Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Keli Maire | Working in eDiscovery is a pressure cooker. With the right approach, burnout can be managed and averted. The post Managing eDiscovery Teams and Rampant Burnout appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Law Insider, a company that provides what it says is the world’s largest public contracts database, has acquired oneNDA, developer of an open source contract standard for non-disclosure agreements that has been downloaded by thousands of organizations throughout the world. Through the acquisition, the oneNDA.
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E-Discovery LLC
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Kranz & Associates Holdings, LLC v. Lain , 2024 WL 4476655 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 11, 2024), appeared to be a run-of-the-mine trade secrets dispute. When it came to discovery, it wasn’t. Kranz, a former employer, sued Kimberly Lain, a former employee, alleging misuse of confidential information. Ms. Lain also owned Tekvantage, Inc. Her husband, Timothy Dowerty, owned Teknowledgies, LLC.
The Marshall Project
OCTOBER 16, 2024
A Bureau of Prisons investigation found that Andrew Ciolli failed to stop violations of the use of force policy at one prison. Now he’s running an agency training center.
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Catastrophe modeler Verisk said it expects insured losses from Hurricane Milton will be between $30 billion and $50 billion from damages caused mostly by wind.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order list indicating that it had denied yet another petition for writ of certiorari seeking clarity on the patent eligibility of claims covering improvements to computer technologies under 35 U.S.C. § 101. The petition, filed by digital photography innovator Plotagraph, had argued against both the abstract idea determination under Federal Circuit case law on technological improvements to computer animations, as well as the district court’s early deter
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Legal Dive
OCTOBER 16, 2024
HumanCo's Jason Karp is leading the charge to urge WK Kellogg Co to honor previous commitments to remove artificial colors from cereals.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Texas Insurance Commissioner Cassie Brown issued an order this week disapproving Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s proposed 10% increase to property and commercial rates. The Department Department of Insurance said in an Oct.
Civil Litigation Brief
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Regular readers of this blog will be familiar with the judgment of Mr Justice Joseph W. Quinn He has been blunt in his assessment of witness credibility in some reported cases. He is equally blunt in his assessment of lawyers.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
A man banned for life from the California workers’ compensation system after being twice convicted of fraud was charged with billing nearly $100 million as part of an extensive workers’ comp fraud scheme.
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IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Tuesday, October 15, ruled that a district court applied the wrong test for assessing personal jurisdiction in a case involving alleged counterfeit dolls being sold on Amazon. The U.S. District Court for the District of Utah denied a motion for default judgment filed by Utah-based Bountiful Baby, a maker of kits for creating “reborn dolls,” against two Chinese companies— Adolly US (AUS) and Reborn Doll Gallery (RDG)—that it claimed were selling
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Thousands of Massachusetts medical professionals and other employees of troubled hospital operator Steward Health Care are at risk because Steward does not have adequate liability or workers’ compensation coverage in place to protect them after Steward’s exit from the state, …
Civil Litigation Brief
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The post I repeated yesterday on Things Lawyers do to Annoy Judges was, without doubt, when first written one of the most publicised and read posts on this blog. I think it was that post that led to the blog.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Facebook parent company Meta must face lawsuits by U.S. states accusing it of fueling mental health problems among teens by making its Facebook and Instagram platforms addictive, a federal judge in California ruled on Tuesday. Oakland-based U.S.
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Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Understanding legal terms helps people navigate complex situations. In California malpractice cases, “settle and sue” is a concept that affects how claims are handled. Knowing what it means can help individuals make informed decisions. Understanding “settle and sue” In California, “settle and sue” refers to the practice of settling with one party involved in a malpractice case and then suing another party for the same issue.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
An administrative law judge has ordered a Pennsylvania-based federal contractor to pay $85,284 in back wages for failing to pay prevailing wages, fringe benefits and overtime pay owed to workers employed on multiple federal construction projects, according to the U.S.
Civil Litigation Brief
OCTOBER 16, 2024
In Mainwaring v Bailey [2024] EWHC 2614 (Fam) Mr Justice Henke ordered an unsuccessful appellant to pay the respondent’s costs. He rejected the appellant’s argument that his appeal was so evidently hopeless that the respondent should not have responded. He.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Britain’s departure from the European Union cost London’s financial center about 40,000 jobs, the Lord Mayor of the City of London told Reuters, a far deeper impact from Brexit than previous estimates.
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Securities Docket
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission filed insider trading charges today against North Carolina resident Matthew Groom, who allegedly avoided losses of about $13,000 by trading in advance of the May 3, 2022 announcement by the Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company Spero Therapeutics, Inc. that it was suspending commercialization efforts for its lead product candidate, Tebipenem Hbr, and downsizing the company.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has let stand a state appeals court ruling that tackled for the first time what is meant by “your computers” under electronic data coverage in a commercial property policy.
Securities Docket
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Destiny Robotics Corp., an artificial intelligence (“AI”) and robotics start-up company formerly based in Miami, Florida, and Megi Kavtaradze, its founder and CEO, (collectively “Defendants”) with making false and misleading statements regarding the company’s operations and products, including a robot that would be manufactured and sold as a home companion.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
After at least three appeals court decisions in the last four years, homeowner lawsuits that take issue with a Florida insurance carrier’s managed repair program may finally have run their course.
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Securities Docket
OCTOBER 16, 2024
A Manhattan federal judge may have thought he’d heard the last of a securities class action by dogecoin investors who accused Elon Musk and Tesla of rigging the price of the cryptocurrency when he tossed investors’ fourth amended complaint in late August. Oh how wrong he was. Lawyers for Musk and the dogecoin investors’ class, who have traded vicious barbs throughout the litigation, have now filed cross-motions for post-dismissal sanctions.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Although 2024 has seen significant global natural catastrophe activity, economic costs were slightly below average through the third quarter, according to Gallagher Re’s latest Nat Cat report.
Securities Docket
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The firm has also hired more veteran lawyers from the government, including Gurbir Grewal, 51, who was most recently the SEC enforcement chief and a former New Jersey attorney general. He is arriving at Milbank as a partner in its New York office. Earlier this month, Olivia Choe, chief litigation counsel at the SEC, joined Milbank as a partner in Washington, D.C.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Some of the most prominent artificial intelligence models are falling short of European regulations in key areas such as cybersecurity resilience and discriminatory output, according to data seen by Reuters.
Civil Litigation Brief
OCTOBER 16, 2024
In Andrew Reynolds v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2024] EWHC 2487 (KB) Mr Justice Sheldon found that a claim for false imprisonment was not a claim for damages for personal injury. A false imprisonment claim, therefore, was not subject to the.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The City of Isleton will take part in a community-based flood insurance initiative for as part of a two-year $200,000 grant to provide payouts to residents if floodwaters reach a pre-determined depth.
Civil Litigation Brief
OCTOBER 16, 2024
The Civil Procedure Rules were amended on the 1st of this month to make it clear that the court can compel the parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution. Here we look at the changes. There is a webinar on.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon and Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon Announces New Senior Leadership Roles in U.S.
Legal Dive
OCTOBER 16, 2024
It's the largest antitrust settlement to date in the healthcare industry, according to law firm Whatley Kallas, which represented the plaintiffs.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Singapore lawmakers passed an amendment to a bill that will effectively block Allianz SE’s proposed S$2.2 billion ($1.7 billion) acquisition of a majority stake in a local insurance firm.
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