Law Sites
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Over the first three posts in this series, I’ve talked about the shrinking ownership of law practice management technology for solo and small firms — how most of the major contenders in the market have all come to be owned by just six overarching ownership groups.
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Brooke Lively | Consider rolling out a new bonus structure designed for the greater good of the entire firm. The post Understanding Law Firm Bonuses: A Simpler Bonus Structure for Associates, Paralegals and You appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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Law Sites
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
In a hire designed to further accelerate its growth, Steno, a tech-enabled provider of legal support and court reporting services, has named Prabhdeep Singh, who has held executive roles in technology companies such as Clover, WeWork and Uber, as chief operating officer.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
More than a quarter million U.S. properties have repeated claims for federal flood insurance, costing the National Flood Insurance Program billions of dollars in claims, according to new federal data compiled by the National Resources Defense Council.
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IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A new inventors’ rights group was launched Thursday, September 19, with the aim of “helping startups, small businesses, and entrepreneurs defend their intellectual property rights and access capital.” The Inventors Defense Alliance includes Professor Kristen Osenga, professor at the University of Richmond School of Law, as its chief policy counselor, and boasts a board featuring the Hon.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The storm that swamped parts of the Carolinas this week wasn’t organized enough to be named but it still has caused $7 billion in damage, according to a preliminary estimate from AccuWeather.
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Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Mosaic Insurance, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer, has launched customized global terrorism and sabotage coverage for fine art and specie insureds, with syndicated capacity extending up to $215 million per risk.
E-Discovery Team
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
On April 19, 2024, the Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules decided not to enact new rules regarding AI-generated evidence, including deepfakes, despite various proposals, notably from Judge Paul Grimm and Professor Maura Grossman. Under Daniel J. Capra’s guidance, the Committee believes further development is needed. Critics argue that the dangers posed by deepfakes, particularly in judicial settings, require immediate attention.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies to preserve residential insurance coverage for 750,000 policyholders affected by the Airport, Bridge, and Line fires in the counties of Orange, Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino.
The Marshall Project
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Incarcerated journalists detail the first signs of a heat wave in prison — and how they’ve coped with record-breaking temperatures.
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Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A suburban Madison, Wisconsin contractor with a history of federal safety failures – including violations that led to an employee’s fatal injuries in 2022 – has again been found exposing workers to the construction industry’s most deadly hazard – falls …
Complex Discovery
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
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Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
With the vast majority (91 percent) of insurance companies already investing in AI or planning to in the next five years, it’s not surprising that nearly 7 in 10 actuaries and underwriters are worried about being replaced by artificial intelligence, …
The Marshall Project
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Incarcerated jury will choose best criminal justice documentary.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The oil and gas industry is zeroing in on the Biden administration’s moratorium on new liquefied natural gas export permits as the key policy they want changed under the next US president. Chevron Corp.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The bank failed to provide mortgage lending services to predominantly nonwhite neighborhoods in three New Jersey counties, the agency said. The OCC downgraded the bank’s CRA rating in 2021.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A Washington man who claimed he was too injured to work while operating a metal fabrication shop faces a felony charge in an alleged $340,000 workers’ compensation scam.
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Idaho-based investment adviser Inspire Investing LLC with making misleading statements and for compliance failures related to the execution of its “biblically responsible investing” strategy. According to the SEC’s order, Inspire Investing represented that it used a data-driven methodology to evaluate companies and that it would not invest in companies that had “any degree of participation” in certain enumerated business practices that Inspire
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A startup founded by a former Google executive aims to use artificial intelligence to improve weather forecasting, joining technology behemoths like Nvidia Corp. and Huawei Technologies Co. in an increasingly crowded field.
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
he Securities and Exchange Commission today announced registered investment adviser Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust (MIMBT) will pay a total of $79.8 million to settle charges for overvaluing approximately 4,900 largely illiquid collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) held in 20 advisory accounts, including 11 retail mutual funds, and for executing hundreds of cross trades between advisory clients that favored certain clients over others.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance will host the 2024 Southeastern Regulators Association conference in Nashville, promising a number of familiar faces in the insurance and legal industries as keynote speakers. The Nov.
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A reader emailed: “Last week a coworker arrived at the office early, saw rainwater pouring in through the ceiling, and texted the manager something along the lines of OMG we have water pouring through the ceiling. She has now had to endure several calls from compliance and has to write a report detailing why she sent a text about company business.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A bill introduced after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, U.S.
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Rari Capital, Inc., a supposed decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, and its co-founders, Jai Bhavnani, Jack Lipstone, and David Lucid, for misleading investors and engaging in unregistered broker activity in connection with their operation of two blockchain-based investment platforms that, at their peak, collectively held crypto assets worth more than $1 billion.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
A long-awaited federal report on the causes of the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse, which killed 98 people in 2021 and upended Florida condo regulations and market, will have to wait at least another year.
Civil Litigation Brief
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
In ETM Contractors Ltd, R (On the Application Of) v Bristol City Council [2024] EWHC 2263 (Admin) refused the claimant’s applications for relief following late issue and lateservice of the claim form. The judgment contains a detailed exposition of why.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Alternate Solutions Health Network, LLC, and its affiliated entity Beaumont ASHN, LLC, (collectively ASHN), providers of home health care services, will pay $65,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The government says the tragedy was ‘entirely avoidable’ as the Dali cargo ship sailed from Baltimore with known defects and an improperly trained crew.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Three families of immigrant construction workers killed when Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after it was hit by the cargo ship Dali plan to challenge the attempt by the ship owner and operator to limit their liability for the …
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Personal rights create a challenge for the legal team helping filmmakers get buy-in from insurers, distributors.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise said on Thursday it will begin supervised testing with up to five autonomous vehicles in fall this year in California’s Bay Area.
Practice of Law
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Cher shares a child with late musician Gregg Allman. Allman left behind a trust that gives their 47-year-old son significant sums of money. She is concerned that her son, who has a history of severe mental health issues and alleged substance abuse, is unable to manage these distributions. What can she do? Cher Files for Conservatorship In December of 2023, Cher’s attorneys filed a petition in the Los Angeles Superior Court for the conservatorship of son Elijah Blue Allman.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Lloyds of London, the re/insurance marketplace, announced that Sir Charles Roxburgh has been named its next chair, subject to regulatory approval. Sir Charles will take up the position on May 1, 2025, succeeding Bruce Carnegie-Brown after his eight-year term.
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department has begun building out its new pilot whistleblower program, and so far has received reports from more than 100 tipsters since it was launched last month, a senior department official said. The highly anticipated cash-for-tips program, announced in March, was officially launched on Aug. 1. The department has named Patrick Gushue, a trial attorney in the money-laundering and asset-recovery section, as the program’s first acting director and has assembled a team of prose
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Johnson & Johnson has boosted to more than $8.2 billion its offer to settle thousands of lawsuits by people who say its baby powder gave them cancer, according to people familiar with the matter.
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