Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
David Hunter explains the specific retirement plans available to help you choose the right option for your practice. The post Small Business Retirement Plans: A Strategic Investment for Law Firm Owners appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Law Sites
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
SixFifty, a company that helps businesses automate employment law compliance and documentation, today released the first phase of its Employment Law Informatics Project (ELIP), an effort to catalog, summarize, and encode the logic of every employment law in the United States, to enhance both academic legal research and practical business use.
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E-Discovery LLC
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Isaiah Poritz reported in Bloomberg Law that the Youth Social Media Judge Threatens Contempt Against State AGs (Nov. 22, 2024). I described the underlying issue in Possession, Custody, or Control of Responsive Information by States Suing Meta (Sept. 12, 2024), discussing In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation , 2024 WL 4125618 (N.D.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Despite four hurricanes in just over a year and significant payouts by the Florida Cat Fund, three special tax bonds have seen their ratings upgraded, the state’s insurance commissioner announced Monday.
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E-Discovery LLC
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In Kinnee v. TEI Biosciences Inc., 2024 WL 4860792 (S.D. Cal. Nov. 21, 2024), the court denied the parties’ Joint Motion for Entry of an Order Governing Discovery of Electronically Stored Information. In my words, the Kinnee court denied a joint motion to approve an ESI Protocol because the defendants’ Fed.R.Civ.P. 26(a) initial disclosures, “which do not identify a single corporate witness by name, much less the subject(s) of information possessed by each witness,” were inadequate.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
At Mackoul Risk Solutions, ‘Employees Come First’ Instead of becoming a major league umpire, Ed Mackoul chose to help his father build an insurance empire.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
When COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev stepped to the podium at the closing meeting of the Baku climate summit on Sunday morning, hoping to clinch a hard-fought agreement on global climate finance, he carried with him two speeches.
Legal Dive
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The securities regulator also reported a record $8.2 billion in monetary remedies for its last fiscal year, driven by Terraform Labs crypto fraud settlement.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
It’s All in the Family at Higginbotham There’s a certain “something” about Rusty Reid that makes it clear why folks might like to work for him as chief executive and chairman of Higginbotham.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
On Friday, November 22, the U.S. Supreme Court received several amicus briefs as well as the respondent’s brief in Island Intellectual Property LLC v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., a case challenging the federal judiciary’s application of procedural rules in patent cases. The petition argues that both district courts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit are misusing federal and local rules in a manner that results in summary affirmance of flawed determinations made at the summary judgmen
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
France’s Natixis Investment Managers is holding early-stage talks with Italian insurer Generali about a potential tie-up, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Complex Discovery
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Editor’s Note: Sandra Joyce’s keynote at the Tallinn Digital Summit 2024 offers a vital look into the shifting dynamics of the cyber threat landscape. As an annual gathering of leaders from the digitally advanced world, the summit serves as a critical platform for addressing challenges in cybersecurity and digital governance. Joyce’s insights—ranging from Russian cyber sabotage to North Korean insider threats—highlight the pressing need for adaptive strategies and collaboration between gov
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Higginbotham, an independent insurance and human resources firm based in Texas, has joined forces with Fitts Agency in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, further expanding Higginbotham’s presence in the state.
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
On November 21, 2024, Cody Allen Easterday filed a Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Cody Allen Easterday v. Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., No. 23-3836, (link here). Easterday’s case involves a timely and important issue regarding his name, photograph, and likeness rights (commonly referred to as name, image, and likeness “NIL” rights). Specifically, the Panel (at the Ninth Circuit) erred in barring Easterday from presenting NIL claims involving trespass on his rights as recently as six months before
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Want a simple, yet effective agency management tip for making your employees happy? Treat them like customers. That mindset stood out among comments from employees who nominated Morris & Garritano in Insurance Journal’s 2024 Best Agency to Work For survey.
