LDA PRO
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The distinction between various job titles among legal practitioners is a typical source of misunderstanding for individuals outside the legal community. After all, in many countries, there are already paralegal businesses that provide services that may appear to everybody to be comparable to those provided by an attorney. So, what’s the distinction between a lawyer and a paralegal?
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Italy’s administrative authority on personal data protection, Garante Privacy, on Friday asked its Irish counterpart, the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC), to solicit answers from Facebook to a series of questions on the privacy implications of its new smart glasses before the company markets them on the Italian market. Facebook’s smart glasses, called Ray-Ban Stories , have been developed in partnership with Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica.
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The Estrin Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Legal Secretaries are being phased out and now look very differently. Is your job next? This article is a great read – Chere Estrin. The older, traditional role of a legal secretary is pretty much gone, said one industry observer. The secretary of the future needs to have really strong IT skills … and more multitasking than … Highlights.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
In late August, women law students reporting for JURIST in Myanmar wrote an open letter to women law students in Afghanistan, including those also reporting for JURIST, facing an uncertain and potentially grim future under the new Taliban regime. The letter received such a favorable international response that we are republishing it in the original languages of its authors and its recipients so that more people both in Myanmar and Afghanistan can read it.
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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
I’m fond of telling lawyers that if they’re not making enough money out of their practices to generate a viable living, th en they have a hobby, not a business. But, I don’t mean to denigrate hobbies. Hobbies are great. And, many lawyers are far too focused on be ing lawyers to develop one – but, they should! Lawyers are people, too, and need an outlet.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
The first challenge that faces people entering the “Criminal Justice Reform Space” is deciding how to bring their skills to bear quickly—learning where the “value-added” they contribute can be greatest, finding out how to make a difference. It isn’t surprising that many reformers focus on the yawning gaps in criminal justice data. It is a glaring problem, and it is a problem everywhere.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
A Maryland judge facing a federal charge of child exploitation apparently killed himself before FBI agents entered his home to arrest him Friday.
Patently O
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. US provisional patent applications continue to be popular, with about 170,000 filed each year since 2013. After filing a provisional, the applicant then has one-year to move the case to a non-provisional or PCT application, and eventually toward patent issuance. If the applicant does not follow-up with these next steps, the provisional application is abandoned, and the file kept secret.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Court backs Planned Parenthood bid to block it from some lawsuits under the new Texas abortion law; Pro-abortion rights groups attain another small, temporary victory by preventing the state’s most organized likely litigator from filing legal action under new abortion restrictions”: Morgan O’Hanlon of The Dallas Morning News has this report.
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LawSites
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
I was in Manhattan on 9/11, where I worked as editor-in-chief of The National Law Journal. In a post here 15 years ago, I wrote about my memories of that day. In that post, I focused on the end of the day. Throughout the day, the editors and reporters at the NLJ and throughout ALM were consumed with covering the story. As shocked as we all were, we also were journalists, scrambling to find out everything we could about the lawyers and law firms who might be among the victims.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Justices say Supreme Court split by philosophical — not partisan — differences, but timing works against them”: Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Day Pitney is raising eyebrows for subpoenas seeking academic, attendance and disciplinary records of five slain Sandy Hook schoolchildren as it defends a lawsuit against…
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“‘Decisive moment’: Abortion rights groups appeal to Supreme Court to uphold Roe amid Texas ban fallout.” John Fritze of USA Today has this report on the Brief for Respondents filed in the U.S. Supreme Court today in the case titled Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Org. In other coverage, Adam Liptak of The New York Times reports that “ Supreme Court Urged to Reject Mississippi’s Attack on Roe v.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Two years after the body of Kaysera Stops Pretty Places was found in Hardin, Montana, less than a mile from the Crow Reservation where she grew up, the family of the 18-year-old continue to pursue justice for Kaysera, whom they believe was murdered, NBC News reports. In August, Big Horn County Attorney Jay Harris released a public report detailing the investigation into Kaysera’s death.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Private eye denied license over Facebook posts asks Supreme Court to find Maine violated his freedom of speech”: Judy Harrison of The Bangor Daily News has this report.
LawTechnologyToday
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Watch on YouTube. As we gear up for TechReport 2021 , take the time to review 2020 with us! Join industry expert Mark Rosch as he explains the data from our Technology Training repor t and gives his insights. ABA TechReport combines data from the annual ABA Legal Technology Survey Report with expert analysis, observations, and predictions from leaders in the legal technology field.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Law School Clinic Hopes to Notch Another Supreme Court Win With Cockfighting Petition; The Antonin Scalia Law School’s Supreme Court Clinic and Consovoy McCarthy hope the justices will take up their unusual commerce clause challenge to the criminalization of cockfighting”: Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal has this report.
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Law 360
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Law firms are facing renewed calls to step up their efforts on equity and inclusion. But when it comes to closing the gender gap, law firms still have a long way to go, our annual survey shows.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Morongo, 3 other tribes ask U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Indian Child Welfare Act”: Joe Nelson of The San Bernardino Sun has this report. And today’s new installment of season two of the “This Land” podcast, focusing on the fight against the Indian Child Welfare Act, is titled “ Pro Bono.
Law 360
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Recent criticisms of corporate commitments to stakeholders such as employees and communities — implicitly opposing environmental, social and governance initiatives — are fundamentally flawed and display a serious misunderstanding of contemporary investor priorities and dynamics, says Jerald Howe at Leidos.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Supreme Stalemates (featuring Judge Don Willett)”: The Case Western Reserve University School of Law has posted the video of this year’s installment of the Sumner Canary Memorial Lecture on YouTube at this link.
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Law 360
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Apple may have won more than it lost on Friday, when a California federal judge allowed it to continue barring rival app stores from its iPhones. But the legislative and enforcement fallout from the mixed ruling over Epic Games' lawsuit, which also gave Epic a way to circumvent Apple's 30% commission on app sales, could come to haunt the cellphone giant and other dominant tech platforms.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Would Overruling Roe v. Wade Retroactively Reanimate ‘Zombie’ Abortion Laws?” Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict.
The Process Street
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
Nahla Davies is a software developer and tech writer. Before devoting her work full time to technical writing, she managed – among other intriguing things – to serve as a lead programmer at an Inc. 5,000 experiential branding organization whose clients include Samsung, Time Warner, Netflix, and Sony. Allocation of marketing resources is the key problem which leadership teams in marketing departments are continually trying to solve.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
“Justice Amy Coney Barrett argues US Supreme Court isn’t ‘a bunch of partisan hacks'”: Mary Ramsey of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky has this report. Piper Hudspeth Blackburn of The Associated Press reports that “ Barrett concerned about public perception of Supreme Court.” And Jess Clark of Louisville NPR affiliate WFPL reports that “ Justice Barrett Challenges Partisanship Accusations, Blasts Media In Louisville Talk.
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