Complex Discovery

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Editor’s Note: Artificial intelligence, a powerful force shaping the digital landscape, now presents a profound threat as it enables the creation of child sexual abuse imagery. This alarming trend is driven by increasingly accessible AI tools that bad actors exploit, complicating the work of law enforcement and amplifying risks to children. Recent cases in the U.S. showcase the urgent need for robust legal and technological responses.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The floods that devastated the Spanish region of Valencia at the end of last month are expected to trigger total insurance losses in excess of €3.5 billion ($3.8 billion), Moody’s estimates.

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Civil Litigation Brief

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In Raja & Anor v ATM Law & Ors [2024] EWHC 2782 (Ch) the witnesses gave evidence (or attempted to give evidence) from inappropriate places, including a bus. The judgment of Master Clark shows the need to follow the correct.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has lifted its suspension on binding of policies as Hurricane Rafael turned away from Florida and was tracking toward Mexico and was expected to weaken.

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

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Litigation

Practice of Law

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

When we think of a library, we picture never-ending shelves of books; the world's knowledge available to us at the touch of a finger. But nowadays, it's not just physical records that libraries collect. Many now lend video games to their members, providing their local communities with entertainment while helping preserve the software for future generations.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

ELKINSVILLE, La. (AP) — A dispute over a planned ammonia plant near a historic Black town in southeastern Louisiana ratcheted up a notch with a challenge to the state’s approval process.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Three of the biggest names in US home energy automation are coming together to offer some relief to the beleaguered Texas electrical grid. Power supplier NRG Energy Inc.

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The Marshall Project

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Carol Shapiro joined the New York parole board to make change. Marathon days, copious paperwork and dysfunctional hearings brought her to tears.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Hannover Re announced that Chief Executive Officer Jean-Jacques Henchoz (60) is stepping down and will be replaced by the current chief financial officer, Clemens Jungsthöfel (54).

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SW&L Attorneys Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In Minnesota, property division in divorce cases follows an “equitable distribution” model, aiming for a fair (though not always equal) allocation of marital assets. However, some spouses may attempt to conceal or dissipate assets to reduce the amount available for division. Minnesota courts have consistently demonstrated strong responses to such actions.

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Insurtech Hippo said it has sold a majority stake in First Connect Insurance Services, a digital platform for independent agents. The buyer is private equity fund Centana Growth Partners, who with Hippo shares Palo Alto, California as home.

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The Marshall Project

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Hinds County’s district attorney, Jackson’s mayor and a city council member were indicted on federal charges connected to scheme.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

An area along Florida’s west coast including affluent Sarasota is seeing the worst home price declines since the aftermath of the Great Recession, as the region recovers from hurricanes and faces rising inventory.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: a World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) report finds global patent filings at a record high with China leading the way; Universal Music Group sues Believe Music for copyright infringement; and a New York district judge dismisses a copyright infringement lawsuit filed against OpenAI.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of ResQ Machine-led Reserving, which WTW describes as a game-changing technology for insurers and reinsurers to enhance accuracy and efficiency in property/casualty reserving.

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Complex Discovery

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Editor’s Note: The paper Detection and Measurement of Syntactic Templates in Generated Text provides valuable insights for professionals in legal technology, cybersecurity, and information governance. By focusing on syntactic templates, the research uncovers how large language models (LLMs) replicate structural patterns found in their training data.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The world was hit by so many floods and landslides in 2024 that it triggered the aid sector’s first multi-disaster insurance pay-out, the Red Cross told Reuters, signaling both the scale of the problem and the need for new financing …

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Venable LLP’s Patent Prosecution and Counseling group seeks a patent agent with three or more years of experience and a background in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science to join the practice in the Washington, D.C., or New York office. The qualified candidate is a registered patent agent with at least three years of experience and should hold an electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science degree.

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

NFP, the Aon company and international insurance brokerage and consulting firm, announced it has acquired HC Financial, a financial planning and corporate employee benefits advisory business based in Galway, Ireland. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on Thursday, November 7, dismissed a copyright infringement complaint filed by Raw Story Media and Alternet Media against OpenAI, holding that the news outlets lacked Article III standing to bring their claims. However, the court left open the possibility for the sites to file an amended complaint.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

North Dakota voters defeated a measure calling for the legalization of recreational marijuana. The outcome of the proposal wasn’t clear until Wednesday morning.

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Civil Litigation Brief

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In Robertson v Cornwall Council [2024] EWHC 2830 (KB) Mr Justice Linden dismissed an appeal in a case where the claimant had failed to establish liability at trial. The trial judge had found that the claimant had not established the.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A Southern California wildfire that was driven by high winds has destroyed at least 132 structures and forced more than 10,000 people to evacuate. The fire in Ventura County has burned 20,596 acres and is 7% contained.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Morrison Cohen welcomes Tracy Burnett, who joins the firm as a partner in our White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement Practice. Her practice focuses on white-collar criminal defense, government and internal investigations, and regulatory enforcement matters. Source: Morrison Cohen LLP | Tracy A.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A small fire burning in New Jersey’s Bergen County has sent smoke wafting across the Hudson River into New York City. Firefighters have a 19-acre (7.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The other founder to match Zhao’s meteoric rise was his fiercest rival and social-media sparring partner, FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried. Bankman-Fried, who is serving 25 years in prison for fraud, partially blamed Zhao for accelerating the bank run that led to FTX’s blow up in late 2022. Both men ended up in prison but Zhao says the common comparison between their cases is misplaced.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

As a deadly storm bore down on Valencia on Oct. 29, the regional president was attending a ceremony to recognize his work on sustainable tourism.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The company has argued that the verdict was excessive and should be dramatically reduced.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

A man who was recently fired from his job at Navy Pier returned to the Chicago tourist attraction and killed two workers before fleeing, police said.

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Law Sites

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Canadian Legal Information Institute, a nonprofit organization that is a major provider of free legal research in Canada, has sued a recently launched AI-powered legal research site called Caseway, alleging that it has unlawfully taken CanLII’s cases in order to build its own system.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

You can’t go anywhere without hearing about the impact of generative artificial intelligence on … well, everything.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The president-elect is known to be a user of NDAs that function as noncompetes, and the accounting firm behind the successful court challenge to the ban is a Trump tax adviser.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Norfolk Southern sparked renewed concerns about flaws being missed during railcar inspections when it told employees this week they should spend no more than a minute looking at each car.

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