Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Lawyer work-life balance: Why Lawyers Really Struggle. Link Christin recently posted a fine article titled “Shoot for a Realistic Work-Life Balance.” While he does a nice job presenting practical steps you can take right now, as many firms shift away from unhealthy work models, I want to examine the root causes of these harmful models and […] The post Why Lawyers Really Struggle for Work-Life Balance appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law Sites

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Since 2019, LexLab, an innovation lab at UC Law San Francisco, has run an annual legal tech startup accelerator program, but last year, the program shifted gears slightly to focus on justice tech — startups that are developing technologies that positively impact individuals and communities affected by the justice system and the gap in access […]

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Meyling Ly Ortiz | Looking back, I stunted my own growth as a young lawyer by not seeking feedback and being afraid of criticism. The post How to Tap Into the Power of Feedback as a Young Lawyer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law Sites

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

DiliTrust, a company headquartered in Paris, France, that provides an all-in-one corporate governance suite for in-house legal teams, has acquired the U.S.-based enterprise legal management company doeLEGAL, which provides software for matter management, e-billing and e-discovery to corporate and law firm customers. DiliTrust says the strategic acquisition accelerates its entry in the U.S.

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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?

Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Called the "Wave of the Future" by Reuters, Scale LLP is a full-service law firm built by Silicon Valley founders and GCs to provide an alternative to a traditional private practice. The post In Transition: Can New Ways of Practicing Law Restore the Legal Profession? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

State Farm was the only one of 10 major players in the homeowners insurance market reporting a worse second-quarter loss ratio for the line than it did in 2023, according to a new analysis.

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Legal IT Insider

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Hi and welcome to the September Orange Rag. In our top stories we take a look at LinkedIn’s recent opt out data harvesting efforts and the successful pushback from the […] The post The Orange Rag Newsletter is Here! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

For the fourth time in six years, cyber risk ranked highest as a concern for business leaders. In fact, this year cyber as a top concern reached an all time high, according to the 2024 Travelers Risk Index.

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The court’s term begins Oct. 7 with a docket that involves corporate securities, labor, RICO and environmental questions.

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

U.S. companies that rely on East and Gulf Coast seaports have been importing early, shifting goods to the West Coast, and even putting cargo on pricey flights to hedge against a threatened Oct.

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Legal IT Insider

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

How to leverage but protect your DMS in the Gen AI world PLUS the role of agents and automation If you want to learn how to maintain information governance in […] The post Webinar 26 September: Safely leveraging your DMS content with AI appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s largest insurer, has suspended policy binding ahead of predicted Hurricane Helene, and a board member asked if the carrier could do more to help policyholders manage flood insurance claims from the looming storm.

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The Marshall Project

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Michael Bell says Kenosha police killed his son and covered up the truth. A victims rights board had a different takeaway.

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

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The heavy rains and severe floods of Storm Boris, which inundated Central and Eastern Europe during the second week in September, will be the most severe flood event in about a decade, carrying an insurance price tag of an estimated …

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A ballot initiative pushed by the company would cap contingency fees at 20% for all civil litigation, sparking an outcry by plaintiff’s attorneys in the state.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A Virginia-based construction company converting a Cape Cod hotel into a Margaritaville Resort has reached a settlement with the state of Massachusetts over wage violations affecting 78 workers.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A new article in Science claims that nearly one-third of patents arising from federally funded research fail to disclose this funding. Such omissions, if intentional, could violate federal law. If true, this would be a bombshell. Fortunately, it's not true. The study's methodology is deeply flawed. Yet it could nevertheless provide a pretext for lawmakers to enact unnecessary and burdensome legislation, killing public-private research collaborations.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein

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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The passenger in a car was killed when a horse smashed through the windshield during a series of crashes on a Southern California interstate, authorities said. The first collision occurred about 2 a.m.

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Oil giants like ExxonMobil and Shell are increasingly facing lawsuits regarding their alleged culpability for climate change-related damages and engagement in misleading advertising.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Sompo, the Bermuda-based provider of commercial and consumer property/casualty insurance and reinsurance, announced the launch of a new national marine insurance proposition for the United Kingdom.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In a rare grant of en banc rehearing, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today agreed to revisit a June 2024 precedential decision that affirmed a district court’s orders in favor of EcoFactor, Inc. against Google, whose appeal in part asked for a new trial on damages due to prejudicial error. Judge Prost dissented-in-part from the panel opinion, stating that the majority’s opinion with respect to damages “at best muddles our precedent and at worst contradicts it.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to reconsider its ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the last two known living survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

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Civil Litigation Brief

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

We are returning once again to the judgment of HHJ Melissa Clarke (sitting as a judge of the High Court) in Wilson v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 2389 (KB).We are also returning to the question of expert evidence. There.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

An Ernst & Young (EY) office in western India, which employed a 26-year-old who allegedly died after facing a high workload, has operated since 2007 without a state permit which regulates work hours, a senior government official told Reuters.

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology and the Office of Disability Employment Policy developed the learning and development resources together.

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

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The federal government was mostly responsible for a nighttime collision involving a snowmobiler who nearly died after hitting a Black Hawk helicopter that was parked on a Massachusetts trail, a judge ruled in awarding him $3.3 million in damages. U.S.

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Legal Dive

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

New York City’s rule requiring delivery apps to give restaurants consumer information violates the First Amendment, a judge found Tuesday.

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Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Australia’s federal court has fined Vanguard Investments Australia Ltd. A$12.9 million ($8.9 million) for making misleading claims about a fund, the highest penalty issued in the country so far over greenwashing.

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Civil Litigation Brief

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In Williams-Henry v Associated British Ports & Anor (Re Wasted Costs Order) [2024] EWHC 2415 (KB) Mr Justice Ritchie dismissed an application for wasted costs against the claimant’s solicitors. This dismissal took place at “stage one” – with the allegations.

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