources and rising regulatory demands, the cost and complexity of collection are surging. This article from ComplexDiscovery Staff offers a timely and data-rich exploration into how collection functions today, what it costs, and how its share of overall eDiscovery spend is expected to grow dramatically t
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Allstate Corp. first quarter 2025 net income applicable to common shareholders fell more than 52% to $566 million primarily due to a record $3.3 billion of gross catastrophe losses. The gross loss was partially offset by $1.
Civil Litigation Brief
APRIL 30, 2025
It is difficult to believe that cases about lawyers accidently breaching a judgment embargo still happen. However the reports keep coming. Prominent firms of solicitors, and barristers’ chambers have, over the years fallen foul of the rules. In particular a.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Marie Grant appointed Patricia Dorn as associate commissioner for consumer education and advocacy at the Maryland Insurance Administration.
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Your Trial Message
APRIL 30, 2025
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: As a witness prepares to testify in trial, the big fear is often cross-examination.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
A car smashed through a building Monday afternoon, killing four young people and injuring several others during an after-school program in a small city outside of Springfield, Illinois, police said. Officers responded at about 3:20 p.m.
Securities Docket
APRIL 30, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against Dallas-Fort Worth residents Kenneth W. Alexander II, Robert D. Welsh, and Caedrynn E. Conner for operating a Ponzi scheme that raised at least $91 million from more than 200 investors. According to the SECs complaint, between approximately May 2021 and February 2024, Alexander and Welsh operated the scheme through a trust controlled by Alexander called Vanguard Holdings Group Irrevocable Trust (VHG).
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of Missouri Valley Mutual Insurance Company (MVMIC) based in Burke, South Dakota.
Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas
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.
Securities Docket
APRIL 30, 2025
With respect to crypto, a variety of actions have been taken: Commissioner Peirce is leading the SEC Crypto Task Force with mission of providing regulatory clarity for crypto assets. The SEC has solicited feedback held several roundtables on crypto regulatory issues. SAB 121 was rescinded by SAB 122. The Staff has issued statements on meme coins, proof-of-work mining and stablecoins.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
The Oklahoma Insurance Department is preparing for a second pilot launch of the Strengthen Oklahoma Homes Program, which provides up to $10,000 to residents to upgrade their homes to the IBHS Fortified standard.
Civil Litigation Brief
APRIL 30, 2025
A central aim of this series is to look atwhat actually happens when costs are assessed. We see an example in the case we are looking at here. It was the claimant’s application for a Solicitors Act assessment of bills.
Insurance Journal
APRIL 30, 2025
Edison International beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Tuesday, as the utility benefited from lower operating and interest expenses and higher rates for its services.
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