JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) Friday announced draft provisions and regulations for content providers who alter facial and voice data, the country’s latest effort to combat deepfakes , or videos and other visual technologies that have been altered in order to disseminate false accusations and spread misinformation. The guidelines, which are intended to regulate technology that uses algorithms to generate and modify text, audio, images, and videos, are geared toward so-called

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Paralegal Brief Submitted Articles

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Are you sending your paralegal resume out with little or no response? Are you thinking about seeking a new position but not sure whether your resume will meet the test?Here are the most common (and un-communicated) reasons why your resume is tossed.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 31, 2022

Photo by Martin Jernberg via Unsplash. De-escalation training is more likely to improve police-civilian interactions when it’s perceived by cops as a way to keep them safe on the job, according to an Arizona State University (ASU) study. The study, based on a two-year research effort with the Tempe, AZ police force, found what it called “clear and compelling evidence” that the training “fundamentally altered?

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Paralegal Bootcamp

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

One job qualification that may help you land your dream paralegal position is being certified as a Notary Public. As you can see by perusing the website of the American Society of Notaries , in many states, obtaining a Notary Commission is very simple. Louisiana is not one of those states. To become a Notary Public in Louisiana, a candidate must pass a notary exam which, since the current format was adopted, has a pass rate just under 21%.

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Litigation is expensive. Expert witnesses, depositions, staffing, and a long list of other expenses can limit your firm’s options. They strain cash flow, limit taking on new clients, and can even impact case strategy. This guide simplifies the complex world of litigation financing and compares different models and how they can impact the access to justice your firm provides to clients.

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JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2022

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania Friday declared unconstitutional Pennsylvania’s “no-excuse mail-in voting law,” which permits voters to cast their ballots by mail without providing an excuse for their absence. Doug McLinko filed suit against Pennsylvania’s Acting Secretary Veronica Degraffenreid, seeking an order declaring that Article XIII-D of the Pennsylvania Election Code violates the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

More often than not, being slow is just a temporary situation. Use this time for your own benefit. The post Enjoy The Slow Times You Have As A Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Three officers stood by for a span of over nine minutes and watched as former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. As each minute passed, the observing officers had a growing obligation to intervene and prevent Chauvin from using such excessive force. But while these officers are now charged with violating Floyd’s civil rights, their attorneys suggest that they should be absolved from responsibility because they simply deferred to their higher-ranking officer.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

New York joined the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and a bipartisan coalition of 26 states on Tuesday in filing a federal suit against precious metals company Safeguard Metals LLC and its owner and manager, Jeffrey Santulan, for allegedly deceiving investors across New York and the US. The Complaint was filed at the US District Court for the Central District of California alleging that Safeguard Metals defrauded more than 450 individuals across the nation by luring them to invest

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The Fashion Law

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

From “sustainable” capsule collections to sneakers made from recycled plastic, companies across the apparel and accessories space – and beyond – are readily looking to cater to rising consumer sentiment around the need to consume more consciously. The surge in consumer and investor consciousness when it comes to Environmental, Social, and Governance (“ESG”) elements of businesses across the board is helping to drive a burgeoning sustainability market that was slated to reach $150 bil

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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The Georgetown University Law Center has placed incoming new hire Ilya Shapiro on administrative leave while the school investigates whether his controversial tweets violate school…

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

A recent study from Ohio State University has found that adolescents and teenagers, ages 10 to 19, cumulatively lost nearly 200,000 years of life due to unintentional drug overdoses from 2015 to 2019, a number that grew to more than 1.25 million years lost once researchers expanded the study to 10- to 24-year-olds, reports USA Today. Health experts say that the COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the rise of fentanyl, may have worsened the crisis for younger people.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Tuesday ruled in favour of Russia in two human rights cases, finding the country’s handling of the employment and criminal cases did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights. In Kramareva v. Russia , a Russian employee claimed a wrongful termination after another person was employed to perform the same duties on a full-time basis.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Good work if you can get it. The post Judge Won’t Let ‘Jury’ Or ‘Appellate Court’ Or ‘Basic Rule Of Law’ Slow Him Down! appeared first on Above the Law.

