WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
COLUMN > Write to Counsel Illustration © Getty/Nuthawut Somsuk BY JACLYN C. CELEBREZZE As attorneys, writing is often a daily practice, yet finding dedicated time to draft is a constant conundrum. And when we do manage to carve out space for writing, staying focused and finding flow can be a problem. Because the clock is always ticking, increasing the pressure to produce.
Expert Witness Blog
JULY 16, 2025
In the case of Rymers v. CPS Energy , No. 2021-CI-12345 (Bexar County Dist. Ct., Feb. 7, 2025), the testimony of a Boilers Expert Witness was instrumental in evaluating the causes and responsibilities surrounding a residential explosion that stemmed from a natural gas leak tied to aging infrastructure. The case involved claims of negligence and inadequate utility maintenance, ultimately resulting in a substantial jury verdict.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
COLUMN > PRO BONO ORGANIZATION OF THE MONTH BY GLORIA DOMINGOS In a modest building on Beacon Hill, a legal revolution quietly unfolds each month. The El Centro de la Raza legal clinic does not just provide free legal advice; it transforms lives one 30-minute consultation at a time. Since 2007, this partnership between El Centro de la Raza and the Latina/o Bar Association of Washington (LBAW) has served as a vital lifeline for community members facing complex legal challenges with limited resour
Securities Docket
JULY 16, 2025
First, every case filed in district court alleged fraud. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court held that, when the SEC seeks civil penalties for securities fraud, the defendant is entitled to a jury trial. See SEC v. Jarkesy, 603 U.S. 109, 120-21 (2024). So, it is no surprise that the SEC now files all of its fraud cases in district court (where a jury is available) and not in its administrative forum (where cases are decided by administrative law judges).
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 Team
JULY 16, 2025
Ralph Losey's article continues the exploration of AI's impact on employment, expanding on ideas presented in Part One. He demonstrates new software, "Panel of Experts for Everyone About Anything," while discussing job types emerging from AI integration, notably the “Sin-Eater” role proposed by Professor Ethan Mollick, designed for humans to manage AI errors.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) reported that its actuaries denied $210.1 million in requested property/casualty (P/C) insurance premium increases in the first six months of 2025, which is more than was saved in all of 2024.
Trial Strategy Today brings together the best content for law professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
Q&A with LBAW President Zaida C. Rivera and LBAW President-Elect Sergio A. Garcidueñas-Sease . Q. How and when did your bar association get started? The Latina/o Bar Association (LBAW) has been in existence for approximately 36 years. It was founded in 1989 by Sandra Madrid and Dan Gandara, initially named the Washington State Hispanic Bar Association (WSHBA) with the goal of bringing together Latina/o legal professionals and recruitment for law students.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
Collaboration between the public and private sectors, beyond just insurance, is essential to narrowing the so-called protection gap, as losses from natural disasters increase, said the head of a global insurance supervisors’ organization.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
Illustration © Getty/Pogonici BY CHARLES K. DAVIS The opinions and viewpoints expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions or positions of the author’s law firm or its clients. Effective Jan. 1, 2023, the Washington State Legislature updated Washington’s Equal Pay and Opportunities Act (EPOA) with a new provision that requires employers (with 15 or more employees) to include a salary range in every job posting.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
The installation of cockpit cameras would greatly help aviation safety authorities investigating accidents like the recent fatal Air India crash, according to the head of the International Air Transport Association.
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.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
COLUMN BY SUNITHA ANJILVEL Greetings from your Bar president! This is the season when law students graduate and begin preparing for the bar exam. We congratulate the class of 2025—those who have earned their J.D.s or Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from Washington’s law schools and are now undertaking the hard work of bar prep. Of course, legal education can be lifelong.
E-Discovery LLC
JULY 16, 2025
“[W]hile I find defendants negligently failed to preserve video footage, I find they are not guilty of spoliation because such footage is not responsive to plaintiff’s discovery requests or relevant.” Hobson v. [Correctional Officer] Harper , 2025 WL 1905594 (D. Nev. Jul. 9, 2025). Plaintiff’s civil rights claims arose out of alleged destruction and loss of his property when his cell was searched on June 2, 2022.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
What we can learn about creating a service culture from this 2024 APEX Honoree COLUMN > A Note From the WSBA Executive Director BY TERRA NEVITT I recently traveled to Vancouver for our APEX in the Community celebration of Navigate Law Group , the winner of the 2024 Pro Bono and Public Service Award (Group). Over local pizza and a Costco cake, I listened to members of the firm chat with each other, friends and family, and those of us representing the WSBA, and I was truly warmed by what I heard a
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
Coface, the Paris-based trade credit risk management specialist, announced it has received an “in principle approval” from Lloyd’s to launch a short-term trade credit syndicate.
