Fri.Jan 31, 2025

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AI and Legal Digital Marketing: AI Is Changing How Clients Find Lawyers

Attorney at Work

Annette Choti | Learn how AI is changing online research, website optimization, on-page behavior, and client expectations. The post AI and Legal Digital Marketing: AI Is Changing How Clients Find Lawyers appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Journalists: How to Report on Deaths in Jails and Prisons

The Marshall Project

When you get a tip about a death or multiple deaths in your local jail or prison, there are concrete steps you can take to start investigating.

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RIP: Barry Bayer, the OG of Legal Tech Reporting

Law Sites

People have sometimes called me the OG of legal tech reporting. But that is not so. The true OG of legal tech was Barry Bayer, who died this week at the age of 81.

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Court States: Pick Up the Telephone

E-Discovery LLC

In Jennings v. USAA Casualty Insurance Co., 2025 WL267168 (W.D. Wash. Jan. 22, 2025), each side blamed the other for delay. The court wrote: Here, the Court questions whether the parties have acted with sufficient diligence in pursuing discovery. It seems much of the delay each side blames the other for could have been resolved by simply picking up a telephone, calling opposing counsel, and discussing the ESI protocol rather than sending letters, and waiting for a response; apparently each side

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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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Inszone Acquires Texas Classic

Insurance Journal

Inszone Insurance Services announced the acquisition of Texas Classic Insurance Agency, Inc. This transaction further strengthens Inszone’s foothold in Texas and enhances its capabilities in the personal lines insurance market.

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7 Best Contract Review Tools to Speed Up Your Process

Percipient

If contract management is not prioritized, it can be a serious drain on the bottom line. However, when its done right, organizations can save 2% of annual costs. With better practices in place, businesses can speed up negotiations by 50% and reduce mistakes by as much as 90%. Contract review tools simplify the process, helping teams identify risks, edit agreements, and stay organized.

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Italy Takes Decisive Action: DeepSeek Blocked Amid Privacy Concerns

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Italys data protection authority, the Garante, has taken a decisive step in AI regulation by banning Chinese AI firm DeepSeek over unresolved data privacy concerns. This action, effective January 31, 2025, reflects growing European vigilance in enforcing stringent data protection standards. The ban follows DeepSeeks failure to provide satisfactory explanations about its data collection, processing, and potential storage in China.

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Willis Takes Donnelly From Marsh to Head North America Risk & Broking

Insurance Journal

Willis said it has hired veteran leader Pat Donnelly as head of risk & broking (R&B) in North America.

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Finally 100% Digital: Estonia’s 30-Year Journey from the USSR to e-Estonia

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Estonias transition from a post-Soviet state to a leader in digital governance, offering 100% of its government services online, is a case study in innovation, resilience, and strategic technology adoption. This transformation did not happen by chanceit was a deliberate response to the challenges of governance in a small, dispersed nation.

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Hawaii Wildfire Victims Spared From Testifying After Deal Over $4B Settlement

Insurance Journal

Lawyers representing victims of a deadly Hawaii wildfire reached a last-minute deal averting a trial that was scheduled to begin Wednesday over how to split a $4 billion settlement.

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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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Memecoins Can Stay Fun With Caution and Tempered Regulation

Securities Docket

Despite these risks, memecoins are thriving as cultural exemplars, leveraging humor, nostalgia, and collective action to redefine value in the digital age. Market manipulators use pump-and-dump and rug-pull schemes to inflate coin prices. As volume and empty promises grow, the team or insiders exploit new members as exit liquidityselling their holdings to new members at inflated prices before abandoning the project.

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Texas Dairy, Poultry Producers Grapple With Bird Flu

Insurance Journal

Just as quickly as the bird flu is spreading, the virus is changing. Nearly three years ago, a flock of pheasants in Erath County became the first case of the bird flu in Texas.

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US SEC case over massive Allen Stanford fraud ends, judge orders fines

Securities Docket

A federal judge ordered an end to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s 16-year-old lawsuit over Allen Stanford’s $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme, directing the financier and two former colleagues to pay sums that will go largely uncollected. In a decision on Wednesday, Chief Judge David Godbey of the Dallas federal court imposed a $5.9 billion civil fine on Stanford, who is serving a 110-year prison sentence after being convicted in 2012 of defrauding about 18,000 investors.

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Australia Braces for Life-Threatening Floods as Six Storms Brew

Insurance Journal

Six storms around Australia and its territories are expected to strengthen in the coming days, with one system likely to trigger life-threatening flooding in the nation’s north and three others with at least a moderate chance to form into tropical …

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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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Womble Expands Litigation Bench in Baltimore | Womble Bond Dickinson

Securities Docket

Womble Bond Dickinson announced today that Gregory T. Lawrence has joined the firms Business Litigation Group as a Partner in Baltimore. Lawrence represents individuals and companies nationally and internationally in all phases of complex civil litigation, white-collar prosecutions, and regulatory matters. He has achieved notable and landmark victories for clients, including a rare defeat of the Securities and Exchange Commission in a high-profile securities fraud prosecution and an $80.8 millio

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Tri-State Region Blood Center Hit With Ransomware Attack

Insurance Journal

One of the country’s largest blood donor and research centers has suffered a ransomware attack. The New York Blood Center (NYBC) said that on Sunday, January 26, it identified “suspicious activity” affecting its IT systems.

