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18 States Have Passed Privacy Laws: Law Firms Tighten Cybersecurity

Attorney at Work

“Battening down the hatches” has taken on a new impetus as state after state has passed privacy law requirements. The post 18 States Have Passed Privacy Laws: Law Firms Tighten Cybersecurity appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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California Needs a Million EV Charging Stations — But That’s ‘Unlikely’ and ‘Unrealistic’

Insurance Journal

California will have to build public charging stations at an unprecedented — and some experts say unrealistic — pace to meet the needs of the 7 million electric cars expected on its roads in less than seven years.

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The Administrative Procedure Act and Its Impact on Intellectual Property

IP Watchdog

The Administrative Procedure Act (APA), a foundation in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) examination and post grant proceedings, in patent and trademark federal court cases and in International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings, has been implemented more or less faithfully under U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) scrutiny.

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BMW Recalling Over 1,100 More Vehicles Over Airbag Concern, NHTSA Says

Insurance Journal

BMW is recalling 1,145 vehicles in the United States over a potential issue that may cause the driver’s airbag to explode during deployment, the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Wednesday.

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The Tech-Savvy Paralegals Playbook: How To Leverage AI

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?

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AT&T Faces Major Cybersecurity Breach Affecting Over 100 Million Customers

Complex Discovery

Editor’s Note: In a startling development, AT&T has revealed a substantial data breach affecting the call and text records of over 100 million customers, including users of MVNOs like Cricket and Boost Mobile. This incident, spanning from May 2022 to early 2023, highlights critical vulnerabilities in data security practices. With threat actors accessing information via a third-party cloud platform, this breach underscores the urgent need for robust cybersecurity measures in protecting

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OPTIS: Insurance Agency M&A Reaches 4-Year, First-Half Low

Insurance Journal

The total of insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first six months of 2024 was the lowest over the first half since 2020, according to investment banking and financial firm OPTIS Partners.

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People Moves: DUAL Swiss Taps Tokio Marine’s Wyss as Managing Director; WTW Appoints 3 Senior Hires to International Casualty Team

Insurance Journal

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at managing general agent DUAL Europe and insurance broker WTW. A summary of these new hires follows here.

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How GCs can use data to demonstrate their teams’ value

Legal Dive

Understanding your legal staff’s work patterns at a more detailed level can offer insights that help change perceptions of legal as purely a cost center.

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Allianz Makes $1.6 Billion Offer for 51% of Income Insurance

Insurance Journal

Allianz has made an offer to acquire at least 51% of Singapore’s Income Insurance Ltd. in a transaction valued at about S$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion).

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RESPONDENT GRANTED RELIEF FROM SANCTIONS WHEN WITNESS EVIDENCE WAS SERVED LATE: TO SHUT IT OUT FROM PRESENTING ITS BEST EVIDENCE WOULD BE “WHOLLY UNJUST AND DISPROPORTIONATE”

Civil Litigation Brief

In Tanfield & Anor v Meadowbrook Montessori Ltd [2024] EWHC 1759 (Ch) ICC Judge Barber allowed a respondent’s application for relief from sanctions when witness evidence was served late. The Denton test was considered and, although the respondent could not.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

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!

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Rebuilding After Hurricanes is Complex, Can Change Character of a Community

Insurance Journal

HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwestern Florida, Charles Long, 68, was fixing up a two-bedroom house for him and his wife.

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Ray Kurzweil’s New Book: The Singularity is Nearer (when we merge with AI)

E-Discovery Team

Ray Kurzweil is a great thinker and prophet of a golden age of AI. According to Bill Gates: “Ray Kurzweil is the best person I know at predicting the future of AI.” That means we all damn well better read his new book of predictions.

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World Bank Eyes First ‘Drought’ Bond in Next 12-18 Months

Insurance Journal

The World Bank is looking to issue its first drought bond in the next 12-18-months and broaden its offering of catastrophe bonds supporting countries suffering devastation from storms and earthquakes, a senior executive at the lender said.

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Slowing a rise in costs is enough for this legal chief

Legal Dive

The head of a big in-house legal team is waiting to see if his investment in technology and operations staff will give him the results he’s looking for.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

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.

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Man Admits to Tracking Drivers, Programming Keys, Stealing and Then Reselling Vehicles

Insurance Journal

A New Jersey man has admitted to orchestrating a multistate car theft and fraud ring that involved tracking drivers, programming keys, stealing their cars, and reselling their vehicles. U.S. Attorney Philip R.

