Law Sites
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
What if you could have an invisible guardian angel sitting on your shoulder during a deposition, whispering in your ear to point out questions you’ve asked awkwardly, inconsistencies in the witness’s testimony, and points needing follow-up or explication? In effect, that is what a new product introduced this week by Filevine can do for you.
E-Discovery LLC
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The September 6, 2024, decision in In Re: Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation, 2024 WL 4125618 (N.D. Cal. 2024), applies the “legal control” standard to Fed.R.Civ.P. 34 discovery requests propounded by defendant Meta Platforms, Inc., seeking documents from non-party State agencies in a lawsuit brought by 35 State plaintiffs. [1] The States and State Attorneys General “object[ed] to treating their respective state agencies as being subject to party disc
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Law Sites
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Matt Rasmussen had worked for some 20 years in litigation technology and support at major law firms, Fortune 500 companies, and litigation services providers, when he wondered why mobile collections had to be so time-consuming, inefficient and invasively overbroad. As he looked into it, he realized there was a better way to manage mobile collections.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
A Florida home inspector allegedly used the same stock photographs in more than 200 home and wind-mitigation inspections, costing Citizens Property Insurance Corp. more than $88,000, the state Department of Financial Services said after the man was arrested.
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Law Sites
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Ever since Casetext released CoCounsel on March 1, 2023, the race has been on among legal tech companies to develop the most capable generative AI assistant for legal professionals. Today, vLex is releasing a major upgrade to its Vincent AI that puts it firmly in the running for that honor.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Lehigh Valley Health Network has agreed to a $65 million settlement of a class action with patients and employees affected by a 2023 ransomware attack that exposed personal and medical information including nude photos of patients.
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Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Lloyd’s of London said on Thursday it plans to overhaul its rules on dealing with poor conduct in the commercial insurance market as its current processes for dealing with bad behavior could be “unclear.
Legal IT Insider
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Global legal intelligence company vLex today (12 September) released a major upgrade to its AI research assistant Vincent AI, which is now capable of transactional as well as litigation-based tasks. […] The post vLex unveils major upgrade to research assistant Vincent AI appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
An Atlanta-based venture capital fund on Wednesday agreed to stop operating a program that awarded grants to small businesses run by Black women to settle a lawsuit by an anti-affirmative action group that claimed it discriminated based on race.
Complex Discovery
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Editor’s Note: Margrethe Vestager’s tenure as the European Union’s antitrust chief has left an enduring impact on the regulatory landscape for global technology companies. Through decisive action against industry giants like Google and Apple, Vestager championed fair competition in digital markets. Her leadership saw the imposition of multibillion-euro fines and pivotal court rulings that have reshaped the digital regulatory framework in Europe.
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Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The top EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether search engine giant Google adequately protected European Union users’ personal data before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model.
SW&L Attorneys Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
It’s a complex process becoming a guardian of a person who can no longer care for themselves or effectively communicate their wants, needs, and desires. Even after appointment, the court remains involved in the matter and establishes requirements for a guardian so that oversight can continue. Let’s take a look at Minnesota Statutes 2023, section 524.5-316 , which explains the reporting requirements of a guardian, one of the post-appointment requirements and, the focus of this blog article.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Did you hear the one about cat poop clogging a toilet, resulting in thousands of gallons of sewage water in the home and a big insurance claim?
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
On the heels of the Senate introduction of a companion bill in late July, U.S. Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Joe Morelle (D-NY), Rob Wittman (R-VA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) today introduced the ‘‘Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2024’’ in the House of Representatives.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Sentry Insurance said it is buying nonstandard auto insurer The General from American Family Insurance for about $1.7 billion to mark the largest acquisition in the company’s 120-year history. Sentry will pay $1.
