Law Sites
AUGUST 5, 2024
Ever wonder how much coffee gets consumed at a week-long legal tech conference? Well, with ILTACON, the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association, set to convene this weekend in Nashville, organizers plan to serve some 1,500 gallons of the caffeinated brew.
E-Discovery LLC
AUGUST 5, 2024
Much has been written about the common-law duty to preserve proportionate information that is potentially relevant to reasonably anticipated litigation. Much less has been written about the duty to destroy information. For example, Maryland’s Public Information Act limits the records that governmental entities may retain. It provides that: The State, a political subdivision, or a unit of the State or of a political subdivision may keep only the information about a person that: (1) is needed by
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Law Sites
AUGUST 5, 2024
Within the span of five days recently in Chicago, I attended two somewhat different conferences, and at each, I found evidence that we are moving the ball forward on developing and implementing practical applications for generative AI in law. You may wonder why I even needed evidence.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
Firefighters have increased containment on the 627-square-mile Park Fire near Chico, California, which is now 34% contained. The fire, now the fourth largest wildfire in history, is 401,740 acres. It was 24% contained on Friday.
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Law Sites
AUGUST 5, 2024
Law practice management company LEAP recently announced the launch of three major AI features built directly into the platform, including LawY, a new legal AI assistant backed by human verification. In this latest installment in the LawSites video series How It Works, you get to see LEAP’s new AI assistant in action.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
CarShield will pay $10 million to settle charges that its advertisements and telemarketing for its extended auto warranty plans are deceptive and misleading, the Federal Trade Commission said.
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IP Watchdog
AUGUST 5, 2024
If you are an inventor of a consumer product there are reputable companies looking for inventions and ideas to bring to market, and their business model is built on taking products to market over and over again, and they are in constant need of new products and improvements. They also realize litigation is wasteful when you are dealing with products that often have a 1-, 2- or 3-year shelf life, so they are willing to do deals that allow them to quickly get products onto shelves and into the str
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
A woman in north Georgia has been charged with insurance fraud after she claimed that a “personal care device” caused injuries that cost as much as $350,000 to treat.
Complex Discovery
AUGUST 5, 2024
Editor’s Note: The Summer 2024 eDiscovery Pricing Survey by ComplexDiscovery OÜ, conducted in partnership with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) , now in its twelfth edition, continues to provide an invaluable resource for understanding the pricing dynamics within the eDiscovery ecosystem. This non-scientific survey, initiated in the winter of 2019, has evolved to become a benchmark tool for professionals in the fields of cybersecurity, information governance, and legal discovery.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
Analysis of 1.2 million workers compensation claims reveals the costliest claims are driven by the most common workplace accidents, according to Travelers 2024 Injury Impact Report. The data also shows first-year employees are still among those most vulnerable to injury.
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DAPHNE ALABAMA CRIMINAL DEFENSE BLOG
AUGUST 5, 2024
What people say when they have had a few drinks can get them into trouble. That is especially true of those stopped by police officers who suspect them of impaired driving. People feeling stressed about a drunk driving traffic stop sometimes unintentionally worsen their own circumstances in their attempts to avoid arrest and prosecution. It is easy to say things that a police officer can misconstrue or use against a driver later.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
CrowdStrike on Sunday rejected a claim by Delta Air Lines that it should be blamed for flight disruptions following a July 19 global outage sparked by a faulty update, and suggested it had minimal potential liability.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 5, 2024
In-house lawyers will not need to outsource the examination of every piece of evidence for deepfakes. There are ways they can filter evidence themselves.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Flooding left squishy, stinky messes in hundreds of homes in Mississippi’s capital city in 2020 — a recurring problem when heavy rains push the Pearl River over its banks. The U.S.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 5, 2024
On Thursday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit published an opinion in Compulife Software, Inc., v. Newman, a copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation case that has been winding through the courts for some time. The original claim alleged that the defendants, consisting of multiple individuals, obtained access through improper means to the data used by Compulife in its software.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
Authorities have released the name of a Florida sheriff’s deputy killed in what officials called an ambush shooting that wounded two other deputies as they tried to reach him after all responded to a disturbance in a home.
