Law Sites
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Hope it wasn’t something he said on my podcast. A week after appearing on my LawNext podcast to discuss his one-year anniversary as chief executive officer at UnitedLex, James Schellhase is out of that job, replaced by the company’s general counsel Renee Meisel.
Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Wendy Merrill | For firms committed to securing a sustainable future, it falls to their managing partners to set a tone of transparency. The post Managing Partners: Transform Your Law Firm by Leading with Transparency appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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Law Sites
OCTOBER 10, 2024
“Momentum is the driving force that turns short bursts of energy into sustained success.” With those words during his opening keynote that has been become a signature event of the Clio Cloud Conference, Clio founder and CEO Jack Newton explained why the conference chose “momentum” as its theme this year.
E-Discovery LLC
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The decision in EEOC v. Hooters of America, LLC, __ F. Supp. 3d __, 2024 WL 4362863 (M.D. N. Car. Oct. 1, 2024), opens with the court’s statement that: The parties jointly ask to extend the discovery deadline and continue the trial. They have not acted with due diligence or shown good cause, and the motion will be denied. As the parties have demonstrated that they cannot manage the discovery process efficiently on their own, court oversight is necessary.
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The insurance industry faces significant challenges in covering catastrophic risks, especially as climate change drives more extreme weather events. With soaring premiums and increasing exclusions, the need for an accurate assessment of these risks is more important than ever.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2024
In a landmark judgment with far reaching ramifications, a German court recently held that the copying of images by Large-scale Artificial Intelligence Open Network (LAION) - a nonprofit organization that provides datasets, tools and models to liberate machine learning research – did not infringe copyright law. The Kneschke v. LAION case, heard by the Hamburg Regional Court, centered on LAION's automatic downloading of images, including a copyrighted work by photographer Robert Kneschke, for AI t
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Practice Panther
OCTOBER 10, 2024
As with any business, your law firm depends on sound billing and accounting practices. With the end of the year in sight (trust use, we can’t believe it’s Q4 either), you want to be sure you’ve caught up on reconciling your trust accounts, accounted for all unbilled time, collected your outstanding balances, and prepared for the upcoming year.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Hurricane Milton made landfall Wednesday night, centered near Sarasota as a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph, a less-powerful storm than had been feared but one that brought some storm surge, flooding, multiple tornadoes and property …
Complex Discovery
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Editor’s Note: Russia’s latest move to block the popular messaging platform Discord signals its continued strategy to exert control over foreign tech companies operating within its borders. This action, taken by Roskomnadzor, highlights the intensifying regulatory environment as Russia seeks to clamp down on content it deems illegal or extremist, further emphasizing the geopolitical complexities in the wake of the Ukraine invasion.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A cyberattack continues to affect the largest regulated water and wastewater utility company in the United States, renewing a focus on the importance of protecting critical infrastructure sites.
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Complex Discovery
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Editor’s Note: In a recent decision, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has set a new precedent for how personal data, particularly sensitive information, can be used in targeted advertising. This landmark ruling, which emerged from a case brought by privacy activist Max Schrems against Meta, underscores the growing legal scrutiny on how tech giants handle personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
S&P Global Ratings said potential losses from Hurricane Milton could fully deplete the 2024 natural catastrophe budgets for rated U.S. property/casualty insurers, affecting underwriting margins and earnings. In a report titled “Hurricane Milton: The Implications For Rated U.S.
Practice Panther
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Although metrics and data are important for assessing a law firm’s performance, they are only beneficial if they provide actionable insights that allow you to drive your firm’s potential and growth. If your law firm is struggling to determine where you can operate more productively, it may be necessary to consider switching to a system that enables you to customize your reports with relevant and actionable metrics to ensure you are utilizing all the available resources to maximize your firm’s po
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
On an early August morning, a roofing contractor arrived at a Lafayette, Louisiana couple’s house and requested permission to inspect the home’s roof. The roofer’s arrival wasn’t unexpected.
