Law Sites
AUGUST 7, 2024
For decades, one product, Thomson Reuters Westlaw, has dominated the legal research market. A core foundation of that dominance has been Westlaw’s claims of copyright in several elements of its legal research service, particularly its headnotes and Key Number System.
E-Discovery LLC
AUGUST 7, 2024
Metadata logs can be an acceptable, cost-effective method of privilege logging. For example, please see Agreement in ESI Protocol to Provide a “Metadata-Only” Privilege Log Was Enforced (Jul. 22, 2024), and Privilege Logs: New Techniques to Achieve Proportionality – The “Certification Log” (Mar. 4, 2024). The primary difference between a “metadata” log and a “metadata plus” log is that the latter contains one additional field for descriptive information about why the document is being withheld
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Law Sites
AUGUST 7, 2024
For at least two decades, artificial intelligence has been used in e-discovery to help surface and prioritize review of potentially responsive documents from large document collections.
Complex Discovery
AUGUST 7, 2024
Editor’s Note: The launch of Core Intelligence AI by HaystackID marks a significant advancement in the field of eDiscovery, offering a blend of generative AI and traditional review methods to enhance efficiency and accuracy. This development is especially relevant for professionals in cybersecurity, information governance, and data discovery, as it addresses the increasing complexities and volumes of data in modern legal contexts.
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?
Law Sites
AUGUST 7, 2024
Universal Migrator has added two new extractors for helping law firms migrate their data from one platform to another, bringing its total number of migration extractors to 114. It has also enhanced several of its existing extractors with additional backup options.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
Global insured losses from natural catastrophes totaled US$60 billion during the first half of 2024, or 62% above the 10-year average, according to preliminary estimates from Swiss Re.
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Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
If a property insurer is going to object to an appraisal panel member’s fee arrangement, it must do so early in the process – not after the panel provides an unfavorable, multimillion-dollar appraisal award.
Legal IT Insider
AUGUST 7, 2024
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced today (7 August) that it has provisionally decided to fine Advanced £6.09m, following a healthcare-based ransomware attack in August 2022. However, the ICO statement […] The post ICO “provisionally” decides to fine Advanced £6m for 2022 health sector ransomware attack appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather, advance the transition to cleaner electricity and meet a growing demand for power.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2024
This week we saw slightly below average numbers of patent filings at both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and in district court. In the PTAB, there were 21 new filings—all inter partes reviews (IPRs). Samsung filed three petitions challenging three patents held and asserted by Collision Communications [associated with Concert Technology Corporation].
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!
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
Governor Glenn Youngkin declared a state of emergency for Virginia based on National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center forecasts that indicate the state could see significant rainfall and flooding from Tropical Storm Debby.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 7, 2024
The trade group passed a resolution calling on state and local governments to get tough on employers’ broadening use of non-disclosure agreements.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
One child was killed and another was injured after a wind gust blew a bounce house into the air at a baseball game in Maryland last Friday night, local officials said.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2024
The U.S Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday vacated and remanded a decision from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) based on an incorrect application of the DuPont factors in determining the likelihood of confusion of a famous mark. Bureau National Interprofessional du Cognac (“the Bureau”), the union that oversees the production of COGNAC spirits, and Institut National des Appellations d’Origine, an administrative agency within the French government, filed an opp
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.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
A fast-moving wildfire that swept into a Southern California hillside community this week destroyed five homes and damaged three others, authorities said.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 7, 2024
ASSA ABLOY is seeking a Senior IP Administrator. As a member of the ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions Americas IP team, this senior administrator position assists and supports the Opening Solutions (Americas) IP Practice as the person primarily responsible for handling day-to-day docketing and updates to the records, databases and files maintained, and managing invoice/billing process.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
The insurance industry is at a pivotal moment in embracing generative AI.
Expert Witness Blog
AUGUST 7, 2024
Introduction In the recent case of Evans v. City of Lee’s Summit , the expertise of an Aquatics Expert Witness was crucial. This case involved a lawsuit concerning a waterpark breach of contract related to lifeguard operations and safety standards.
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.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
A survey of nearly 1,000 IT and security professionals shows numerous organizations were targeted by ransomware attacks in the past year with a high degree of success, with most paying a ransom—many of which paid multiple times.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2024
SEC corporate emissions reporting requirements should still be allowed after this summer’s Chevron rollback, the agency has told a federal court for the first time since the Supreme Court decision that makes it easier for challengers to fight some agency regulations. The Supreme Court’s June decision upending the decades-old Chevron legal doctrine gives the Securities and Exchange Commission and other agencies flexibility with rulemaking when laws clearly delegate discretionary authority to them
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the specialist managing general agency platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Novagen, a renewables MGA.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2024
WisdomTree said its unit WisdomTree Asset Management received a Wells notice from the staff of the US SEC.
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Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
A U.S. judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico’s $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to violent drug cartels across the U.S.-Mexico border. U.S.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2024
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating allegations that Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley and other Wall Street groups have been systematically cheating customers out of billions of dollars of interest payments. The probe into “cash sweep” accounts comes as a number of firms have upped the interest they are paying clients. But the rates being offered to savers, particularly by the nation’s largest banks, remains far lower than the returns paid to banks based on short-term interest
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
Microsoft Corp. said Delta Air Lines Inc. turned down repeated offers for assistance following last month’s catastrophic system outage, echoing claims by CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. in an increasingly contentious conflict between the carrier and its technology partners.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 7, 2024
The cryptoasset selloff is testing the industry axiom that Bitcoin is the equivalent of “digital gold,” and therefore belongs in an asset portfolio to hedge against stock market gyrations, like seldom before. As equities sank on Monday and carry trades unraveled, Bitcoin behaved more like stocks than gold, at one point tumbling 17% to below $50,000 before recouping some losses.
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.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said.
Ball in Your Court
AUGUST 7, 2024
I recently published an AI prompt to run against search terms then get the AI to propose improvements. Among the pitfalls I’d hoped to expose was the presence of “stop” or “noise” words; terms routinely excluded from search indices. Searches incorporating stop words fail because terms not in the index won’t be found.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 7, 2024
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Legal IT Insider
AUGUST 7, 2024
As per earlier social media messages, all content for the July/August Orange Rag needs to be with us by close of play today (8 August) if you want it to […] The post The deadline for the July/August Orange Rag is TODAY, 8 August! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Advertiser: Trellis
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