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Some Lawyers Using Venmo Are Exposing Confidential Client Information — and they May Not Even Know It

Law Sites

Multiple lawyers who are using the payments app Venmo in their law practices are exposing client information to the public — and they may not even know it. These accounts expose client names and sometimes other details, such as payment amounts, the nature of the representation, or even the client’s financial straits. Model Rule 1.

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Strengthening Client Relationships: The Power of Q4 Non-Billable Meetings

Attorney at Work

Jay Harrington | One great way to add value for business clients is having a Q4 “off the clock” meeting to discuss the coming year. The post Strengthening Client Relationships: The Power of Q4 Non-Billable Meetings appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Discovery is the Lawyer’s X-Ray; However, an MRI May Not Be Reasonable

E-Discovery LLC

Khan v. County of Cook , 2024 WL 3984263 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 29, 2024), rejected “oceanic” discovery requests, while permitting reasonable ones. In Khan , the hospital for the Cook County jail had terminated a dentist, alleging malfeasance. The dentist disputed the allegation, claimed racial bias was the cause, and sued. The court wrote: “Not surprisingly, discovery in this case, like ‘the course of true love, [has been anything but] smooth.

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The State of Knowledge Management and Innovation in Legal, with Patrick DiDomenico and Joshua Fireman

Law Sites

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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A TRIBUTE TO THE LATE (AND GREAT) SIMON (“SPIKE”) MULLINGS: “STAY SAFE EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE YOU HUG YOUR LOVED ONES”

Civil Litigation Brief

I was devastated to learn of the death of Simon Mullings over the weekend. The tributes that have been paid from housing lawyers and many others have reflected his position as one of the foremost housing practitioners and campaigners. Giles.

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New York City’s Biggest Taxi Insurer Is Insolvent, Risking Transit Meltdown

Insurance Journal

In an unassuming white and blue office building in Freeport, a few miles into Nassau County, sits the headquarters of American Transit Insurance Co.

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Reinsurers’ Appetite for Natural Catastrophe Risks Grows – But Discipline Remains

Insurance Journal

Top reinsurers are showing increasing – but disciplined – appetite for natural catastrophe risks as a result of rising demand, improved pricing, more favorable terms and conditions, and improving investment income, according to a report published by S&P Global Ratings.

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Book Publishers Win at Second Circuit: Internet Archive’s Free Library is Not Fair Use

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today affirmed a district court judgment that granted a group of book publishers’ motion for summary judgment that the Internet Archive (IA) infringed their copyright in 127 books via IA’s “Free Digital Library.” As predicted by author Devlin Hartline in a February article for IPWatchdog, the Second Circuit agreed with the publishers—Hachette Book Group, Inc; Harper Collins Publishers LLC; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; and Penguin Random House LL

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For Small Commercial Businesses, Insurance Satisfaction Is a Matter of Trust

Insurance Journal

Trust impacts customer satisfaction, loyalty and brand advocacy more than other factors when small businesses choose a commercial insurance provider. J.D. Power’s 2024 U.S.

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CAFC Declines to Impose Timing Requirement for POSITAs

IP Watchdog

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in a precedential decision, today rejected Planmeca Inc. USA’s attempt to argue that a person of ordinary skill in the art (POSITA) must have had the requisite experience to qualify as an expert at the time of invention, rather than as of the time of testimony. Judge Stoll authored the opinion.

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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Climate Losses Batter Insurers While Reinsurers Step Back

Insurance Journal

As the planet warms and more natural disasters occur, insurers are facing an increasingly difficult time. In 2023, for the fourth year in a row, global insured catastrophe losses exceeded $100 billion.

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Coca-Cola must face greenwashing lawsuit: D.C. Appeals Court

Legal Dive

The appeals court reversed a prior dismissal, ruling environmental nonprofit Earth Island Institute made plausible allegations the beverage company overstates its environmental efforts.

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People Moves: CRC Group Adds New Underwriters in Tennessee, Georgia

Insurance Journal

CRC Group, a wholesale specialty insurance distributor with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, has added new faces to its team in the Southeast. Sam Rector joined the Nashville office as underwriting team leader.

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Trial Publicity Ethics and the Making of a Crime Documentary: a Free CLE Webinar

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

Webinar Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Webinar Time: 12:00–12:50 p.m. Location: Zoom Please join your Kansas and Missouri Bar colleagues for a complimentary CLE webinar: Trial Publicity Ethics and the Making of a Crime Documentary Sponsored by Joseph, Hollander & Craft LLC Approved for 1.0 hour of ethics CLE credit in Kansas & Missouri REGISTER NOW Resources PARTICIPATION GUIDE Program Description Jess Hoeme of Joseph, Hollander & Craft was the lead trial attorney defending Well

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AM Best Downgrades Credit Rating of Iowa’s IMT Insurance

Insurance Journal

AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A-(Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of IMT Insurance Company and its affiliate, Wadena Insurance Company.

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SEC.gov | SEC Charges Broker-Dealer Nationwide Planning and Two Affiliated Investment Advisers with Violating Whistleblower Protection Rule

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against three affiliated registrants, Commission-registered broker-dealer Nationwide Planning Associates, Inc. and investment adviser NPA Asset Management, LLC, and state-registered investment adviser Blue Point Strategic Wealth Management, LLC, for impeding brokerage customers and advisory clients from reporting securities law violations to the SEC.

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Three Charged With Auto Insurance Fraud in Miami After False Injury Claims

Insurance Journal

Florida authorities have charged a Miami-area nurse practitioner and two others with creating false medical reports and attempting to defraud an auto insurance carrier out of more than $47,000.

