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State Prison Populations Shrink By 14%: Study

The Crime Report

Illustration by AK Rockefeller via Flickr. Driven by a drop in admissions for community supervision violations, state prison populations declined by an “unprecedented” 14 percent in 2020, according to a 50-state probation and parole analysis by The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center. Surveying corrections data over the span of three years — from 2018 to 2020 — the report illuminates the relationship between supervision violations, prison populations and COVID-19.

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Office Dogs Improve Law Firm Morale

Attorney at Work

Catch up on Ruth Carter’s posts here. Have you met my Lucy Jane? She is a basset hound mix that I began fostering in late April, and we finalized her adoption a few weeks later. She’s come to the office every day since she came into my life, and the entire office is better for it. Insisting on a Dog-Friendly Office. When my current firm, Venjuris, invited me to join them, I said, “Great!

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Supreme Court of Arizona Eliminates Peremptory Challenges

EvidenceProf Blog

The Supreme Court of Arizona has taken the landmark step of eliminating peremptory challenges from jury selection in both civil and criminal cases. So, what does this mean, and why did the court do it? During jury selection, there are.

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Panama legalizes medical marijuana use

JURIST

Panama legalized medical marijuana use on Monday, joining at least seven other Latin American countries. After a five-year struggle, Panama’s national assembly unanimously passed Bill 153 during the bill’s third debate. Some members of the assembly shared that they were swayed by the initiative’s motto, “for a day without pain.” National Assembly President Crispiano Adames, joined by Marcos Castillero, championed Bill 153 to promote and ensure responsible access to medici

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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How To Stand Out When Interviewing In-House

Paralegal Brief Submitted Articles

You can never have too much advice on this.

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French Advertising Watchdog Finds that Adidas’ Ad for “Recycled” Stan Smith Sneakers is Misleading

The Fashion Law

Adidas has been slapped on the wrist in a matter centering on the advertising of its famed Stan Smith sneaker, a new version of which the German sportswear giant has been promoting as made from “50% recycled” materials. As part of its overarching “commitment to use only recycled polyester by 2024,” adidas launched a “fresh redesign” of one of its most iconic silhouettes, touting the sneaker as made from “50% recycled content.

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Germany court sentences two Syrians for war crime and terrorism

JURIST

The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany Thursday sentenced two Syrian nationals on war crime and terrorism-related charges. Khedr A.K. was given a life sentence, mainly for shielding the execution of a detained army officer and membership of a foreign terrorist organization. His co-defendant, Sami A.S., was sentenced to nine years in prison, for filming the crime and preparing the footage for use as propaganda, as well as for supporting a foreign terrorist organization.

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Texas abortion ban goes into effect after justices fail to act

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday night took a step that anti-abortion activists have hoped for, and abortion-rights supporters have feared, since the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg nearly a year ago. By failing to respond to a plea for them to intervene, the justices allowed a Texas law that bans nearly all abortions to go into effect early Wednesday morning.

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San Francisco ‘Dream Keeper’ Program Will Pay People to End Gun Violence

The Crime Report

San Francisco authorities are debuting their latest attempt at combating the rise in gun violence in their city: paying at-risk individuals to not pull the trigger, and for completing life services programs , reports the San Francisco Examiner. The program, called the Dream Keeper Fellowship, will launch as a pilot program in October with just 10 participants, acting as the city’s latest iteration of a guaranteed-income program designed to provide high-risk individuals with $300 a month as a sta

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.

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Alice Corp v. CLS Bank: When Two Become One

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch. The Alice test officially includes two steps. But these are highly correlated steps. Thus, if a claim fails step one, it usually fails step two as well. In this case, the court appears to borrow heavily from typical step two analysis in order to make its step one conclusion: Universal Secure Registry v. Apple and Visa ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ).

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UK children’s digital protection code becomes law

JURIST

The UK children’s digital protection code went into effect on Thursday after its one-year transition period expired. The Age Appropriate Design Code (“the Children’s code”) restricts and monitors online services that are provided to children through apps, games, websites, and other digital service platforms. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), which protects and advances the rights of children under the age of 18, established the Children’s code to

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Retirement: A Time for Jubilación

Attorney at Work

When you approach retirement as a lifelong adventure, it can be a constant source of rejoicing. Here’s how design thinking gets you there. Retirement can be celebrated as an event or a status. As an event, retirement is pretty quick and easy. The type of event depends on the nature of your position, company and tenure. It might be a potluck lunch where co-workers praise your years of service and give you a card signed by everyone in the office.

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COVID Mitigation Efforts in State Prisons Called ‘Shameful Failure’

The Crime Report

The Prison Policy Initiative (PPI) assigned grades to state prison systems that designated their effectiveness in mitigating COVID-19. The results indicate that no state received higher than a “C” — a disturbing conclusion that reflects the unsanitary conditions and tightly packed quarters which allowed the virus to take hold in corrections facilities.

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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Being Nice To Court Reporters Has Advantages

Above The Law

The legal community is much smaller than lawyers like to think, and it is likely that court reporters will see the same attorneys over and over again, especially if a court reporter specializes in a practice area in which the attorney works.

