Law Sites

MARCH 18, 2025

Exterro and Integreon today announced a strategic partnership to deliver managed e-discovery and document review services, combining Exterro’s data risk management software with Integreon’s document review expertise. The partnership aims to provide enterprise customers with an integrated solution for managing e-discovery processes while improving efficiency and reducing costs, the companies said.

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Lawmatics

MARCH 18, 2025

We know running a law firm means juggling a ton of software. And while each tool is supposed to make things easier, sometimes it feels like they just add more to your plate with duplicate data entry, wasted time, and clients who feel neglected. Thats exactly why wed like to spotlight our Lawmatics integration with MyCase, one of the leading case management platforms.

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Law Sites

MARCH 18, 2025

Harbor, a consulting company that provides expert services to the legal industry in strategy, technology, operations and intelligence, has acquired CLIENTSFirst Consulting, a marketing firm that provides consulting on client relationship management, data quality, e-marketing and other areas.

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Technology 130

IP Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2025

IPWatchdog has learned that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has decided to end all current appointments to both the Patent Public Advisory Committee (PPAC) and Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC), effective immediately. Secretary Lutnick is expected to appoint new members to both public advisory committees (PAC) and move forward with public meetings for both committees in May 2025, as originally scheduled.

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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 18, 2025

Australian pension fund Active Super has been fined A$10.5 million ($6.7 million) for making a number of misrepresentations about its environmental, social and governance credentials amid a regulator push to stamp out greenwashing.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 18, 2025

David Hunter | The April 15 filing deadline offers a valuable window of opportunity that many legal professionals overlook. The post Last-Minute Tax Planning Strategies: Attorney’s 2024 Deadline Playbook appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2025

In the European IP system, and thus also in the European patent system, the concept of injunction is central. This also applies to the Unified Patent Court (UPC); here, there are even two ways to obtain an injunction, one with a normal regular action on the merits and one by means of a preliminary injunction. Through the end of February 2025, 56 applications for preliminary injunctions were filed with the UPC compared to 270 actions on the merits.

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Litigation 82

Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

Small plastic pellets washed up on the east coast of the UK, a week after two ships collided in the country’s waters.

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Insurance 85

Law Sites

MARCH 18, 2025

With $4.5 million in seed funding to date and the backing of several legal technology veterans, the legal technology company Entegrata aims to transform how law firms integrate and analyze data across disparate business systems in order to drive data-informed decision-making.

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Technology 147

Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

(AP) Unusually vicious and damaging weather across multiple U.S. states spawned violent tornadoes, blinding dust storms and fast-moving wildfires over the weekend, leaving at least 39 people dead.

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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?

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Percipient

MARCH 18, 2025

Contracts are everywherevendor agreements, client deals, employment terms, you name it. But reviewing them manually? Thats a slow, tedious process that eats up valuable time and leaves plenty of room for mistakes. Miss a key clause, and you could be dealing with legal headaches down the road. Hence, more businesses are using contract review automation to speed things up and catch mistakes.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

Baloise Holding AG and Helvetia Holding AG have been exploring a possible combination that could create one of Switzerland’s largest insurers, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Insurance 59

Percipient

MARCH 18, 2025

Contracts stack up fast, and reviewing them isnt exactly the most exciting part of your day. Whether youre handling legal work, managing contracts for a business, or juggling agreements for a growing team, going through every clause, checking for risks, and making sure nothing gets missed takes serious time. With a high contract volume, even one small mistake can lead to costly problems.

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Discovery Legal Services Technology 52

Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

Rokstone, the international speciality re/insurance MGA that is part of the Aventum Group, announced it is expanding its property direct and facultative (D&F) portfolio with a new binder backed by Lloyd’s Somers Syndicates 3705 and 5423.

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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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Complex Discovery

MARCH 18, 2025

Editor’s Note: Jaguar Land Rovers recent encounter with the HELLCAT ransomware group is a critical case study underscoring the escalating cybersecurity risks to global enterprises. This sophisticated attack, which exposed vast troves of sensitive dataincluding proprietary source code and employee recordsreinforces the urgent need for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals to prioritize credential hygiene and implement layered security measures.