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COST BITES 170: IF YOU MAKE AN APPLICATION, HAVE IT HEARD BUT WITHDRAW IT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT THEN YOU ARE PAYING ALL THE COSTS (ALTHOUGH NOT NECESSARILY ON THE INDEMNITY BASIS)

Civil Litigation Brief

In Hill v Touchlight Genetics Ltd & Ors [2024] EWHC 1801 Mrs Justice Joanna Smith considered issues relating to costs where the claimant abandoned her application to amend after the hearing, but prior to judgment. The judge held that the.

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Russian Tactics Make Secret Tanker Oil Switching Harder to Trace

Insurance Journal

Two near-identical oil tankers trying to beat western sanctions. A secret transfer of Russian crude halfway between Iran and Oman. A supertanker giving a false location. Welcome to the modern trade in Russian petroleum as western sanctions get tougher.

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What employers can expect following the end of Chevron deference

Legal Dive

For one thing, the U.S. Department of Labor’s regulations may not fare well under federal courts’ scrutiny post-Chevron, a former DOL official told HR Dive.

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The New Way of Conducting Patent Research: Proven Strategies For Efficient Due Diligence

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.

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Squishmallows Maker Can Sue Build-A-Bear Over Alleged Plush Toy Knockoffs

Insurance Journal

A U.S. judge rejected Build-A-Bear Workshop’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that its Skoosherz plush toys were unauthorized knockoffs of Squishmallows, the popular plush toys made by a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway.

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Kudos to Director Vidal for Embracing the Hard Challenges of Leadership

IP Watchdog

Later this week, our nation and the world will celebrate the 55th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's first moonwalk. Before that historic event, President John F. Kennedy explained why the U.S. undertook such a challenge. To me, the inspiring part of the speech was not the goal of going to the moon itself but embracing that goal and others "not because they are easy but because they are hard.

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Deere Retreats From Diversity Measures After Online Attacks

Insurance Journal

Deere & Co., the world’s top farm machinery maker, is pulling back from diversity measures in the face of conservative criticism, the second agriculture-related company in less than a month to bend to such pressure.

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CAFC Affirms Contempt Finding Following Violation of Judge Connolly’s Standing Orders

IP Watchdog

On July 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential decision in Backertop Licensing LLC v. Canary Connect, Inc. affirming a pair of orders entered by U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly of the District of Delaware. Connolly issued a civil contempt finding and monetary sanctions against the sole officer of a patent owning plaintiff who failed to appear at multiple court-ordered evidentiary hearings.

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Trellis Launches Trellis AI to Streamline Trial Court Litigation

Trellis AI leverages the largest repository of state trial court data to help litigators evaluate cases, automate brief drafting, suggest winning strategies, and more. Key components: Draft Arguments — Uses similar/successful motions in the Trellis database to generate arguments/citations for your motions seeking dismissal, summary judgment, etc. Case Assessment — Predict the likely outcomes of a case at any stage to help you decide to accept it, guide motion practice, make settlement offers, an

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UK’s First Coal Mine in 30 Years Faces Climate Court Test

Insurance Journal

Climate groups called a decision to open the UK’s first deep coal mine in more than three decades unlawful, claiming that approval was granted without taking into account all the harmful emissions that it would produce.

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Green Dot execs misled shareholders about declining business, lawsuit says

Legal Dive

A former Green Dot employee alleged Monday that company leaders misrepresented how an important line of business was performing while also knowing about issues that would lead to an expensive Fed consent order.

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Town in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Divided Over a Planned Grain Terminal

Insurance Journal

WALLACE, La. (AP) — Sisters Jo and Dr. Joy Banner live just miles from where their ancestors were enslaved more than 200 years ago in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana.

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Construction firm to pay $50K to settle claim it retaliated against HR manager for investigating harassment

Legal Dive

Pro Pallet allegedly chastised the HR manager for investigating the complaint, reassigned major parts of her job to others, and excluded her from meetings.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

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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Reckitt Sales to Be Hit by Tornado at Indiana Warehouse

Insurance Journal

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc said sales will be affected by a tornado that struck a warehouse in Mount Vernon, Indiana, where it stores products and raw ingredients for its baby formula business.

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Case Summary Involving an All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) Expert Witness

Expert Witness Blog

Case Summary Involving an Accident Reconstruction & Safety Expert Witness Introduction In a recent legal case, the expertise of an Continue reading

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Fleming Files Lawsuit Against James River, Alleging Fraud During JRG Re Acquisition

Insurance Journal

Fleming Intermediate Holdings filed a lawsuit against James River Group Holdings Ltd., alleging it had been defrauded during its $300 million acquisition of JRG Reinsurance Co.

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SEC Awards More Than $37 Million to a Whistleblower

Securities Docket

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced an award of more than $37 million to a whistleblower who provided information not previously known to the SEC and which significantly contributed to a successful enforcement action. The whistleblower also met with Enforcement staff and identified potential witnesses and documents, which conserved staff time and resources.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.