Attorney at Work
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Sally Schmidt | Six associate business development activities to help young lawyers get a running start building their law practices. The post Business Development Starters for Law Firm Associates appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
DECEMBER 23, 2024
It says something about our collective attitude towards generative AI in legal that this blog’s most-read story of the year was about lawyers getting sanctioned for hallucinated case citations. In fact, it will probably not surprise you to learn that, of my 40 most-read stories of the year, 24 involved generative AI in some way.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
ZestyAI, a provider of AI-informed climate and property risk analytics solutions, has received regulatory approval from the Iowa Insurance Division for its Severe Convective Storm suite, including Z-HAIL, Z-WIND, and Z-STORM.
IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 23, 2024
In 2024, Americas legislators continued their effort to fight against the harmful impact of counterfeit products being sold to American consumers. Counterfeit sellers often detract from the revenue of American businesses, infringe upon U.S. trademark owners intellectual property, and threaten the safety of U.S. consumers. Americas elected officials are trying to protect their constituents, along with their businesses, via legislation intended to make it more difficult for counterfeit sellers to
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Initial findings from the flight recorders of a DHL-operated plane that crashed near Vilnius Airport in November have given no indication of “illegal interference”, according to the Lithuanian Justice Ministry.
Complex Discovery
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Editor’s Note: Italys 15 million fine against OpenAI represents an important moment in privacy enforcement within the artificial intelligence industry. The action by Il Garante, the Italian Data Protection Authority, highlights the increasing regulatory scrutiny AI providers face under GDPR, particularly as their services impact individuals and process sensitive data.
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Joseph, Hollander & Craft
DECEMBER 23, 2024
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it was temporarily barring drone flights over dozens of critical infrastructure sites in New Jersey and New York.
Securities Docket
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Tai Mo Shan Limited with misleading investors about the stability of Terra USD (UST), a purported algorithmic stablecoin issued by Terraform Labs PTE Ltd. (Terraform), when UST dropped from its purportedly fixed exchange rate of 1 UST to $1, known as a peg. The Commission further charged Tai Mo Shan with offering and selling securities in unregistered transactions by acting as a statutory underwriter with respect to certain of its offers and s
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
A federal court has ordered the owner of three West Michigan taco restaurants to pay 177 workers a total of $823,326 after the court granted the U.S.
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Securities Docket
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that Entergy Corporation, a Louisiana-based utility company, agreed to pay a $12 million civil penalty to settle charges that it failed to maintain internal accounting controls to ensure that its surplus materials and supplies were accurately recorded in its books and financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Insurance commissioners from nine states are looking to the new Department of Government Efficiency to do away with the Federal Insurance Office.
Civil Litigation Brief
DECEMBER 23, 2024
In MJF v University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 3156 (KB) HHJ Emma Kelly (sitting as a High Court Judge) found that the defendant in a clinical negligence trial was trying to run a case on causation that.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Walmart Inc. and one of its financial technology partners allegedly opened expensive bank accounts for delivery drivers without their consent, a US consumer protection agency said on Monday. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Walmart and Branch Messenger Inc.
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IP Watchdog
DECEMBER 23, 2024
The past year was marked by change around the world, from significant geopolitical events and elections with far-reaching implications to the dramatic acceleration of AI adoption, which is quickly changing many aspects of how we live and work. Standard Essential Patent (SEP) licensing was no exception, as the space saw a number of new trends and shifts that may have an impact for a long time to come.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Johnson County’s newest state representative, Helen Kerwin, R-Cleburne, filed her first bill Friday targeting an environmental problem that has struck her county: PFAS contamination in sewage sludge-based fertilizers.
Securities Docket
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Bitcoins rally faces a risk that isnt on the radar of most crypto investors: quantum computing. The nascent technology, which drew attention this month after Google claimed a breakthrough with its new Willow quantum-computing chip, could one day enable hackers to break the encryption that keeps bitcoin secure. Such a hack could torpedo bitcoins price, by allowing thieves to swipe coins out of supposedly secure digital wallets.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Two Union Pacific employees were killed and three people were injured when a freight train collided with a tractor-trailer and derailed in a small West Texas city, authorities said Thursday. The train derailed around 5 p.m.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, citing damage done by Hurricane Helen and other disasters, has proposed a $127 million disaster assistance fund to fill gaps left behind in communities by insurance and federal and private recovery efforts.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
California’s milk production in November plummeted as a bird flu outbreak spreads rapidly among herds in the country’s biggest dairy state. The state produced just under three billion pounds of milk in November, down 9.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
DADEVILLE, Ala. (AP) A storm was looming when the inmate serving 20 years for armed robbery was assigned to transport fellow prisoners to their jobs at private manufacturers supplying goods to companies like Home Depot and Wayfair.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Fire restrictions are in place across the Australian state of Victoria as one of its most popular national parks burns and officials warn of potentially “catastrophic” conditions in some areas over Christmas.
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Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
SAN ANTONIO (AP) A teacher at a San Antonio-area day care was killed and another employee and five toddlers were injured when a parent’s car accelerated into another vehicle in the parking lot and both vehicles crashed into a …
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
RiverStone International, the London-based provider of legacy solutions, announced it has signed an agreement with the French branch of Zurich Insurance Europe and Zurich Insurance Co.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
Aviva Plc agreed to buy Direct Line Insurance Group Plc for roughly 3.7 billion ($4.65 billion) in a deal that would create the UK’s largest motor insurer.Each Direct Line shareholder will be entitled to receive 0.2867 new Aviva shares, 129.
Insurance Journal
DECEMBER 23, 2024
In the waning days of President Joe Biden’s administration, the government’s highway safety agency is proposing voluntary safety guidelines for self-driving vehicles.
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