Law Sites
JULY 30, 2024
In its first major pronouncement on the ethics of using generative AI in law practice, the American Bar Association has issued an opinion saying that lawyers need not become experts in the technology, but must have a reasonable understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the specific generative AI technology the lawyer might use.
Attorney at Work
JULY 15, 2024
Marin McCall | Four questions to ask before launching a social media account for your legal practice. The post Should My Law Firm be on TikTok? 4 Questions to Ask Before Adopting Any Social Media Platform 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.
The Marshall Project
JULY 25, 2024
There are more than 100 response teams nationwide, but experts say more research on their impact is needed.
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IP Watchdog
JULY 30, 2024
Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) today introduced a bill to restore the presumption of injunctive relief to patent owners facing infringement. The Realizing Engineering, Science, and Technology Opportunities by Restoring Exclusive (RESTORE) Patent Rights Act of 2024 would essentially abrogate eBay v. MercExchange, a case that many patent owners argue has played a key role in weakening the value of patents in the decades since the ruling.
E-Discovery LLC
JULY 23, 2024
In Linet Americas, Inc. v. Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 2024 WL 3425795 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 15, 2024), the court “allowed [defendants] Hillrom to take limited discovery about when [plaintiff] Linet’s duty to preserve may have arisen….” In short, the court authorized discovery of privilege-log-type information, such as when plaintiff communicated with counsel prior to suit and the general subject-matter of those communications.
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Attorney at Work
JULY 16, 2024
Ivy Grey | Two powerful grammatical tools help lawyers write about hypotheticals with precision and clarity. The post How to Master the Subjunctive and Conditional for Precise Legal Writing appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
JULY 15, 2024
Against a backdrop of intensifying climate protests targeting Wall Street, the heavyweights of US finance are pushing back against what they characterize as a fundamentally flawed debate.
The Marshall Project
JULY 30, 2024
Turn Key Health Clinics has quickly expanded to jails in 10 states. Some of its policies and practices have endangered patients.
Legal Dive
JULY 12, 2024
Lawyers were the most dissatisfied with generative AI results among corporate work groups, according to a quarterly Bain survey.
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?
E-Discovery LLC
JULY 22, 2024
In Linet Americas , Inc. v. Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 2024 WL 3425795 (N.D. Ill. Jul. 15, 2024), the court enforced an ESI Protocol that called for a “metadata-only” privilege log, even though parts of the metadata were redacted by the producing party. The holding ultimately hinged on the text of the ESI Protocol and an unforced error by defendants in failing to ask for information that the ESI Protocol permitted it to get.
Law Sites
JULY 23, 2024
The law practice management company Clio today announced a record-setting raise of $900 million, at a valuation of a whopping $3 billion, in an oversubscribed Series F investment round that the company says will accelerate its ability to continue to build and develop its multi-product platform and expand its market both to larger firms and […]
Attorney at Work
JULY 26, 2024
Jamie Spannhake | Integrate Zen into your daily routine to enhance your sense of calm and contentedness. The post 5 Ways to Make the Practice of Law More Zen appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
JULY 16, 2024
Yield-hungry insurance firms are adopting an unconventional strategy: they’re skipping mortgage-backed bonds and buying the underlying whole loans outright. It’s a trend that’s picked up pace over the last few years.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
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IP Watchdog
JULY 11, 2024
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal published a Director’s blog post today addressing the Office’s current backlog of patent and trademark applications, which the latest USPTO data shows to be 785,387 unexamined applications/ 25.6 months total pendency for patents and 14.5 months total pendency for trademarks. Vidal said in her blog post that “unpredictable macro effects, including a pandemic that had an outsized impact on our application inventories, have created an ‘i
Complex Discovery
JULY 9, 2024
Editor’s Note: Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, is entangled in a significant dispute with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This case, rooted in Coinbase’s demand for access to SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s private communications, has far-reaching implications for the future of digital asset regulation.
E-Discovery LLC
JULY 9, 2024
I have come across cases in which a Court’s law clerk conducted an informal conference with parties to resolve a discovery dispute. For example, in Hipschman v. County of San Diego , 2024 WL 3206909 (S.D. Cal. June 26, 2024), counsel “ participated in an informal discovery conference with the undersigned’s Judicial Law Clerk regarding the dispute. ” [emphasis added].
Law Sites
JULY 2, 2024
This recent Reuters story caught my attention: “More than half of law schools now offer classes on AI,” it said, citing a new survey conducted by the American Bar Association. Another story said the survey shows that “AI is rapidly making its way into law schools.
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Attorney at Work
JULY 23, 2024
Fear of Zoom can leave you frozen like your Wi-Fi dropped out. But you can conquer Zoom anxiety with these five tips. The post Will Your Paralyzing Fear of Zoom Ruin Your Life? appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
JULY 21, 2024
Reinsurance in Florida’s long-stressed property insurance market was supposed to have stabilized this year – with moderate rate increases and more availability.
IP Watchdog
JULY 16, 2024
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that it has updated its Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance to more directly address emerging technologies, specifically artificial intelligence (AI). The guidance also includes three new and detailed examples using hypothetical claims to address common situations, such as “whether a claim recites an abstract idea or whether a claim integrates the abstract idea into a practical application.
WA Bar News
JULY 10, 2024
COLUMN > Write to Counsel Illustration © Getty/Alisa Zahoruiko WRITE TO US > If you have a question about legal writing that you’d like to see addressed in a future “Write to Counsel” column by UW Law writing faculty, please submit it to wabarnews@wsba.org , with the subject line “Write to Counsel.” BY David J.S. Ziff You don’t need to know much math as a lawyer.
Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas
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.
E-Discovery LLC
JULY 9, 2024
The purpose of a privilege log is to provide sufficient information for the recipient of the log to determine whether the withheld information is, at least on its face, privileged. In short: “Trust, but verify.” See, e.g., Privilege Logs: New Techniques to Achieve Proportionality – The “Certification Log” (Mar. 4, 2024); How Much Detail is Enough in a Privilege Log?
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 25, 2024
Some of the best personal productivity apps to help lawyers get things done. The post Top Personal Productivity Apps for Busy Lawyers appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Insurance Journal
JULY 31, 2024
Natural catastrophes caused about $62 billion of insured losses in the first half of 2024 — roughly 70% above the 10-year average — as extreme wildfires, droughts and floods upend historical norms.
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IP Watchdog
JULY 9, 2024
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia today dismissed the remaining counts in Judge Pauline Newman’s challenge to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Chief Judge Kimberly Moore’s inquiry into her fitness to continue serving as a federal appellate judge. The decision sets the stage for an appeal, which Newman’s lawyer told IPWatchdog will happen “within days, not weeks.
Legal Dive
JULY 10, 2024
In-house counsel can do front-end legal work on their own by leveraging tools that understand cultural nuances, a champion of one such tool says.
E-Discovery LLC
JULY 8, 2024
I have heard of many privileges, including, for example, the attorney-client privilege, spousal privilege, executive or deliberative process privilege, [1] Fifth Amendment privilege, patient-therapist privilege, clergy person privilege, news media privilege, accountant-client privilege, and others. However, I was unaware of the federal, common-law, qualified, “official information” privilege discussed in Hipschman v.
Law Sites
JULY 9, 2024
Last October, during its annual Clio Cloud Conference, the law practice management company Clio announced its plan to roll out an e-filing service, called Clio File, during 2024, starting with Texas, which would make it the first law practice management platform with built-in e-filing. Today, it delivered on that promise, launching Clio File for e-filing in Texas courts.
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