E-Discovery LLC

JULY 3, 2024

In Ferko v. Ferko , 2024 WL 3221108 (Apls. Ct. Md. June 28, 2024)(unreported), the intermediate appellate court affirmed a discovery sanction in a divorce action. The action was pending on cross-complaints for limited and absolute divorce. Mrs. Ferko alleged that Mr. Ferko’s discovery responses were inadequate on the issue of marital property. Her motion for sanctions was granted and the trial court ordered full and complete discovery responses be provided by Mr.

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Complex Discovery

JULY 3, 2024

Editor’s Note: The financial industry increasingly leverages artificial intelligence (AI), including generative AI (GenAI), to improve services and enhance operational efficiencies. However, this technological advancement comes with regulatory scrutiny. On June 27, 2024, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) issued Regulatory Notice 24-09, reminding firms that existing securities laws and regulations apply to the use of AI tools.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 3, 2024

I am grateful to barrister Matthew Snarr for sending me a copy of the judgments of HHJ Sephton KC (sitting as a High Court Judge) in Shaw -v- Wilde, copies of those judgments are available here shaw-v-wilde-judgment. I will.

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Legal Dive

JULY 3, 2024

The rulings also mean regulators won’t be able to tilt toward the president’s political sentiments as much as in the past, legal experts say.

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Advertiser: Trellis

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 3, 2024

We are continuing with the judgment in Occupiers of Samuel Garside House v Bellway Homes Ltd & Anor [2024] EWHC 1579 (KB). The claimants had made manifest errors in relation to service. However it transpires that the defendants had also made.

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Legal Dive

JULY 3, 2024

Gene Levoff, who oversaw the company’s insider trading compliance program, pleaded guilty four years ago. The $1.15M fine comes on top of $604,000 in forfeited profits and avoided losses.

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Complex Discovery

JULY 3, 2024

Editor’s Note: In this monthly update, ComplexDiscovery OÜ provides a detailed overview of its 2024 marketing programs. Designed to enhance the visibility and credibility of leading providers in the fields of cybersecurity, information governance, and legal technology, these programs are strategically crafted to support the marketing objectives of eDiscovery professionals.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

The US Supreme Court’s ruling in Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy significantly shifts power from agencies to courts. It foreshadows a revolution in the structure of federal enforcement in the coming decade. For many regulatory programs, this change will mean no enforcement at all for statutes that don’t allow the agencies to sue in court.

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Legal IT Insider

JULY 3, 2024

UK-founded contract review assistant Robin AI has appointed Carina Negreanu PhD as its vice president of artificial intelligence, joining from Microsoft, where she was principal research manager. Negreanu has been […] The post Robin AI hires Microsoft principal research manager as VP of AI appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

In the world of Big Law, there’s one club everyone wants to join: the global elite. Whether or not it will ever come to pass is debatable, but many are convinced a breakaway group of law firms will one day dominate the industry and the buzz around it is especially intense in London circles, where many U.K. firms fear being left behind. They fear not having the same buying power as larger rivals for partners or junior lawyers, not being able to invest the same amount of money in tech and real est

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IP Watchdog

JULY 3, 2024

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Wednesday, July 3, affirmed a district court’s holding that a patent for e-signature technology was ineligible under Section 101. The district court found the patent claims were directed to a longstanding business practice under Alice step one, and were therefore abstract, and that they contained no inventive step at Alice step two.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

Law firms are capitalizing on client uncertainty sparked by a flurry of new U.S. Supreme Court rulings that favored opponents of federal agency powers, even as lawyers themselves differ on the decisions’ immediate and long-term effects. Within hours of the decisions, major U.S. law firms began sending out client-focused emails and webinar invitations to discuss the cases and showcase their expertise, a marketing strategy that often follows major legal developments.

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Legal Dive

JULY 3, 2024

A lower court’s dismissal of a challenge to the rule cited the now-overturned Chevron doctrine, though the agency believes the rule will survive.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

The former senior Apple lawyer who avoided prison time after pleading guilty to insider trading must pay a $1.15 million fine in a related U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission civil case, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. The proposed SEC fine was triple Levoff’s estimated $384,400 profit or avoided losses on six trades. In court papers, Levoff called the fine unnecessary, saying he had been punished enough and made no effort to hide his stress-induced trading, which he labeled “s

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 3, 2024

In 2021 a working group of legal professionals published a set of Competencies for practitioners working in the Coroners’ Courts, in addition to providing a useful toolkit. Concerns were raised following the experiences of the families of the victims of.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP announced today that Kiersten Fletcher, most recently an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and a senior member of the SDNY Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, will join the firm on July 15 as a partner in New York, where she will immediately deepen the bench of our White Collar Defense and Investigations; Securities Litigation, Regulation & Enforcement; and Digit

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Joseph, Hollander & Craft

JULY 3, 2024

FEATURE ARTICLE: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Confidentiality Breach Author: Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich This article is featured in Volume 5, Number 6 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. It seems that the Supreme Court is in the media more and more these days—and not only for its decisions. For the second time in just a few months, a draft opinion of the Court was leaked—this time onto the Court’s own website.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

Nigeria’s money laundering trial against Binance and two executives was adjourned until July 5 following the cross-examination on Monday of the first witness from the country’s Securities and Exchange Commission. “Tigran’s health continues to deteriorate in detention and he complained of numbness in his foot as well as back pain,” a statement from the family’s spokesperson said. “He has had double pneumonia and malaria whilst in prison.” “As I have

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Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

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Joseph, Hollander & Craft

JULY 3, 2024

NEW AUTHORITY: Hunter Biden’s Ethical Woes Author: Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich This article is featured in Volume 5, Number 6 of the Legal Ethics and Malpractice Reporter. The news recently has been full of Hunter Biden’s legal troubles. A federal district court in Delaware has now convicted him of firearm charges. He has denied these charges, and his lawyer has stated quite clearly that he will appeal the convictions.

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Securities Docket

JULY 3, 2024

In one of the final actions of its term, the court on Monday issued a ruling allowing newly created businesses to contest even decades-old regulations, including those that may have beat back prior claims of government overreach. The ruling, which stemmed from a challenge by a North Dakota truck stop named Corner Post to the Federal Reserve’s 13-year-old cap on debit-card fees, follows opinions by the court’s conservative majority eliminating a presumptive deference to regulators’ interpretation

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Joseph, Hollander & Craft

JULY 3, 2024

EDITED BY: Professor Mike Hoeflich PUBLISHED BY: Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC June 30, 2024 READ & DOWNLOAD FULL-TEXT PDF OF LEMR Vol. 5, No. 6 FEATURE ARTICLE: The Supreme Court’s Confidentiality Breach It seems that the Supreme Court is in the media more and more these days—and not only for its decisions. For the second time in just a few months, a draft opinion of the Court was leaked—this time onto the Court’s own website.

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