Practice of Law
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Tyreek Hill’s story is a good reminder that traffic stops can happen to anyone behind the wheel, regardless of fame or fortune. We’ll review what Hill did right and wrong and what you should do if it ever happens to you. The Events in Chronological Order Speeding, no seat belt on Let’s start with the obvious. We don’t know the exact speed, but the body camera footage shows that Hill was driving faster than all the other cars.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
South America is being ravaged by fire from Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through the world’s largest wetlands to dry forests in Bolivia, breaking a previous record for the number of blazes seen in a year up to Sept. 11.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Once this new legal tool has arrived, there are some clear tips on how to succeed with implementation — and a few responsibilities lawyers assume when using it.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Typhoon Bebinca is forecast to hit the east coast of China early Monday, threatening to bring excessive rainfall that could disrupt oil refineries and LNG import terminals and paralyze transport.
Legal IT Insider
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Mayer Brown has hired Fried Frank’s chief information officer Evette Pastoriza Clift as its global CIO, taking over from Doug Caddell, who is retiring. Based in New York, Pastoriza Clift […] The post Mayer Brown hires Evette Pastoriza Clift as global CIO appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
With summer drawing to a close in Canada, the 2024 wildfire season is shaping up as one of the most destructive on record, largely due to the devastation caused by a blaze that ripped through a tourist town in the …
Civil Litigation Brief
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
We are looking again at the judgment of Mr Justice Julian Knowles in Allard v Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd [2024] EWHC 2227 (KB). This was looked at earlier in relation to the trial judge’s observations about the wholly inadequate counter-schedule. However.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
One of San Francisco’s most iconic buildings is celebrating its reopening after a four-year, $250 million makeover meant to symbolize the city’s renewal. It’s doing so under the shadow of a lawsuit from one of its key tenants.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
After quickly rising to the top legal seat, Nabanita Nag was let go, along with her boss, Alan Shaw, after the two were found to be having an affair.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Fresh off a blockbuster US Supreme Court decision that rolled back the power of federal agencies to regulate business, big-government foes are pressing an even bolder agenda.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Even after Blue Owl terminated the leases for 223 c-stores this spring, SQRL’s owner, Gas Hub, is refusing to vacate the locations. But a new court ruling, if upheld, may change that.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
A federal appeals court has upheld a district court ruling that a wholesale distributor of plumbing supplies has wrongly exempted its inside sales representatives from overtime pay for years. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied F.W.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich., said advisors are becoming “de facto standard setters” for governance, while a witness compared them to consultants who help investors “sift through mountains of data.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
New Mexico’s attorney general has filed a lawsuit against the company behind Snapchat, alleging that site’s design and policies foster the sharing of child sexual abuse material and facilitate child sexual exploitation.
Legal Dive
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The agency argued that a lawsuit filed by several home care companies was barred by a federal statute of limitations, but the court disagreed, overturning a district court decision.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Swiss insurer Baloise said on Thursday it plans to boost return on equity and will consider share buybacks after activist-investor Cevian Capital this week revealed it held more than 9% of the company’s stock, becoming its top stakeholder.
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Cyber crime is one of the top three issues that keep chief legal officers awake at night, with 37 per cent of them identifying it as their biggest concern, according to a survey of 669 participants in 31 countries by the Association of Corporate Counsel, a global bar association. Regulators are concerned that companies are not doing enough to protect themselves.
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
As tropical storm Bebinca barrels towards waters off northern Taiwan gathering strength into a possible typhoon, weather forecasters in Taipei are using a new and so far successful method to help track its path – artificial intelligence (AI).
Securities Docket
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Yesterday, the SEC announced it had charged seven companies with violating ’34 Act Rule 21F-17(a) by using employment and separation agreements to impede potential whistleblowers from reporting misconduct to the SEC. Here are four bullets about this sweep – and the “bottom line” about what you need to do now: 4. A new wrinkle? – Cooley partner Brad Goldberg notes that what’s different about this new sweep is that all of these companies required employees to waive their right to possible whistleb
Insurance Journal
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
Carlos Quiles says he was seriously injured in May 2022 when the Uber he was traveling in crashed into two parked cars in Queens — after the driver lost control of his Toyota while trying to clear a fly or …
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