Law Sites
AUGUST 12, 2024
It’s not quite BattleBots, but competitors LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters both made significant announcements today involving the development of generative AI legal assistants within their products.
Attorney at Work
AUGUST 12, 2024
Sharpening your social awareness skills will better equip you to forge meaningful connections, inspire trust and achieve favorable outcomes. The post Reading the Room: Mastering Social Awareness as a Lawyer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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Law Sites
AUGUST 12, 2024
UniCourt, a company that provides access to litigation data and analytics, today launched into beta a first-of-its-kind product that combines LLMs and APIs to allow its customers – which include law firms, insurers, legal tech companies, and others – to extract any data points they need from UniCourt’s collection of over 1 billion dockets and […]
E-Discovery LLC
AUGUST 12, 2024
The July 2024 “Notice of Proposed Rules Changes” of the Maryland Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure – – 223rdreport.pdf (mdcourts.gov) – – proposes rules that address the issue of how “digital media” – – a term of art – – is placed in the record, both in open court and in pleadings or motions.
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Law Sites
AUGUST 12, 2024
Aderant, a provider of business management software to larger law firms, today introduced a product designed to help law firms better allocate work among their associates. Called viAllocate, the product helps law firms maximize billable utilization, balance associate workloads, and improve operational efficiency and profitability, Aderant says.
E-Discovery LLC
AUGUST 12, 2024
Geofence warrants are categorically unlawful: “We hold that the use of geofence warrants—at least as described herein—is unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment. In doing so, we part ways with our esteemed colleagues on the Fourth Circuit.” United States v. Smith , __ F.4 th __, 2024 WL 3738050, at *1 (5th Cir. Aug. 9, 2024). “We hold that geofence warrants are modern-day general warrants and are unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.
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Practice Panther
AUGUST 12, 2024
Social media is an undeniable force, extending its reach into nearly every profession, including the legal field. Because of this, lawyers are increasingly finding themselves in situations where their social media activity intersects with professional ethics. While the American Bar Association (ABA) Rules of Professional Conduct may not specifically address every nuance of social media use, their guidelines certainly offer a framework that lawyers on social media can apply when engaging online.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
UK spies are stepping up efforts to tackle cyber and artificial intelligence threats from hostile foreign states, including the sort of online manipulation that helped foment rioting across the country in the past 10 days.
Ball in Your Court
AUGUST 12, 2024
Of late, I’ve come to use AI generated imagery in lieu of my own work or open-source and licensed works as a source for digital storytelling.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
In recent months the dynamic markings for voices asserting the insurance industry is not up to challenges posed by climate change have gone from mezzo-piano to mezzo-forte. In his endorsement of a proposal by Representative Adam Schiff (D-Calif.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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IP Watchdog
AUGUST 12, 2024
During our conversation we explore much of what is happening in DC relating to patents and innovation, and specifically discuss matters ranging from proposed guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology relating to use of march-in rights to control drug prices, to the recently introduced RESTORE Act, which is little more than one-page would largely if not completely overrule the Supreme Court’s eBay decision and create a presumption that victorious patent owners who have pr
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
First, he orchestrated a staged auto accident in Georgia. Then he murdered a co-conspirator in 2019 in a disagreement over payment from insurance proceeds related to the faked crash. Today, Norman Uriah Simmonds Jr.
Civil Litigation Brief
AUGUST 12, 2024
In KSY Juice Blends UK Ltd v Citrosuco GmbH [2024] EWHC 2098 (Comm) HHJ Pearce (sitting as a Judge of the High Court) observed that the requirements for drafting witness statements in PD57AC were “more honoured in the breach than.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with Amerikal Products Corp. of Waukegan, Illinois, for allegedly selling and distributing an unregistered pesticide product in violation of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
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IP Watchdog
AUGUST 12, 2024
On August 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in Celanese International Corp. v. International Trade Commission (ITC) affirming the ITC’s ruling that process patents owned by Celanese were invalid due to secret sales of products made by the claimed process prior to the one-year on-sale bar codified at 35 U.S.C. § 102(a).
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
A lawsuit stemming from the Titan submersible disaster felt inevitable, but winning a big judgment against the owner of the vessel could be very difficult, legal experts said on Thursday.
Legal IT Insider
AUGUST 12, 2024
In this webinar on 23 July, Legal IT Insider’s editor Caroline Hill chatted with David Aird, IT Director at DAC Beachcroft LLP; Shane Scott, IT Director at Gowling WLG; and Hamzah […] The post Webinar Replay: Is it time to return to the office? appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
Former insurance executive Greg Lindberg, now awaiting sentencing in a North Carolina bribery conviction, and his companies must pay almost $167 million to an insolvent life insurance company in the Netherlands, a federal judge decided last week.
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
A well-being toolkit for attorneys aims to spur engagement and action concerning a health topic many find difficult to discuss.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
The 22 acquirers that make up the Sica Fletcher Index were involved in 242 agent-broker deals in the first six months of 2024, totaling $635 million in revenue.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
Those whose shares trade as penny stocks will automatically be suspended at a certain point rather than given an appeals option if the SEC approves the changes the exchange wants.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
The Colorado wildfire that tore through 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) and destroyed 48 buildings, over half of which were homes, was human-caused, investigators said.
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Legal Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
Since its inception in 2004, Ideanomics has switched its business model at least three times, from video on demand to petroleum trading products to electronic vehicle services.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
Schlatter Industries’ network was attacked with malware on Friday and it can be assumed this was a professional attack, the Switzerland-based company said on Monday.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
After Bechtel won a $4.3 billion contract for Train 4 of the Texas energy facility, a court overturned the project’s federal authorization, putting its timeline in doubt.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
In her yard under the blazing sun, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted she could.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
A material issue of fact existed as to when a sales representative last called it quits with a company owner, the court held, leading to reversal of summary judgment for the employer.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
Federal workplace safety officials say that Adidas America Inc. – maker of one of the world’s best-selling sneakers – faces almost $400,000 in penalties for allegedly continuing to ignore federal workplace safety standards.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 12, 2024
The history of FINRA’s name is fascinating (if you’re in the securities business—and something of a nerd)… Fast forward several decades. In 2007, NASD “consolidated with the member regulation, enforcement, and arbitration functions of the NYSE.” At the time, there was speculation in the news media about what name the new regulator would take: Joseph Borg, president of the North American Securities Administrators Association (that’s NASAA, not the rocket scientists), offered some suggestion
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. pegged losses from estimated accrual of liabilities stemming from one of the worst wildfires in US history at $1.7 billion and issued a going-concern warning.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 12, 2024
Nadine Ahn and Ken Mason, another fired RBC exec, didn't have an affair, each said in court filings, contrary to a “clear insinuation” from the bank. Further, Ahn said she missed out on a path to CEO.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 12, 2024
Johnson & Johnson has cleared a key hurdle for advancing a $6.5 billion plan to resolve thousands of lawsuits by people who say its baby powder gave them cancer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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