Law Sites

JANUARY 16, 2025

LexCheck, a legal technology company specializing in contract review, is launching a new AI-powered contract analysis tool that aims to solve two persistent challenges in contract technology: the ability to handle complex agreements beyond routine contracts such as NDAs, and the creation and maintenance of contract playbooks.

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E-Discovery LLC

JANUARY 16, 2025

In Digital Forensics Corporation, LLC v. King Machine, Inc., __ So.3d __, 2025 WL 63935 (Ala. Sup. Ct. Jan. 10, 2025), the issue was whether an electronic discovery services vendor, DFC, could compel its former client to arbitrate a breach of contract claim. The Supreme Court of Alabama held that arbitration was compelled. Plaintiffs sued DFC. They alleged that they had hired DFC to perform electronic discovery services.

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Law Sites

JANUARY 16, 2025

If context switching is the bane of AI adoption in law firms, legal technology company Syntheia may just have the balm.

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Technology 147

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Here’s stark warning in a new report from a group of actuaries: the global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090.

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Law Sites

JANUARY 16, 2025

Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, has raised $47 million in Series A funding, in a round led by major venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures. The company says the investment will support its rapid market growth and drive its product development and expansion.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit stopped making toxic PCBs a half century ago, but the legal fallout lingers even as many of the building materials made with the chemicals are no longer used in US homes, schools and factories.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

There has been some question about whether California’s insurer of last resort the FAIR Plan has enough cash on hand to pay for its share of wildfire claims.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 16, 2025

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today announced the findings of two reports conducted by third-party academic economists and submitted to Congress late last year, as required by the Unleashing American Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA). One report examined the impact of patent application fees on entry into patenting, while the other focused on the USPTOs fee structure and addressed issues such as the potential impact on small and micro entities, whether fee structure changes are needed

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

I watched as the skies over my home in Los Angeles turned an apocalyptic orange on January 7, 2025, as wildfires raged across the state.

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

The ruling is a “win” for businesses, partners at a law firm said, and “sets a consistent national standard under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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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.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Eaton Fire in central Los Angeles County poses a potential credit risk to power provider Southern California Edison, which operates electrical lines in the area where the destructive blaze first started, Moody’s Ratings said in a report on Thursday.

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

The payments were made over a three-year period beginning in 2020, and were not listed in some filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. As a result, the company agreed to pay a fine under a settlement last week.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

The credit card giant misrepresented features of some credit cards targeting small businesses and entered false information on card applications, the Justice Department alleged.

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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.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

While 2024 brought record-breaking data-breach costs and evolving cyber risk, all signs point to stable rates and ample capacity in 2025.

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

As part of a regulatory crackdown on “chronically” late flights, federal transport regulators are suing the carrier after reaching deals with two others.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

This past year, 2024, was the warmest ever measured for the global ocean, following a record-breaking 2023. In fact, every decade since 1984, when satellite recordkeeping of ocean temperatures started, has been warmer than the previous one.

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Legal Dive

JANUARY 16, 2025

It’s inefficient for DOJ to share duties with the FTC, it leads to interagency conflict and makes it harder for companies to know what standard to follow, critics say.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) Spirits giant Brown-Forman Corp. said Tuesday it’s reducing its global workforce by about 12% and closing its hometown barrel-making plant in Louisville.

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Complex Discovery

JANUARY 16, 2025

Editor’s Note: Googles expanded partnership with The Associated Press to deliver real-time news through its AI chatbot, Gemini, marks a significant milestone for the future of AI-driven journalism. By integrating APs trusted reporting into Gemini, this collaboration not only improves the accuracy and timeliness of AI-generated news but also sets a precedent for the ethical and effective use of journalistic content in AI applications.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central US this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 16, 2025

The story behind a lawsuit against the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board that was dismissed last week after a related PCAOB investigation into an unnamed Texas accounting firm was droppedspotlights recent challenges mounted against the audit watchdog. The complaint, John Doe Corporation v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board filed March 27 by the accounting firm using a pseudonym, sought injunctive and declaratory relief from the boards investigation into the firms practices, asser

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

The family of former Leicester soccer club owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has filed the largest fatal accident claim in English history after the Thai billionaire died in a helicopter crash in 2018, representatives said Friday [Jan. 10].

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Destination Articles Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Are you overwhelmed by the number of emails you receive daily? As a lawyer, it can be tough to keep up with client messages, court updates, and team coordination, all while staying organized and meeting deadlines. The constant flood of emails can make it hard to focus on what truly mattersproviding excellent service to your clients. According to a recent survey by the American Bar Association, over 70% of law firms are now using technology to help manage their workload and work more efficiently.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

A Farmington Hills, Michigan Little Caesars restaurant employed minors in violation of federal child labor regulations by assigning them to operating dangerous equipment such as dough mixers and ovens and allowing three 15-year-olds to work past 7 p.m.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 16, 2025

Pension funds are dipping their toes into buying bitcoin, in a sign that even typically staid corners of finance are finding it hard to ignore the potential outsized returns from cryptocurrencies. Pension schemes for the states of Wisconsin and Michigan are among the top holders of US stock market funds devoted to crypto, while some pension fund managers in the UK and Australia have also made small allocations in recent months to bitcoin using funds or derivatives.

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Holmes Murphy announced its expansion into a second location in the Des Moines metro area. The company officially signed a lease for space in the Arcadia building located at 7000 Vista Drive in West Des Moines.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 16, 2025

As discussed in our prior columns, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has pursued a multitude of enforcement actions concerning the purchase and sale of crypto assets. These matters have expanded to encompass a broad swath of activity and have engendered substantial uncertainty and criticism from members of the digital asset industry and beyond.

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Litigation 52

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Bigglestone Appointed Acting Commissioner of Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Vermont Governor Phil Scott named Sandy Bigglestone as acting commissioner of the state’s Department of Financial Regulation (DFR). Bigglestone most recently served as deputy commissioner of the captive insurance division.

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Securities Docket

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Securities and Exchange Commission today filed fraud charges against John Lowe, Randy Grewal, Richard Ringel, and David Cooper arising from their longstanding fraudulent scheme to trade in advance of the public announcement of the timing or price, or both, of numerous follow-on offerings of NASDAQ-listed issuers. According to the SECs complaint, the defendants engaged in the following arrangement: Cooper, a registered representative at a broker-dealer with frequent access to material, nonpub

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Insurance Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades in the making.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JANUARY 16, 2025

In Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police v Woodcock [2025] EWCA Civ 13 the Court of Appeal considered many significant issues relating to the civil liability of the police force. However this blog, being this blog, will defer consideration of those.

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