Tue.Nov 19, 2024

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Legal Analytics Company Trellis Unveils AI Tools Designed to Streamline Litigation Workflows

Law Sites

In a move that marries a massive database of state litigation data with the generative capabilities of artificial intelligence, Trellis, a legal technology company known for its analytics tools and extensive collection of state trial court records, today released Trellis AI, a new set of generative AI tools aimed at simplifying litigation tasks.

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Smart Growth Strategies for Law Firms: Essential Investments in an Evolving Industry

Attorney at Work

As the ground shakes beneath their feet, law firm leaders must be prepared to jettison bankrupt business practices in favor of smart growth strategies. The post Smart Growth Strategies for Law Firms: Essential Investments in an Evolving Industry appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Knowable Introduces Gen AI Tool It Says Will Revolutionize How Companies Interact with their Contracts

Law Sites

Knowable, a legal technology company specializing in helping organizations bring order and organization to their executed agreements, has announced Ask Knowable, a suite of generative AI-powered tools aimed at transforming how legal teams interact with and understand what is in their contracts.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Revolutionize Trial Court Litigation 

Attorney at Work

Trellis AI. Built on the industry’s largest US trial court database, Trellis AI delivers unparalleled insight and efficiency to legal teams. The post Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Revolutionize Trial Court Litigation appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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Latest Universal Migrator Additions brings Count to 120 Extractors to Help Migration Specialists onboard Law Firms Faster

Law Sites

Universal Migrator has added two new extractors that help migration specialists migrate law firms from one platform to another, bringing its total number of migration extractors to 120. It has also enhanced several of its existing extractors with additional backup options.

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Biden Requests $98.6 Billion in Emergency Disaster Aid Funds

Insurance Journal

President Joe Biden’s administration is seeking $98.6 billion in emergency disaster relief funding from Congress to address the devastation from recent back-to-back hurricanes that hammered the US southeast and left billions in damage.

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New York City Issues First Drought Warning in 22 Years

Insurance Journal

New York City has issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain — and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low.

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JHC Welcomes Kansas City Attorney Samantha Fisher to the Firm

Joseph, Hollander & Craft

NEWS RELEASE For immediate release November 19, 2024 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Joseph, Hollander & Craft (JHC) is pleased to announce the addition of Samantha Fisher to its Overland Park office. Samantha joins JHC’s health and hospital law and professional licensure defense practice groups, where she will be working closely with Diane Bellquist and Anne Kindling.

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Australia Hardware Chain Breached Privacy With Facial Recognition Tool, Regulator Says

Insurance Journal

Wesfarmers-owned Bunnings, the country’s biggest home improvement chain, breached the privacy of thousands of customers by using facial recognition technology without gaining consent, an Australian watchdog has found.

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Nebraska sues truck makers alleging conspiracy in electric-truck transition

Legal Dive

The antitrust lawsuit accuses heavy truck manufacturers of conspiring with California to reduce the supply of diesel-powered semi-trucks, raising prices.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

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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California Labor Commissioner Fines Hotel $10M for Worker Recall Law Violations

Insurance Journal

The Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina was fined $9.4 million by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office for violating the state’s worker recall law. The penalty is for the hotel’s reported failure to rehire 15 employees laid off during the pandemic.

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Monetizing Streams of Revenue Backed by Intangible Assets | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

During the latest episode of IPWatchdog Unleashed, I speak with Josh Harlan about monetizing various investable streams of revenue in media, sports and IP, and we also make a hard pivot to then later discuss artificial intelligence and what those looking to invest in AI should be considering. We also discuss the viability of the fair use defenses that are presently being made in the ongoing lawsuits brought by copyright owners against AI developers and the likely future marketplace for monetizat

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TWIA Board Reviews 2025 Budget After $455 Million Loss from Hurricane Beryl

Insurance Journal

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors met last week to review information related to the agency’s 2025 budget. The meeting presented new information on TWIA losses from 2024 storms as projected policy growth in the coming year.

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Gibson decision undermines DOJ antitrust case against algorithms

Legal Dive

Courts have been hesitant to equate the use of common pricing algorithms with illegal price-fixing conspiracies. As a result, algorithmic pricing has gained acceptance across industries.

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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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Philadelphia Eagles Seek to Extend Covid-19 Business Insurance Bid Into Overtime

Insurance Journal

The Philadelphia Eagles football organization wants to force its case for Covid-19 business interruption insurance against insurer Factory Mutual Insurance Co. into overtime, arguing that its situation is unlike any other that already has been decided.

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Severed Undersea Cables in the Baltic: A Geopolitical Conundrum

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: The severing of critical undersea telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea represents a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in modern infrastructure amidst growing geopolitical tensions. This article examines the recent disruptions to the C-Lion1 cable linking Finland and Germany and a second cable connecting Lithuania and Sweden, exploring their strategic implications.

