Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
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Law Sites
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Last March, I wrote here about SingleFile, a company whose mission is to help businesses navigate complex regulatory environments effortlessly by automating outdated filing processes and leveraging AI technology in a unified cloud platform.
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Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Florida-based insurance broker King Risk Partners announced its acquisition of the Kerr Agency Inc., an independent insurance agency located in Simsbury, Connecticut. This strategic acquisition furthers King Risk Partners’ expansion across the Northeast. Kerr is King’s fifth agency in Connecticut.
MyCase
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
While your time in law school gave you a strong legal foundation, chances are you didnt learn much about the numerous lawyer tools that can simplify your job. For instance, marketing may not seem essential when youre pontificating about substantive issues in law school. But in the crowded legal market, you see the utilityespecially for small firm lawyers whose livelihoods depend on client generation.
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
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Carnegie Mellon University has agreed to pay $4.8 million to settle a class action brought on behalf of students whose in-person classes were moved online when the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
Legal Dive
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The restitution amount is more than half of what Pactiv Evergreen received from the state in grants for the site. The company is “pleased to have resolved” matters related to the Canton mill, which it sold last month.
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Legal Dive
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Rules around obtaining consumer consent before calling or texting are in a state of legal and regulatory uncertainty – and companies should remain cautious.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Global Specialty and QBE European Operations. A summary of these new hires follows here.
Civil Litigation Brief
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
In a webinar on limitation tomorrow I am considering, among many other issues, the government’s proposals on changes to limitation in child sexual abuse cases. In particular whether there is a practical dilemma for practitioners with actions that are pending..
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Farmers said on Wednesday that it expects losses from the Los Angeles wildfires last month to reach an estimated $600 million. Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.
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!
Securities Docket
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett brings two new partners to its recently opened Boston outpost. Zachary Hafer has joined the government and internal investigations practice. To be the firms first litigation partner in Boston is exciting on its own, but it also means joining a remarkably collaborative team with an incredible platform, he said. Hafer was a Boston-based partner at Cooley LLP for more than three years, before which he was Assistant US Attorney at the US Attorneys Office in Massachuset
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Mastercard Inc. unfairly reduced a 10 billion ($12.6 billion) class action case to a settlement of just 200 million, according to the firm that funded the lawsuit.
Securities Docket
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
At least two unnamed companies have been taken in by an alleged shapeshifting fraudster selling millions of dollars in fake FTX liquidation claims by apparently using artificial intelligence to help mask his appearance in video calls with buyers, according to an investigation conducted by data firm Inca Digital. A thief (or thieves) is said to have made off with at least $5.6 million by posing as a person looking to sell his high-dollar FTX liquidation claims, which checked out as valid even tho
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
In his previous, dual role as state fire marshal, North Carolina Insurance Commissioner often championed the work of firefighters in the state.
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.
Civil Litigation Brief
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
I am grateful to Elliot Gold, barrister, for sending me a copy of the decision of HHJ Bloom in Davidson -v- The London Centre of Psychodrama, a copy of which is available here DavidsonJudgment. The judge, among other.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
While writing primary casualty insurance is more appealing than writing casualty reinsurance, the chief executive of Arch Capital said casualty reinsurance business remains attractive for his company. Speaking during an earnings conference call on Feb. 10, after reporting $3.
Securities Docket
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
King & Spalding announced today that Paul Watford, who served for 11 years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, has joined the firms Business Litigation practice group as a partner. He is based in the firms Los Angeles office.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Billionaire Joe Gebbia, the co-founder of Airbnb Inc. and a board member of Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc., plans to donate $15 million of factory-built dwellings to victims of the Los Angeles wildfires.
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.
Securities Docket
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
A man climbed the iconic Hollywood sign on Saturday, waving a flag promoting Solana meme coin Vigilante (VIGI). Following his action, the token pumped to a $3.85 million market cap, before tumbling 69% to approximately $1 million. The unidentified man waved a white flag atop the D of the sign for about an hour, NBC Los Angeles reported, before he was coaxed down by park rangers and law enforcement.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Winter storms and record-breaking cold will descend on the central and southern US this week, snarling transportation and putting the vulnerable Texas power grid to yet another test.
Securities Docket
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
A law firm that represents Tesla and Elon Musk has written proposed legislation that would alter Delaware corporate law, according to a person directly familiar with thedrafting of the bill. The proposed legislation, drafted by Richards, Layton & Finger, or RLF, would amend Delaware General Corporation Law, and if adopted, could pave the way for the reinstatement of Musks 2018 CEO pay package at Tesla, worth tens of billions of dollars in options. […] Delaware has taken some heat for s
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Catastrophe bonds, whose returns have consistently trounced those of high-yield debt markets in recent years, are about to become accessible to a wider group of investors.
Advertiser: Trellis
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Complex Discovery
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Editor’s Note: The Gene ral Counsel Report 2025 , developed by FTI Consulting in partnership with Relativity and based on research conducted by Ari Kaplan Advisors and Censuswide, provides key insights into the evolving landscape of corporate legal risk. With increasing regulatory scrutiny, expanding data challenges, and rising dispute costs, general counsels are facing mounting pressures to balance legal risk with business objectives.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
U.S. personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get you fired.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
IPWatchdog has learned that Will Covey, who has been serving as Deputy General Counsel and Director for the Office of Enrollment and Discipline at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), will be named Acting Deputy Director of the USPTO under Coke Morgan Stewart, who was named Acting Director last month.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Dream, an artificial intelligence company that provides cybersecurity services to governments and critical infrastructure operators such as hospitals and utilities, has raised $100 million at a $1.1 billion valuation.
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.
IP Watchdog
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
Throughout the almost 50-year history of the Bayh-Dole Act, which decentralized patent ownership and management from the Washington bureaucracy into the hands of the academic research institutions, small companies and federal laboratories making the discoveries, one thing has remained consistent: the Department of Energy (DOE) resisted every step of the way.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
A former Ohio insurance agent was sentenced this month to five years of probation for thefts exceeding $1.4 million.
Securities Docket
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
There was a time, not that long ago, whentogetherEmil Bove, Hagan Scotten, and Danielle Sassoon were considered to be among the brightest stars at the Justice Departments most prestigious office, the U.S. Attorneys Office for the Southern District of New York, or SDNY. Scotten was a war hero and former clerk for the Supreme Courts Chief Justice. Bove had made an almost unheard-of climb from paralegal to prosecutor and then unit chief.
Insurance Journal
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services appointed Matt West as administrator of the Workers’ Compensation Division. West has more than 19 years of experience in the workers’ comp industry.
Advertiser: Trellis
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