JURIST

APRIL 22, 2024

The Australian Human Rights Commission released a report on Monday outlining concerns regarding the conditions at the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in Northam, Western Australia. The report highlights issues related to drug trafficking, insufficient healthcare services and the overall well-being of detainees and staff members. According to the report, the Australian Human Rights Commission conducted inspections, interviews and consultations throughout 2023 to ensure compliance with in

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Above The Law

APRIL 23, 2024

Law schools do not adequately inform students about the downsides of clerking; the implications of this small, hierarchical, isolated work environment; and the lack of workplace protections and support for mistreated clerks. The post New Clerkships Database Empowers Law Clerks To Review Their Bosses appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2024

Honestly, you will be shocked by the exact quotes. But not as shocked as you'll be by the 'apology.' The post Ketanji Brown Jackson Criticism Still Racist All The Way Down appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

APRIL 18, 2024

Debuting today is a new product, KLapper, that is a DIY legal virtual assistant builder, powered by generative AI, and designed specifically for law firm knowledge management and innovation teams. Developed by KLoBot Inc.

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InHouseBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

You’ve probably heard the advice before – do not go into an interview for a legal job without some questions to ask of your own. Of course, figuring out what questions to ask, when to ask them and how many to ask is the overall conundrum. Going with your gut based on how the interview has gone so far is probably your best bet. But check out Vault.com’s list of questions, as there are some there that may get you thinking.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed House Bill 4156 on Thursday by a vote of 77-20, which proposes the creation of the criminal act of impermissible occupation, targeting individuals who willfully enter and remain in Oklahoma without legal authorization to be in the United States. Under the provisions of HB 4156, impermissible occupation is defined as the act of a noncitizen entering and remaining in Oklahoma without legal authorization.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 18, 2024

An Ohio judge who bragged about his history as a boxer and his intimidating presence on the childhood playground has been kicked off a case for his threat to track down and jail a litigant if he violates a court order.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

Amazon.com Services faces a proposed class action filed Monday in Illinois federal court accusing the retail giant of gathering employees' facial geometry scans and sharing them with various third parties without first receiving the employees' written consent in violation of the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act.

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LawSites

APRIL 17, 2024

ClaimScore, a startup that uses artificial intelligence to help detect fraudulent claims in class action lawsuits, has closed a $3.15 million seed funding round led by ROC Venture Group, a private investment firm based in Naples, Fla.

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JURIST

APRIL 23, 2024

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) on Tuesday announced that it had exposed a scheme to illegally acquire state-owned land worth $7 million between 2017 and 2021 led by a criminal group involving the country’s Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Mykola Solsky. The NABU didn’t openly name the Ukrainian minister but said the criminal group included the ex-head of the agrarian committee of the Verkhovna Rada, a current minister, top officials of the Stat

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2024

These actions may not be sanctionable, but nothing about this is helping Musk's case. The post Elon Musk’s Attorney Responds To Sanctions Motion Over Messy Deposition appeared first on Above the Law.

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Patently O

APRIL 17, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit is set to consider the use of terms like “patented,” “proprietary,” and “exclusive” in commercial advertising can be actionable under § 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act when their use is not entirely accurate. The key issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in granting summary judgment for Crocs on Double Diamond Distribution and U.S.A.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

Delaware's chancellor signed off Monday on a $1.5 million payment to the state by a company that helped Purdue Pharmaceuticals market its opioid products, the latest step in a $358 million, 50-state damages settlement reached with Publicis Health LLC.

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LawSites

APRIL 19, 2024

Four years. No institutional capital. An incredible co-founder. Tenacious execution. Lucky timing. And a belief that what we were doing was important. Simply put, it was as rollercoaster.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2024

Former Philadelphia Police Officer Edsaul Mendoza, who has been accused of shooting an unarmed 12-year-old, pleaded guilty to 3rd-degree murder on Friday, according to the Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s Office. In March of 2022, Mendoza shot Thomas “TJ” Siderio during a “ tactically unsound ” foot pursuit.

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2024

If we had an actual war on poverty, the increase in shelter beds and conditions could make this case moot. The post Struggling With The Status Versus Conduct Distinction? So Are The Supreme Court Justices appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2024

Share Monday’s argument in Smith v. Spizziri was this month’s case under the Federal Arbitration Act. This one explores what a trial court can do when it refers a pending suit to arbitration. Section 3 of the FAA says that if the court refers the case to arbitration, it “shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

An insurer was relieved of covering a dispute between cracker manufacturers, an Illinois state appeals panel affirmed, finding allegations of equipment theft that led to an $8.3 million judgment against Distinctive Foods LLC constituted non-covered intentional interference with RyKrisp LLC.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 18, 2024

If you remember the early days of memeworthy viral videos, you may remember Kai, a free-spirited hitchhiker who saved a woman on the streets from…

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JURIST

APRIL 21, 2024

The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in California announced charges on Thursday against three City of Alameda police officers for involuntary manslaughter of detainee Mario Gonzalez. On April 19, 2021, the officers tried to detain Gonzalez after receiving “a call involving a man behaving oddly in a public park” They later learned he was a suspect in a shoplifting incident.

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Above The Law

APRIL 22, 2024

The language choices we make can greatly affect our perception of a person or group. The post Reframing The Legal Landscape: A Petition For Inclusivity And Linguistic Transformation appeared first on Above the Law.

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LLRX

APRIL 20, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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Law 360

APRIL 22, 2024

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's new rule listing two "forever chemicals" as hazardous substances under the Superfund law will introduce costly new cleanup requirements at polluted sites — that is, if the rule survives probable legal challenges targeting its novel legal foundation and the accuracy of asserted health risks.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 22, 2024

Share It seems like the justices can’t have a monthly argument session without at least one case under the Federal Arbitration Act. Monday’s argument in Smith v. Spizziri asks what the options are for a trial judge who refers a pending suit to arbitration. Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act says that if the court refers the case to arbitration, it “shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

The Center for Truth and Justice (CFTJ), a human rights organization based in Armenia, published a report Thursday purporting that acts of genocide have been committed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region since 2021. The region is located within Azerbaijan but has been under the control of Armenian forces since 1994 and is home to the breakaway state of Artsakh.

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