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ADVOCACY THE JUDGE’S VIEW XV: REMEMBER JUDGES MAY BE TALKING ABOUT YOU: ADVICE FROM THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO

Civil Litigation Brief

Here we look at aninterview with San Francisco Superior Court Judge, Curtis Karnow. The interview was about a book the judge had written Litigation in Practice, which is available in the UK. The original interview by is Ros Todd. As.

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Aon Reports Organic Growth of 6% for 4th Quarter and Full-Year 2024

Insurance Journal

Aon reported net income attributable to shareholders of $716 million during the fourth quarter, a 44% increase from the $498 million reported in Q4 2023. For full-year 2024, net income attributable to shareholders increased to $2.7 billion, or $12.

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

Speaker: Andrew Klein

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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Other Barks & Bites for Friday, January 31: Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of FCA Claims Against Allergan; Motion to Compel Government Granted in E-Passport Reader Case; U.S. Patent Grants Increase 5.7% in 2024

IP Watchdog

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit applies its minimum contacts analysis from Acorda to find the constitutional exercise of personal jurisdiction over Samsung Bioepis in Regeneron v. Mylan; Judge Holte of the Federal Court of Claims grants-in-part motions to compel the government and third-party defendant Idemia in a patent infringement case over e-passport reader technology; and more.

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Brazil Insurer Porto Seguro Eyes Partners for Health Business, Sources Say

Insurance Journal

Brazilian insurance group Porto Seguro is in talks with private equity funds to possibly sell a minority stake in its health business, with discussions focusing on the strategic advantages of potential partners and valuation, two people familiar with the talks …

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ECB’s Lagarde Is Confident EU Central Banks Will Shun Bitcoin Reserves – Bloomberg

Securities Docket

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde predicted that no European Union country will choose to add Bitcoin to its monetary reserves. Responding to comments by her Czech counterpart, Ales Michl, that his institution will look into the matter, she cast doubt on such prospects, saying the cryptocurrency doesnt meet criteria required by policymakers either of the ECB or any other nation in the bloc.

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Floods in France Force Evacuations and Cut Power to Homes

Insurance Journal

Flooding caused by Storm Herminia forced the evacuation of thousands of people in northwest France, while hundreds of homes remain without power.

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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

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After the Deluge: Law Practice & Legal Ethics in the New Administration

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

FEATURE ARTICLE: After the Deluge: Law Practice & Legal Ethics in the New Administration Author: Professor Michael H. Hoeflich, PhD , Editor-in-Chief Legal Editor: Carrie E. Parker ; Design & Publishing Editor: Matthew T. Stephens This article is featured in Volume 6, Number 1 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter , published January 31, 2025.

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AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for RLI

Insurance Journal

AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa” (Superior) of the members of RLI Group (RLI).

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Legal Ethics & Malpractice Reporter, Vol. 6, No. 1

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

EDITED BY: Professor Michael H. Hoeflich, PhD , Editor-in-Chief Carrie E. Parker , Legal Editor Matthew T. Stephens , Design & Publishing Editor PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC PUBLICATION DATE: January 31, 2025 READ & DOWNLOAD FULL-TEXT PDF OF LEMR Vol. 6, No. 1 FEATURE ARTICLE: After the Deluge: Law Practice & Legal Ethics in the New Administration President Trump has been in office for two weeks and has already effectuated immense changes in the structure of the fe

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DeepSeek’s AI Restricted by ‘Hundreds’ of Companies in Days

Insurance Journal

Companies and government agencies around the world are moving to restrict their employees’ access to the tools recently released by the Chinese artificial-intelligence startup DeepSeek, according to the cybersecurity firms hired to help protect their systems.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

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

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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Pump.Fun Hit With Proposed Class Action Lawsuit Alleging Securities Violations

Securities Docket

Memecoin generator Pump.fun was hit with another proposed class action lawsuit on Thursday, accusing the company and its executives of raking in nearly $500 million in fees while violating U.S. securities laws. The suit, filed in the Southern District of New York (SDNY), hinges on the crypto industrys biggest lingering question when is a token a security?

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Europe’s Insurers May Face New Capital Rules for Climate Risk

Insurance Journal

Europe’s insurance watchdog has called for a recalibration of capital requirements to reflect rising climate-driven disasters across the continent.

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Trump is Back in Power: How Will His Administration Impact Patent Law and Protection for Inventors?

IP Watchdog

Intellectual property (IP) laws, including those governing patents, are fundamental to protecting the rights of inventors and encouraging innovation. Over time, U.S. administrations have made various changes to patent law, either through direct legislation, executive actions, or influencing the judicial interpretation of IP statutes. While each administration brings its own priorities, understanding the broader trends in patent law can help us predict how this latest seismic shift with a new Tru

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Corporate ‘Irritation’ Over ESG Fueled by Significant Costs

Insurance Journal

As ESG rapidly morphs into one of the least-loved labels in global finance, those monitoring the development say it’s not all down to ideology.

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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.