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A Favor To Ask: Help Support and Celebrate Community Mediation

Law Sites

On Sept. 19, The Resolution Center celebrates its 30th anniversary. Long formerly known as the North Shore Community Mediation Center, it is an organization that provides conflict resolution and training services to a broad swath of communities north of Boston.

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Mastering the Art of Client Credit Allocation Conversations

Attorney at Work

Yuliya LaRoe | Client credit allocation conversations don’t have to be contentious. Here's how to keep calm and ensure your contributions are rewarded. The post Mastering the Art of Client Credit Allocation Conversations appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Conflicting Federal Policies May Cost Residents Near Dams More on Flood Insurance

Insurance Journal

Conflicting federal policies may force thousands of residents in flood-prone areas to pay more for flood insurance or be left unaware of danger posed by dams built upstream from their homes and worksites, according to an Associated Press review of …

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Open Source AI? More Transparency, Please

IP Watchdog

Jockeying for position among the leading generative AI large language models (LLMs) has amplified their differences. Training models and code access are the source of some of the biggest disagreements. Should code for generative and other forms of AI be open or proprietary, protected under copyright, trade secret or even patent? There is a lot riding financially on the outcome, and there are good arguments for and against.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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Scientists at Iowa Research Facility Race to Halt Spread of Bird Flu

Insurance Journal

AMES, Iowa (AP) — At first glance, it looks like an unassuming farm. Cows are scattered across fenced-in fields. A milking barn sits in the distance with a tractor parked alongside.

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Chipotle ruling exposes murky future of mandatory arbitration

Legal Dive

The 8th Circuit’s ruling that a sexual assault claim must go to court sheds light on how the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act has shaken up arbitration law.

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Did I Waive My Right to Sue Disney By Accepting Their Terms and Conditions?

Practice of Law

In what many are calling an absurd move, Disney claimed that a widower whose wife died from an allergic reaction after dining at a restaurant in Disney Springs, Florida, has no right to sue in court. According to Disney, he waived his right by agreeing to the terms and conditions when he purchased Disney World tickets on the app and subscribed to Disney+.

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New Jersey Raises Workers’ Compensation Attorney Fee Cap to 25%

Insurance Journal

New Jersey has raised the cap on fees for attorneys handling workers’ compensation cases from 20% to 25% of settlements. The primary sponsors of S2822/A3986 were Senator Joseph Lagana and Assemblymen Anthony Verrelli and Robert Karabinchak.

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Patenting Video Games and AI: From Alice to KSR and Beyond | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

We also spent a good deal of time discussing obviousness, KSR, and how at least sometimes, perhaps even often depending on the wording of the rejection from the examiner, you really only need to argue a lack of teaching, suggestion and motivation to persuade examiners that the claims you seek are nonobvious and allowable. “Evidence is still a requirement for motivation to combine,” Rogitz said.

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Australians Can Now Legally Ignore Work Calls, Emails After Hours

Insurance Journal

Australians can now legally ignore unreasonable after-hours work calls and emails under new government legislation that came into effect on Monday, drawing criticism from business groups.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Vidal Highlights Diversity as ‘National Imperative’ at Inaugural Women’s IP Forum

IP Watchdog

On day one of IPWatchdog’s inaugural Women’s IP Forum, which was also National Women’s Equality Day, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal shared her insights for women seeking to move into leadership positions in IP and the challenges she’s had to face along the way, both personally and professionally—from being told she shouldn’t play guitar or drums at age seven to redirecting (and even harnessing) misogynist comments and bullies she has encountered along the way.

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AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Church Mutual’s Surplus Notes

Insurance Journal

AM Best said it has assigned and placed under review with negative implications a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of bbb+ (Good) to the $40 million, 9.5% surplus notes due 2044 issued by Church Mutual Insurance Company, S.I.

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ESG leadership increasingly leaning on in-house legal teams: report

Legal Dive

As regulatory and litigation pressure weighs on companies, general counsels are taking a more active role in ESG strategies, per a recent survey conducted by Corporate Counsel and Morrison Foerster.

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Captain of Sunken Superyacht Placed Under Investigation, Source Says

Insurance Journal

Italian prosecutors have placed under investigation the captain of the superyacht that sank off Sicily last week in a storm, killing British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six other people, a judicial source said on Monday.

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WITNESS STATEMENTS, WITNESSES, EVIDENCE AND PSYCHOLOGY: GUIDANCE FROM THE EAST: ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM A DECADE AGO THAT REMAINS RELEVANT

Civil Litigation Brief

We are looking again at the skills necessary to take accurate witness statements. Here we revisit a real gem of an article by Ula Cartwright-Finch and Alex Waksman of Herbert Smith Freehills on the accuracy of witness statements and the.

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Louisiana Insurers Required to Submit Hurricane Season Data by Aug. 30 Deadline

Insurance Journal

Insurers in Louisiana have until Friday, Aug. 30 to compete a data call relating to property and casualty homeowners’ insurance policies and commercial lines property policies during the 2024 hurricane season.

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Citi fired whistleblower for underperformance, bank says

Legal Dive

“Citi was compelled to replace [Kathleen Martin] as Data Transformation Chair — the role. was too important for Citi to tolerate [her] underperformance,” the bank said Thursday.

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US Justice Department Accuses RealPage of Driving Up Rents

Insurance Journal

The U.S. Department of Justice and eight states sued RealPage on Friday, accusing the property management software company of using algorithms to help landlords illegally collude and drive up rents for apartments.

