JURIST

MAY 23, 2021

Judge Brian Amero of Fulton County, Georgia, granted the request of an independent group of election watchers “to inspect and scan the November 3, 2020, general election absentee ballots that are sealed.” ” The group, called VOTER GA , is led by Garland Favorito and describes themselves as an “anti-fraud” group.

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JANUARY 12, 2021

Law school deans from 157 law schools across the US issued a collective statement on Tuesday addressing the 2020 election and condemning the attack on the US Capitol on January 6. Because law school deans usually do not collectively speak on issues outside of legal education, this was an unusual occurrence.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The group said they believed Clark violated the Rules of Professional Conduct when he sought to have the Department of Justice set in motion a process that would have nullified the 2020 Presidential election results in multiple states. He asked them to join him in signing it on behalf of the department.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

What is a Legal Assistant vs. Paralegal? Can we end the confusion with the use of the legal assistant vs. paralegal job title? It’s also because every law firm has a different definition of what a legal assistant is. It’s also because every law firm has a different definition of what a legal assistant is. Probably not.

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JURIST

APRIL 27, 2021

The Jewish Community of Vienna (IKG) recorded the largest-ever number of Austrian anti-Semitic incidents in 2020, detailing more than 580 incidents in its 2020 annual report released Monday. The IKG report partially attributes 2020’s rise to a substantial number of anti-Semitic incidents that referenced coronavirus and Nazism.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2024

A 2020 U.S. Supreme Court decision on faithless electors appears to allow state legislatures to pursue a “dangerous strategy” for overturning election results, according to…

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2024

Former US President Donald Trump must pay £300,000 in legal fees to Christopher Steele following the UK High Court’s dismissal of his claim against Steele’s company for reputational damage and breach of right to data protection. Three claims were brought against Orbis.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) announced an investigation Monday to determine whether any former or current DOJ employees sought to alter the results of the 2020 presidential election.

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Paralegal.edu

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

On September 12, 2020, Center for Advanced Legal Studies will hold its 66th Commencement Ceremony for graduates of its paralegal programs, and wow how different it will be. Mr. King has been an instructor at Center for Advanced Legal Studies since 2002.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Chutkan has been the judge in charge of overseeing Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 2020 election interference case against the former president since early August. Chutkan found that the statements failed to rise to the legal standard for recusal. This case is just one of the four criminal cases Trump currently faces.

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Paralegal.edu

AUGUST 11, 2020

Center for Advanced Legal Studies is currently enrolling students for online paralegal classes scheduled to begin September 21, 2020. Due to increased demand, it is recommended those interested in attending submit their applications early to begin the enrollment process. Here are some important dates to keep in mind:

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JURIST

JUNE 12, 2022

The charges stem from Giuliani’s repeated claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent, specifically focusing on his lawsuit in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The post DC Bar files ethics charges against Trump lawyer over 2020 election fraud claims appeared first on JURIST - News.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

“Supreme Court weighs sentencing law, denies appeal from Trump lawyer Eastman; Justice Clarence Thomas did not participate in the decision involving Eastman, his former law clerk, the architect of Trump’s 2020 legal strategy”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report.

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

A Georgia state judge Monday issued an order dissolving a special purpose grand jury investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 general election. The post Georgia grand jury investigating alleged 2020 election interference dissolved appeared first on JURIST - News.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 26, 2020

“Judicial Notice: December 25, 2020; Notable legal news from the week that was.” ” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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JUNE 20, 2023

“Eastman disbarment proceedings over 2020 election begin in California; The conservative attorney has been accused of developing a legal roadmap to help President Donald Trump stay in power after losing the presidential election”: Jacqueline Alemany and Amy B Wang of The Washington Post have this report. ” Joyce E.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

“Judicial Notice: December 18, 2020; Notable legal news from the week that was.” ” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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JURIST

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Trump-aligned Save America Leadership political action committee (PAC) spent over $20 million on former President Donald Trump’s legal fees out of its total of about $30 million in spending according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings made public Monday. The filing comes as legal woes continue to mount for Trump.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

The Georgia judge overseeing the state’s 2020 election interference case against former US President Donald Trump and his alleged co-conspirators agreed Thursday to hear a motion to disqualify the lead prosecutor from the case. McAfee will hold a hearing on the matter in an Atlanta courtroom on February 15 at 9:30 AM local time.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2023

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian Monday said in an interview with Iranian state TV that 60 US officials allegedly involved in the 2020 assassination of General Qasem Soleimani have been placed on Tehran’s terrorist blacklist. The Pentagon stated the attack was aimed at “ deterring future Iranian attack plans.”

