Complex Discovery

AUGUST 11, 2025

Editor’s Note: At a time when cyber threats are evolving faster than many organizations can adapt, the July 31 CTRL ALT Defend micro-conference in Chicago offered a rare combination of blunt realism and actionable strategy. From ransomware operators coerced into crime to advanced phishing kits that bypass multi-factor authentication, the event’s speakers confronted the shifting nature of digital risk head-on.

Government and Public Sector

Attorney at Work

AUGUST 11, 2025

Ari Kaplan interviews Jim Sullivan and Tom Palladino, founder and president, respectively, of eDiscovery AI. The post How Legal Professionals Should Prepare for and Adapt to an AI-Centric E-Discovery Landscape appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

Discovery

E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 11, 2025

Phased discovery is, in my experience, a potentially valuable, but rarely used, cost-saving technique. See Use of Phased Discovery to Achieve Proportionality (Jul. 15, 2022). In appropriate situations, phased discovery can be a useful way to avoid a discovery dispute by “kicking the can down the road.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(f)(3) requires that a “discovery plan must state the parties’ views and proposals on … whether discovery should be conducted in phases….

Discovery

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

Swiss Re AG issued guidance for underwriters on how to assess life insurance applications of people who show signs of using medications for longevity purposes.

Insurance

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

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Case Management

Complex Discovery

AUGUST 11, 2025

Editor’s Note: The launch of HaystackID’s ReviewRight Mobile App marks a practical leap forward for remote legal and cybersecurity review. By allowing professionals to manage credentials, availability, and project opportunities directly from their phones, and giving clients instant access to qualified talent, the app closes the gap between demand and readiness.

Litigation Support

E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 11, 2025

A party that fails to timely provide a privilege log does so at its peril. In J.T. v. City and County of San Francisco, 2025 WL 2213208 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 4, 2025), plaintiffs [1] sued over a mass arrest. Defendants asserted the qualified, official information privilege, but failed to provide a privilege log under Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(b)(5)(A). The court ordered Defendants to do so by a date certain.

Discovery

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 11, 2025

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has embarked upon a three-year plan to focus on and discuss standard essential patents (SEPs).To forward this laudable goal, WIPO will host a free SEP symposium in Geneva on September 18-19, which will be live streamed online. WIPO bringing the SEP community together for an IP conversation was the predicate for our IPWatchdog Unleashed podcast this week.

Technology

Complex Discovery

AUGUST 11, 2025

Editor’s Note: Opening ILTACON 2025 in National Harbor, keynote speaker Ryan Campbell set aside the expected talk of AI advancements and cybersecurity frameworks to deliver something far more personal — a challenge to rediscover joy. In a room filled with legal technologists, eDiscovery specialists, and governance professionals, Campbell’s journey from record-breaking pilot to crash survivor, and ultimately to resilience advocate, offered a rare pause in an industry defined by relent

Technology

Securities Docket

AUGUST 11, 2025

Last year, I noted to Politico that fighting the SEC or settling with the agency can be a “Hobson’s choice” for individuals and entities: dig in and continue to face a financial crippling investigation or litigation OR settle and give up your right to deny the allegations against you. There is no door #3. For many parties embroiled in SEC investigations or litigation, there is the appearance of a voluntary choice when it comes to resolving matters.

Litigation

E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 11, 2025

“After a one-day trial in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, a jury found Craig Donnell Johnson guilty of robbery. Before trial, Mr. Johnson had filed a motion to dismiss the case, arguing that the State had withheld the fact that it had used facial recognition technology (‘FRT’) to identify him as the alleged perpetrator and had failed to disclose details about the technology and its outputs.

Discovery

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

Are two AIGs better than one? In outlining the work at American International Group (AIG) to integrate generative artificial intelligence, CEO Peter Zaffino said AIG’s intent is to “create a digital twin of our business.

The Marshall Project

AUGUST 11, 2025

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Healthcare

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lancashire Holdings and CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Lancashire Announces Leadership Promotions, Including CEOs of Insurance Units Lancashire Syndicates Ltd. and Lancashire Insurance Company Ltd.

Insurance

Civil Litigation Brief

AUGUST 11, 2025

There are changes coming into force at 11.00 tomorrow. There are changes to PD 51R and PD51ZB. (Set your alarm clocks early tomorrow - these changes come into force - at 11.00 am.

