Law Sites

JULY 23, 2024

The law practice management company Clio today announced a record-setting raise of $900 million, at a valuation of a whopping $3 billion, in an oversubscribed Series F investment round that the company says will accelerate its ability to continue to build and develop its multi-product platform and expand its market both to larger firms and […]

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Attorney at Work

JULY 23, 2024

Fear of Zoom can leave you frozen like your Wi-Fi dropped out. But you can conquer Zoom anxiety with these five tips. The post Will Your Paralyzing Fear of Zoom Ruin Your Life? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Law Sites

JULY 23, 2024

As the law practice management company Clio today announced a record $900 million funding round, the largest ever for a cloud legal technology company, at a whopping $3 billion valuation, Clio’s founder and CEO Jack Newton joins LawNext for an exclusive podcast interview.

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E-Discovery LLC

JULY 23, 2024

In Linet Americas, Inc. v. Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 2024 WL 3425795 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 15, 2024), the court “allowed [defendants] Hillrom to take limited discovery about when [plaintiff] Linet’s duty to preserve may have arisen….” In short, the court authorized discovery of privilege-log-type information, such as when plaintiff communicated with counsel prior to suit and the general subject-matter of those communications.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Britain’s Environment Agency on Tuesday lambasted the country’s water companies for spewing sewage into rivers and seas, saying the majority of them were failing to get the basics right, as it outlined plans for a tougher regulatory approach.

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Joseph, Hollander & Craft

JULY 23, 2024

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Joseph, Hollander & Craft (JHC) is proud to announce that Overland Park criminal defense attorney Dionne Scherff recently received the 2024 Clarence Darrow Award from the Kansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (KACDL). Founded in 1988, KACDL is a non-profit organization of criminal defense lawyers and related professionals in Kansas.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

The House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet today held a hearing, titled “IP Litigation and the U.S. International Trade Commission” (ITC), featuring four witnesses, most of whom were advocating for reforms to the current ITC process that many would characterize as anti-patent. Subcommittee Chair Darrell Issa (R-CA) explained that “recently there has been a growing chorus of voices suggesting the ITC is being misused for purposes other than its

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that rainwater accumulation on roofs of buildings does not constitute “surface waters” within the meaning of “flood” in property insurance policies.

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Legal Dive

JULY 23, 2024

The $900 million injection is a record for cloud-based legal technology, and will enable global expansion, the software maker said.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

A growing homeowners insurance crisis for Californians is straining brokers who must work harder to get increasingly expensive and more frequently unavailable coverage for their clients, a crisis many of them blame on regulations and wildfires.

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

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 23, 2024

I was a more than a little shocked to read the judgment in Glover & Anor v Fluid Structural Engineers & Technical Designers Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1257 it is a case that shows that lawyers are still making.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

The national auto insurance shopping and quoting rate reached a new high between April and June, but many insurers appear to have achieved or are approaching rate adequacy, “which should lead to less rate activity and perhaps less shopping in …

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 23, 2024

Today I have presented a webinar on the coroners’ courts. The webinar has a particular emphasis on helping the client through the process, and the “competences” set out in the joint documents between the SRA, CILEx and the Bar Standards.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

A Southern California fire destroyed six homes and damaged seven others in a blaze that was reportedly ignited by fireworks. The Hawarden Fire started over the weekend and at one point threatened nearly 1,500 homes.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 23, 2024

In Khokan v Nirjhor [2024] EWHC 1872 (KB) Mrs Justice Hill granted the defendant’s application for a peremptory order following the claimant’s failure to pay costs ordered against him at an interlocutory hearing. The judge refused the defendant’s application for.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown reports that a grand Jury for Prince George’s County has handed down two indictments charging an Upper Marlboro woman with insurance fraud.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JULY 23, 2024

The judgment of Costs Judge Whalan in MBR Acres Ltd & Ors v McGivern [2024] EWHC 1869 (SCCO) highlights an issue that has been on this blog before. A party who obtains legal aid to defendant civil committal proceedings cannot.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

On July 16, the Unified Patent Court’s (UPC) Central Division (CD) in Munich revoked Amgen’s patent covering use of PCSK9-binding antibodies for treatment of cardiovascular disease. In its written decision the CD discussed the correct approach to claim interpretation and the assessment of inventive step. Amgen’s patent, the subject of this decision, is in the same family as the patents that are the subject of the U.S.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

SPRING, Texas (AP) — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 23, 2024

After filing 13 lawsuits in 2023 claiming trademark infringement, deceptive trade practices, and false advertising related to the pharmaceuticals Ozempic and Wegovy, Novo Nordisk—a 100-year-old pharmaceutical company with its origins in Denmark—is once again making headlines. Over the past few weeks, Novo Nordisk filed nine new lawsuits against small clinics, medical spas, and compounding pharmacies, alleging false advertising and trademark infringement.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

The Department of Labor announced the signing of a conciliation agreement with State Street Corp. in which the financial services firm will allocate $4.2 million for future pay adjustments to resolve alleged compensation discrimination.

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Expert Witness Blog

JULY 23, 2024

Introduction In the case of Martinez v. Polaris Industries Inc. , 2023 WL 4567890 (Cal. Ct. App. 2023), the expertise of an All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) Expert Witness was critical.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Insurance software firm Applied Systems reports that it has acquired Planck, a leading artificial intelligence (AI) company for the insurance industry. Planck provides an AI-based data platform for commercial insurance.

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Legal Dive

JULY 23, 2024

The ruling extends a temporary injunction against the law issued in May, though Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond said he will bring an appeal to the state Supreme Court.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Whole Foods has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit accusing it of illegally firing a worker who refused to remove her Black Lives Matter facemask and complained about racism at the Amazon.com-owned upscale grocery chain.

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Legally Speaking

JULY 23, 2024

Congratulations to Our Sponsor, Clio, on announcing their Series F funding value, that values Clio at $3 billion USD. Clios is now the most valuable cloud-based legal tech company in the world.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Exactly one year to the date of last year’s severe flooding in Vermont, Joe’s Brook Farm was flooded again by the remnants of Hurricane Beryl. This time it was worse.

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Securities Docket

JULY 23, 2024

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, under a program established by Congress after the 2008 financial crisis, offers awards to whistleblowers whose tips lead to successful enforcement actions. The awards come from a revolving fund capped at $100 million that also pays for the CFTC’s whistleblower office and its staff. Lawmakers are weighing how to keep the office open if the fund is depleted.

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have filed a lawsuit against a former employee who is serving prison time after pleading guilty to stealing $22 million from the NFL team’s virtual credit card program.

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Securities Docket

JULY 23, 2024

In that lawsuit, fossil fuel companies and other powerful business interests filed briefs in court arguing that the SEC’s new disclosure rule about the financial risks of climate change is illegal—because, in their view, climate change is controversial. The petitioners argue that the rule runs afoul of the major questions doctrine that the Supreme Court embraced two years ago, which says federal agencies can’t regulate issues of economic or political importance—i.e., controversial topics—without

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Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Facing a future of shortages, California is entering a new phase of water conservation: Cities and towns must meet new mandates ramping down use over the next 15 years — and some will be hit harder than others.

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