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Flood Adaptation Preferable to Post-Disaster Rebuilding – And Helps With Insurability

Insurance Journal

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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How the role of chief risk officer at banks is evolving

Legal Dive

Bank failures last year forced CROs to take on higher corporate profiles and sharpen their skill sets.

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Deposition Prep Like a Pro: Insights from a Paralegal's Playbook

Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.

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Senate Panel to Hold Hearing on Suspected Chinese Hacking Incidents

Insurance Journal

A U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee overseeing technology issues will hold a hearing Tuesday on Chinese hacking incidents, including a recent incident involving American telecom companies.

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Industry Experts Address Information Governance Challenges in Microsoft 365

Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog

By John Patzakis Successful information governance in a Microsoft 365 environment can be extremely challenging. Organizations require ways to operationalize their compliance processes, in order to effectively address their information governance use cases, such as PCI compliance, ROT, Data separation, and GDPR. However, Microsoft’s Purview eDiscovery platform is a very expensive add-on to M365 that does not scale to the data throughput requirements of a typical information governance project.

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More Logging Proposed to Help Curb Wildfires in Pacific Northwest

Insurance Journal

U.S. officials would allow increased logging on federal lands across the Pacific Northwest in the name of fighting wildfires and boosting rural economies under proposed changes to a sweeping forest management plan that’s been in place for three decades.

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LIMITATION, DEFAULT AND SANCTIONS – THE KEY CASES OF 2024: WEBINAR 27th NOVEMBER 2024: HELPING YOU TO AVOID PROBLEMS IN 2O25 (AND BEYOND…)

Civil Litigation Brief

This webinar looks at the key cases relating to limitation, default and sanctions that have occurred in 2024. The aim is to look at problem areas to help litigators avoid problems in the future. Booking details are available here. THE.

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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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Texas Medical Center Settles Racial Hiring Discrimination Case

Insurance Journal

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Microstrategy

Securities Docket

We talked last month about MicroStrategy’s plan here, which is pretty straightforward. MicroStrategy is essentially a pot of Bitcoins: Currently it owns 331,200 Bitcoins, and Bitcoin is trading at around $91,000, making MicroStrategy’s pot worth about $30 billion. It also runs an enterprise software business but that hardly seems relevant. MicroStrategy’s market capitalization is about $84 billion, meaning that it trades at well over a 150% premium to the value of its Bitcoins.

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Massachusetts Police Charge Man With Intentionally Setting Brush Fires

Insurance Journal

A man was arrested on suspicion of intentionally setting brush fires in Massachusetts during a time of dry conditions that have led to blazes throughout the Northeast, police said Monday.

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SEC Charges BIT Mining with FCPA Violations in Connection with Bribery Scheme to Influence Members of Japanese Parliament

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that BIT Mining Ltd., formerly known as 500.com Limited, agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty to resolve charges that it violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) from 2017 to 2019 by engaging in a widespread bribery scheme to influence numerous foreign officials, including members of Japan’s parliament, in efforts to establish an integrated resort casino in Japan. 500.com was an online sports lottery service provider headquarter

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US High Court Declines Appeal, Upholds Coverage Ruling on Treated Wood

Insurance Journal

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

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Bitcoin’s shift towards respectability should concern us all

Securities Docket

An even more frightening scenario looms on the horizon. Consider the next US administration, swept into power on a wave of deregulation promises. In this regulatory vacuum, we could witness things that make FTX’s misdeeds seem like mere child’s play. Institutional players, freed from meaningful oversight, could create byzantine investment vehicles, packaging and repackaging digital assets into synthetic products that bundle both financial and software risks in new and unseen ways.

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US Faces Growing Crisis Over High Traffic Deaths, NTSB Chair Says

Insurance Journal

The United States must address a growing public-health crisis over traffic deaths that remain significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday. “Unlike most developed nations, U.S.

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10 Ways Attorneys Can Leverage AI Legal Prompts for Efficiency

Destination Articles Blog

Did you know that AI can predict legal outcomes? It’s true! Researchers have developed AI systems that can forecast the results of court cases with accuracy rates exceeding 70%. Imagine the implications for legal strategy and case preparation! AI helps draft legal documents, research precedents, and even recommend negotiation tactics—all in seconds.

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Hydrogen Wildcatters Are Betting Big on Kansas to Strike It Rich

Insurance Journal

A new Gold Rush is taking shape on a quiet stretch of Kansas prairie.

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Bear-y Suspicious: Will Criminal Charges Be Filed Against Fake Insurance Claimants?

Practice of Law

Earlier this month, four Los Angeles-area residents were arrested for an insurance fraud scam after filing claims for damage to their vehicles caused by fake bear attacks in Lake Arrowhead, California. However, there was no bear, and the wild perpetrator was actually a human in a bear costume. A warrant has been issued for an additional suspect whom the authorities have been unable to locate.