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AI-Powered Patent Platform Patlytics Raises $14M Series A Round

Law Sites

Patlytics, an AI-powered patent workflow platform founded just last year, said today that it has closed a $14 million Series A round, on top of a $4.5 million seed round last April, bringing its total funding to $21 million, all within a nine-month span.

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From AI Anxiety to Action: How to Overcome Transformation Fatigue in Your Law Firm

Attorney at Work

Jordan Turk lays out four tangible strategies your firm can use to start feeling the benefits of AI without the stress. The post From AI Anxiety to Action: How to Overcome Transformation Fatigue in Your Law Firm appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Exclusive: With Its Latest Release Out Today, vLex’s Vincent AI Adds Multi-Modal Capabilities, Litigation Workflows, and Coverage for Four New Countries

Law Sites

When legal intelligence company vLex released a major upgrade to its Vincent AI last September, I wrote that it might just be the most capable generative AI assistant in the legal market.

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Court Reviews Document Unitization Dispute

E-Discovery LLC

In Li v. Merck & Co., Inc., 2025 WL 429013 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2025), the court addressed a number of discovery disputes in this lawsuit by a terminated employee against her former employer. Document unitization is the issue presented when a number of separate documents are presented as a single file, without natural breaks. If, for example, four separate documents are scanned as a single PDF, a search hit on any one of them will return all four of them, resulting in false positives that are

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Leverage Trellis Court Data To Identify More Investment Opportunities

Finance teams find Trellis to be particularly effective in conducting comprehensive due diligence on both individuals and businesses. With our court data solution, financial experts can access critical litigation insights, making it an invaluable resource for informed decision-making in the financial sector.

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ArentFox Schiff LLP is Seeking an IP Patent Docketing Quality Review Specialist

IP Watchdog

ArentFox Schiff LLP is seeking an IP Patent Docketing Quality Review Specialist. This individual will be responsible for reviewing work completed by IP Patent Docketing Specialists, ensuring data entered is accurate and corrected, when required, in order to ensure the highest level of accuracy within our docketing database. As a Quality Review Specialist, this individual will be involved in the training of new staff members and will be a point of contact for Docketing Specialists or other firm s

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Florida Contractor in Fatal Fall Incident Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Fraud

Insurance Journal

A Florida framing contractor has been sentenced to 48 months in prison and millions of dollars in fines and restitution after he failed to obtain workers’ compensation insurance and ignored safety practices, leading to deadly consequences.

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Insurance Fraud – Brazen and Big

Insurance Journal

Anyone who believes insurance is a dull industry is unfamiliar with recent fraud schemes so macabre they could be turned into gripping adventure movies. One such caper is the staged accident scheme perpetrated by the family of ringleader William Mize.

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The Importance of Witness Preparation in Legal Cases

Jonathan Leach LLC

Regarding legal cases, witnesses can either make or break the case. The more prepared your witnesses are, the better your chances of winning the hearing. In this article, we will discuss why witness training is important for your legal case. At Jonathan Leach, located in El Paso, TX, we are a trial consulting firm that specializes in witness preparation in addition to helping attorneys.

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NHTSA Laid Off 4% of Staff, Spokesperson Says

Insurance Journal

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration laid off 4% of its staff as part of a government-wide trimming of probationary employees, a spokesperson said Monday. The agency has pending investigations into Tesla TSLA.

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Low-Investment Side Hustles for College Students on a Budget

Newport Beach California Business Litigation Law B

Image Source: Pexels As a college student, not only do you have to worry about staying on top of schoolwork, but you also have to support yourself financially. Unfortunately, this is a common experience, especially with rising living expenses and tuition costs. In 2024 alone, the average student paid $38,270 for tuition alone. These costs also dont include the expenses students pay to support their families.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

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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Florida AG Sues Target, Claiming DEI Initiatives Misled Investors

Insurance Journal

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DOES A PROPOSED NEW DEFENDANT HAVE TO BE GIVEN NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION TO JOIN THEM INTO THE ACTION? TWO CONTRASTING VIEWS FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL

Civil Litigation Brief

InNoel Anthony Clarke v Guardian News & Media Ltd[2025] EWCA Civ 164 the Court of Appeal considered (but did not determine) the question of whether it was mandatory to give notice of the application to join a new defendant to.

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Europe Braces for Freeze of US Foreign Corruption Practices Act

Insurance Journal

In recent years, Glencore Plc, Airbus SE and Credit Suisse have collectively paid more than $5.5 billion in fines for their roles in sprawling corruption cases.

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Five Great Reads on Cyber, Data, and Legal Discovery for February 2025

Complex Discovery

Editors Note: Five Great Reads is your monthly guide to the critical intersections of cybersecurity, information governance, and eDiscovery. February 2025 brings a wave of developments from groundbreaking AI regulations to corporate legal challenges and cybersecurity advancements. This months insights highlight the delicate balance between innovation and compliance.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Court Reduces Verdict for Michigan Gardener Whose Organic Lawn Was Destroyed

Insurance Journal

A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover lawn was destroyed by a man spraying herbicide at the wrong address.

