Attorney at Work
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Jay Harrington | The leap from law firm associate to partner means evolving from a "doer" to a "doer-seller." The post Making the Transition from Diligent Law Firm Associate to Rainmaking Partner appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
DECEMBER 9, 2024
If there is a single it conference right now in legal tech, it is the TLTF Summit. Last week was the third annual occurrence of this invite-only event, and while organizers accepted 500 registrants up from 150 the first year it left another 1,000 hopefuls sitting on a waiting list.
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E-Discovery LLC
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Marris Hoffee [1] and Michael D. Berman In Reddick v. State , __ Md. App __, 2024 WL 4633506 (Apls. Ct. Md. Oct. 31, 2024), the intermediate appellate court addressed an important issue of authentication of surveillance video by a lay witness. That witness was permitted to authenticate a video under the silent witness theory. The lay witness, a store employee, had not downloaded or viewed the video, but he was permitted to testify that it was the result of a reliable process and could not have b
Law Sites
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Dave Lewis, a data scientist whose four-decade career has established him as a pioneer in artificial intelligence and data analytics in law, has joined the e-discovery and litigation management company Nextpoint as chief scientific officer, where he will lead efforts to develop the next generation of machine learning and generative AI tools throughout the Nextpoint […]
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The Bank of England will hide the identities of any pension funds, insurers or hedge funds bailed out under a new financial stability tool to prevent a wider crisis engulfing the economy, Deputy Governor Dave Ramsden said.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 9, 2024
On December 5, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report reflecting the agencys investigation into third-party funding of patent litigation in the United States. While the GAO was unable to quantify the extent to which third parties are financing and taking an interest in infringement suits due to limited data on the subject, interviews with a range of industry stakeholders reflected mixed views on the impacts of disclosure requirements that could identify conflicts of i
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Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 9, 2024
InRashpal Samrai & Ors v Rajinder Kalia[2024] EWHC 3143 (KB) Mr Justice Martin Spencer made extremely trenchant findings about the conduct of an expert witness instructed on behalf of the claimants. There was no compliance with Rules or Guidance for.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to people who are facing job-related mental health crises.
Practice Panther
DECEMBER 9, 2024
If youre asking yourself whether your law firm needs legal project management , you may already have a few clues that you do. Perhaps youre overwhelmed with client calls and emails. Maybe youre swimming in case files, documents to review, and looming trial dates, and wonder how your staff will do it all. The reality is, as a law firm, youre also a business one that requires structured systems to operate efficiently.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
A North Carolina elementary school principal and a Cape Hatteras man were arrested last week and charged with insurance fraud after authorities said they attempted to make false claims to their insurance companies.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
This year is “effectively certain” to be the warmest on record with temperatures climbing above a closely watched threshold for the first time. The average global temperature reached 1.
Securities Docket
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (MSSB) with failing to reasonably supervise four investment adviser and registered representatives (hereafter, financial advisors) who stole millions of dollars of advisory clients and brokerage customers funds and for failing to adopt policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent and detect such theft.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Arthur J. Gallagher this morning said it has entered into an agreement to acquire AssuredPartners for $13.45 billion cash to expand its reach in the U.S. middle-market property/casualty and employee benefits space.
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Optima Juris
DECEMBER 9, 2024
In today’s evolving work environment, businesses have adeptly transitioned to embrace remote operations as part of the new normal. Zoom video conferences have become a mainstay in replacing traditional in-person meetings, while team collaborations have seamlessly shifted from office cubicles to dynamic messaging platforms like Slack and Microsoft Teams.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
A former Allianz SE hedge-fund manager avoided prison and will instead spend 18 months in home confinement for fraudulently inflating the value of funds that ultimately collapsed, resulting in $3.2 billion in investor losses.
Your Trial Message
DECEMBER 9, 2024
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: In Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol, the final act is brought by the spectral Ghost of Christmas Future who shows the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge the vision of those he mistreated in life celebrating his death after he is gone.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Allianz SE has temporarily halted talks with Amundi SA over combining its Allianz Global Investors asset management arm with the French company.
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Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 9, 2024
In Amadu-Abdullah v The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2024] EWHC 3162 (KB) Mr Justice Ritchie considered the correct way of assessing damages for future loss of earnings when the claimant has not yet entered the labour market. He.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Generali Global Corporate & Commercial and Ryan Financial Lines. A summary of these new hires follows here.
Securities Docket
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Having served at the SEC for almost 20 years and as Chief of the Office of Internet Enforcement of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the entirety of the term of former SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins (August 8, 2002 August 1, 2008), my take is that Paul Atkins might become the greatest SEC Chair in US history. While I may disagree with his stances on the regulation of digital assets, Paul Atkins is an honorable individual and a steadfast patriot who, as the 32nd SEC Chair, w
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Environmentalists are heading to court to try to stop a plan to drill for oil in the watershed of a vulnerable north Florida river.
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Securities Docket
DECEMBER 9, 2024
A former Allianz SE hedge-fund manager avoided prison and will instead spend 18 months in home confinement for fraudulently inflating the value of funds that ultimately collapsed, resulting in $3.2 billion in investor losses. Gregoire Tournant, the former chief investment officer of the US-based Structured Alpha group of Allianz hedge funds, was sentenced Friday by US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it removed nuclear fuel debris left inside a reactor in a demonstration at its Fukushima power plant, 13 years after a meltdown.
Securities Docket
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The number of US companies forced to withdraw financial statements because of accounting errors has surged to a nine-year high, raising questions about why mistakes are going unnoticed by auditors. In the first 10 months of this year, 140 public companies told investors that previous financial statements were unreliable and had to reissue them with corrected figures, according to data from Ideagen Audit Analytics.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
(AP) The president of Atlanta-based Tyler Perry Studios died Friday night when the small plane he was piloting crashed on Florida’s Gulf Coast. The studio confirmed on Saturday that Steve Mensch, its 62-year-old president and general manager, had died.
Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Issues relating to expert evidence have formed a large part of the material considered in this blog so far this year. The webinar on the 11th December reviews the key cases and their significance for practitioners and experts alike. Webinars.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
New Mexico environmental regulators have issued a $47.8 million fine on allegations of excess air pollution at a natural gas processing facility in a prolific oil production region near the Texas state line.
Complex Discovery
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Editors Note: The accelerating integration of Generative AI (GenAI) into legal workflows is transforming the industry, presenting both opportunities and challenges. This on-demand EDRM workshop, sponsored by HaystackID, offers a timely forum for exploring the ethical considerations and efficiency gains associated with GenAI in eDiscovery. From examining the evolving debate between TAR and GenAI to addressing confidentiality concerns and legal protocols, this session promises actionable insights
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The US financial system continued to face vulnerabilities from commercial real estate risk and digital assets in 2024, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday, even as cooling inflation and low unemployment bolstered the broader economy.
Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 9, 2024
In Brierley v Howe & Anor (Re Costs – 36 Bourne Street Ltd) [2024] EWHC 2983 ICC Judge Barber rejected a petitioner’s argument that payment of costs following an interlocutory hearing should be delayed or deferred. The judgment is a.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 9, 2024
The Connecticut Appellate Court on Friday affirmed a $965 million verdict from 2022 against conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, determining there’s “sufficient evidence” to support the damages awarded to relatives of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre victims and an FBI …
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