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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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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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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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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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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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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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What We Know From Sen. J.D. Vance’s Legislative Action on Criminal Justice Issues

The Marshall Project

On immigration and criminal justice, Vance has defended and legislated former President Donald Trump’s policy goals.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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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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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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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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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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Deposition Prep Like a Pro: Insights from a Paralegal's Playbook

Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story

Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.

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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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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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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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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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Stay On Top of Newly Filed State & Federal Litigation: Curated Just for You!

With Daily Filings Report by Trellis you will receive an email and csv file daily with all new cases filed in the jurisdictions you're tracking. Each new case will include all case metadata like judge, parties, counsel, practice area, and even direct links to the full docket and complaint. Trellis Daily Filings Reports provide direct access to newly filed state and federal litigation curated just for you.

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Popular California Restauranteur Fined $71K for Failing to Pay Overtime

Insurance Journal

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.

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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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AM Best Revises A.I.M. Mutual Outlook to Positive, Affirms ‘Excellent’ Ratings

Insurance Journal

AM Best reports that it has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of members of A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Companies.

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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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Blue Cross Won’t Appeal: Aetna Set to Run NC State Worker Health Benefits

Insurance Journal

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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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Islamic Insurance Helps Cover Muslim Farmers Battling Climate Change

Insurance Journal

On his four and a half acres of land in central Pakistan, Izhar ul-Haq approaches farming as a science.

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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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Georgia Appeals Court Questions Insolvency Pool’s Subrogation in Comp Cases

Insurance Journal

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.

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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.