IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2024

On November 25, economist Will Page, formerly Chief Economist of streaming music company Spotify, published a report on the global value of music copyright, finding that worldwide music copyright revenues had increased 11% to reach $45.5 billion USD during 2023. Purporting to fill gaps in reporting from other global music copyright surveys, Page’s recent report indicates that the total value of music copyright holdings, including mechanical reproduction and live performance rights, has quickly s

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Zoom Communications Inc. has offered $18 million to settle a four-year-old US Securities and Exchange Commission probe related to its privacy policies and communications.

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E-Discovery Team

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Ralph has directed the creation of two AI-generated podcasts about the Eleven Step Plan to Unite America. The first podcast is 17 minutes long, while the second is 25 minutes and explores the topic in more depth. Listeners are encouraged to engage with proposed projects at epluribusunum.ai.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

For a long time, the hard market has made it difficult for agents to offer their clients the coverage they want at affordable prices — assuming coverage was available at all. Now, there are signs that this is changing.

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Complex Discovery

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Editor’s Note: Undersea cables, the silent workhorses of global connectivity, have emerged as critical infrastructure in the digital age, carrying nearly all international internet traffic. As these lifelines become focal points in geopolitical tensions, tech giants like Meta are stepping in with ambitious projects, such as a $10 billion undersea cable initiative, to enhance connectivity and mitigate vulnerabilities.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

An Alabama public adjuster known as an aspiring country music singer has been re-arrested after reportedly violating the terms of his bond from an arrest earlier this year.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Allen Laman What emerging risks could electric vehicles present as they become more widespread? Experts at Verisk recently explored the current EV landscape and hypothesized what insurance concerns the vehicles could prompt in the future.

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Civil Litigation Brief

DECEMBER 1, 2024

We are looking again at the judgment of HHJ Berkley in Melia & Anor v Tamlyn And Son ltd [2024] EWHC 3002 (Ch). The defendant did not call the one witness that had first hand knowledge of conversations and other.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The Dutch company that owns Stop & Shop and Hannaford grocery stores across New England is dealing with a cyberattack that has disrupted online shopping, product deliveries and pharmacy services at some locations.

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Civil Litigation Brief

DECEMBER 1, 2024

This webinar looks at cases this year relating to damages and considers the practical consequences for the practitioner. It looks in detail at dozen cases decided this year examining, in particular, the practical implications for practitioners and lessons that can.

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

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened a broad antitrust investigation into Microsoft, including of its software licensing and cloud computing businesses, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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Complex Discovery

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Editor’s Note: The ENISA NIS Investments 2024 report provides essential insights into Europe’s cybersecurity progress and challenges at a critical juncture. As the NIS 2 Directive is transposed into national laws, the report offers policymakers, industry leaders, and cybersecurity professionals a detailed snapshot of investment trends, workforce gaps, and sectoral readiness.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The man accused of carrying out cyberattacks against dozens of Snowflake Inc. customers will face an extradition hearing later this year, after Canadian officials accused him of cybercrimes and being “a risk of danger to the public, police and himself.

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Legally Speaking

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Can we make the legal profession more human? This week, I’m joined by Claire Sanders, Founder of the Legal Space and Co-Founder of Being Human Consulting. Claire is on a mission to simplify law and bring a human touch to legal work.

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The president of Energy Insurance Agency, an operation with a large presence in Kentucky, said it is “incredibly humbling” for the agency to again be named one of Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For in the Southeast.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The average cost of workers’ compensation insurance in Washington will go up about 3.8% in 2025, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries announced.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

If the pace of product recalls continues in the fourth quarter, the number will reach a six-year high by the end of the year, a new report from Sedgwick shows.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Minnesota’s most populous county will pay $3.4 million to settle a lawsuit that alleged jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after spending days begging to be taken to a hospital.

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Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Chad Hemenway Progressive said it will stop offering dwelling fire insurance, with nonrenewal notices going out as early as Nov. 19.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Steve Karnowski Smithfield Foods, one of the nation’s largest meat processors, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations of child labor violations at a plant in Minnesota, officials announced.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

A Missouri farmer who appears in a reality TV show about his family’s farming operation pleaded guilty this week to a multi-million dollar fraud scheme involving federal crop insurance benefits. Steve A.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Daniel Wiessner A federal judge in Texas permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay. U.S. District Judge Sean Jordan in Sherman, Texas, said the U.S.

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Litigation

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

It’s no surprise to independent agencies that talent, quality talent, is hard to find.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Karen Matthews A New York City man has been charged with staging a car accident for insurance fraud purposes in a case that received wide publicity after the victim shared dashboard camera footage of the crash, authorities announced.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Everyone is familiar with the significant price increases of many products and services in recent years.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By L.S. Howard Economic losses caused by natural catastrophes reached an estimated US$280 billion in 2023, with US$51.6 billion of that total due to floods, according to Swiss Re Institute.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Agency owners must observe and learn about significant new trends in the insurance industry. The following are three critical industry trends insurance agencies should track for 2025. Look for Part Two in January’s column.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Andrew Simpson A claim provision requiring insureds to seek underinsured benefits from their auto insurer within three years of an accident is unenforceable in New Hampshire because it restricts the right of insureds to obtain the same benefits they …

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By William Rabb Insurance carriers may want to examine policy language — and what information they request from insureds — after the U.S.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

By Chad Hemenway Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance has agreed to take the personal lines business of Main Street America, marking the second time in two months that Safeco has stepped in to assume a personal lines book of business from …

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

National Marsh, a business of Marsh McLennan headquartered in New York City, named Will Thomas-Ferrand head of captive insurance beginning Jan. 1, 2025. Thomas-Ferrand currently serves as the international practice leader of Marsh Captive Solutions.

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Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2024

This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. Introducing Selectsys Max In the fast-paced world of insurance, MGAs and wholesalers need a management solution that is secure, highly customizable, and designed to accelerate every aspect of the workflow.

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