Attorney at Work
JANUARY 31, 2025
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Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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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Percipient
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
E-Discovery LLC
JANUARY 31, 2025
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
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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IP Watchdog
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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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Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
Howden, one of the world’s largest closely held insurance brokers, is in talks to acquire Risk Strategies, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Complex Discovery
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
Willis said it has hired veteran leader Pat Donnelly as head of risk & broking (R&B) in North America.
Securities Docket
JANUARY 31, 2025
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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Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Securities Docket
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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 …
Securities Docket
JANUARY 31, 2025
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
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?
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Civil Litigation Brief
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Securities Docket
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
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Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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 …
Law Sites
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
Flooding caused by Storm Herminia forced the evacuation of thousands of people in northwest France, while hundreds of homes remain without power.
The Marshall Project
JANUARY 31, 2025
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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Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
Europe’s insurance watchdog has called for a recalibration of capital requirements to reflect rising climate-driven disasters across the continent.
IP Watchdog
JANUARY 31, 2025
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
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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.
Securities Docket
JANUARY 31, 2025
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?
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.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
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).
Legal Dive
JANUARY 31, 2025
Although the Trump administration is unlikely to push AI-specific regulation, companies overstating their claims about the technology face laws against fraud and misrepresentation.
Insurance Journal
JANUARY 31, 2025
Norfolk Southern’s solid fourth quarter combined with the optimism the railroad is hearing from their customers and support they’re getting from Washington D.C. has the CEO feeling optimistic about 2025.
Joseph, Hollander & Craft
JANUARY 31, 2025
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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