Law Sites
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Ever since Startup Alley first launched in 2017, the pitch competition has helped catapult the success of a long list of legal technology startups and become a seminal event of the American Bar Association’s annual TECHSHOW.
E-Discovery LLC
OCTOBER 29, 2024
In Vita v. New England Baptist Hosp., __ Mass __, __ N.E.3d __, 2024 WL 4558621 (Mass. Oct. 24, 2024), the court held that the Massachusetts wiretap statute does not criminalize interception of web browsing and sale of the intercepted information to third parties. The plaintiff, Kathleen Vita, alleged that she accessed the websites of two hospitals to review public information about physicians, symptoms, and procedures.
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Law Sites
OCTOBER 29, 2024
At the recent Clio Cloud Conference in Austin, Texas, Clio released its ninth annual Legal Trends Report, a report that uses both survey responses and anonymized data from Clio users to paint a picture of key trends in law practice and legal technology.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The Justice Department announced that it secured a settlement agreement with State Farm resolving the department’s determination that one of State Farm’s corporate offices in Richardson, Texas, violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it terminated a worker in …
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IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 29, 2024
During IPWatchdog’s Life Sciences Masters program, which is taking place this week from Monday to Wednesday, panelists on the one hand breathed a sigh of relief that certain rule proposals considered most destructive to the industry seem unlikely to move forward, but on the other, lamented the overall negative tenor of the public debate around pharmaceutical patents today.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper approved more than $600 million worth of disaster relief funding last Friday for western North Carolina counties affected by Hurricane Helene after legislators passed the recovery bill the day before.
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Nearly 1,000 hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will benefit this week from a new disaster aid program that employs a model not commonly used by philanthropy in the United States: Giving people rapid, direct cash payments.
Practice of Law
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Companies tracking your online activities to sell targeted ads is nothing new. But an interesting case out of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals may give some companies food for thought regarding what information about your viewing habits they can sell to third parties. The Second Circuit has just revived a dismissed class action suit against the National Basketball Association (NBA) for violations of the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA).
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The third quarter of 2024 saw a number of significant disaster events, which drove year-to date economic losses above at least $258 billion and insured losses of $102 billion, according to Aon plc in its Q3 Global Catastrophe Recap – …
IP Watchdog
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Over the past decade, Brazil has seen an increase in patent litigation, as the local economy grows and stabilizes. With more companies eyeing Brazil as a strategic country for the protection of IP, the patent system becomes more scrutinized and more complex patent cases are filed. On June 12, 2024, the Superior Court of Justice (Superior Tribunal de Justiça, or STJ), Brazil’s highest court with jurisdiction over non-constitutional matters, issued a ruling allowing invalidity defenses on an indus
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The fate of Johnson & Johnson’s latest push to use bankruptcy courts to end thousands of cancer lawsuits tied to its iconic baby powder now hinges on a high-stakes trial in January.
Legal Dive
OCTOBER 29, 2024
It’s enough that Caesars and other Las Vegas hotels used the same software for them to be conspiring to restrain trade, the agency says in a brief.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
McDonald’s was sued on Tuesday by consumers in a proposed class action stemming from the E.coli outbreak linked to onions in the fast-food chain’s Quarter Pounders.
Your Trial Message
OCTOBER 29, 2024
By Dr. Ken Broda-Bahm: I know, I know, there’s a very good chance that every election in your lifetime has been billed as the “most important election in your lifetime.
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The Hartford and cyber-MGA Coalition announced a strategic, long-term capacity partnership in response to growing customer and broker demand for Coalition’s active cyber insurance approach in the UK market.
InHouseBlog
OCTOBER 29, 2024
General Counsel pay trends are closely watched as what happens at the top reflects changes in legal departments generally.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
A pilot program testing AI-powered weapons scanners inside some New York City subway stations this summer did not detect any passengers with firearms — but falsely alerted more than 100 times, according to newly released police data.
Planet Depos
OCTOBER 29, 2024
As technology continues to advance, fears of robots replacing humans has increased across many industries as corporations look to automate certain job functions to reduce costs and stay on top of trends. This McKinsey report detailed which professions have the most potential for automation, and it may surprise you that court reporting and the legal industry only had a 16% chance.
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired Snoqualmie, Washington-based Adept Benefits LLC. Adept Benefits is a health and benefits consulting firm serving clients in the greater Seattle area.
Legal Dive
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The New York State Unified Court System established that letting a clerk take more than a week’s annual leave for the retreat would have burdened its operations, the court held.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Scheduled airline ground crews, including baggage handlers and maintenance workers, file injury claims for work-related musculoskeletal disorders at more than 10 times the statewide average, according to the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries.
Complex Discovery
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Editor’s Note: This recent €310 million fine imposed on LinkedIn by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) marks a powerful moment in GDPR enforcement, underlining the regulatory rigor facing global technology companies in the EU. Sparked by an investigation into LinkedIn’s data practices related to behavioral analysis and targeted advertising, this decision highlights essential compliance considerations for cybersecurity, data governance, and eDiscovery professionals.
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Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Six months after a North Carolina captive insurance firm for nursing homes around the country accused its managers of poaching proprietary software and forming a competing management company, a federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit.
Next Generation E-Discovery Law & Tech Blog
OCTOBER 29, 2024
By Chas Meier We’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Copilot, Microsoft’s generative AI chat bot. So, we asked Copilot the following prompt: “Is X1 Search better than the standard Windows Search? Here is Copilot’s reply in full: “Yes, X1 Search offers many advantages over standard Windows Search, especially if you’re dealing with large volumes of documents and emails.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
JPMorgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank, has begun suing customers for check fraud, saying they improperly withdrew funds by taking illegal advantage of a temporary technical glitch that went viral on TikTok.
Securities Docket
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Ozy Media and its founder Carlos Watson want a federal judge to step aside from their case and throw out their securities fraud convictions, saying the judge had a financial stake in four companies alleged to have been victims of their offenses through his investments in hedge funds managed by his former employer. Watson, a former cable news anchor and investment banker, and Ozy in a motion filed on Friday, opens new tab pointed to U.S.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Clear Group, the UK independent insurance broker that is owned by Private Equity at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, has entered the wholesale Lloyd’s broker space with the acquisition of Lilley Plummer Risks Ltd., a London-based marine and property specialist.
Complex Discovery
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Editor’s Note: Meta Platforms is making a significant move to reshape the AI search landscape by developing its own AI-based search engine, signaling a step toward independence from existing search giants Google and Microsoft Bing. As Meta integrates this AI-powered feature into WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, the company underscores a strategic commitment to innovation, user experience, and market competition.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Back-to-back hurricane landfalls in the span of less than two weeks have placed flood insurance in a new light for many inside and outside of the insurance industry, if not front and center.
Securities Docket
OCTOBER 29, 2024
But a fourth model is something like “Tether is a US dollar-denominated alternative to the US dollar financial system: It works a lot like dollars, except that, unlike the rest of the dollar system, it is not subject to the whims of the US government.” This model seems … interesting. This model, I think, describes a niche that could provide a lot of value, and that a lot of people want.
Insurance Journal
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Five related entities operating Culver’s restaurants in Michigan violated federal law when they fired a transgender employee and three of his colleagues after they complained about harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit.
Civil Litigation Brief
OCTOBER 29, 2024
In Ahmad v Ouajjou & Anor [2024] EWHC 2213 (Comm) HHJ Pelling KC found it was appropriate to make a peremptory order following the defendants’ failure to pay interlocutory costs orders. (This decision was considered in Ahmad v Ouajjou & Anor.
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