IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Late last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a ruling in Structured Asset Sales, LLC v. Sheeran affirming the Southern District of New York’s dismissal of copyright infringement claims filed against British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran over his 2014 single “Thinking Out Loud.” Assessing arguments made by a co-rightsholder to Marvin Gaye’s 1973 single “Let’s Get It On,” the Second Circuit found that the district court properly limited the scope of the infringement alleg

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Jay Harrington | Building a successful legal practice isn’t nearly as complicated as most lawyers make it out to be. The post 10 Simple Principles for Building a Thriving Law Practice (No Superhero Cape Required) appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When Zach Posner was last on this podcast, it was 2021 and he was less than a year into having cofounded The LegalTech Fund, the first venture capital firm to be laser-focused on law and legal technology.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Hurricane Helene made landfall on the Florida Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane on September 26, 2024. [1] Days later, Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida as a category 3 hurricane. [2] Many people from Florida to the Carolinas were impacted by both weather systems and the effects were devastating for thousands. These recent severe natural disasters will require many people to now undergo the lengthy process to rebuild their lives, homes, and communities.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Self-disclosures have picked up, too, doubling since 2021, as part of the agency’s broader corporate accountability push, an agency official reports.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Like a homeowner who cut back on coverage only to face catastrophic damage in a storm, St.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The National Flood Insurance Program will soon start to accept monthly payments for flood insurance premiums, ending 55 years of requiring full payment upon application or renewal.

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Complex Discovery

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Editor’s Note: The recent data breach at Free, one of France’s major telecommunications providers, highlights an unsettling vulnerability in the digital security landscape, even within heavily regulated industries. Affecting up to 19.2 million customers, this breach underscores the critical nature of cybersecurity resilience for corporations and the potential ramifications for millions of individuals.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

European and US intelligence officials believe Russia is behind a plan that would ultimately place incendiary devices on planes to North America through air cargo shipments, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Complex Discovery

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Editor’s Note: The legal industry is on the cusp of transformative change, driven by the integration of generative AI. This emerging technology promises to reshape legal research, drafting processes, and client interactions, offering efficiency gains and a redefined approach to client services. However, with these advancements come significant challenges, particularly around ethics, data privacy, and security.

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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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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is reminding property insurers to refrain from raising homeowners’ premiums just because an insured filed a claim or inquiry in order to qualify for flood insurance indemnity or federal assistance.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

If the Justice Department were to block the Capital One-Discover deal while also going after Visa, “they’d be intellectually inconsistent,” a George Mason University law professor said.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The U.S.

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RPC Strategies

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

I hope you enjoy reading this blog post. If you want our team to manage your growth marketing strategies, just click here. by Melissa Rogozinski A version of this article first appeared in Law Journal Newsletter on November 1, 2024. Download our AI Security Questionnaire for use in meetings with AI providers. What Law Firms Need to Know Before Trusting AI Systems with Confidential Information As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries, the legal profession is no e

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Third quarter underwriting income with Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance insurance units fell about $1.7 billion to $750 million due to estimated losses of about $565 million from Hurricane Helene and increases in losses from prior year claims.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Among six major global trade nations, corporate legal executives see the U.S. and Mexico as the highest risk for imposing trade tariffs, a survey finds.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday it has closed a probe into 411,000 Ford SUVs and pickup trucks over a potentially defective engine that could lose power without warning. In July 2022, the U.S.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The agency agreed that two sets of the firms’ funds can exclude a proposal to provide greater transparency to ensure their investments don’t “substantially contribute to genocide.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Monarch E&S Insurance Services (Monarch E&S), a division of Specialty Program Group LLC, announced its strategic acquisition of the assets of Professional Insurance Executives, Inc. (PIE), a leading contract binding/brokerage business located in Garland, Texas.

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Civil Litigation Brief

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In Blower v GH Canfields LLP [2024] EWHC 2763 (Ch) HHJ Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) rejected a claimant’s case on negligence against a firm of solicitors who had reached a settlement of an action against her and.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Holding signs with slogans including “stop the plop” and “species not feces,” thousands of people marched in London on Sunday to demand a cleanup of Britain’s sewage-clogged waterways.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has discovered “over 20 examples” of the United States regulator advising US banks to steer clear of crypto-related banking services, according to its chief legal officer. The discovery follows Coinbase filing two Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) — the US agency insuring bank deposits — demanding they disclose information about the ongoing crypto crackdown among US banks.

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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.

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Tech giants will square off with investors at the Supreme Court in November, getting two shots at curbing consumer protections in favor of business interests. Social media behemoth Meta, formerly Facebook, and chip systems titan Nvidia want to restrict investor securities fraud lawsuits. The cases follow a similar narrative on the high court’s docket: conservative business groups forewarning of abusive litigation and increasing regulatory compliance costs for businesses, and the government and w

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Vienna Insurance Group has launched a specialist cyber security company focused cyber risk management for small and medium-sized companies.

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Civil Litigation Brief

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

When matters get to trial the issue for the judge to determine is often that of witness credibility. Little thought is given by practitioners to how the judge is going to assess the credibility of witnesses, their own side’s witnesses.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Southern Spain’s devastating floods are expected to cost insurers well above €1 billion ($1.1 billion), given the significant damage to people, properties, vehicles and businesses as well as to the region’s agriculture sector, according to a commentary from Morningstar DBRS.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The case law distinguishes between so-called “unpredictable arts” (e.g., the biological, chemical, and pharmaceutical arts) and “predictable arts” (e.g., electrical and mechanical arts) for purposes of Section 112 analysis for the very reason that one is considered “predictable” while the other, “unpredictable.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Grindr Inc. illegally imposed a return-to-office policy last year that forced out half its staff in an attempt to thwart a unionization push, the US labor board alleged in a new complaint.

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Practice of Law

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The state of Virginia launched a statewide Purge. But this isn’t the fun kind (if you could even describe the 2013 dystopian horror film as that). In Virginia’s version, lots and lots of aspiring voters got purged from the registration. There’s been a lawsuit against it, of course. But with the election looming, the plaintiffs have had to rely on the emergency injunction process.

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

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