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“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”

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“Ken Paxton names administrative law expert with conservative bona fides Texas’ solicitor general; Aaron Nielson will take a one-year leave of absence from BYU’s law school to lead the influential unit within the attorney general’s office”: Eleanor Klibanoff of The Texas Tribune has this report.

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Former administrative law judge is censured for punching a lawyer outside a party

ABA Journal

A former administrative law judge in New York has been censured for punching a legal aid lawyer outside a Manhattan party in October 2016. Robert…

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Immigration, takings, administrative law and the kitchen sink

SCOTUSBlog

The court also has a pair of new administrative law cases, both captioned American Hospital Association v. The post Immigration, takings, administrative law and the kitchen sink appeared first on SCOTUSblog. Becerra and with consecutive numbers. relisted after the May 20, May 27, June 3, June 10 and June 17 conferences).

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NLRB Brings Case Of X Coder's Firing To Administrative Judge

Law 360

A National Labor Relations Board lawyer told an administrative law judge at a hearing Tuesday that Twitter wrongly fired a female engineer who urged colleagues at the company — now called X — to challenge CEO Elon Musk's demand that they return to the office or resign, saying she wasn't being insubordinate.

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Former Oregon Judge Sentenced for Child Sexual Abuse

The Crime Report

Judge John Michael Mann, a former chief administrative law judge in Oregon, has been sentenced to 38 months in prison after pleading guilty to 10 counts of encouraging child sexual abuse, Debra Cassens Weiss reports for ABA Journal. Eight of those counts also resulted in a five-year probation period.

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New PatentlyO L.J. Article: What Every Patent and Trademark lawyer Should Understand About the MPEP, TMEP, and Other Guidance

Patently O

New Patently-O Law Journal article by David Boundy , a partner at Potomac Law Group, PLLC. Mr. Boundy practices at the intersection of patent and administrative law, and consults with other firms on court and administrative agency proceedings, including PTAB trials and appeals. HowToUseGuidance.pdf.

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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

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According to Black’s Law Dictionary, UPL is “the practice of law by a person, typically a non-lawyer, who has not been licensed or admitted to practice law in a given jurisdiction.” Essentially, by this definition, a person who is not licensed to practice law may not offer attorney services or get paid for them.

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