Attorney at Work

JULY 29, 2025

Gene Commander | Embracing a talent-first growth strategy will give your firm an advantage in a rapidly changing legal industry. The key is creating a culture that attracts talented, nimble people and gives them a good reason to build their careers at your firm. The post Capitalizing on a Magnetic Workplace Culture: 5 Growth Strategies for Law Firms appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

Securities Docket

JULY 29, 2025

PayPal will allow smaller businesses in the U.S. to accept 100 cryptocurrencies on its platform, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana on its network, the payments services provider announced Monday. Pay with Crypto will enable users to convert crypto to stablecoins or to other fiat currencies, the firm said. It will support transactions for a number of wallets, including Coinbase, Kraken and MetaMask. […] PayPal users have been able to access crypto since late 2020, after a feature allow

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Cover Whale Insurance Solutions, Inc., a managing general agency (MGA) focused on commercial auto isurance, announced $40 million in new equity financing from Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.

Insurance

IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2025

On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential ruling in Jiaxing Super Lighting Electric Appliance v. CH Lighting Technology reversing the Western District of Texas’ judgment as a matter of law (JMOL) that Jiaxing’s patents were not invalid under the on-sale bar, and vacating the jury’s damages verdict. In relevant part, the Federal Circuit held that the district court erred in excluding evidence that prior art light-emitting diode (LED) tubes were on sale pri

Evidence

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.

Case Management

Complex Discovery

JULY 29, 2025

Editor’s Note: A cyberattack grounded Russia’s flagship airline Aeroflot on July 28, 2025, laying bare the fragility of digital infrastructure under geopolitical strain. With over 100 flight cancellations and a sprawling shutdown of IT systems, this high-profile breach—allegedly conducted by pro-Ukrainian hacktivist groups Silent Crow and Cyberpartisans BY—offers a sobering glimpse into the modern theater of cyber warfare.

Transportation and Logistics

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Are you a trucking company? If so, you may be exposed to class action lawsuits for minimum wage, break time, and overtime violations. Trucking companies are essential to our national economy and security.

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Natural disasters across the globe cost insurers US$80 billion during the first half of 2025, up from $64 billion in H1 2024, according to Munich Re’s mid-year natural disaster report.

Insurance

IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday affirmed a district court’s finding that Netflix, Inc. had proven the challenged claims of CA, Inc.’s patent for distributed computing technology obvious. The opinion was authored by U.S. District Judge Jennifer Hall of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, sitting by designation.

Technology

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Recent actions by the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have reversed or jeopardized more than $360 million in compensation paid to consumers allegedly harmed by financial companies, an analysis by consumer groups said on Tuesday.

Securities Docket

JULY 29, 2025

A federal appeals court on Friday struck down 2023 regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on funding a comprehensive market surveillance system, finding that Wall Street’s top regulator had not provided a sufficient basis for allowing stock exchanges to pass on its costs to their members, court papers showed. The unanimous decision represented another blow to SEC regulations adopted under the Biden administration, which faced concerted opposition from industry a

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

The phone rings. It’s the secretary of state calling. Or is it? For Washington insiders, seeing and hearing is no longer believing, thanks to a spate of recent incidents involving deepfakes impersonating top officials in President Donald Trump’s administration.

Securities Docket

JULY 29, 2025

SEC Chair Paul Atkins is following a familiar path in his approach to the US audit board: replace its members and force an agenda reset. The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, a small Washington regulator created out of the ashes of the Enron and WorldCom scandals, is facing its third overhaul in less than 10 years. That whipsaw in who runs the board and what policies and approach members bring to its mission could set back efforts to update US audit standards, investors fear.

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) is supporting a bill first introduced more than 18 months ago to limit the authority of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and protect state regulation of the insurance industry. Rep.

Insurance

Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 29, 2025

Here we look at the latest statutory instrument which makes changes to the rules. We are starting by looking at the changes in relation to the rules relating to costs. These provisions come into force on the 1st October 2025.

Evidence

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

Trial Notebook

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

A Connecticut firefighter was killed after a piece of a fire truck broke free and struck him, state police said.

IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2025

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed, we have a conversation about one of the hottest topics not just in the intellectual property world, but one that people are discussing both inside and outside of government. The cost of prescription pharmaceuticals is higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world, and many in the United States—including President Trump—are fed up with this imbalance.

Pharmaceuticals

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Applied Underwriters said it has launched Innovation Risk, a new managing general agent (MGA) platform that will focus on casualty, accident, and life underwriting.

Insurance

Securities Docket

JULY 29, 2025

In a novel twist on insider trading probes, French authorities are investigating a network that allegedly tried to court elite university students and junior bankers, betting they’d one day land top finance jobs and hand over market-moving intelligence. One of those students would later work for Rothschild & Co. on a secret €2 billion ($2.3 billion) plan by luxury billionaire Bernard Arnault to delist Christian Dior — a deal that never surfaced publicly but still triggered suspicious trades

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?

Technology

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Florida may have had some of the highest property and auto insurance rates in the country in recent years, but so far this year, the largest auto insurers have filed for rate decreases averaging about 6%, regulators said.

Insurance

Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 29, 2025

The 187th Update Practice Direction Amendments come into force today. These make changes to the Online Civil Claims Pilot. These make important changes and should be read in conjunction with the letter from HMCTS dated 25th July 2025 which is.

Mediation

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Reactions to a recent Wall Street Journal article, which faulted the Demotech rating agency for giving top marks to a number of insurance carriers before the insurers went insolvent in recent years, has been mixed and muted.

Insurance

Practice of Law

JULY 29, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court has sided again with the Trump administration in a battle over the ability of a president to remove agency commissioners. The case originated in early May of this year, after Trump was well into his second term. It started when the re-elected president notified three commissioners from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) that they were being removed from their positions.

Precedent

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!

Technology

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

A deadly shooting at a New York City office tower on Monday exposed the vulnerability of corporate executives and employees even inside the commercial core of America’s financial capital, prompting reviews of security procedures at buildings across Manhattan.

Practice of Law

JULY 29, 2025

Throughout history, there have been those who claimed that their actions were due to following commands given by their deity. For example, in the Bible, it's written that Moses spent weeks having God speak to him at Sinai before going down to spread what he heard to his fellow worshippers. Things got a little dicey for a while before Moses was able to make his companions understand what was expected from them.

Witnesses

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “a-” (Excellent) from “bbb+” (Good) of New Horizon Insurance Company based in Houston, Texas.

Insurance

Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 29, 2025

Here we look at a case where an expert reported without having all the relevant evidence to hand. In fact he only saw the claimant's witness statements a few days before the trial. This, added to other issues, led to.

Evidence

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!

Litigation

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

This edition of International People Moves details London-based appointments at the reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter and the insurer Tokio Marine HCC International. A summary of these new hires follows here.

Insurance

Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 29, 2025

Here we look at a case where the court refused thee applicants' application for permission to amend its particulars of claim. There are many points of interest to litigators. The application was made too late and, in any event, did.

Pleadings

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2025

Marsh Japan has agreed to purchase Mitsubishi Electric Corp.’s in-house insurance agency, Mitsubishi Electric Insurance Service Co. Ltd., in a share transfer agreement that will be completed on Nov. 4. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Insurance

Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 29, 2025

Here we are looking at the award of costs following the judgment considered in the previous post. The applicants had, they said, incurred £435,000 in costs, the respondents sought £181,374.28. For the most part the judge rejected the applicants' submissions.

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.

Technology