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Fenwick Expands Government Investigations Practice with Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Benjamin Kingsley | Fenwick

Securities Docket

Fenwick today announced Benjamin Kingsley has joined the firm as a partner in its securities litigation & enforcement practice, with a focus on government investigations, regulatory enforcement matters, and complex civil litigation. He is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. Source: Fenwick Expands Government Investigations Practice with Former Assistant U.S.

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Explosion Destroys Southwest Louisiana Home, Killing 1 and Injuring 5

Insurance Journal

RAGLEY, La. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an explosion that destroyed a southwest Louisiana home, killing a teenage boy from Alabama and injuring five other people. Louisiana State Fire Marshal Bryan J.

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Chris Caffarone, Former Assistant U.S. Attorney, Joins Pillsbury’s New York Office

Securities Docket

In a move that further strengthens Pillsbury’s Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice, the firm is welcoming former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York Chris Caffarone. Caffarone has served as an AUSA for more than 15 years and brings exceptional experience leading cases involving complex financial fraud and public corruption.

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Driver of Partially Automated Mustang Charged With DUI Homicide

Insurance Journal

A woman was intoxicated and using a partially automated driving system when she caused a March highway crash in Philadelphia that killed two people, authorities said as they announced homicide charges against the driver.

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SEC Charges Six Credit Rating Agencies with Significant Recordkeeping Failures

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges against six nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or NRSROs, for significant failures by the firms and their personnel to maintain and preserve electronic communications. The firms admitted the facts set forth in their respective SEC orders; acknowledged that their conduct violated recordkeeping provisions of the federal securities laws; agreed to pay combined civil penalties of more than $49 million, as detailed be

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Who Is to Blame for Deadly 2017 Grenfell Tower Fire?

Insurance Journal

A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze concluded on Wednesday that a “culmination of decades of failure” by the government and the construction industry ultimately led to the disaster that killed 72 people.

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SEC Charges Creative Legal Fundings CEO Maria Dickerson with Operating Multimillion Dollar Ponzi Scheme that Targeted Filipino-American Community

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Maria Dulce Pino Dickerson and her companies Creative Legal Fundings in CA and The Ubiquity Group LLC with raising approximately $7 million from more than 130 investors through a fraudulent securities offering targeting members of the Filipino-American community across the United States. According to the SEC’s complaint, from approximately March 2021 through May 2023, Sacramento, California resident Dickerson convinced investors to acquire int

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UK’s Specialist Risk Group Acquires Motor Fleet MGA Capulus

Insurance Journal

Specialist Risk Group (SRG), the London-based insurance intermediary, announced the acquisition of Capulus, a specialist motor fleet managing general agent (MGA). Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Court ruling limits EU regulators’ merger review power

Legal Dive

The European Commission lacked oversight authority to examine the proposed sale of a cancer-detection company to biotech company Illumina, the court found.

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Ryan Specialty Completes Buy of Assets of Greenhill From Alera

Insurance Journal

Ryan Specialty said it completed its acquisition of certain assets of Greenhill Underwriting Insurance Services from Alera Group, Inc, effective Sept. 1. The deal was previously announced last month. Alera acquired Greenhill in 2022.

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Real world reflections on Gen AI hallucination and risk

Legal IT Insider

In a year of big advances for legal Gen AI tools, it is nonetheless clear that Stanford University’s controversial paper on hallucination continues to cast a long shadow over product […] The post Real world reflections on Gen AI hallucination and risk appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Judge Says X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff

Insurance Journal

A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination as a class, exposing the company to …

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World's Biggest Oil Companies Settle Price-Fixing Scheme

Practice of Law

It’s been nearly a year since the government of California started legal proceedings against the world’s biggest oil and gas companies. The Golden State accused Exxon, BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, and the American Petroleum Institute (API) of decades of deception and environmental harm. Now, it looks like that lawsuit might finally be coming to a close, but without a trial win for either side.

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Ex-VW CEO Denies Criminal Charges Over Diesel Emissions Scandal

Insurance Journal

Volkswagen AG’s ex-Chief Executive Officer Martin Winterkorn denied duping customers and taking too long to alert markets about diesel-emission cheating, telling a German criminal court he was never properly informed about the vast scale of the scam.

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Nvidia’s Antitrust Woes Spark Market Turbulence Amid DOJ Probe

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: Nvidia, a global leader in AI computing hardware, has found itself at the center of a significant antitrust investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This high-profile probe, which questions the company’s dominance in the AI chip market, has already triggered unprecedented market turbulence. Nvidia’s market capitalization dropped by a staggering $279 billion in a single day, underscoring the potential industry-wide impact of this inquiry.

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Clear Group Acquires UK MGA Accelerate Underwriting

Insurance Journal

The Clear Group, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the managing general agency, Accelerate Underwriting. Financial terms of the deal, which is its fourth involving an MGA, were not disclosed.

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Trump Ordered to Halt Use of Isaac Hayes Song

IP Watchdog

According to media reports, Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled from the bench Tuesday that the estate of Isaac Hayes is entitled to a preliminary injunction to stop the Donald J. Trump campaign from using Hayes’ song, “Hold On, I’m Coming” during campaign events. The family of singer-songwriter Hayes, who died in 2008, and Isaac Hayes Enterprises, became the latest in a growing list of artists who have threatened to sue Trump when it pub

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UK Grenfell Tower Fire Inquiry Blames All Deaths on Incompetence and Greed

Insurance Journal

A public inquiry into the devastating 2017 London Grenfell Tower blaze that killed 72 people blamed the disaster on failings by the government, construction industry and, most of all, the firms involved in fitting the exterior with flammable cladding.