Case Management

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

AUGUST 11, 2025

A Texas agency overseeing 13 million acres of state land is warning that toxic waste fluid from shale drilling threatens to contaminate oil wells in North America’s most prolific crude basin.

IP Watchdog

AUGUST 11, 2025

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick on Friday, August 8, sent a letter to Harvard University President Alan Garber informing him that the U.S. government is planning to “march in” on its patents. Lutnick accused the institution of failing “to live up to its obligations to the American taxpayer” and being “in breach of the statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements tied to Harvard’s federally funded research programs and intellectual property arising therefrom, including patents.

Technology

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

Florida-based Legacy Risk Solutions, a network of independent insurance agencies, has merged with PointeNorth Insurance Group, bringing more options for agents in commercial and personal lines.

Insurance

Practice of Law

AUGUST 11, 2025

It's been about 4,000 years since the last of the woolly mammoths walked the planet, but it appears that they're becoming more popular than ever. Not only were they part of a minor-league baseball promotion , but in May 2025, it was announced that Utah's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise would, after rounds of fan voting, be known as the Utah Mammoth.

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

AUGUST 11, 2025

The South Carolina Department of Insurance has proposed new rates for credit property insurance, holding the rate steady for household goods but reducing rates for other categories for 2026.

Insurance

Securities Docket

AUGUST 11, 2025

In 2023, as Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the giant cryptocurrency exchange Binance, prepared to plead guilty to U.S. money-laundering violations, he fashioned a crash course for himself on clemency politics, reading books about business tycoons who had received pardons, including Marc Rich and Michael Milken. Two years later, Mr. Zhao, a Chinese-born billionaire, is out of prison and mounting a pardon campaign of his own, backed by a sophisticated influence operation worthy of those high-profi

Pleadings

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

Liberty Mutual will give up $4.7 million in profit to settle a U.S. criminal bribery probe into an Indian subsidiary, in the Department of Justice’s first public enforcement action of a federal anti-bribery law it resumed enforcing in June.

Civil Litigation Brief

AUGUST 11, 2025

We are continuing with looking at the consequences of a party failing to call witnesses, or, as in this case, give no evidence of fact at all. In this case the judge had no difficulty in stating his views as.

Witnesses

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

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Technology

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

Chubb Makes Key Leadership Appointments in Surety’s Global and North America Businesses Chubb Limited, headquartered in Warren, New Jersey, named Steve Haney, vice president, Chubb Group and currently division president of North America surety and chief underwriting officer of global …

Securities Docket

AUGUST 11, 2025

William H. Webster, the only person ever to lead both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency, switching from lawman to spymaster while the bureau was investigating high crimes at the White House and the C.I.A., died on Friday in Warrenton, Va. He was 101. Source: William H. Webster, Who Ran Both the F.B.I. and the C.I.A., Dies at 101 – The New York Times The post William H.

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

One person was killed and at least 10 others hospitalized with injuries after an explosion at a U.S. Steel plant outside of Pittsburgh on Monday.

Securities Docket

AUGUST 11, 2025

Vedder Price announced that Steven J. Dollear, immediate past Chief of the National Security and Cybercrime Section of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, has joined the firm. Dollear is a Shareholder in the Government Investigations and White Collar Defense sub-practice group, and will be based in the Chicago office.

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

AUGUST 11, 2025

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is proposing to extend flight cuts at Newark, one of the three main airports serving the New York City-area, through October 2026 as it continues to face air traffic controller shortage and …

Civil Litigation Brief

AUGUST 11, 2025

If ever a judgment showed how difficult litigation can be it is the costs decision we are looking at here. A defendant made an application to strike out a case on the grounds of inadequate pleadings. That application would, without.

Pleadings

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 11, 2025

Jacob’s Pillow, a renowned dance center in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts, announced it has canceled the rest of its summer festival following a workplace accident in which an employee was killed.

E-Discovery LLC

AUGUST 11, 2025

“The Court agrees that inclusion of the entire deposition transcript served no proper purpose and accordingly grants the motion to strike.” Lively v. Wayfarer Studios LLC , 2025 WL 2298247, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 8, 2025). Defendants, the “Wayfarer Parties,” filed a letter asserting that there is no evidence that they participated in a smear campaign against Ms.

Depositions

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