Personal Injury FAQ: Should I Accept the Insurance Company Settlement?

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Personal injury claims almost inevitably involve insurance policy issues where the fine print of any policy is closely examined to determine fault and – perhaps even more importantly – the quantum of any settlement amount. After an accident you will be finding ways to recover from your injuries, property damage, and the repercussions of the […]

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FinTech Partner Joins Reed Smith in New York

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Stephen A. Aschettino brings extensive experience with payments technology, e-Commerce and blockchain technology December 16, 2020 – NEW YORK – Reed Smith today announced that Stephen A. Aschettino has joined the Global Corporate Group’s FinTech Practice as a partner in the New York office. Aschettino is a former general counsel and seasoned trial attorney, and he

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Perkins Coie Boosts White Collar & Financial Litigation Power

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17 Lawyers Join From Richards Kibbe & Orbe The strategic addition of Chambers-ranked talent in New York and Washington, D.C. is the largest such acquisition in recent years NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, D.C., (December 16, 2020) – Perkins Coie announced today the addition of 17 white collar and financial services litigation attorneys from the prominent firm

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Claims of ‘Fearsome’ Quinn Emanuel ‘Boys Club’ Rejected

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An alleged ‘boys’ club’ culture at top firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been denied by the firm following the firing of a former associate who raised issues around the culture and alleged discrimination and racial minorities, among other matters. The top partners at the firm denied the claims made by the former female

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Divorce Issues: What are the stages of divorce and How Should They Be Handled?

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Despite a recent fall in the divorce rate in the US (as below), the fact is many divorces continue to take their toll on the families involved. Intriguingly, perhaps, the pandemic was expected to create a surge in divorces but it seems to have brought many couples together and assisted in the overall reduction of

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COVID Crisis and Privacy: The Tension Between Privacy & Security

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Pillsbury Law – As the world continues to deal with the unprecedented challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems have emerged as a potentially formidable tool in detecting and predicting outbreaks. In fact, by some measures the technology has proven to be a step ahead of humans in tracking the spread of

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Fashion Designer Peter Nygard Arrested on Sex Trafficking & Racketeering Charges

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 Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), and Dermot Shea, Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced the unsealing of a nine-count indictment charging Canadian fashion

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Davey Salmon To Lead Homeowners Class Action For Southern Response Policyholders

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Today, the Canterbury Homeowners Class Action has been launched to provide Southern Response policyholders a choice in their battle for full compensation from Southern Response for their quake-damaged homes. The new class action aims to ensure around 3,000 homeowners who were short-changed by Southern Response in the settlement of their claims before 1 October 2014,

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Former Semiconductor Engineer Jailed For Insider Trading

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            LOS ANGELES – A former semiconductor engineer was sentenced today to 18 months in federal prison for committing insider trading when he obtained his publicly traded employer’s non-public financial results without authorization and then illegally used the confidential information to purchase large amounts of stock prior to the information’s release.             Yuh-Yue Chen, 53, of Taiwan,

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“Dear Sir, No More’ – Clifford Chance Uses Robots To Gender Neutralise Its Legal Documents

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Clifford Chance is to ‘neutralize’ gender-specific language from its legal documents by using a new artificial intelligence tool that will remove greetings like ‘Dear Sir’ to provide a non-sexist language to its documents. ‘He’ or ‘she’ will be replaced with ‘they’ or ‘them’ in the future documents and ‘chairman’ will b no more. The move

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