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New Mexico sues Angry Birds developer over child privacy violations

JURIST

On Wednesday, New Mexico’s attorney general filed a lawsuit in federal district court alleging that the maker of a highly popular mobile game knowingly collects and sells the personal data of children under the age of thirteen. Hector Balderas filed the lawsuit against Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the Angry Birds franchise. The game was first released in 2009 and has led to 35 spin-off games and has an estimated total of 4.5 billion downloads to date.

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Clearbrief, Product that Strengthens Legal Writing, Raises $3.5M Seed Round

LawSites

I wrote last March about Clearbrief , a first-of-its-kind product designed to strengthen your legal writing, and that was backed by some big-name early investors, including Mark Britton , the founder and former CEO of Avvo; Bryan Garner , legal writing expert and editor of Black’s Law Dictionary; and Bill Neukom , longtime Microsoft general counsel.

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Is It Time to Rethink ‘Broken Windows’ Policing?

The Crime Report

In reaction to nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism, law enforcement agency budgets in many urban areas were slated to be slashed in 2021.Some of the proposed budget cuts have since been abandoned in the wake of a dramatic increase in violent crime in cities. Proponents of “defund the police” lament this development as evidence of backsliding on the police and criminal justice reforms necessary to reduce mass incarceration and racial disparities.

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Dangers of Digital "Reporting": Legal Risks and Unreliable Transcripts

In the world of legal proceedings, the choice between a certified stenographer and digital "reporting" holds significant implications. Certified stenographers go through rigorous training and testing and stand as the gold standard for accuracy in capturing every word. Their expertise ensures a reliable record, a crucial foundation for legal cases.

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Supreme indifference: What the Texas case signals about the court’s treatment of abortion

SCOTUSBlog

Share Mary Ziegler is a law professor at Florida State University and the author of Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present. Since the decision of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey in 1992, the hallmark of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence has been an effort to take the abortion issue seriously. Casey and subsequent decisions affirmed the constitutional right to obtain an abortion before the point of fetal viability, but those decisions also spent time

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Nepal dispatches: government of Nepal moves to decriminalize abortion in response to rights campaign

JURIST

After years of advocacy by women’s rights groups, the Government of Nepal has agreed to decriminalize abortion and protect the sexual and reproductive health rights of women and girls. Nepalese law students Smriti Phuyal and Smriti Pantha from NLU Delhi and Kathmandu University School of Law file this exclusive report for JURIST from Kathmandu.

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2021 Update to Choosing Law Librarianship: Thoughts for People Contemplating a Career Move

LLRX

AALL Gallagher Award recipient Mary Whisner , Public Services Librarian, University of Washington, Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, has updated her 2008 guide about choosing a career in law librarianship. With more than 30 years of experience in the profession, Whisner discusses important topics to review when considering a career in our profession.

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Georgetown U to Train Corrections Staff in Limiting Juvenile Solitary

The Crime Report

The Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform announced plans to train this fall’s inaugural class of juvenile justice executives and rank-and-file detention facility staffers in protocols aimed at limiting the use of solitary confinement of youth , reports the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange. The training, which will be a part of a certificate program, will include working with representatives of nonprofit organizations and youth who have been system-involved and know first

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Optimizing Contract Management and Enhancing Team Collaboration: Insights from a Legal Operations Perspective

Speaker: Adina Marta Newman

Learn about a world of effective contract management and seamless teamwork across departments in this upcoming webinar from Cobblestone Software. You'll discover practical strategies and tips that legal professionals can use to streamline contract processes and enhance collaboration, making significant impact across legal and corporate departments. Join us as we show how you can supercharge contract processes, improve team communication, and take your contributions to the next level.

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Environmental Rights in State Constitutions

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

By Michael B. Gerrard. Photo by Mark Koch on Unsplash. The constitutions of more than three-quarters of the countries on earth have explicit reference to environmental rights or responsibilities In the last several years courts in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Australia, Pakistan, Nepal and Colombia have held that these provisions, or similar non-statutory doctrines, require national governments to act on climate change.

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Amnesty International research finds Bangladesh Digital Security law being “weaponized” against free speech

JURIST

Amnesty International on Thursday published a report detailing the Bangladesh government’s crackdown on freedom of expression online by use of the country’s controversial Digital Security Act (DSA). The DSA was introduced in October 2018 and contains some wide-ranging provisions that enable the authorities to trample on the guarantee of freedom of speech and expression.

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Lawyers Subpoena Academic Records Of Murdered Kids — See Also

Above The Law

Gobsmackingly Dumb Subpoena In Sandy Hook Litigation: Or evil, I guess it could be evil. Law Prof Who Resigned Under A Cloud Of A Title IX Investigation Tells You Not To Worry About Abortion Access: Rage on, my friends. I Can't Follow The Point Lin Wood Is Trying To Make: Sure sounds like the wheel is still running but the hamster died. Latham Mandates Vaccination : Just get your shot, people.

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Crime Victims Need ‘Restorative Justice’ Rights: Paper

The Crime Report

Crime victims should be afforded a legal right to restorative justice, argues Saint Louis University Law Professor Lynn S. Branham in a paper published in the Denver Law Review. Enshrined guarantees that they will receive all information pertaining to the perpetrator of an offense against them, and have a role in determining what the perpetrator needs to do to “right the wrong” to the victim — among the principles of restorative justice—are critical to making victims feel their voices are heard,

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.