Law Sites
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.
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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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.
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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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
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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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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
RPC Strategies
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
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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.
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
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.
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.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, has asked lawmakers for an additional $100 million in emergency …
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
American International Group saw third quarter underwriting income in its general insurance segment fall 28% to $437 million due to higher catastrophe losses and lower favorable development on prior year reserves.
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.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
CINCINNATI (AP) — A massive fire underneath a bridge spanning the Ohio River closed a heavily traveled route between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky on Friday and damaged part of the steel structure. No injuries were reported.
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
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury ordered Bell Helicopter Textron to pay $16 million to a California company that claims Bell gave proprietary information that the companies developed to a rival supplier of cockpit display systems.
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.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
HOUSTON (AP) — A helicopter pilot was speaking with an air traffic controller in Houston when the aircraft crashed into a radio tower, killing all four people on board, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board.
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.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
An investigation by the Hawaii attorney general’s office into the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, which destroyed most of the historic town of Lahaina, won’t lead to any criminal charges.
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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