Civil Litigation Brief
AUGUST 5, 2024
We are looking at one particular factual issue that arose in Wye Valley NHS Trust v Murphy [2024] EWHC 1912 (KB). The applicant Trust was unable to prove the date that various videos were taken. Consequently they were unable to.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
A New Jersey Transit driver who suffered career-ending injuries from overheating after he was ordered to operate a train even though his cab’s temperature was 114 degrees can keep his $11.6 million jury award.
SW&L Attorneys Blog
AUGUST 5, 2024
Introduction Divorce is often perceived as a battle, filled with acrimony and contentious legal proceedings, but there is a better way: collaborative law. This approach offers numerous benefits, especially for families with children. When parents can divorce amicably and maintain a cooperative relationship, it creates a healthier environment for everyone, particularly the kids.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tulsa officials announced the creation of a new commission to recommend how reparations can be made for a 1921 massacre that destroyed a thriving Black community in the city.
Civil Litigation Brief
AUGUST 5, 2024
We have seen several cases on this blog where the courts have considered the issues caused by the rules requiring that claims for harassment must be issued under Part 8 (however note that there is an important exception, considered in Pattinson.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
A liquefied natural gas tanker that’s docked at a sanctioned Russian gas facility has no known insurer, is managed by a little-known Indian company and is pretending to be somewhere else. Samir Madani, co-founder of TankerTrackers.
Civil Litigation Brief
AUGUST 5, 2024
This webinar looks at the difficult areas of (i) losses in anticipation of death, when a claimant has a reduced life expectancy; (ii) losses prior to death, including financial losses and pain and suffering. It provides practical guidance on order.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department on Aug. 1 debuted its first-ever whistleblower program offering monetary awards to tipsters who report certain types of corporate misconduct, an effort designed to ratchet up the pressure on companies who face allegations of wrongdoing.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 5, 2024
The search giant used deals with mobile phone makers to restrict competitors in the search and search text advertising markets, a federal court ruled.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
U.S. central bank policymakers pushed back on Monday against the notion that weaker-than-expected July jobs data means the economy is in recessionary freefall, but also warned that the Federal Reserve will need to cut rates to avoid such an outcome.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 5, 2024
Healthcare employees who were denied a vaccination exemption based on their Christian beliefs and concerns about the vaccine’s safety can sue the employer for violating Title VII, an appeals court panel held.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
The drunk driver who killed four people and injured nine more when he crashed his SUV into a Long Island nail salon was driving 78 mph (125 kph) at the time of the crash, prosecutors said Thursday as the driver …
Legally Speaking
AUGUST 5, 2024
According to the LawTechUK Ecosystem Report, there are 360 legal tech companies in the UK working to streamline the market. Of these, 245 (68%) focus on Business to Business (B2B) solutions, while only 26 (7%) focus on Business to Consumer (B2C) solutions. The remaining companies operate primarily in the B2B space.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police objected.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 5, 2024
The 185-page ruling Friday did not resolve the legal battle between SVB Financial Group and the FDIC over $1.9 billion in seized funds. That case will play out in a California court.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
Warren Buffett appears to have soured on stocks, letting cash at Berkshire Hathaway soar to nearly $277 billion and selling about half its stake in Apple, even as the conglomerate posted a record quarterly operating profit.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 5, 2024
The bank in May flagged government inquiries over its handling of disputes involving the P2P platform. But Friday, it said it would consider litigation if the agency were to issue an enforcement action on the matter.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 5, 2024
A worker who was fatally injured at Tampa International Airport last week was struck by a piece of heavy equipment that fell from a track, according to news reports.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 5, 2024
At Securities Enforcement Forum D.C. 2024 (set for November 6, 2024), Securities Docket will announce its “Enforcement Elite” for 2024 – our list of the best securities enforcement defense counsel in the industry. Specifically, this list honors professionals who not only have the right stuff to handle bet-the-company matters, but are also the kind of defensive specialists critical to have on speed-dial should the SEC’s Division of Enforcement come calling.
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