Posts Tagged ‘claims executives’
U.S. IPR Patent Review Process Legality Has Been Upheld
Houston-based oilfield services company Oil States International, Inc. challenged the legality of inter partes review (IPR), a patent review process that allows the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to hold hearings with patent challengers and patent holders to determine the validity of a patent. The company argued that IPR violated the right of defendants…
Read MoreAOB lawsuits compound agony of Florida hurricanes
Assignment of benefits started out as a convenience for Florida residents [but]…has become a vehicle for fraud and claim build-up by some vendors.”
State Farm Florida spokesperson Michal Brower via Insurance Journal.
Read MoreSecurity perils continue to haunt law firms and clients
Law firms are investing more money in information security these days because their clients are effectively demanding it.
More than 2 in 5 lawyers (41 percent) recently interviewed by Robert Half Legal were planning to spend more on information security-related tools and services in the next 12 months.
Read MoreOnline accessibility issues fuel new ADA litigation
The Americans with Disabilities Act has made public accommodations like retail stores more accessible to people with disabilities. Which raises the question – would those retail stores’ websites be considered public accommodations?
Read MoreClimate goes to court
The pace of climate litigation is anything but glacial. We’ve seen a flurry of important developments in just the 90 days since we first blogged about the new climate litigation movement. Plaintiffs are pressuring oil companies for compensation and governments to fight climate change.
Read MoreDrone litigation takes flight
Drones are soaring in popularity and, given the cloudy legal atmosphere, have injected jet fuel into aviation law practices.
What are the rules for flying them? Who makes the rules? And what if you feel threatened by a drone?
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