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
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
COLUMN > Ethics & the Law Illustration © Getty/IconicBestiary By Mark J. Fucile Lawyers sometimes speak publicly with the media about the cases they are handling. In some instances, the lawyer may have initiated the contact—such as a law firm issuing a media release after filing a case. In others, the lawyer may be a more reluctant participant—such as a lawyer buttonholed by a reporter in a courthouse hallway following a hearing.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
Global insured losses during the first half of this year were at least $100 billion with more than 90% of that total – or approximately $92 billion – driven by wildfires and severe convective storms in the U.S.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
COLUMN > Innovation in Law Illustration © Getty/Moor Studio BY JORDAN L. COUCH Introduction Even the casual reader may be sick of hearing about AI these days, as I myself often am. The current technology is overhyped, its environmental impact is underappreciated, and its potential for misuse is not sufficiently understood by leaders within our justice system and beyond.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
Second quarter net income at Progressive Corp. increased 118% compared to the same period a year ago to about $3.2 billion. Progressive reports results monthly. Net income for June was up 40% to $1.1 billion.
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 16, 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against a former chief compliance officer of a registered investment adviser for altering records and creating fictitious forms in response to an SEC examination of her employer. According to the SEC’s order, from September 2022 to September 2023, SEC examiners performed an examination of Suzanne Ballek’s employer, a registered investment adviser.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
American International Group (AIG) said today that former Lloyd’s CEO John Neal is joining as president, effective December 1.
Law Sites
JULY 16, 2025
On this episode of How it Works, I’m joined by Ed Kirk, Head of Partnerships at Supio, to walk through the Supio Legal AI platform. Supio specializes in personal injury and mass tort litigation, developing an AI-powered platform that helps law firms organize, analyze and prepare legal cases.
WA Bar News
JULY 16, 2025
BY COLIN RIGLEY If you’re a government attorney representing a city in a lawsuit, the last thing you probably want is the type of publicity the city of Everett received for its attempt to regulate drive-thru coffee stands, particularly the type of coverage that occurred on the September 2017 episode of Fox News ’ show “Watters’ World.” 1 In that episode, host Jessie Watters introduced the plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the city of Everett over the City Council’s proposal for a dress code to lim
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!
Practice of Law
JULY 16, 2025
Future lawyers in Texas could face a major change, as the state’s supreme court has been calling for significant reform. The Supreme Court of Texas announced in April that it was seeking public comment on whether to end its longstanding requirement that aspiring lawyers graduate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school to be eligible for admission to the Texas bar.
Attorney at Work
JULY 16, 2025
Sasha Berson | If you’re not making acquisitions part of your growth plan in 2025, you're going to get left behind. The post How to Double Your Law Firm Practically Overnight — Without Wasting 3 Years on ‘Organic Growth’ appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
Providence, Rhode Island-headquartered United Natural Foods on Wednesday flagged about $350 million to $400 million hit to its fiscal 2025 net sales from an unauthorized activity on its internal networks.
Securities Docket
JULY 16, 2025
On June 30, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York denied defendant Eric J. Watson’s motion to dismiss the SEC’s insider trading claim against him. The SEC’s complaint, filed on July 9, 2021, alleges Watson, who was an insider and controlling shareholder of Long Island Iced Tea Corp. (LTEA), tipped his business associate, defendant Oliver-Barret Lindsay, with material nonpublic information about LTEA’s forthcoming announcement that it was pivoting its business from
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
JULY 16, 2025
An $8 billion class action investors’ lawsuit against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and company leaders — current and former — begins Wednesday, with claims stemming from the 2018 privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm.
IP Watchdog
JULY 16, 2025
Several amici have weighed in this week on a petition challenging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) recission of former USPTO Director Kathi Vidal’s guidance on discretionary denial—and retroactive application of the new, interim guidance—which SAP America, Inc. argues violated its right to due process. SAP filed a petition for a writ of mandamus with the U.S.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2025
Insurance broker Aon announced the promotions of Alfonso Valera as CEO of International for Reinsurance, responsible for UK, EMEA and APAC, and Steve Hofmann as CEO of Americas for Reinsurance, responsible for North America and Latin America.
Securities Docket
JULY 16, 2025
Allianz SE said the US Securities and Exchange Commission agreed to let it return to the fund business, three years after one of its units pleaded guilty to securities fraud over the collapse of the insurance giant’s Structured Alpha hedge funds. The 2022 plea by Allianz Global Investors US triggered an automatic 10-year ban from the industry that also limited Allianz’s ability to offer investment advisory services through other businesses, with the exception of Allianz Life and its bond manager
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.
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
59 
Let's personalize your content