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IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The recently-formed Inventors Defense Alliance (IDA) sent a letter yesterday to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure in the Administrative Office of the United States Courts urging it not to heed the call of a letter sent to the Committee last week by 124 large companies to implement a uniform process on disclosure of third-party litigation financing (TPLF) sources.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Climate change was a key driver of the devastating impacts of Hurricane Helene, a group of scientists said this week. Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 major hurricane west-southwest of Perry, Taylor County, Florida on Sept.
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The ongoing debate over the nearly two-decades long battle to restore injunctive relief to prevailing patent owners is no doubt a vigorous one. Two different camps within the pro-strong-patent rights community have emerged. One camp consists of those backed by and/or supporting corporate innovators. The other camp consists of those supporting small, independent innovators.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Johnson & Johnson’s bold move to skirt a US court in New Jersey and seek a potentially friendlier venue in Texas to settle claims its baby powder gave women cancer faces a key decision as soon as Thursday.
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
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.
Legal IT Insider
OCTOBER 10, 2024
On 30th October 2024, The Say Gap Day 2 is all about helping women in legal to master the art of storytelling and its impact on business outcomes. You don’t […] The post The Say Gap day 2 update + 50% flash sale! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Six months after a three-judge panel of the Delaware Supreme Court said an insurance agency deserved another shot at proving its claims of professional negligence against a law firm, the full state high court has agreed.
Legal IT Insider
OCTOBER 10, 2024
In this webinar with NetDocuments, we explored how firms can integrate generative AI into their existing tech stack to enhance productivity and unlock insights within their content, while maintaining information […] The post Webinar Replay: Safely leveraging your DMS content with AI appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
One of the UK’s top insurers is accused of using a team of “recruiting sergeants” to poach talent from a rival that led to mass resignations in Brazil and London. Aon UK Ltd. sued Howden Group Holdings Ltd.
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The Marshall Project
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Prison staff shortages impact guards, prisoners and their families, and comedian Donnell Rawlings talks about his connection to the system.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI) announced addition of two new agencies, one in Minnesota and the other in Iowa. Joining in September was Kozlowski Insurance Agency, headquartered in Pipestone, Minnesota and two satellite offices in Luverne, MN and Brookings, SD.
Legal Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The association’s HR department allegedly prepared an employee’s termination paperwork before investigating her retaliation claim. SHRM said it is prepared to “vigorously” defend the lawsuit.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
A series of Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian Black Sea port infrastructure and commercial vessels has led to a jump in insurance costs and forced some shipowners to cancel bookings, insurance sources and a broker said on Thursday.
Legal Dive
OCTOBER 10, 2024
“There's certainly a global undercurrent of ‘greenhushing,’ so companies are being more cautious about how they communicate,” RepRisk’s chief commercial officer said.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
In the arid highlands near the town of Vergèze in southern France, the sun beats down on a small stone house as the buzz of cicadas fills the air.
MyCase
OCTOBER 10, 2024
There’s more to making money than simply earning it. After all, it doesn’t matter how many hours you work if you can’t properly track and bill for them. That’s why streamlined, effective legal billing systems are essential for law firms. If systems run smoothly, legal billing can be a painless—and fruitful—endeavor. But if your firm is relying on clunky, antiquated software and paper systems to send invoices and collect overdue legal bills, it can be a time-consuming waste of resources.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
The Lloyd’s insurance market’s only product writing cover for the rescue of miners trapped underground has more than doubled its available cover from $10 million to $25 million with a launch of a new consortium led by AEGIS London.
Securities Docket
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Employees of ZM Quant allegedly counselled the backers of NexFundAI on how to artificially drive up the price of the token before selling tokens to “cash out at the peaks”, federal officials said in an indictment. At one point in May, ZM Quant’s trades amounted to more than 80 per cent of NexFundAI’s trading volumes, according to the SEC. But ZM Quant was unaware that NexFundAI was not just another fledgling crypto token with dreams of a lofty valuation: it was a tool of federal law enforcement
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Exxon Mobil Corp. won the right to pump carbon dioxide beneath Texas state waters in the Gulf of Mexico, in what will be the largest concession of its kind in the US.
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