IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This week in Other Barks & Bites: OpenAI files a response letter denying it deleted evidence in its copyright dispute with The New York Times; Google and the Department of Justice make their final arguments in online ad monopoly case; music economist Will Page releases report claiming music copyright industry is in a boom time.

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E-Discovery LLC

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In OL Private Counsel, LLC v. Olson , 2024 WL 4839277 (D. Utah Nov. 20, 2024), the court addressed recovery of expenses by non-parties for responding to a subpoena. Fed.R.Civ.P. 45 (“Subpoena”) states: (b)(1) – Under some circumstances, witness fees and mileage must be paid. [1] (d)(1) – “A party or attorney responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the subpoena.

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Legal Dive

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The plaintiff’s attorney in a wrongful termination case faces sanctions for including nonexistent cases and fake quotations in a Texas federal court filing.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Cyberattacks cost UK businesses approximately £44 billion (US$55.3 billion) in lost revenue over the past five years, according to research published by Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group. Half of those businesses (52%), or 1.

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Practice of Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Have you ever wondered what those cameras in the aisles are really for? We tend to assume it’s just for security and to catch shoplifters, but according to a recent lawsuit involving Target stores, those cameras do a lot more than you think. A federal judge has given the green light for a class-action lawsuit against Target that accuses the store chain of secretly collecting and storing customers' biometric data without their consent.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Florida’s chief financial officer, Jimmy Patronis, whose office oversees insurance agent and adjuster licensing, along with insurance fraud investigations, plans to step down and run for Congress next year.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A Wisconsin man has been charged with defrauding the Federal Crop Insurance Program, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced. Lance G. Meier, 52, Ogema, is charged with defrauding the federal crop insurance program.

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Civil Litigation Brief

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The judgment of HHJ Berkley in Melia & Anor v Tamlyn And Son ltd [2024] EWHC 3002 (Ch) has a number of interesting aspects in relation to the assessment of evidence. One of those things is the judge’s rejection of.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Insurance broker Aon plc announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the in-house insurance agency business of Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG), enhancing Aon’s risk and health capability offering in Japan. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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Complex Discovery

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Editor’s Note: The intersection of law, technology, and governance takes center stage in this exploration of high-stakes legal battles involving Apple, TikTok, and WhatsApp. Each case presents a unique lens through which to examine critical issues such as antitrust enforcement, data privacy, and international regulation. For professionals in cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery, these disputes offer invaluable insights into the evolving digital landscape.

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Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A worker activist has sued the Department of Labor (DOL) to force the release of records surrounding the deaths of three workers at New Jersey Amazon workplaces in 2022.

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Civil Litigation Brief

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In Grierson v Grierson [2024] EWHC 3048 (Ch) Joanne Wicks KC (sitting as a Deputy Judge of the High Court) found that a claimant had made a Part 36 offer which the defendant had failed to beat. The offer was.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Credit Suisse’s 2022 conviction for failing to prevent the money laundering of a cocaine dealer’s profits was overturned by a Swiss appeals court following the death of one of its former employees who was found guilty in the case. A.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

U.S. sanctions against Tornado Cash, a service that anonymizes crypto transactions, must be abandoned, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision answers a controversial privacy debate on whether the government — via a sanctions list maintained by the U.S. Treasury Department — has a right to target the technology because it’s associated with criminals.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Everest announced its expansion into the Italian market, following regulatory approval to operate in Italy, trading as Everest Insurance (Ireland) DAC, Succursale Italiana.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Given that the SEC’s FCPA Unit is only one of five specialized units within the enforcement division, one might think that the FCPA Unit has a heavy workload. However, based on the SEC’s own enforcement statistics, FCPA enforcement actions comprise a minuscule percentage of its overall enforcement actions. As highlighted in the below graphic from the SEC’s recent FY2024 Annual Report, FCPA enforcement actions constituted 0% of the SEC’s overall enforcement actions over its past fiscal year.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

At one of the early meetings of American Legal Connections, Rich Henderson, a senior vice president for reinsurer TransRe, bumped into a concerned client from a hospital insurance company who brought his team members to the event.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A woman has revealed how she accidentally threw away the ‘key’ to her boyfriend’s £569million Bitcoin fortune, as he fights for the right to search a huge landfill in an attempt to find it. Halfina Eddy-Evans, speaking for the first time about her ex-boyfriend James Howells’ cyber nightmare, admitted taking the hard drive to the tip in Wales but claims she did so at his request.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana Gov.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A large company like Macy’s typically has controls in place to ensure such a scenario couldn’t occur but it’s unclear if that’s the case in this instance, she added. Macy’s declined to comment on its controls. The size and duration of the incident also makes it likely that the US Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating or will investigate, said Jim Barratt, a former SEC enforcement accountant and founder of Barratt Consulting Group.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey has filed suit in state court against Exxon, Shell, Chevron, BP, Sunoco, and the American Petroleum Institute for allegedly “deceiving Mainers for decades about the role of their fossil fuel products in causing climate change.

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Practice of Law

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

José Ibarra's guilty verdict for the murder of Laken Riley has stoked anti-immigrant sentiments and raised questions about whether those who entered the country illegally and have a history of minor crimes should be allowed to wait for the resolution of their immigration case in freedom. Laken Riley was found dead in a park near the University of Georgia.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Leavitt Inland Pacific is merging with Troy Insurance Agency in Idaho. Both agencies are locally owned and affiliates of Leavitt Group, a network of insurance brokers.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Top cryptocurrency executives and investors are pushing President-elect Donald Trump to create a national stockpile of bitcoin, a move that could more closely tie the little-regulated, volatile industry to the future of the country’s finances. Trump has publicly expressed broad interest in the idea, though some crypto advocates have urged him to take an even more aggressive step: They want him to acquire tokens worth billions of dollars, then hold them for decades in the hopes they will skyrocke

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “aa-” (Superior) from “a+” (Excellent) of Texas Mutual Insurance Company (Texas Mutual) based in Austin, Texas.

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Securities Docket

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Rank-and-file attorneys in the federal government fear major budget cuts when President-elect Donald Trump assumes office and are hunting for private-sector jobs in unusually high numbers, five legal recruiters told Reuters. Each new administration sparks an exodus of political appointees and other senior legal officials, but the recruiters said they are also hearing from far more lower-level, career government lawyers this year. “It absolutely feels different than the transition to the fi

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

United Airlines said on Tuesday that an acute shortage of air traffic controllers was causing “significant disruption” for travelers at its busy Newark, New Jersey, hub outside of New York City.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

BRIGHTON Mich. (AP) — A tank containing byproducts from oil drilling operations exploded and caught fire Tuesday near the General Motors Proving Ground in southeastern Michigan, damaging two nearby homes but causing no injuries, a fire chief said.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA Coalition and Hamilton Re. A summary of these new hires follows here.

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Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

This post is part of a series sponsored by Darkhorse Insurance. Having to start an agency is an exciting and rewarding venture, but it’s crucial to plan for the financial commitments involved.

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