Ryan McKeen | Best Era Last week, the American Arbitration Association announced something that should have every lawyer cheering: an AI-powered arbitrator for construction disputes that promises to cut costs by 35% and resolution time by 20%. Instead, the legal profession clutched its pearls. Critics warned of depersonalized justice, algorithmic bias, and the death of… Continue reading AI Arbitrators Will Destroy the Legal Profession (And That’s a Good Thing)
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The Wildfire Litigation Series: Part 2 — Assessing Damages in Litigation
Xavier Oustanlniol, Kristofer Buchan and Kimberly Ratto | StoneTurn The second part of our Wildfire Litigation Series delves into the complexities of assessing economic damages during the litigation phase. As the legal landscape evolves, precise methodologies and strategic partnerships become essential to navigating the multifaceted challenges of wildfire claims. This article outlines the critical roles… Continue reading The Wildfire Litigation Series: Part 2 — Assessing Damages in Litigation
Emerging Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Construction
Kenneth Stallard and Nima Youchidje | Carr Maloney Just as in most other sectors of business, it is unquestionable that Artificial Intelligence is transforming the construction industry. AI is affecting how construction workflows are prepared, how real-time decisions are made, and how on-site work is performed. Generative AI: Large language models (LLM’s) are trained with… Continue reading Emerging Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Construction
Dents Don’t Count: Court Clarifies Hail Damage Coverage
Joshua Tumen | Property Insurance Law Observer In Cannon Falls Area Schools v. Hanover American Insurance Company (2025 WL 2976533 (D. Minn. 2025)), the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota held that a property insurer properly denied coverage pursuant to a cosmetic damage exclusion because hail indentations to roofs affected only their appearance, not… Continue reading Dents Don’t Count: Court Clarifies Hail Damage Coverage
Beware the Rise in Unproven ‘Brittleness Test’ for Roof Shingle Claims
George Miles | Claims Journal A few years ago, in the early 2020s, it was not unusual to hear about or even see roofing workers in Florida deliberately manipulating roof shingles to make it appear that the roof was damaged by storm winds. I saw evidence of this as I inspected homes around the state… Continue reading Beware the Rise in Unproven ‘Brittleness Test’ for Roof Shingle Claims