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If My Blog Actually Got Comments, This Would Be A Cautionary Tale

Ethicking

As reported by Above the Law and the Legal Profession Blog , a Colorado lawyer received a 60-day suspension, stayed if he successfully completes a two-year probationary period, for posing as a judge and a former deputy district attorney in blog comments submitted to a moderator. The stipulated decision (and I suppose I should include a warning that there is uncensored profanity in the decision) was brief, and notes a violation of Colorado Rule 8.4(c) , which, like its ABA counterpart , prohibits

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Kroger Case Tests FTC Chair’s Bid to Protect Workers

Insurance Journal

Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan’s initiative to use antitrust laws to protect workers faces a key test starting Monday when the agency will argue the merger between grocery chain Kroger and its rival Albertsons would crush unionized workers’ bargaining …

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Wyoming is pushing crypto payments, trying to beat the Fed to a digital dollar

Securities Docket

As crypto investing becomes more mainstream and institutionalized with bitcoin ETFs, Wyoming is already pushing into the next phase of growth for crypto: consumer payments. The state is creating its own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, called the Wyoming stable token, which it plans to launch in the first quarter of 2025 to give individuals and businesses a faster and cheaper way to transact while creating a new revenue stream for the state.

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Typhoon Shanshan Headed for Japan Threatens Transport Links

Insurance Journal

Typhoon Shanshan is expected to approach Japan’s southern island of Kyushu on Tuesday or Wednesday, with railway operators warning of service disruptions and an airline canceling flights.

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Crypto industry accounts for almost half of corporate donations in 2024 election, report says

Securities Docket

Nearly half of all the corporate money flowing into the election has come from the crypto industry, according to a report this week from the nonprofit watchdog group Public Citizen. The sum, approximately $119 million, was raised from a mix of contributors, with Coinbase and Ripple accounting for more than 80% of the donations.

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Texas DWC to Hold Brown Bag Series on Dispute Resolution

Insurance Journal

The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation will hold a Brown Bag Series with stakeholders in the workers’ compensation system this fall, with a half dozen meetings scheduled across the state.

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Private Equity Firm Broadstreet Sues to Stop SEC Investigation

Securities Docket

Private equity firm Broadstreet Inc. asked a Texas federal court to block a Securities and Exchange Commission probe into the firm’s real-estate development plans. Broadstreet’s targeted activities don’t “fall within the scope” of the SEC’s authority to regulate securities, the complaint, filed Thursday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, said.

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Hawaiian Electric Raises Going Concern Doubts on Uncertainties Over Wildfire Settlement Financing

Insurance Journal

Utility firm Hawaiian Electric raised going concern doubts on Friday after disclosing that it did not have a financing plan in place for the $1.99 billion Maui wildfire settlement it reached earlier this month.

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SEC Issues Awards Totaling $98 Million to Two Whistleblowers

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced awards of more than $98 million to two whistleblowers whose information and assistance led to an SEC enforcement action and an action brought by another agency. The first whistleblower’s tip prompted the opening of the investigations, and thereafter provided critical additional information and ongoing assistance.

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Halliburton Probes Impact of Cyberattack With Law Enforcement

Insurance Journal

Top U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton said on Friday it was working with law enforcement to determine the extent of a computer systems breach and was yet to determine if the incident would have a material impact on its business.

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5th Circuit tosses DOL’s tip credit final rule

Legal Dive

The department’s “80/20” guidance for dual job workers is inconsistent with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the court held.

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Australian Homeowners Struggling to Afford Insurance as Climate Risks Grow: Report

Insurance Journal

Home insurance is becoming unaffordable for a growing number of Australian households as increased climate threats drive up their premiums, potentially putting billions of dollars in mortgage loans at risk, a report said on Monday.

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Love Can Cost a Thing: The Legal Implications of Bennifer's Divorce

Practice of Law

After their celebrated reunion, some twenty years after their initial split, everyone believed that Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopes, or "Bennifer", finally had their fairy tale ending. This didn’t happen, unfortunately. Two years after their reunion, Lopez filed for divorce. Divorces are common in Hollywood, but this story has a detail rarely heard among the rich and famous: there was no prenuptial agreement.

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Smoke Plume Over Houston Fades After TPC Restores Power

Insurance Journal

Texas chemical producer TPC Group Inc. has restored normal operations at its facility that spewed thick, black smoke into the Houston sky for almost four hours Monday.

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Kraken Must Face SEC Suit Over Crypto Exchange Registration – Bloomberg

Securities Docket

Cryptocurrency platform Kraken must face a US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing it of operating an unregistered securities exchange, a judge ruled. “The SEC has plausibly alleged that at least some of the cryptocurrency transactions that Kraken facilitates on its network constitute investment contracts, and therefore securities, and are accordingly subject to securities laws,” US District Judge William H.

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North Carolina Supreme Court Says Speedway Can Sue Over COVID Closure

Insurance Journal

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina racetrack, shuttered briefly for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic, can sue the top health regulator on allegations that Gov.

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When Must a Motion to Compel Be Filed?

E-Discovery LLC

While the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure are detailed and precise, there are gaps. For example, the Rules do not specify when a spoliation motion must be filed. That gap has been filled by common-law. When Should a Spoliation Motion Be Filed and Decided? (Dec. 26, 2020); Spoliation Motions Denied as Untimely – Another Wake-Up Call (Sept. 8, 2023); Another Spoliation Motion Denied as Untimely (Mar. 14, 2024).

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