IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Northwestern University sued vaccine maker Moderna, Inc. on Wednesday, October 16, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleging infringement of three patents the school says cover technology key to the delivery method for Moderna’s groundbreaking messenger-RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine. The complaint alleges that Northwestern inventors at the school’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) pioneered the technology for a “vehicle for delivering genetic code into a cel

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E-Discovery LLC

OCTOBER 17, 2024

GLD3 , LLC v. Albra , 2024 WL 4471672 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 11, 2024), involved a request for discovery from a former Town attorney concerning an offer that he allegedly made to plaintiffs. The defendants, a Town and others , denied knowledge of the alleged offer. The court: set out the governing standard for discovery from an attorney and, denied a request to depose the attorney; but, authorized a limited interrogatory to him.

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Legal Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The court wants briefs on how diversity programs at Boeing and the Justice Dept. would affect the choice of an outside compliance monitor.

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Lawmatics

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Let’s cut to the chase: If your law firm isn’t mastering digital marketing, you're already behind. With more than 70% of legal consumers using online resources to find answers to a legal question, you need to be where they are. But we're not just talking about throwing up a website and calling it a day. The digital landscape is more competitive than ever, and to get ahead, law firms must adopt a strategic and comprehensive approach to online marketing.

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Education 113

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Allstate Corp. doesn’t announce third quarter earnings until Halloween but today it released some scary September pretax catastrophe losses.

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Legal Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The justices have been skeptical of agency power in recent years, and heard arguments in a dispute that threatens to further limit the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

OCTOBER 17, 2024

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail” Benjamin Franklin In our office, my law partner and wife, Lita Barnett Luvera, legal responsibilities included preparing clients and witness for their deposition. The other lawyers relied upon her for the preparation and she was very good at it. Lita had a procedure which she followed and has outlined for full explanation.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance to assist the more than 3,000 firms including insurers it regulates in addressing cybersecurity risks arising from artificial intelligence (AI).

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Insurance 109

Complex Discovery

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Editor’s Note: In a landmark decision, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has imposed a $4 million fine on Lufthansa for discriminatory practices, stemming from a 2022 incident that denied 128 Jewish passengers boarding. This ruling, sparked by serious allegations of antisemitism, underscores the critical importance of cultural sensitivity and communication within the aviation industry.

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Government and Public Sector Technology Court Rules 97

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Travelers on Thursday said third quarter net income was $1.26 billion compared to net income of $454 million during the same period a year ago on record net premiums, favorable prior year reserve development, and higher investment income.

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Litigation

The Marshall Project

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A Tennessee woman tries to regain her right to vote after a conviction, and entrepreneur Topeka Sam talks about what she learned while in prison.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Investigators are trying to figure out what led to an elevator accident inside a former Colorado gold mine that killed a tour guide, injured four others and left a separate group of 12 people trapped for hours at the bottom …

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Practice of Law

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Authorities recently found a Colorado county clerk guilty of allowing an individual to misuse a security card to access the election system in the aftermath of the 2020 election. She subsequently misled authorities about the person’s identity. She was convicted in August on four felony counts and three misdemeanors stemming from the incident. The former Mesa County Clerk, Tina Peters, had ties to Mike Lindell, CEO of My Pillow, and was a prominent figure promoting unfounded election fraud claims

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

McKinsey & Co. is nearing a deal with US prosecutors to pay at least $500 million to settle federal probes into its past work helping opioid makers boost sales, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Litigation

Legal IT Insider

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Christian Davis, associate partner at commercial data solutions provider JMAN Group, explains how data is transforming value creation and compliance in private equity. In the past, the private equity (PE) […] The post Guest post: How data is redefining value generation and compliance in private equity decision-making appeared first on Legal IT Insider.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

A worker injured when he fell from a ladder is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits despite the fact he was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

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E-Discovery Team

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The article by Ralph Losey discusses a Harvard study on the role of AI companionship in alleviating loneliness, revealing that AI chatbots can effectively mitigate feelings of isolation, potentially performing as well as human interactions in the short term. With 30% to 60% of the population reportedly suffering from chronic loneliness—a crisis affecting all ages, especially young adults—AI companions offer a scalable solution.

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Technology 59

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The Nebraska Department of Insurance shared that Insurtech on the Silicon Prairie will take place in Omaha on Oct. 28-29, with topics including AI, autonomous vehicles, cybersecurity, venture capital, the role of AI in operations.

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Legal Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Even deals that are expected to sail through with little pushback will have to expend more time and money to meet stepped-up requirements, an analysis shows.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

NFP, an Aon company and insurance brokerage, announced it has acquired IHI Group, the Dublin-based advisory firm that specializes in financial planning, healthcare and general insurance needs.

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Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By John Patzakis In Dale v. Deutsche Telekom AG , No. 22 C 3189 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 4, 2024) , a class-action antitrust litigation stemming from the 2020 merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the Court denied the plaintiffs’ motion to expand a proposed custodian list from fifty custodians to sixty, including three in-house attorneys. The court stated that adding the additional custodians would be “out of proportion to the needs of the case.

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Discovery Case Law Litigation Technology 52

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Unison Risk Advisors (URA) has acquired Enders Insurance, a family-run property/casualty insurance agency based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Enders has more than 60 employees throughout its central Pennsylvania office locations including Lancaster, Reading and Middleburg.

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Insurance 98

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Securities Docket

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Eric Council Jr., 25, of Athens, Alabama, was arrested this morning, in Athens, in connection with a January 2024 unauthorized takeover of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) X account, formerly known as Twitter, in which hackers posted a fake message from the SEC Chair that caused the value of bitcoin (BTC) to spike by $1,000. Council is expected to make an initial appearance today in the Northern District of Alabama.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Two Philadelphia professional sports team have lost their appeals over denied business interruption insurance claims tied to the COVID-19 pandemic. U.S.

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Legal Dive

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Utilities asking the court to stay the rule included American Electric Power, Duke Energy, MidAmerican Energy, PacifiCorp and Southern Co.

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Energy and Utilities 52

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Insurance broker Marsh McLennan reported a 6% increase in third quarter consolidated revenue to $5.7 billion, while revenue increased 5% on an underlying (organic) basis. Q3 operating income was $1.

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Insurance 97

The Marshall Project

OCTOBER 17, 2024

People in prisons and jails weigh in on Harris’ qualifications for president, Trump’s potential sentence and more.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Oil field service companies Bigfoot Energy Services and Iron Mountain Energy Services, operating as a single employer, violated federal law by failing to prevent widespread sexual and racial harassment in their workforce, the U.S.

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Practice of Law

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As the great Yogi Berra would say, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Georgia’s ban on nearly all abortions, called the LIFE Act, has been a lightning rod for legal challenges since it was passed in 2019. A Georgia Superior Court judge has now ruled, for the second time, that portions of the law violated Georgia’s constitution. The Tumultuous Life of the LIFE Act When the LIFE Act was originally passed, the United States Constitution was still widely regarded as protecting the right to have an abort

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Precedent Legal Arguments Healthcare Court Rules 76

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The annual average insurable losses in the last decade increased in Canada by a whopping 379%, when compared to the prior 30-year average, according to an analysis from MyChoice, a Toronto-based insurtech company.

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Insurance 97

The Marshall Project

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Support for the former president is strong inside prisons and jails — even as his party tries to roll back voting rights for people with felony convictions.

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Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 17, 2024

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