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JUNE 5, 2023

“How a Fringe Legal Theory Became a Threat to Democracy: Lawyers tried to use the independent-state-legislature theory to sway the outcomes of the 2000 and 2020 elections; What if it were to become the law of the land?” ” appeared first on How Appealing.

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OCTOBER 17, 2022

Supreme Court to stop undated mail ballots from being counted; Undated mail ballots in Pennsylvania have been a persistent source of political and legal conflict since the 2020 election”: Jonathan Lai of The Philadelphia Inquirer has this report. The post “Republicans want the Pa.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2022

A group of legal and political experts Monday testified before the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol that former President Donald Trump’s allegations of voter fraud during the 2020 presidential election are unsubstantiated.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Professor Helena Way, a migration law academic from the University of Exeter, orchestrated the letter, and over 100 legal academics signed it. The post UK legal academics call for the government to stop ‘attacking’ migration lawyers appeared first on JURIST - News. The open letter expressed solidarity with Ms.

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LLRX

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Black discusses the wide ranging effects on the legal technology space from the pandemic across all corners of the legal technology world. In some cases, the transition was a smooth one, and in others, it was a spectacular disaster.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2020

No matter how you look at it, 2020 has been a year to remember. It began with the Australian bushfires (remember those?). Then over the…

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LawSites

APRIL 11, 2024

While the last few years have brought an abundance of new and innovative legal tech products to market, the fact of the matter is that not every new product will succeed. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years. Let’s revisit five of the most momentous legal tech fails of the last 10 years.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2021

million to 32 plaintiffs who claimed that members of the city’s police division injured them and violated their constitutional rights during social justice protests in the summer of 2020. The city of Columbus, Ohio, Thursday reported that it had struck an agreement to pay $5.75

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The states of Georgia , Michigan , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin filed separate briefs on Thursday urging the US Supreme Court to reject Texas’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Your gift of $50, $100, $200 or $500 will help JURIST to keep its legal news and commentary free and accessible to a worldwide public.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Every year the International Legal Technology Association conducts a technology survey of firms of all sizes, and the results always provide lots of interesting data on how lawyers are using technology. The post 2020 ILTA Legal Technology Survey: Remote Working and the Shift to Cloud-based Legal Software appeared first on MyCase Blog.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 12, 2022

“Lawyers Group Asks Court to Punish an Author of Trump Electors Scheme; An ethics complaint in New York against Kenneth Chesebro is the latest example of legal troubles for lawyers who helped Donald J. Trump try to overturn the 2020 election”: Charlie Savage of The New York Times has this report.

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MAY 9, 2021

“Trump 2020 Election Lawsuits Lead to Requests to Discipline Lawyers; Courts, licensing bodies consider whether attorneys abused the legal system in challenging vote results”: Brent Kendall and Alexa Corse will have this article in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2021

Foreign adversaries, such as Russia and Iran, attempted to interfere in the 2020 US election, according to a declassified report released Tuesday by the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence. There was also election interference in 2016, as a detailed in a report released by the Senate in August.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

As legal technology has grown in popularity and prominence in recent years, great attention is being paid to investment activity. But the true history of investments in legal technology extends back some four decades and encompasses an array of products far more diverse than one might pick up from current coverage. E-discovery, $1.4

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JURIST

AUGUST 25, 2023

The Nicaraguan Ministry of Interior ordered on Wednesday cancellation of the legal status of the Jesuit religious community, a Catholic congregation, and confiscation of all its property for failure to report its financial statements with breakdowns during the fiscal periods 2020, 2021 and 2022.

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JURIST

MAY 7, 2024

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ” The LDF previously published a similar report investigating election-related activities during the 2020 election. ” The post NAACP Legal Defense Fund releases report on racial inequality in US elections appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2021

Plain error review arises when a defendant’s lawyer fails to preserve an issue on appeal, and the court reviews to see if a legal error at the trial court affected a defendant’s substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity or public reputation of the trial. Mahanoy Area School District v.

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