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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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Patently O

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

I posted some statistics on references cited in recently issued patents. That raised some discussion in the comments regarding third-party prior art submissions. The chart below puts some numbers on the result that everyone likely expected–third party submissions are quite rare. Out of every 1,000 issued patents, only about 14 include prior art submissions from third parties.

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Intelligize Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As the preferred strategy for curbing the spread of a potentially lethal virus, social distancing sounds like a prescription for economic malaise. Putting our daily lives on pause wasn’t bad news for every business, though. For example, it left ample time for catching up on a backlog of TV shows such as “Emily in Paris” […]. The post Star Stocks of Pandemic Begin to Fade appeared first on Intelligize.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

ACLU filed a lawsuit Monday requesting access to COVID-19 booster shots for seven individuals (“the plaintiffs”) detained by immigration authorities. The lawsuit is aimed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). According to the Complaint, the seven plaintiffs have been denied the booster shot, despite multiple requests.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Jurors in Manhattan, New York City, convicted lawyer Michael Avenatti on Friday for diverting to himself nearly $300,000 in book-deal payments intended for his client,…

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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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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Guest Post by Victoria T. Carrington and Professor Jorge L. Contreras. Background . It should be no surprise to readers of Patently-O that many are unhappy with the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence regarding patent eligibility under Section 101 of the Patent Act. In response to various calls for “reform” of patent eligibility jurisprudence, on March 5, 2021, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Christopher Coons (D-DE) requested that the US Patent and Trademark

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A surge in unemployment during the first five months of the pandemic coincided with an increase in firearm violence and homicides in 16 American cities, according to a study by the Violence Prevention Research Program (VPRP) at University of California Davis. Although the study did not draw a case-and-effect link between joblessness and gun violence, the findings supported earlier research showingf “economic disadvantage and income inequality have long been associated with increased risk of viol

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Philippines lawmakers approved a key provision in the proposed Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card Registration Act mandating that social media accounts are created using a legal name and phone number, according to a statement made by a senator Thursday. The legislation aims to eliminate illegal activities enabled by mobile phones, the internet, or other electronic communication devices, such as terrorism, SMS scams, unsolicited indecent or obscene communications, bank fraud, and misinformativ

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The Process Street

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Our very own Blake Thorne , Process Street ‘s Senior Product Marketing Manager, walks us through a demo of an employee onboarding workflow we’ve built using Process Street. He covers all you need from how an HR team could use Process Street to take a new hire from signing the offer letter, all the way through setup, orientation, paperwork, and system updates; basically, everything that needs to be done to consider them fully onboarded.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. The chart below shows the USPTO utility patent allowance rate broken up on a quarterly basis (using calendar year quarters). The rate is based upon two numbers: The number of patents issued each quarter, and the number of applications abandoned each quarter. Allowance Rate = Patents / (Patents + Abandonments). Because I only have detailed abandonment data on published applications, I limited all the data to only published applications.

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The Fashion Law

JANUARY 31, 2022

As the cosmetics industry bore the brunt of a pair of significant greenwashing lawsuits in the United States at the end of 2021, the fashion industry that is now the target of regulatory oversight action in the United Kingdom to start 2022. As the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in the U.S. begins 2022 with a clear goal to investigate and commence enforcement actions against companies that it perceives may be engaging in greenwashing , the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Seven judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois Thursday ruled that claims against employers for statutory damages under the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) were not barred by the exclusivity provisions of the Workers’ Compensation Act (WCA). In the 2017 case of Marquita McDonald v Symphony Bronzeville Park, LLC , the plaintiff filed a putative class action against her employer.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

While there is no one-size-fits-all model for drafting an exemplary resume, implementing some best practices can help enhance your candidacy and set the tone for a positive interview process. The post Tips For Crafting An Effective Resume As A Lateral Associate appeared first on Above the Law.

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