Law Sites
AUGUST 2, 2024
Last week, as the law practice management company Clio announced a record $900 million funding round, the largest ever for a legal technology company, I published an exclusive LawNext podcast interview with Jack Newton, Clio’s founder and CEO, recorded a few days ahead of the announcement.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Former reality TV star Fredrik Eklund zips up and down Miami in a lilac Rolls-Royce with a turquoise interior, hunting for multi-million-dollar homes for the rich and powerful. That is, when he’s not stuck in the gridlock.
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Law Sites
AUGUST 2, 2024
It’s Friday, which means it’s time for another Legaltech Week, the live show where a panel of journalists and bloggers discusses the week’s top stories in legal tech and innovation. Among the stories on tap for today: The ABA issues an opinion on the legal ethics of using generative AI.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
VibraLife of Katy, LLC, a rehabilitation and assisted living facility in Katy, Texas, violated federal law when it denied an employee an accommodation for her sleep disorder and then fired her, the U.S.
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?
Legal Dive
AUGUST 2, 2024
Few insiders are likely to come forward because disincentives outweigh incentives, according to attorneys who work with whistleblowers and companies involved in enforcement actions.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
The National Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on a tropical wave that could strengthen over the weekend, bringing heavy rain to parts of Florida. Gov.
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Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
AI music startup Suno is pushing back against the world’s biggest record labels, saying in a court filing that a lawsuit they filed against the company aims to stifle competition.
IP Watchdog
AUGUST 2, 2024
This week in Other Barks & Bites: the U.S. Copyright Office issues a report on digital replicas recommending a federal right that could be enacted in the U.S. Senate’s NO FAKES Act; the RESTORE Patent Rights Act is introduced into both houses of Congress to restore injunctive relief following a final judgment of patent infringement; the Eleventh Circuit ruled that a district court erred in failing to consider the copyrightability of the arrangement of software used to generate insurance quo
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
The parties involved in Lahaina wildfire lawsuits against the state of Hawaii, Maui County and utilities are close to a global settlement of claims that will be worth a little over $4 billion, Gov. Josh Green told The Associated Press.
Civil Litigation Brief
AUGUST 2, 2024
In Rahman v Hassan & Ors (Re Consequential Matters) [2024] EWHC 2038 (Ch) HHJ Paul Matthews (sitting as a High Court Judge) refused the claimant’s application that the budget be revised after the trial. The judge held that the matters relied.
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!
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Tesla registered an insurance broking firm in China at the end of July, based on a national corporate information database, in a sign that the U.S.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 2, 2024
A disclosure included in the bank’s quarterly SEC filing did not give further details but may serve as a flag to investors of concerns from government agencies or authorities.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Firefighters have increased containment on the Park Fire near Chico, California, which at 621 square miles as of Friday is now the fourth largest wildfire in history.
Legal Dive
AUGUST 2, 2024
Lina Khan said an inquiry would “shed light” on why food prices and grocers’ profits have stayed elevated even as inflation has come down.
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.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Boar’s Head Provisions was hit with a proposed consumer class action lawsuit in New York federal court on Thursday, a day after it expanded its recall to more than seven million pounds of deli meats and other products over concerns …
Legal Dive
AUGUST 2, 2024
The court ruled that two of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses in the case employed flawed methodology that incorrectly led jurors to $4.7 billion in damages.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Due to the limited amount of impacted companies with insurance and the deployment of a quick fix to mitigate losses, Guy Carpenter said the insured losses from the CrowdStrike outage is likely between $300 million and $1 billion.
Primafact
AUGUST 2, 2024
Screen-sharing Primafact documents during discovery can be a convenient way to direct the room's attention to a common production. But what if your document includes Annotations that you do not want to share with your audience? Hiding annotations and other markup on open documents keeps your sensitive analysis under wraps.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
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.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Chevron Corp. is relocating headquarters to Houston from California after repeatedly warning that the Golden State’s regulatory regime was making it a tough place to do business.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 2, 2024
The number of securities class action filings increased in the first half of 2024 relative to the second half of 2023, according to a report released today by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse. The report, Securities Class Action Filings—2024 Midyear Assessment, found that plaintiffs filed 112 securities class actions in federal and state courts in the first half of 2024, an increase from the 103 class actions filed in the second half of 2023.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Exxon Mobil Corp. and QatarEnergy delayed the start of a $10 billion natural gas export project in Texas to the end of next year after lead contractor Zachry Holdings Inc. declared bankruptcy.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 2, 2024
Morgan Lewis has added veteran trial lawyer and litigator Stacie Hartman to deepen the firm’s investment management and disputes capabilities. Stacie represents clients in regulatory and other government investigations and complex litigation focusing on financial markets and the financial services industry. She will also continue her group leadership by taking on a leadership position in the firm’s multidisciplinary derivatives and commodities practice.
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Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
When Michigan farmer Clara Ostrander heard about the benefits of hosting a solar energy project, she remembered something her father had told her four days before he died: Don’t sell the farm. Keep it in the family.
Practice of Law
AUGUST 2, 2024
Recent incidents involving major airlines have reignited concerns about aviation safety, prompting passengers to question the reliability of air travel. While flying remains one of the safest modes of transportation, these events highlight the importance of ongoing vigilance and regulatory oversight in the industry. We recap events from this year and the legal measures being taken to address concerns.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Vermont’s governor said Wednesday that the latest storms to hit the state have undone much of the cleanup and recovery work from its last major bout of flooding only weeks ago, and he called on residents to “stick together” amid …
Securities Docket
AUGUST 2, 2024
Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown is beginning his bid to recreate Black Wall Street in Boston. Brown, 27, is launching Boston XChange, a nonprofit organization that plans to build generational wealth and cultural innovation in Black and Brown communities. Brown has said that he wants to use his platform to create a modern-day version of Black Wall Street, a Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma that was one of the country’s wealthiest in the early 20th century.
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.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Ryan Specialty, a publicly traded provider of specialty products for insurance agents, brokers and carriers, has agreed to buy US Assure Insurance Services of Florida, a company specializing in builder’s risk insurance.
Securities Docket
AUGUST 2, 2024
In a call with reporters on Thursday, Justice Department officials said they sought to design a program that fills gaps between pre-existing award programs. They pointed to a $4.3 billion settlement with global cryptocurrency exchange Binance over its failure to register as a money-transmitting business and a $1.2 billion settlement with commodities giant Glencore over foreign bribery violations as examples of cases that other award programs didn’t cover.
Insurance Journal
AUGUST 2, 2024
Johnson & Johnson, a managing general agency working in 48 states, has acquired Strickland General Agency in Suwanee, Georgia, J&J announced. The deal closed July 31. Terms were not disclosed.
Practice of Law
AUGUST 2, 2024
Federal judges typically serve for life, but sometimes, even judges behave badly. In those cases, Article I of the United States Constitution provides an impeachment process for federal judges. While extremely rare, it is possible and has occurred at various times throughout U.S. history. The most recent impeachment happened in 2010, when G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., a federal district court judge, was impeached for bribery and perjury.
Advertiser: Trellis
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