Personal injury

Epiq Facilitator™ Manages Mass Tort and Class Action Claims in One Secure Platform

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Consultant, Geography, Personal injury, Workflow, Documentation, History, ISS, Pharmaceutical industry

Epiq Facilitator™ is Epiq’s proprietary case management platform where clients are equipped with essential instant access to case information, including status of notices sent and claims received, through a secure and reliable web-based dashboard.

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  • Epiq Facilitator™ is Epiq’s proprietary case management platform where clients are equipped with essential instant access to case information, including status of notices sent and claims received, through a secure and reliable web-based dashboard.
  • Epiq will continue to invest in technology approvements in 2024, bringing increased functionality and ease of workflow.
  • Its continued investment in the mass tort settlement and lien resolution market reinforces its strong position as the market leader.
  • In total, Epiq managed $36.2 billion in settlements, more than $15 billion over the next closest claims administrator.

Provana and BEN Sign Partnership to Revolutionize Business Process Management with AI Integration

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Software, Networks, Professional Services, Internet, Business, Data Management, Apps, Applications, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Legal, Insurance, Finance, Personal injury, Partnership, BEN, SVP, BPM, Private law, Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Sales

Brand Engagement Network (BEN) (Nasdaq: BNAI), an emerging provider of personalized customer engagement AI, and Provana , a highly specialized knowledge process management provider, announced today a partnership that will enable BEN’s AI assistants to be integrated with Provana’s contact center solutions.

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  • Brand Engagement Network (BEN) (Nasdaq: BNAI), an emerging provider of personalized customer engagement AI, and Provana , a highly specialized knowledge process management provider, announced today a partnership that will enable BEN’s AI assistants to be integrated with Provana’s contact center solutions.
  • This strategic partnership aims to optimize compliance and business process management (BPM) across a variety of industries, including health insurance, personal injury, and credit servicing.
  • Provana, a pioneer and industry leader in the credit and collections, legal servicing, healthcare, and revenue cycle management sectors, along with BEN have begun crafting multiple use cases to deploy using the BEN conversational AI platform.
  • “By collaborating with Provana, we believe we are poised to develop game-changing solutions that redefine compliance and business process management operations,” said BEN Chief Executive Officer, Michael Zacharski.

Appeals Court Rules Winter Storm Uri Cases Can Move Forward Against Transmission and Distribution Utilities

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Legal, Professional Services, Storm, Electricity, Winter storm, CenterPoint Energy, Personal injury, Luminant, NRG, American Electric Power, Supreme Court of Texas, Death, Freezing, Oncor Electric Delivery, ERCOT, Exelon, Tobacco

A three-judge panel of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals in Houston has unanimously ruled that Winter Storm Uri-related lawsuits against Texas electric transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward to trial.

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  • A three-judge panel of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals in Houston has unanimously ruled that Winter Storm Uri-related lawsuits against Texas electric transmission and distribution utilities (TDUs) can move forward to trial.
  • “It was a conscious decision to cut off power to certain neighborhoods and several people lost their lives as a result.
  • In 2023, the Texas Supreme Court found that ERCOT, the nonprofit corporation operating the state’s electrical grid, qualified for sovereign immunity from litigation.
  • Winter Storm Uri brought near-zero-degree temperatures and freezing rain to Texas in February 2021.

Lyons & Simmons Earns Place Among Longhorn 100

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Monday, March 25, 2024
Legal, Professional Services, Moses Austin, Conference, Face, Personal injury, Convention center, Longhorn, University, Texas Exes, Courtroom View Network, Family, The Forty Acres, Alumni

The trial firm Lyons & Simmons LLP , has been recognized by Texas Exes, the University of Texas at Austin’s alumni organization, as one of the 100 fastest-growing Longhorn-led businesses in the world.

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  • The trial firm Lyons & Simmons LLP , has been recognized by Texas Exes, the University of Texas at Austin’s alumni organization, as one of the 100 fastest-growing Longhorn-led businesses in the world.
  • “A staggering number of highly successful companies have roots that lead directly back to the Forty Acres,” said firm co-founder Michael Lyons , a 1995 University of Texas graduate.
  • In December 2022, Lyons secured an eight-figure verdict for a woman left a paraplegic due to emergency room delays.
  • Lyons & Simmons will be among the companies celebrated for entrepreneurial success during the Longhorn 100 gala on May 3 at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Austin.

Two SBSB Eastham Partners Named Texas Rising Stars

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Friday, March 22, 2024
Consulting, Professional Services, Legal, Defense Base Act, Longshore, Thomson Reuters, Research, Personal injury, Insurance

Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea, BenMaier & Eastham PLLC (SBSB Eastham) partners Carra Miller and Craig Stocker have been named to the 2024 list of Texas Rising Stars, an award which honors the top 2.5 percent of the state’s top young attorneys.

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  • Schouest, Bamdas, Soshea, BenMaier & Eastham PLLC (SBSB Eastham) partners Carra Miller and Craig Stocker have been named to the 2024 list of Texas Rising Stars, an award which honors the top 2.5 percent of the state’s top young attorneys.
  • Mr. Stocker, an eight-year Texas Rising Stars honoree, received another nod in this year’s edition for his defense civil litigation practice.
  • The litigator works out of SBSB Eastham’s Houston office.
  • Ms. Miller is marking her third year on the Texas Rising Stars list.

