Attorney at Work
DECEMBER 30, 2024
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IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The past year has included some monumental developments in the world of IP - and adjacent to IP - that will affect law and practice for years to come. From the Supreme Courts decision to abrograte the Chevron decision, thereby changing the standard for agency deference by the courts, to movement on some of the most potentially game-changing patent legislation to be introduced since the America Invents Act, there is a lot to choose from when it comes to what mattered in 2024.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Monday announced what he is calling the final step in his efforts to help the state’s ailing homeowners insurance market with the Net Cost of Reinsurance in Ratemaking Regulation, which enables reinsurance as a …
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been around for decades in some form, the more recent Generative AI (GenAI) boom has brought it back into the limelight. With the sudden popularity and prevalence of newer systems such as ChatGPT, we have seen GenAI, and even AI more broadly, enter new industries and have new use cases seemingly daily. However, with new technological development comes regulation.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Readers of Insurance Journal were drawn to South Central headlines detailing the complexities facing the insurance industry, from legal and regulatory issues to the evolving landscape of cyber threats and natural disasters.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art. Such is the conundrum facing the U.S Copyright Office in this era of rapidly expanding generative artificial intelligence technology. Human creativity has been the cornerstone of copyright protection for original works of authorship ever since the U.S. Constitution recognized copyright as a fundamental right to be protected for limited times.
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Complex Discovery
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Editor’s Note: The recent cyberattack on Japan Airlines sheds light on the vulnerabilities in the aviation sectors digital infrastructure. For professionals in cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery, this incident serves as a critical case study in how cyber risks can disrupt critical operations and affect millions of passengers.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide.
Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 30, 2024
We are returning to the judgment of HHJ Kelly (sitting as a High Court Judge) in MJF v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 3156 (KB). This time we are looking at the judge’s observations about the preparation.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Global reinsurers’ appetite rose for property catastrophe during the upcoming January renewals, which have seen risk-adjusted reinsurance rate reductions of 5%-15% for loss-free accounts, according to a renewal report published by Guy Carpenter, the reinsurance business of Marsh McLennan.
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Securities Docket
DECEMBER 30, 2024
A record number of senior lawyers moved jobs in London this year as the arrival of US law firms in the capital continues to disrupt the market and fuel pay wars for talent. Law firms made 546 partner hires in London over the year to December 23, according to data from legal recruiter Edwards Gibson and shared with the Financial Times. The number surpasses last years record of 514 partner moves, as investment from US law firms in the UK shows no sign of abating.[…] Unprecedented investment
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
ATLANTA (AP) A woman died and two other people were hospitalized with injuries after a fire at a Tyson Foods plant in southwest Georgia, state officials said Friday.
Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 30, 2024
We are returning to the issue of the difficulties that can be caused by the use of electronic signatures on witness statements. The dangers involved can be seen clearly in the decision of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in SRA -v-.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Tustin, California-based Murray Gardner Insurance Agency Inc., dba BMR Insurance. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Securities Docket
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Until recently, banks watched from the sidelines with envy as stablecoin market leader Tether Holdings boasted of billions in profits. Now they want in. Earlier this year, Societe Generale – Forge made its Euro-backed stablecoin which basically represents fiat on a blockchain ledger available to retail investors. Financial group Oddo BHF SCA is also working on a Euro-denominated one, and London-based Revolut is considering issuing its own version.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The US Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress on Monday.
Complex Discovery
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Editor’s Note: This concise summary examines critical developments in Russias ongoing war against Ukraine, drawing from the latest assessment by the Institute for the Study of War. As the year comes to a close, understanding the evolving dynamics of this conflict becomes ever more essential. The narrative highlights key military, political, and geopolitical shifts that are shaping the course of the war and influencing global security.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
From insurance lawsuits resulting from a murderous South Carolina lawyer and his family, to relentless Florida storm claims, a tight mobile home market and body-shop fraud charges, news stories gave Insurance Journal readers in the Southeast plenty to digest in …
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Securities Docket
DECEMBER 30, 2024
If DOGE is to avoid the fate of prior blue-ribbon commissions and panels with a similar goal, it should begin with the low-hanging fruit and encourage Congress to merge the SEC and CFTC before taking up a crypto market structure bill. DOGE would have an ally in this effort in Paul Atkins, Mr. Trumps nominee to lead the SEC. Testifying in 2015 on the effect of Dodd-Frank, Mr.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) Teenage actor Hudson Meek has died after he fell out of a moving vehicle in Alabama, authorities said. Meek, 16, was hurt on Dec.
Securities Docket
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Historically, business groups have criticised plaintiffs lawyers for seeking out friendly judges and juries for large damages claims, and liberal public interest groups often filed their challenges to the first Trump administration in states and circuit courts with more Democratic appointees. But in recent years, powerful industry groups have done some of the most visible manoeuvring by finding ways to challenge government regulations in courts that have a larger share of conservative judges, pa
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) A strong storm system threatened to whip up tornadoes in parts of the U.S. Southeast on Sunday, a day after severe weather claimed at least two lives as twisters touched down in Texas and Mississippi.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
A ninth U.S.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Wildfires and their effect on the California’s homeowners insurance crisis dominated Insurance Journal’s West headlines this year. Other popular stories included big lawsuits, and stories on fraudsters and bad actors being caught and punished.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The top 10 most well-read international stories for 2024 covered a diverse range of topics, including nuclear verdicts, Taylor Swift’s concert cancellations, and the return to stability of the reinsurance market. Two articles focused on the Baltimore Bridge collapse.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
MIAMI (AP) Florida condominium owners are looking at higher costs from condo associations in the new year, a consequence of a safety law passed by state lawmakers in 2022.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
South Korea’s acting President Choi Sang-mok on Monday ordered an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operation as investigators worked to identify victims and find out what caused the deadliest air disaster on South Korean soil.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The Iowa Insurance Division last month entered into a consent order with a contractor who had made claims they were offering services that require a public adjuster license.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Maryland is suing the company that produces the waterproof material Gore-Tex often used for raincoats and other outdoor gear, alleging its leaders kept using “forever chemicals” long after learning about serious health risks associated with them.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
A genetic analysis suggests the bird flu virus mutated inside a Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Tustin, California-based Murray Gardner Insurance Agency Inc., dba BMR Insurance.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 30, 2024
The conclusion of a criminal case against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer clears the way for a related civil lawsuit by relatives of the deceased woman and efforts to depose the actor under oath, attorneys for …
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