In a matter of first impression, the Pennsylvania Superior Court looked to interpret insurance policy language regarding reproduction or replacement of electronic data, namely what the phrase “resides in your computers” meant in regard to destroyed or corrupted electronic data. The court vacated an $88,750 judgment in favor of Watchword…

Legal tech influencers. It’s a word combination that would probably befuddle anyone not closely aligned with the tight sphere of legal operations pros, legal tech nerds and other “aligned professionals.” Try explaining to your non-legal tech friends that the video you just chuckled at about billable hours comes from an…

2023 was quite the year for legal tech. Generative AI exploded into the legal world in February with Allen & Overy’s adoption of OpenAI’s ‘Harvey’ platform. The technology has since been adopted by a number of other firms, including Macfarlanes and PwC. Meanwhile, several firms suffered cyber attacks. After such…

In a broad sense, lawyer growth across the legal industry looked exactly the same in 2023 as it did in 2022, with firms increasing full-time equivalent lawyers by an average of roughly 3.3% each year. But a closer look at headcount shows large and midsize firms continued to employ “drastically…

USAA Asks Texas Supreme Court to Nix Class Certification | Texas Lawyer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/texaslawyer/2024/01/10/usaa-asks-texas-supreme-court-to-nix-class-certification/ Attorneys Rachel A. Ekery (left) and Anne M. Johnson argue USAA Cas. Ins. Co. v. Letot before the Texas Supreme Court. Credit: SCOTx video archives. The way USAA claims the statute works is that…

The plaintiffs who won a nearly $1 billion defective seatbelt case against Mitsubishi contend that the carmaker’s attempts to challenge the verdict are baseless. Attorneys for the plaintiffs in Amagasu v. Fred Beans Family of Dealerships argued in a Jan. 5 brief, that, among other things, the defendants missed their chance…