Six Lanier Law Firm Attorneys Honored Among State’s Top Young Lawyers

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Thursday, March 21, 2024
Professional Services, Legal, Business, Issue, Thomson Reuters, Personal injury, Lawyer, Asbestos, Steven Naifeh, Supreme court, Bard, Johnson & Johnson, Supreme

The Lanier Law Firm is pleased to announce that firm attorneys Jonathan Armour , Natalie Armour , Ryan Ellis , Caroline McLeod, Rebecca Phillips, and Christopher Phipps have been named among the state’s top young lawyers on the 2024 list of Texas Rising Stars.

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  • The Lanier Law Firm is pleased to announce that firm attorneys Jonathan Armour , Natalie Armour , Ryan Ellis , Caroline McLeod, Rebecca Phillips, and Christopher Phipps have been named among the state’s top young lawyers on the 2024 list of Texas Rising Stars.
  • The six from the Lanier Law Firm represent the largest number of firm attorneys selected since the inception of the list in 2004.
  • In addition to his litigation expertise, he is also a trained mediator with experience mediating cases on matters including contract and family law.
  • Ms. McLeod joined the Issues and Appeals section of The Lanier Law Firm in 2018.

Davidoff Law Firm Expands Presence with New Location in Manhattan, Receives Rave Reviews for Community-Oriented Approach

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Thursday, April 4, 2024
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NEW YORK, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Davidoff Law, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases, is thrilled to announce the opening of their new location in Manhattan. As the firm expands its reach, it has garnered high praise from prominent individuals within the legal profession and the community.

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  • NEW YORK, April 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Davidoff Law, a leading law firm specializing in personal injury cases, is thrilled to announce the opening of their new location in Manhattan.
  • As the firm expands its reach, it has garnered high praise from prominent individuals within the legal profession and the community.
  • With a long-standing presence in Queens County, Davidoff Law has now expanded into Manhattan, solidifying their commitment to serving the community.
  • This event will mark the official launch of their new law firm location, which is dedicated to serving the community.

Up-and-Coming Lawyers at Dallas Plaintiffs Firm Hamilton Wingo Earn 2024 Texas Rising Stars Selections

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024
Courtroom View Network, Accident, Thomson Reuters, Lawyer, Transport, Personal injury

DALLAS, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Four up-and-coming attorneys from the Dallas plaintiffs' law firm Hamilton Wingo are recognized on the 2024 Texas Rising Stars for their work in personal injury lawsuits and other civil cases.

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  • DALLAS, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Four up-and-coming attorneys from the Dallas plaintiffs' law firm Hamilton Wingo are recognized on the 2024 Texas Rising Stars for their work in personal injury lawsuits and other civil cases.
  • Hamilton Wingo's Texas Rising Stars honorees include firm partners Damian Williams and Jaime DeWees and associates Barrett Robin and Allie Hallmark .
  • The four Hamilton Wingo lawyers have earned multiple selections on the Rising Stars list.
  • Hamilton Wingo, based in Dallas, Texas, is one of the country's premier trial law firms, having won billions of dollars in verdicts and settlements.

James, Vernon & Weeks: BP Retirees Prevail in Federal Court

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Friday, March 29, 2024
Certified Public Accountant, United States Census Bureau, BP, ERISA, Personal injury, PS, Retirement, District court, Standard Oil of Ohio, Broken Promises, Pacific Northwest, United States district court

HOUSTON, March 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A group of Standard Oil of Ohio (Sohio) oil workers received a winning decision late yesterday after an eight-year legal battle with BP Corporation North America, Inc. (BP), in a huge victory for oil workers, with a federal judge ruling that BP "committed fraud or similarly inequitable conduct" in how it announced a pension formula change more than 30 years ago. The case has been closely watched in legal circles because it applied unique facts to an area of pension case law that has been developing for decades and could affect the rights of other retirees. 

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  • Federal judge George C. Hanks, Jr., ruled that BP violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 and plaintiffs are entitled to appropriate redress by "equitable relief."
  • The court ruled plaintiffs demonstrated BP committed multiple violations of ERISA in its communications to its employees.
  • The Sohio retirees maintained, since 1989, BP had insisted the new formula would provide benefits as good as or better than the old formula.
  • "We are thrilled with the outcome," said Susan Weeks, a plaintiffs' attorney with Pacific Northwest law firm James, Vernon & Weeks, P.A.

Mark Lindquist Law: Victim Sues for Sexual Assault on Plane

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Thursday, March 28, 2024
Taylor Swift, Personal injury, Risk, Boeing, Aviation, The Seattle Times, Victim, Crash, Male, Plaintiff, FBI, Assault, Delta Air Lines, Ridesharing

SEATTLE, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today aviation attorney Mark Lindquist filed a lawsuit on behalf of a victim of an in-flight sexual assault committed by a Delta Air Lines employee.

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  • SEATTLE, March 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today aviation attorney Mark Lindquist filed a lawsuit on behalf of a victim of an in-flight sexual assault committed by a Delta Air Lines employee.
  • While the plane was en route to Seattle, the victim fell asleep.
  • According to the lawsuit, both a witness and the victim reported the sexual assault to flight attendants.
  • "Everyone should feel safe to fall asleep on a plane without the risk of being groped and sexually assaulted," Lindquist said.