Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

RALEIGH, N.C.

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E-Discovery LLC

MARCH 23, 2025

I am honored that the Bolch Judicial Institute’s Defending the Judiciary website has posted my blog Protecting the Judiciary Analysis of Judicial Impeachment as one of many resources on this important topic. “The Bolch Judicial Institute is leading a national effort to mobilize the legal profession to defend judges and the judiciary from a growing wave of unjust and unsubstantiated attacks that threaten judicial independence and diminish public faith in our judicial system.”

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

The US Federal Communications Commission is prepared to block mergers and acquisition proposals from companies that promote “invidious” DEI policies, according to chairman Brendan Carr.

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The Legal Geeks

MARCH 23, 2025

We are very impressed with Daredevil Born Again. Check out our podcast episodes below.

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Advertiser: Trellis

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced a new strategic partnership with the independent insurance broker Holmes Murphy.

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Insurance 85

Complex Discovery

MARCH 23, 2025

Editor’s Note: A recent allegation of a major breach involving Oracle Cloud servers has reignited pressing concerns about the security posture of corporate cloud environments. While Oracle firmly denies any breach, claims from a dark web actor have intensified scrutiny on the vulnerability of cloud infrastructures to sophisticated cyber-attacks.

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Legally Speaking

MARCH 23, 2025

Want to know the secrets behind managing wealth on a global scale? This week, Im joined by James Quarmby, Partner and Head at Private Wealth at Stephenson Harwood in London.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

This year restaurants and bars continue to grapple with many of the same challenges they faced in 2024.

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Insurance 94

IP Watchdog

MARCH 23, 2025

As we previously discussed, beginning in 2022, a series of patent infringement lawsuits were filed against Moderna and collaborators Pfizer+BioNTech seeking damages based on their respective sales of the Spikevax and Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccines. Key suits were filed by third party mRNA and lipid pioneers that, while not having any mRNA-based products on the market themselves, leveraged their patent portfolios claiming a share of the billions of dollars in sales the vaccines have generated.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

Florida legislative leaders, facing increasing pressure from the public and the press, pledged to investigate property insurers’ financial structures as they met in Tallahassee in early March.

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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?

Technology

Securities Docket

MARCH 23, 2025

Wall Street’s top regulator is facing a staff exodus across key departments as hundreds have agreed to take resignation offers amid President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s efforts to remake the U.S. government, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Departures from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including by senior staff and enforcement lawyers, could significantly hamper the watchdog’s efforts to police markets and protect investors, the sources said.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

There are 11.96 million registered recreational boating vessels in the U.S., with 11.1 million mechanically propelled in the U.S. Florida is the U.S. state with the highest number of registered recreational boating vessels. Other watercraft users include 18.

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Securities Docket

MARCH 23, 2025

A day after President Donald Trump announced that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison chair Brad Karp had agreed to a deal to rescind an executive order, the law firm was getting pummeled with criticism for capitulating to the president. Some lawyers and others in the legal profession grew concerned that it could start a trend of lawyers caving to Trumps demands and may fuel difficulties for firms in challenging the administration.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will unveil a plan next week to upgrade the aging, under-staffed U.S. air traffic control system next week, he said on Friday.

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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!

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Securities Docket

MARCH 23, 2025

There will soon be a new Wall Street sheriff in Washington after all the gunsmoke clears out on Capitol Hill, that is. Paul Atkins, a long-time securities lawyer, is expected to pass his confirmation hearing next week as Donald Trumps chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Nevertheless, my sources with ties to both parties say he faces a potentially noisy proceeding over his pro-crypto stance, and how he will carry out Trumps plans to deregulate a sector that took intense heat during

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

BlackRoc, Vanguard and State Street have asked a federal court in Texas to dismiss a state lawsuit accusing the top fund managers of conspiring through climate activism to discourage coal output, with the firms saying the allegations rest on “half-baked …

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

The global boat insurance market size was projected at $1.8 billion in 2024 and is expected to hit $2.6 billion by 2032. The U.S. region accounted for an 87% share of the boat and yacht insurance market.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

The first quarter of 2025 has been a whirlwind. New presidential administration. Historic wildfires. Financial market volatility. Trade war and tariff talks. A looming recession. Higher costs at the grocery store. Higher car repair bills.

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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.

Technology

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

Nothing works forever. Or at least it will not work as well as it may have in the past. This is especially true when it comes to a business’s strategy for growth.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

More than half of ransomware claims in 2024 started with threat actors compromising perimeter security appliances, according to a new report from Coalition.

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Insurance 64

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

The “doomsday scenario” for the future of Chicago’s transit system is coming into sharp focus: a $770 million budget deficit threatens thousands of jobs, sweeping service cuts and a crater in the local economy if a financial fix isn’t found …

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

Ne Mexico has the highest rate of uninsured homes in a report that also shows nearly one-in-seven U.S. homes are uninsured, and 11.3 million out of 82.9 million owner-occupied homes (13.6%) are uninsured.

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Insurance 59

Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas

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

MARCH 23, 2025

RALEIGH, N.C.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

ATLANTA (AP) Georgia lawmakers on Friday approved tax breaks for farmers and timber owners harmed by Hurricane Helene that could be worth nearly $300 million. House members voted unanimously to send the bill to Gov.

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Insurance 59

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

With rapid changes occurring in Washington, it can be challenging to know how they will affect one’s business.

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Insurance 59

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

Safeco Insurance will stop being a brand name in 2026, and Liberty Mutual Insurance will sell all of its personal lines products under the Liberty Mutual name.

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Advertiser: Trellis

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

Litigation

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

National Allianz Commercial, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jenna Contreras to the North American distribution team in the newly created role of portfolio solutions leader for wholesale and managing general agents (MGA) programs.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

Parts of Hawaii are sinking faster than others, according to a recent study led by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa, highlighting the flood risk to infrastructure, businesses and communities in low-lying areas especially in certain urban areas …

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Insurance 52

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

CRU Group named Catherine Sutton vice president for the U.S. Southwest Region. Sutton has an education in engineering and experience in insurance adjusting, forensic engineering and account management.

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Education Insurance 52

Insurance Journal

MARCH 23, 2025

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. For carriers and agencies that sell Medicare Advantage, Supplement, or Part D plans, Medicare open enrollment season is always right around the corner.

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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.

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