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Automotive Defense Strategy Healthcare Technology 52

Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

For the first time in four years, the U.S. property/casualty industry will finish a year with an underwriting profit. AM Best today in a “First Look” at US P/C financial results said the industry left 2024 with a $22.

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Securities Docket

MARCH 18, 2025

Fried Frank announced today that Dabney ORiordan has joined the firm as a partner in both the Litigation Department and the Asset Management Practice, based in Washington, DC. She joins from Quinn Emanuel, where she was a partner in the firms securities enforcement defense practice. ORiordan was the longest-serving leader of the Asset Management Unit of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)s Division of Enforcement, where from 2016 through 2022 she managed attorneys and industry expert

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, a non-profit advocacy group, is sounding the alarm about a Kentucky bill that was passed swiftly this month and is now on the governor’s desk.

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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

Securities Docket

MARCH 18, 2025

But even if state regulators are hemmed in by new legislation, that legislation would not limit the ability of state Attorneys General to file lawsuits alleging fraud by crypto-related businesses. State AGs previously brought those lawsuits when the SECs regulation by enforcement crusade was in full swing. In 2023, New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit alleging that a crypto trading platform falsely represented itself as an exchange.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

Insurance carriers expecting to add staff in 2025 are largely looking for experienced professionals rather than filling entry level roles, according to the latest Insurance Labor Market Study from Jacobson Group and Aon.

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Insurance 97

Legal IT Insider

MARCH 18, 2025

Harbor today (18 March) announced it has acquired CLIENTSFirst Consulting, a circa 80-strong client relationship managementand data quality management services provider based in the United States. Harbor currently provides assessment, […] The post Harbor acquires CLIENTSFirst Consulting to scale marketing tech offering appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

As Oklahomans assessed the devastation from wildfires that whipped across the state, damaging or destroying hundreds of homes, officials in both Oklahoma and Texas warned of an increased risk of fire danger in the coming week.

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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.

Civil Litigation Brief

MARCH 18, 2025

The judgment of Mr Justice Hayden in F (A Minor) (Permission To Appeal) [2025] EWHC 638 (Fam) highlights a trap for those seeking permission to appeal. The time for appealing runs from the date that the order was announced and.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

Parametric hurricane coverage provider Vortex Weather has expanded its supplemental hurricane insurance solutions to Hawaii. Vortex’s parametric hurricane coverage provides automatic payouts based on National Hurricane Center data. The company promises swift claims process, with no proof of loss required.

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Securities Docket

MARCH 18, 2025

When the Supreme Court ruled last year in Jarkesy that the Securities and Exchange Commission can no longer impose civil monetary penalties in its juryless home-court administrative tribunals, a consensus quickly emerged that the agency can still use those administrative tribunals to prosecute cases that threaten only non-monetary equitable sanctionssuch as industry bars and suspensions, disgorgement, and cease-and-desist orders.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

A Pennsylvania man who was part of a group that stole paintings by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock among other valuables was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to theft of major artwork.

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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

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Securities Docket

MARCH 18, 2025

Artificial intelligence has been a focus topic for the market for several quarters. Given the heightened interest, have more S&P 500 companies than normal commented on AI during their earnings conference calls for the fourth quarter? The answer is yes. FactSet Document Search (which allows users to search for key words or phrases across multiple document types) was used to answer this question.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

A former state correctional officer from Baltimore has been sentenced in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for felony theft of $25,000 to $100,000 and ordered to pay $50,251.66 in restitution, announced Attorney General Anthony G. Brown.

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Securities Docket

MARCH 18, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission published a final rule last week reversing a 15-year-old policy that permitted the director of enforcement to issue formal orders of investigation. The rule returns the SEC to its pre-2009 methodology, in which requests for formal orders of investigation must be presented to and approved by a vote of the commissioners.

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Insurance Journal

MARCH 18, 2025

The head of the U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination on Monday warned 20 major law firms that their employment policies meant to boost diversity, equity and inclusion may be illegal. The letters from the U.S.

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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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