Law Sites
JULY 18, 2024
The law practice management platform Rocket Matter this week rolled out the next generation of its software, a “reimagined” version of the product that emphasizes flexibility and customization to meet the varying needs of different law firms and different practice areas.
Attorney at Work
JULY 18, 2024
Marc Lauritsen | We've been “blessed” with a deluge of new tools that make working smart radically easier. How can that not be good news? The post Lawyers: Working Smart Just Got Easier (Oh No!) appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
An incident at the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy project this week that scattered shards of fiberglass across Massachusetts beaches was the latest in a series of failures involving wind turbines built by GE Vernova.
Complex Discovery
JULY 18, 2024
Editor’s Note: In the rapidly evolving field of cybersecurity, staying ahead of emerging threats and ensuring comprehensive protection for all organizations is critical. This article delves into the successes and challenges of the Cyber Essentials certification a decade after its launch in the U.K. It also highlights the pressing cybersecurity issues faced by businesses in Hong Kong.
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Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
A new report warns that compounding natural disasters introduce new, interconnected, and complex risk scenarios — and points to a need to reimagine efforts that support disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery “in an era of intensifying extreme weather-climate events and …
Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 18, 2024
In Biggadike v El Farra & Anor [2024] EWHC 1688 (KB) HHJ Carmel Wall (sitting as a High Court Judge) found that annotations made to medical records were not, in fact, contemporaneous. She rejected the second defendant’s evidence based on.
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The Marshall Project
JULY 18, 2024
“The Fifth Branch,” a podcast from The Marshall Project and Tradeoffs, examines new, alternative ways to respond to 911 crisis calls.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
Southwest Airlines and Archer Aviation said Friday they have agreed to develop operational plans for electric air taxi networks at California airports where the Texas-based airline operates.
Practice of Law
JULY 18, 2024
In a case that has captivated the nation, actor Alec Baldwin has been on trial for involuntary manslaughter following a tragic incident on the set of a recent film. But now, right in the middle of a tense and much-publicized trial, he’s suddenly gotten off scot-free. How? Well, let’s just say that the state prosecutors bringing the charges against him seem a little … rusty.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
Intense heat that has been baking parts of the interior Western U.S. is expected to expand into the Pacific Northwest in the coming days, raising the risk of heat-related illnesses and new wildfires, according to an AccuWeather media advisory.
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Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 18, 2024
There are some interesting observations about expert witness evidence in the judgment in Biggadike v El Farra & Anor [2024] EWHC 1688 (KB) Firstly in relation to the attendance at clinical seminars (during the course of the trial). Secondly in relation to.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
Two large oil tankers were on fire on Friday in waters near Singapore, the world’s biggest refueling port, with two crew members airlifted to hospital and others rescued from liferafts, authorities said.
Civil Litigation Brief
JULY 18, 2024
In Sobowale v Lendinvest Capital SARL [2024] EWHC 1829 (Ch) Nicola Rushton KC (sitting as a High Court Judge) dismissed a defendant’s appeal against judgment being entered against him when he failed to attend a trial. “There was no.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
Hard market conditions in the global non-life insurance sector will continue this year, but will begin to ease in 2025, as general inflation and claims inflation conditions soften, according to Swiss Re in a report, which discusses the macroeconomic factors …
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IP Watchdog
JULY 18, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today affirmed the Eastern District of Texas district court’s decision for the City of Anna, Texas (“the City”), that claims for a software system that manages pre-employment background investigations were patent ineligible. The decision was precedential and authored by Judge Cunningham.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
Insurance broker Marsh McLennan reported second quarter net income of $1.125 billion, an 8.7% increase from $1.035 billion reported during Q2 2023. Operating income rose 13% to $1.6 billion. Q2 earnings per share increased 10% to $2.
IP Watchdog
JULY 18, 2024
On May 22, 2024, the National Institutes of Health Office of Science Policy issued a Request for Information on its Draft NIH Intramural Research Program Policy: Promoting Equity Through Access Planning (“NIH RFI”). This RFI describes an NIH proposal to develop and implement a policy to promote access to products stemming from taxpayer-funded inventions under the Bayh Dole Act 35 USC 200: Policy and objective (house.gov).
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
The Ohio city of East Cleveland must pay a $30 million jury verdict awarded to a man who police wrongly assaulted, arrested and detained, the state’s highest court has ordered.
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Legal IT Insider
JULY 18, 2024
In this 27th episode of Charting Change in Legal, Caroline Hill, editor and publisher of Legal IT Insider, and leading global legal analyst Ari Kaplan, discussed litigation trends; AI applications; […] The post Charting Change in Legal Podcast, episode 27 – Listen Here! appeared first on Legal IT Insider.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Lisa Bregenzer’s waterfront home was her “little slice of heaven.” She watched sunsets and migrating birds from the porch, the Gulf of Mexico in the distance.
Complex Discovery
JULY 18, 2024
Editor’s Note: The financial sector is undergoing a significant transformation as it increasingly integrates sustainability into its operations. This article explores the rise of ‘green fintech,’ a movement that combines financial technology with environmental consciousness to address global challenges. From green loans and digital payments to carbon tracking and circular economy principles, green fintech is redefining the industry’s approach to sustainability.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
The recent floods in southern Germany will cost insurers an estimated €1.568 billion (US$1.7 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data.
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Securities Docket
JULY 18, 2024
The founder of the now-defunct Platinum Partners hedge fund was sentenced on Tuesday to six months of home confinement over his role in what prosecutors called a scheme to defraud bondholders of an oil and gas company. Mark Nordlicht was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn, five years and one week after he was convicted, and following several post-verdict legal challenges.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and H.W. Kaufman Group London. A summary of these new hires follows here.
Securities Docket
JULY 18, 2024
Since the PSLRA’s passage, lower courts have wrestled with applying the heightened pleading requirements for claims arising under Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 of the Exchange Act. As a result, circuit splits have emerged on both the element of falsity, i.e., whether the facts alleged misrepresentations or omissions with particularity, and the element of scienter, i.e., whether the facts alleged give rise to a strong inference that the defendant acted knowingly or with severe recklessness.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
First, a North Carolina man filed a claim with Farm Bureau Insurance. Then he threatened three insurance agents with violence when he wasn’t paid as much as he expected, according to state authorities and one of the insurance agents.
Legal Dive
JULY 18, 2024
Executives often overlook the importance of shrewd third-party contracting when managing their risk profiles, according to a legal tech panel.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
EASTON, Md. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane died Tuesday morning after an engine failure caused the aircraft to crash into a river on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, authorities said.
Legal Dive
JULY 18, 2024
The class-action suit alleged Patagonia failed to disclose that it shares call recordings with third-party vendor Talkdesk for analysis.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
A U.S. judge dismissed most of a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit accusing software company SolarWinds of defrauding investors by concealing its security weaknesses before and after a Russia-linked cyberattack targeting the U.S. government. U.S.
Legal Dive
JULY 18, 2024
The lower risk of being sued means companies don’t need the social credibility that comes with the reports, a study finds.
Insurance Journal
JULY 18, 2024
Four insurance companies, unable to escape a duty to defend a New York hotel where a young woman was secretly videotaped in the shower in 2015, have reached a settlement in the case that made headlines around the world.
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