Attorney at Work
JULY 17, 2024
“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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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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IP Watchdog
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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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Complex Discovery
JULY 17, 2024
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
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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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Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
The Marshall Project
JULY 17, 2024
On immigration and criminal justice, Vance has defended and legislated former President Donald Trump’s policy goals.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 17, 2024
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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Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Legal Dive
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
A popular Sonoma County chef denied three workers at its Healdsburg, California establishment of more than $35,000 in overtime wages, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Legal Dive
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
IP Watchdog
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
E-Discovery Team
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
IP Watchdog
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Legal Dive
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
Georgia employers and their workers’ compensation insurers can rest a little easier after an appeals court this week narrowed the circumstances in which a state guaranty association can seek reimbursement on claims paid after staffing firms’ insurance carriers become insolvent.
Legal Dive
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Record flooding and powerful tornadoes ravaged parts of Iowa for weeks this spring, destroying or damaging thousands of homes, closing roads and bridges and costing over $130 million in infrastructure damage, officials said Thursday.
Securities Docket
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
Workers’ compensation claim rates and benefits paid in Minnesota continue to be stable or follow their long-term downward trajectories, a new Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) report shows.
MyCase
JULY 17, 2024
Lawyers, even those with a healthy caseload and many clients, might find themselves wondering why they’re struggling to turn a profit or keep the bills paid. In a world of changing technology and client expectations, hard work and expert knowledge may not be enough to ensure a legal business stays financially healthy–especially in times of economic uncertainty.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed by Wednesday, the city’s main utility company said as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to punish CenterPoint Energy even after the lights come back.
Securities Docket
JULY 17, 2024
A Binance Holdings Ltd. executive spent several hours back in a Nigerian court on Tuesday, before a judge adjourned the hearing until October. Tigran Gambaryan, the head of financial-crime compliance at Binance whom US lawmakers say has been unjustly detained, is standing trial on charges including currency manipulation and money laundering. He’s been held in the West African nation since February and was sent to prison in April.
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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.
Securities Docket
JULY 17, 2024
Yes, I’m sure you’ve got a compliance program. It’s probably great. But now, more than ever, that’s not good enough. You also need an integrity program. Employees are fearful that raising concerns could be a career limiter. Fight that perception by publicly rewarding employees who have the courage to speak up when they see an issue. Or bring ethics out of the legal department by designating certain non-lawyer employees as “ethics ambassadors” in each department and encourage employees to go to t
Insurance Journal
JULY 17, 2024
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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