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Federal Court Dismisses ROSS Intelligence’s Remaining Antitrust Claim Against Thomson Reuters

Law Sites

A federal judge in Delaware has dismissed the claim by now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence that Thomson Reuters violated federal antitrust law by unlawfully tying its search tool to its public law database in order to maintain its dominance in the overall market for legal search platforms.

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To Master New Legal Technology, Adjust Your Training Methods to Different Learning Styles

Attorney at Work

Here’s a quick guide to four core learning styles and how you can apply them to better master legal tech. The post To Master New Legal Technology, Adjust Your Training Methods to Different Learning Styles appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Here’s the Video of Our Legaltech Week Panel Recorded Live Friday at RelativityFest in Chicago

Law Sites

Several of our regular Legaltech Week panelists were in Chicago for RelativityFest last week, so we took the opportunity to get together and broadcast our show live from the same room (instead of Zoom squares). If you missed it Friday, here’s the video recording.

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Florida’s Heritage Stock Price Drops After ’60 Minutes’ Report on Adjusters

Insurance Journal

Just as Florida property insurers face another round of storm claims, CBS News has raised questions about alleged insurer fraud stemming from claims incurred in the last major storm – Hurricane Ian, which hit much of southwest Florida two years …

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Fresh Out of School: How to Become an Expert Paralegal

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!

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Exclusive: Novaplex launches Compare to complete missing piece of document drafting suite

Legal IT Insider

Independent UK document production provider Novaplex is bringing new comparison software to market following two years of development and collaboration with ten early adopter law firms. Founded in 2008, Novaplex […] The post Exclusive: Novaplex launches Compare to complete missing piece of document drafting suite appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Thieves Hunting for Copper Are Vandalizing American EV Chargers

Insurance Journal

Rick Wilmer spends most of his work days at the office. But every so often, the chief executive officer of ChargePoint Holdings Inc.

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Judge Rules eBay Not Liable for Selling Harmful Products

Insurance Journal

A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit accusing eBay of violating environmental laws by allowing the sale of hundreds of thousands of harmful products on its platform, including pesticides and devices to evade motor vehicle pollution controls.

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OpenAI’s For-Profit Shift: Restructuring and Executive Movements Reshape AI Landscape

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: OpenAI’s restructuring into a for-profit public benefit corporation marks a critical juncture for the company and its future in artificial intelligence. Initially founded as a nonprofit to ensure AI benefits humanity, OpenAI now shifts towards a model that balances profitability with societal impact. This move, sparked by over $13 billion in investments and internal leadership transitions, mirrors the strategies of competitors like Anthropic and xAI.

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EU Privacy Regulator Fines Meta €91M Over Password Storage in GDPR Violation

Insurance Journal

The lead European Union privacy regulator fined social media giant Meta 91 million euros ($101.5 million) on Friday for inadvertently storing some users’ passwords without protection or encryption.

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How to Choose a Law Firm Name

Practice Panther

Whether you’re opening a new law firm or looking to refresh your current branding, it’s important to choose a name that your audience will identify with. This name will last with your firm for a lifetime and will have an impact on everyone at the firm. It will impact your firm’s marketing , reputation, and lead generation. If you’re feeling the pressure, take a deep breath.

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

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.

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FCC Says It Has Reached $31.5 Million Settlement With T-Mobile Over Data Breaches

Insurance Journal

T-Mobile has reached a $31.5 million settlement to resolve a probe by the Federal Communications Commission into significant data breaches over three years that impacted tens of millions of U.S. consumers, the agency said on Monday.

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Dogs, Cats, and Roadkill: What Meat Can You Legally Eat?

Practice of Law

For pet owners, life wouldn't be the same without their furry companions. Our dogs and cats (or hamsters, iguanas, or whatever other animal friend you prefer) can provide joy, comfort, and fun. There's a reason why cat and dog videos remain the most popular kinds of online videos. They're cute and loving, and we go out of our way to protect them. Of course, our attitude toward pets has changed.

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Real Estate MGA Ventis Launches in Ireland

Insurance Journal

Ventis, the London-based commercial and residential real estate managing general agent, has expanded into Ireland, continuing its mission to deliver client service and capacity to brokers in the underserved middle of the property market.

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Is it Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit? | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

Over the last six months, only 6.3% of Federal Circuit actions have been precedential patent decisions. If so little of what the Federal Circuit is doing relates to patents, why do we need or want a “patent court”? Meanwhile, what decisions the Federal Circuit does issue are panel dependent and show not a care in the world about the court’s original mandate, which was to create a unified national patent law and recognize that at least some patents have to be valid and enforced.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

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?

