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NOVEMBER 12, 2024
This article originally appeared in the Trial Lawyer’s Journal Vol. I. To request a complimentary copy, sign up at [link] to access all the articles. The ability of a lawyer to maintain their professional independence is critical to protecting and serving the public effectively. To this end, the American Bar Association passed Model Rule 5.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The shift to paperless goes beyond merely reducing paper use. The post Paperless Law Practice: How to Boost Efficiency, Cut Costs and Improve Client Satisfaction appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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E-Discovery LLC
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
In Delaware Judges, Law Clerks Cleared to Use Generative AI Tools (Bloomberg Law Oct. 22, 2024) Jennifer Kay reports that “Delaware judges, law clerks, and other court staff using approved generative artificial intelligence tools assume responsibility for the accuracy of any materials produced with the emerging technology, under an interim policy announced Tuesday by the state’s highest court.
Law Sites
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
At the Knowledge Management and Innovation for Legal Conference held recently in New York City, Legal Services NYC was named as the inaugural winner of the LexPrize award, which is designed to recognize groundbreaking ideas in knowledge management and innovation for the legal industry.
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IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Are trademark rights in the Metaverse as intangible as the world itself, or are they as real as in the ‘real’ world? This is the question the European Parliament addresses for the first time in its Resolution on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company commercial and intellectual property law issues, published on October 17, 2024, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
DETROIT (AP) — A jury awarded more than $12 million Friday to a woman who lost her job at a Michigan insurance company after declining to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Meta Platforms Inc. rebuffed the Federal Trade Commission’s plans to modify a 2020 privacy settlement with the company, arguing that such a move would need approval from a federal court.
WA Bar News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Illustration © Getty/benjamin lourenço BY DAN BRIDGES On Sept. 5, 2024, the Washington Supreme Court entered an order adopting revised proposed amendments to Civil Rule (CR) 26—General Provisions Governing Discovery—and further ordered that “pursuant to the emergency provisions of GR 9(j)(1), the revised proposed amendments will be expeditiously published in the Washington Reports and will become effective upon publication.” 1 The amendments to CR 26 affect objections, supplementation, and discl
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance has agreed to take the personal lines business of Main Street America, marking the second time in two months that Safeco has stepped in to assume a personal lines book of business from another insurer.
WA Bar News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Illustrations © Getty/Jenny On The Moon BY ROBBIE PHILBRICK, RACHEL WILKA & MICHAEL CALLIER Generative AI (GenAI) has emerged as a groundbreaking subset of artificial intelligence (AI) with the potential to revolutionize virtually every industry, including the legal field. GenAI is capable of creating new and original content, rather than simply processing or analyzing existing data.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
World Insurance Associates LLC (“World”), announced today that it acquired the business of five entities with locations across Louisiana and Texas on August 1, 2024. The agencies are The Firm of Louisiana P&C, LLC (Lake Charles), McFatter Insurance Agency, Inc.
Legal Dive
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
PagerDuty’s top in-house counsel sees legal AI tools as a way to scale resources without adding headcount while focusing lawyers on their high-value work.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based specialist insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of One Claim Ltd. Based in Essex, England, One Claim provides broker partners and their clients with claims management support from initial notification through to settlement.
My Shingle
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Once upon a time, Jay Foonberg’s old chestnut, How to Start and Build a Law Firm was the only source of advice for lawyers seeking to start their own firm. Today, not only are there a myriad of resources including MyShingle.com and Solo by Choice, but there’s genAI that can actually do some of the… The post Ten Ways to Use #genAI to Start Your Law Firm appeared first on My Shingle.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Fire crews on both coasts of the United States continued battling wildfires on Sunday, including a blaze in New York and New Jersey that killed a parks employee and another in Southern California that destroyed more than 130 structures and …
The Marshall Project
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Privacy advocates worry banning masks at protests will encourage harassment, while cops’ high-tech tools render the rules unnecessary.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Malayan Banking Bhd. is considering options including buying out Ageas SA’s minority stake in Etiqa as Malaysia’s biggest lender seeks to boost the value of the Southeast Asian insurer, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
WA Bar News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
COLUMN > Ethics & the Law Illustration © Getty/sorbetto RPC 1.3: “A lawyer shall act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client.” By Mark J. Fucile “Perhaps no professional shortcoming is more widely resented than procrastination.” — RPC 1.3, Comment 3 Most Washington RPCs and their ABA Model Rule counterparts don’t include wide-ranging introspection like our opening quote from Comment 3 to RPC 1.3.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the Everest Reinsurance and the broker Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Bermuda-based Everest Group Ltd.
WA Bar News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
A look at the decennial deep dive that’s the foundation of a renewed plan to strengthen equity and justice in the legal profession Illustration © Getty/MicroStockHub BY WSBA STAFF Who are we as a legal community in Washington state? Not just in terms of statistics that are easily counted—practice area, age, ethnicity—but also the less quantifiable individual experiences that, collectively, form the culture of our profession?
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Direct Line Insurance Group Plc, the UK insurer that rejected a takeover attempt by Belgian rival Ageas SA earlier this year, is set to cut about 550 jobs as part of a turnaround plan aimed at saving £50 million ($64 …
WA Bar News
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Displaying leadership through service, four local leaders stand out BY ALEXANDER R. REAGANSON Earlier this year, the Washington Young Lawyers Committee (WYLC) asked the legal community to nominate new or young lawyers who have gone above and beyond in serving their communities for its annual Public Service and Leadership Awards. This year’s award recipients stood out by displaying a history of exemplary leadership and commitment to public service and pro bono work.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
US Premium Finance, a division of Atlanta-based Ameris Bank, named Alan Malone director of sales and marketing. Malone has more than 30 years of experience in insurance premium finance.
Legal Dive
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The trend is in keeping with a larger workforce-wide push toward skills-based hiring.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced the acquisition of Storfield Insurance Consultants Ltd., a specialist in general insurance for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and high-net-worth (HNW) clients. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Joseph, Hollander & Craft
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release November 12, 2024 OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — Thirteen attorneys from Joseph, Hollander & Craft have been recognized by Kansas and Missouri Super Lawyers ® for 2024, including five selected to the prestigious “Rising Stars” list. Fewer than 5% of all attorneys in Kansas and Missouri are selected as Super Lawyers – and just 2.5% as Rising Stars – in their respective states.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Firefighters battled strong driving a fast-moving Southern California wildfire that forced the evacuations of thousands of people and destroyed at least 168 structures. Containment of the Mountain Fire in Ventura County increased to 48%.
Legal Dive
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
The agency “failed to acknowledge” that Comerica “generally acted with the oversight … or approval of the federal government” in handling a Treasury Department program, the bank said.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
Chipotle Mexican Grill was sued on Monday by shareholders for concealing how many of its restaurants were skimping on portions, forcing the chain to spend more on ingredients and hurting its stock price.
Primafact
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
If you still haven't updated to Primafact 6 from an earlier version, you're missing out on significant binder review and export efficiencies that take your team's document game to the next level.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
As Florida and the Southeast begin recovering from 2024’s destructive hurricanes, many people are asking: How can we rebuild sustainably and in a way that avoids the same damage, costs and trauma in future storms?
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 12, 2024
I invited Walt to join us for our annual life sciences program this year. My pitch was that we would have a one-on-one conversation that would not only make up the final segment of the program, but which would also be used for our IPWatchdog Unleashed podcast. He graciously accepted my invitation, and we sat down for this conversation on Wednesday, October 30.
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