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How is Big Data Impacting the Insurance Industry?

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Bigdata

Michelman & Robinson, LLP – Overall, Big Data is slowly transforming the way insurance companies do business. Insurers use Big Data through analytic technologies and predictive modeling to improve overall performance, obtain more accurate pricing, deepen customer relationships, and improve loss prevention mechanisms.  Big Data is information mined from structured and unstructured sources, including customer onboarding documents, […]

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Tech & Media M&A to Exceed $2.6 Trillion Through to 2020

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Tech stocks

The technology, media and telecom (TMT) sectors will continue to see significant merger and acquisition activity over the next five years as consolidation and innovation continue to fuel deal-making. The new forecast by Baker & McKenzie, published in association with Oxford Economics, predicts more than $2.6 trillion of deals to be completed within the sector

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FTC Consumer Warning About Use of Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies Is a Warning to You Too

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Cryptocurrency

Manatt – The June 22 FTC blog posting warning consumers about the use of bitcoins and other virtual currencies should be a call to action for those accepting or facilitating the acceptance of bitcoin and other virtual currencies in consumer transactions both online and through mobile apps. While the posting is directed to consumers using

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A “Hotbox” Of Legal Issues: California’s Workplace Marijuana Laws

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Seyfarth Shaw – With New York joining in last year, nearly half the country has laws permitting state residents to use marijuana for medical purposes, and a handful even permit recreational use. California led the movement when it passed the so-called “Compassionate Use Act” in 1996. At present, use and distribution of marijuana remain federal

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The Business Advantages and Legal Risks of Cloud Computing

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Robins Kaplan – Predictions suggest that the global market for cloud computing services should reach $118 billion by the end 2015 and climb as high as $200 billion by 2018.1 Although the cloud computing industry continues to be in its infancy, organizations of all sizes have embraced cloud computing because of its promise as an

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China Proposes Draft Privacy Legislation with Significant Potential Implications

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By Paul McKenzie and Wei Zhang On July 6, 2015, China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), circulated for comment two pieces of draft legislation with significant potential implications for data privacy and data security in China.  Comments can be posted via the NPC’s website www.npc.gov.cn by August 5, 2015.  The key provisions of these

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