IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2025

In June 2023, as is widely known, more than 50 years of efforts to create a pan-European patent jurisdiction were finally successful and the Unified Patent Court opened its doors. Historically, there were two traditions within Europe, namely, the German principle of separation (often wrongly called also bifurcation), according to which infringement actions and nullity actions were separate and handled at different courts, and the otherwise prevailing principle of unity, according to which infrin

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MyCase

JANUARY 13, 2025

For law firms and attorneys, filing 1099 forms is a critical part of maintaining compliance with IRS regulations. With the January 31, 1099 deadline fast approaching, understanding the filing procedures for Form 1099-NEC and Form 1099-MISC is essential to avoid errors and penalties. In this blog, youll learn best practices to help your firm streamline its 1099 preparation process to meet the 2025 1099 filing deadline.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

The State of Texas on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate, alleging the insurance company illegally collects driver data through secretly embedded software in mobile apps and then uses the data to justify raising Texans’ insurance rates.

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Law Sites

JANUARY 13, 2025

Anastasia Boykolikes to say that shes Goldilocks-ed her way through her career.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 13, 2025

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, January 13, issued a precedential decision denying a state law conversion claim as being preempted by patent law and rejecting BearBox LLC owner Austin Storms bid to be named a sole or joint inventor on Lancium LLCs patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,608,433 is titled Methods and Systems for Adjusting Power Consumption Based on a Fixed-duration Power Option Agreement and is owned by Lancium, a software and tech company that provides pow

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

Edison International Inc.’s southern California utility was hit with a lawsuit blaming the energy provider’s equipment for igniting one of the wildfires still raging in the second-largest US metropolis.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

A flagship coalition aimed at aligning the asset management industry with global climate goals said it was suspending its activities on Monday, days after BlackRock, the world’s biggest investor, left amid a political backlash in the United States.

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Complex Discovery

JANUARY 13, 2025

Editors Note: The Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 , a new report from the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture, highlights the unprecedented complexity of todays cyber landscape. Geopolitical tensions, advanced technologies, and professionalized cybercrime demand urgent attention from global leaders. This report offers critical insights and actionable strategies for cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery professionals striving to navigate these challenges.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

At least two rounds of vicious, dry Santa Ana winds are expected to blast through Southern California early this week, bringing powerful gusts that will challenge fire crews struggling to contain two destructive blazes and likely force thousands more residents …

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 13, 2025

The wrestling company’s books and filings were inaccurate because its former chief never told the legal and accounting teams about harassment claims he settled, the agency said.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2025

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul last Thursday said she will push for new laws to make it harder for hedge funds to purchase large numbers of single-family homes in the state.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Alfred V. Tobia, Jr., the former president and chief investment officer (CIO) of one public company and a member of the board of another, and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Lee, with insider trading that resulted in more than $428,000 in illegal profits. The defendants have agreed to pay more than $1.36 million to settle the charges.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

As more policyholders with Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance are statutorily required to purchase flood insurance, another insurance rate-quoting service has gotten in on the act. Officials with HoneyQuote.

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Complex Discovery

JANUARY 13, 2025

Editor’s Note: This concise report highlights key developments in Ukraine from January 1112, 2025. Ukrainian forces targeted Russian command posts in Donetsk Oblast with precision airstrikes, disrupting Russian operations. South Korea confirmed that Ukrainian forces captured two North Korean soldiers in Kursk Oblast, revealing severe losses and operational challenges among North Korean units supporting Russia.

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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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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit to recover $2.2 million worth of cryptocurrency held in digital wallets and stolen from New Yorkers and victims across the country in a remote job scam.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 13, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against broker-dealer Liquidnet Inc., an operator of multiple alternative trading systems (ATSs), for failing to have necessary controls and procedures regarding market access, for failing to protect confidential subscriber trading information, and for related disclosure failures.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 13, 2025

Three Russian nationals tied to operating sanctioned crypto mixing services Blender.io and Sinbad.io have been charged with money laundering by a federal grand jury in Georgia, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement on Friday.[…] The prosecution of crypto mixing services the controversial businesses that represent both the sector’s vulnerability to criminal use and its championing of financial privacy has been a point of contention for U.S. policymakers and members of C

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

Workers in U.S. chicken and pork plants face higher risks than other manufacturing workers for musculoskeletal disorders such as carpal tunnel syndrome, according to two studies the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued on Friday.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JANUARY 13, 2025

Recent cases on the issue of costs being reduced, or disallowed, due to the conduct of the assessment proceedings have led me to review the cases on this topic. This is the first in a series of posts about the.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

A federal judge last week tripled the damages that Alex Murdaugh’s co-conspirator must pay to Nautilus Insurance Co., bringing the total to $3.75 million plus significant attorney fees incurred by the insurer.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JANUARY 13, 2025

This post revisits the detailed article by Judge Stephen J. Dwyer, Leonard J. Feldman & Ryan P. McBridet called How to Write, Edit, and Review Persuasive Briefs: Seven Guidelines from One Judge and Two Lawyers. Remember the purpose of this.

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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

JANUARY 13, 2025

Moody’s Corp. has agreed to acquire CAPE Analytics, which provides geospatial AI intelligence for residential and commercial properties.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JANUARY 13, 2025

In Manchester Property Development Holdings & Anor v Kuit Steinart Levy LLP [2025] EWHC 35 (Comm) Dame Clare Moulder DBE granted the defendant’s application for an adjournment of an imminent trial because Leading Counsel became unexpectedly ill. There was insufficient.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

Aon’s NFP Acquires Irish Human Resources Consultancy and Training Specialist NFP, the New York City-based brokerage and consulting firm and Aon subsidiary, announced its acquisition of The HR Suite, a leading human resources consultancy and training business with offices across …

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 13, 2025

A pastor at a Pasco, Washington, churchhas been indicted on 26 counts of fraud for allegedly operating a cryptocurrency scam that defrauded investors of millions between 2021 and 2023. The US Department of Justice says the pastor,Francier Obando Pinillo, 51, used his position to recruit investors into a fraudulent cryptocurrency venture called “Solano Fi,” which he told them “came to him in a dream” and was a guaranteed investment. “Pinillo used his position as past

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

Six people who were injured and the father of a man who was killed in the New Year’s truck attack filed a lawsuit Thursday against the City of New Orleans and two contractors, claiming they failed to protect revelers from …

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 13, 2025

In its interview process for a new benefits and workers’ compensation teams supervisor position, the agency “chose the intangibles, and we will not second-guess its decision,” the judges said.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 13, 2025

The U.S. Department of Labor filed a federal lawsuit on Jan.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 13, 2025

Listen to him on Bitcoin, which he’s referred to as “a Ponzi scheme” and “as useless as a pet rock”: “We are going to have some kind of digital currency at some point. I’m not against crypto. You know, Bitcoin itself has no intrinsic value. It’s used heavily by sex traffickers, money launderers, ransomware.

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