Complex Discovery
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Editor’s Note: This article provides a detailed examination of the latest operational developments in the Ukraine conflict as of late November 2024. Based on comprehensive reporting, it explores the strategic and tactical dynamics of the conflict, emphasizing key Russian advances in southeastern Ukraine, Ukrainian countermeasures, and the broader geopolitical and military implications.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Alex Swedlow said he plans to retire from his post as president of the Oakland-based California Workers’ Compensation Institute. He is stepping down from the helm of CWCI effective August 2025.
Steno
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
When Steno launched Transcript Genius , we set out to solve a fundamental challenge in litigation: how to transform dense deposition transcripts into strategic insights. Not only has this vision become reality, its impact has now been recognized. I’m excited to share that Transcript Genius has been named "LegalTech AI Innovation of the Year" by LegalTech Breakthrough, selected from thousands of nominations across 12 countries.
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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.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Repeated disregard of safety regulations, along with ineffective federal and state enforcement and oversight, contributed to the collision between a bus and box truck in Louisville, New York in 2023, the National Transportation Safety Board said at a board meeting …
IP Watchdog
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court today invited the Solicitor General (SG) to weigh in on a case about internet service provider (ISP) liability for infringement and denied another petition for certiorari asking the Court to clarify U.S. patent eligibility law. The latter petition also asked the Court to consider whether Judge Pauline Newman’s effective removal from the U.S.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that include chicken feet, duck neck, beef shank and pork hock, federal …
Civil Litigation Brief
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
In LI v FT (Maintenance Pending Suit: Costs) [2024] EWFC 342 Deputy District Judge Harrop made some important remarks in relation to the amount spent in bringing, and defending, an application for maintenance spending suit. “I am dismayed by what.
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Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Police in New Jersey’s capital have shown a pattern of misconduct, including using excessive force and making unlawful stops, the Justice Department said last Thursday, in a report documenting arrests without legal basis, officers escalating situations with aggression and unnecessary …
Securities Docket
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The bill lays out a mechanism for paying for the reserve. Any surplus the Federal Reserve returns to the Treasury would be spent instead on bitcoin. The Fed doesn’t currently return any money to the Treasury. No matter. The bill also proposes that Fed banks mark all their gold certificates to the current market price of gold, then remit the difference to the Treasury to buy bitcoin.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Finding insurance coverage for trucking firms could be considered a high-stress occupation. With the rise of nuclear lawsuit verdicts and “big-truck attorneys,” escalating premiums, and new state laws and regulations, it’s a lot to think about.
Securities Docket
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
A judge declined to sanction Elon Musk for skipping a meeting with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to watch one of his rockets launch. US District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said Friday there is no need to sanction Musk because he already agreed to reimburse the SEC $2,923 to cover airfare for the trio of agency lawyers he stood up in Los Angeles in September.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance is cautioning drivers to be on the lookout for deer and other wild animals as temperatures drop and nights become longer.
Securities Docket
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
This Article reassesses the culpability of those of who invest in law-breaking firms. Prosecutors currently treat investors as victims of corporate wrongdoing rather than as actors who might bear responsibility for it. One explanation for this tendency is that corporate law’s doctrine of limited liability creates so strong a presumption of investor blamelessness that it permeates other spheres, including criminal law.
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Along with the rising cost of living in many facets of families’ daily lives, property insurance availability and affordability continue to be a challenge across the U.S. Inflation has been persistently increasing repair, labor, and medical costs.
Securities Docket
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it filed 583 total enforcement actions in fiscal year 2024 while obtaining orders for $8.2 billion in financial remedies, the highest amount in SEC history. The 583 enforcement actions represent a 26 percent decline in total enforcement actions compared to fiscal year 2023. Of those cases, the Commission filed 431 “stand-alone” actions, which was 14 percent less than in the prior fiscal year; 93 “follow-on” administrative proceedi
Insurance Journal
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Meta Platforms Inc. faces an April 14 trial in the Federal Trade Commission’s long-running antitrust lawsuit to break up the company. US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Monday that the trial will take place in Washington next year.
Legal Dive
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Expect to face higher costs and more compliance complexity but if your employees’ visas are in order, your company should be fine, a specialist says.
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