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4.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hit California South of San Francisco

Insurance Journal

An earthquake registering magnitude 4.2 shook part of central California early Sunday, the United States Geological Survey confirmed. The earthquake was detected at 2:47 a.m. local time about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) northwest of Aromas with a depth of 7.

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Berkeley settles ADA lawsuit over remote attendance for commission members

Legal Dive

City representatives approved requests but required commission members’ home addresses be publicly posted and that they allow members of the public into their homes, the complaint alleged.

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Cruise Gets More Oversight After California Robotaxi Dragging Incident

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California governor vetoes controversial AI safety bill

Legal Dive

Silicon Valley had largely opposed the measure, which would have imposed liability and civil penalties on companies developing the largest AI models.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

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!

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Acquisition of UK’s Specialist Risk Group Completed by Warburg Pincus and Temasek

Insurance Journal

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based specialist insurance intermediary, announced that its acquisition by Warburg Pincus, a global growth investor, and Temasek, the Singapore-based investment company, has been completed.

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Checking in With Alice Part II: Takeaways and Predictions

IP Watchdog

As we learned in Part I of this article, district courts, the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) routinely confront Alice issues in different ways and with different philosophies. As the volume of Alice jurisprudence grows, so too does our ability to understand important trends. Below we outline those trends that practitioners, particularly litigators, would be wise to pay close attention to.

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New Orleans, DOJ Move to End Police Department’s Consent Decree

Insurance Journal

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans and the U.S. Department of Justice filed a motion Friday in federal court to take steps to end long-standing federal oversight of the city’s police department.

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2025 in-house legal conferences

Legal Dive

General counsel can plan their team’s conference budget for next year by seeing all the top events at a glance using Legal Dive’s list of 2025 conferences for corporate lawyers.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

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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Cloudflare Denies Hosting Sites Linked to Data Leak at India’s Star Health

Insurance Journal

U.S. software firm Cloudflare has denied any role in hosting two websites run by a hacker offering for sale stolen personal data and medical records of customers of top Indian insurer Star Health.

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Independent boards found to enhance worker safety

Legal Dive

The positive impact is heightened in companies dominated by long-term investors, researchers say in an academic paper.

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Sanctioned Tanker With LNG Cargo Passes via Suez Canal, Data Shows

Insurance Journal

The Pioneer tanker, sanctioned by the United States over its links to Russia-sourced liquefied natural gas (LNG), has passed through the Suez Canal with an LNG cargo, LSEG data showed on Monday.

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6 Tips to Improve Law Firm Accounts Receivable Management

MyCase

Key takeaway: Law firm accounts receivable is the money clients owe after a law firm delivers legal services. The process can be as simple as executing the work, sending the bill, and receiving payment. However, some law firms struggle to receive on-time payments and may not receive payments until well past the due date. Most lawyers don’t get into law expecting to tackle accounts receivable management.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

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.

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Southern Water’s Credit Risk at Record High Amid Thames Water Woes

Insurance Journal

Southern Water’s credit risk has soared to a record high in recent days as hedge funds scramble to protect themselves against the possibility of default at the UK water company.

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Second Circuit Affirms Case-Ending Sanctions, Damages Against Defendants in Abbott Diabetes Test Strips Diversion Case

IP Watchdog

On September 26, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Abbott Laboratories v. H&H Wholesale Services, Inc., the appellate court’s latest decision in a nearly decade-long trademark case over the unlawful diversion of international diabetes test strips into the United States for sale. The appellate court affirmed the Eastern District of New York’s $33.5 million damages ruling against H&H Wholesale over the defendant’s arguments that it was entitled to a jury

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Appeals Court Sends Back Part of Dakota Access Pipeline Protestor’s Excessive Force Lawsuit

Insurance Journal

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An appeals court has sent back part of a lawsuit brought by a protester of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, who alleged excessive force by law enforcement officers.

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The farce that is America’s ‘crypto election’

Securities Docket

But reader, I must level with you right off the BAT (a digital token): the crypto voter is not, in any substantive sense, real. Aside from the small group of men (OK, mainly men) whose livelihoods now depend on this digitally indigenous fluff, most Americans have rather bigger things to worry about — food prices, healthcare, the jobs market, or the general state of their nation, maybe.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an