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A WITNESS STATEMENT IS FOR EVIDENCE AND NOT SUBMISSIONS (SOMETHING THIS BLOG HAS OBSERVED MANY TIMES IN THE PAST…)

Civil Litigation Brief

We are returning to the judgment of Senior Master Cook in Lexi-Rae Speirs v St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2025] EWHC 337 (KB). The Master observed that the witness evidence served in support of the claimant’s application went.

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Texas Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Multi-Million Dollar Insurance Fraud

Insurance Journal

A Texas man was sentenced last week to more than 13 years in prison for constructing a $5 million insurance fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Texas announced.

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Long Nights and an Adderall Addiction Drove This Wells Fargo Banker to Insider Trading – WSJ

Securities Docket

Femenia was a 28-year-old investment banker working for Wells Fargo when he tipped off his friends about confidential deals that the bank was working on. His friends would buy shares of companies that were in line to be acquired, reap the profits when the deals were announced and then kick back some of the gains to Femenia. In two years, Femenia and his friends made more than $11 million trading off of confidential information, prosecutors said.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

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Maryland Report Says Many Workers Misclassified, Costing $59M in Comp Premiums

Insurance Journal

Worker misclassification in Maryland is widespread, leaving thousands of workers without injury protection and depriving insurance companies of more than $58 million in workers’ compensation premiums each year, according to a new report from a state task force.

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DOGE Cancelling SEC’s Access to Westlaw

Securities Docket

DOGE is cancelling the SEC’s access to Westlaw, a key database for legal research, which sources tell me will dramatically hamper its Enforcement Division. This cut has resulted in cost savings of $0, DOGE’s website notes. DOGE is also cancelling Politico Pro subscriptions across the federal government, including at the SEC. This week in an FT interview, Mathias Dpfner, Politico’s parent company’s CEO, praised JD Vance’s recent speech that denounced Europe’s p

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California Governor Asks Congress for $40B for LA Wildfire Relief

Insurance Journal

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked Congress to approve nearly $40 billion in aid to help the Los Angeles area recover from January’s devastating wildfires, which he said could become the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

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U.S. Chamber Urges NSF to Withdraw Proposed IP Options for Discouraging Critical Public-Private Partnerships

IP Watchdog

Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter authored by Tom Quaadman, the trade organizations Senior Vice President for Economic Policy, to Sethuraman Panchanathan, Director of the National Science Foundation (NSF), providing the U.S. Chambers input on the NSFs proposed intellectual property licensing options that the agency announced last December.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

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.

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Polished Gem GEICO Fuels Berkshire Hathaway Operating Gains

Insurance Journal

The work that GEICO’s chief executive has done to “repolish” Berkshire Hathaway’s “long-held gem” got a special shout-out in Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway 2024 annual report to shareholders last weekend.

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Enforcement: Farewell to the SEC’s ALJs? : TheCorporateCounsel. net Blog

Securities Docket

Last week, Acting Solicitor General Sarah Harris sent a letter to Senator Charles Grassley informing the Senate that the DOJ had determined that statutory removal restrictions on administrative law judges were unconstitutional and that it would no longer defend them in court… […] What does this mean for the SECs ALJs? Well, heres what Project 2025 has to say about what should be done with the SECs administrative proceedings: “Eliminate all administrative proceedings (APs) withi

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People Moves: Incline P&C Group Adds Wafer as Independent Director

Insurance Journal

Incline P&C Group, a leading insurance program market services firm, has elected Thomas Wafer to the Board of Directors of each of its insurance carriers as an independent director.

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Engines of Innovation: How Universities Propel America Forward | IPWatchdog Unleashed

IP Watchdog

This week on IPWatchdog Unleashed we take a dive into the world of university technology transfer and university innovation with Laura Peter, who is the Executive Director of the University of North Carolina Charlotte Office of Research Commercialization and Partnerships and is a former Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during President Trumps first term.

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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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Pennsylvania’s NSM to Sell Commercial Insurance Division to Investment Firm

Insurance Journal

New Mountain Capital, an investment firm, has agreed to buy the commercial insurance division of Pennsylvania-based NSM Insurance Group. The firms said in a news release that the deal is expected to close in the next 45 days.

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California Insurance: Intervening, Interfering

Insurance Journal

In insurance circles Florida and California have the dubious distinction of being perennial problem children for home and auto insurance. In both states insurance markets have been severely disrupted by unique factors unknown in any other state.

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Google to Be Hit With EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules, Sources Say

Insurance Journal

Alphabet unit Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech after proposed changes to its search results failed to address the EU antitrust regulator’s concerns and those of its rivals, …

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Engineering Company to Pay $53M to Settle Flint, Michigan Water Lawsuits

Insurance Journal

An engineering company said Friday it has agreed to pay $53 million to settle all remaining lawsuits that alleged some blame for lead-contaminated water in Flint, Michigan, a decade ago.

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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.