JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

Nineteen Armenian human rights NGOs and individual advocates on Friday jointly appealed to international organizations and foreign ambassadors in Azerbaijan, urging them to oversee the trials of Armenian detainees in Baku. Criminal hearings are currently underway in Baku involving former leaders of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. All the defendants, who are ethnic Armenians, face charges under various articles of Azerbaijan’s criminal code, including allegations of committing w

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JANUARY 17, 2025

Share The Supreme Court will decide whether a group of Maryland parents can opt to have their children exempted from LGBTQ-themed storybooks. The justices on Friday afternoon granted Mahmoud v. Taylor , in which a coalition of parents from Montgomery County, Md., contend that requiring their children to participate in instruction that violates their religious beliefs violates their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Most jurisdictions allow criminal defendants to raise an involuntary intoxication defense that can absolve them of criminal liability if they unknowingly ingested drugs or alcohol to the point of intoxication. Imagine, for instance, that a defendant thinks she's eating regular.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 15, 2025

Even though this was an AI experiment I was doing in my business with a podcast episode, I wanted to show it to paralegals because Google’s NotebookLM has a variety of uses that could benefit paralegals in their work. In this example, I’m showing you a clip from a recent podcast episode that I produced entirely inside NotebookLM. If you’d like to listen to the entire podcast (audio only) episode, you can listen here.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Updated: SCOTUSblog publisher and co-founder Tom Goldstein was indicted on federal tax evasion charges Thursday.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 20, 2025

Healthcare providers and vendors are learning the hard way that hackers are relentless and resourceful, constantly adjusting tactics and tools and using new technology, including AI, to launch more sophisticated attacks. The post Healthcare’s Cybersecurity Crisis: Why Today’s Defenses Are Failing Against Evolving Threats appeared first on MedCity News.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

It happens from time to time, when a third party pays for the legal services of another. Though, its still a fairly unusual situation. So, the question is: What do you do when it happens? Ideally, two things: First, you want to clearly explain to both the payor and the client that the payor is not the client, the client is which sounds like an obvious thing for lawyers, but wont be for your clients and the person paying the legal fees.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 21, 2025

Prior to 2011, Alabama determined the admissibility of expert evidence by applying the Frye test, which asks a judge to consider whether an expert technique or technology is "generally accepted" in the relevant expert community (e.g., whether latent fingerprint comparison.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

A new study has found that most legal professionals are not yet using artificial intelligence to address increasing workload challenges. On Tuesday, Washington, D.C.

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JURIST

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld its previous decision on Tuesday which found Pennsylvania statutes preventing “18-to-20-year-olds from carrying firearms outside their homes during a state of emergency” unconstitutional. Pennsylvania statutes 6106 , 6107 , and 6109 have the combined effect of “preventing most 18-to-20-year-old adult Pennsylvanians from carrying firearms.”The Appellants, Madison Lara, Sophia Knepley, and Logan Miller, brought the action against th

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Above The Law

JANUARY 15, 2025

Mark Lemley announced decision on Facebook for maximum effect. The post Facebook Lawyer Ditches Client As Company Embraces Bigotry For Fun & Profit appeared first on Above the Law.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

The most efficient law firms (and, thus: the most profitable) are driven by effective processes. In fact, creating and managing workflows is one of the most important things that you can do as a law firm owner. However, you can take it further. Many project management, case management and CRM systems now offer the ability to add phases or stages to processes.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 20, 2025

Federal Rule of Evidence 706(a) provides that On a partys motion or on its own, the court may order the parties to show cause why expert witnesses should not be appointed and may ask the parties to submit nominations. The.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

Updated: A professor at Stanford Law School announced on LinkedIn on Monday that he could no longer in good conscience represent Meta, the parent company…

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2025

CNN reached a legal settlement with a security contractor on Friday after the Florida First District Court of Appeal ruled the network liable for defamation. The jury found CNN had defamed the US Navy veteran, Zachary Young, by suggesting he was charging “exorbitant prices” to evacuate people from Afghanistan during the US withdrawal in August 2021.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 21, 2025

The quest to make revoking birthright citizenship a 'mainstream' view needs to end. The post Reminder: Attacks On Birthright Citizenship Are White Nationalist Propaganda Masquerading As Law-Talkin’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JANUARY 21, 2025

This past weekend, we opted for podcasting headphones over Mickey Mouse ears at the 11th Annual Podfest Expo in the heart of Orlando. Our very own marketing specialist, Delaney, took the stage to share her insights on YouTube Shorts, following the recent growth of Legal Talk Networks YouTube channel. Thank you to everyone who attended the session and asked questions.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 15, 2025

Mississippi Rule of Evidence 601(b) states the following: (b) Competency of Spouse. If one spouse is a party, the other spouse may not testify as a witness in the case unless both consent, except: (1) when called as a witness.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 18, 2025

“Supreme Court lawyer indicted on tax evasion charges; SCOTUSblog co-founder allegedly used law firm money to pay gambling debts”: Alex Miller of The Washington Times has this report. And Pocharapon Neammanee of HuffPost reports that “ High-Profile SCOTUS Attorney Accused Of Using Firm’s Money To Pay Gambling Debt; Federal prosecutors allege that SCOTUSblog publisher Thomas Goldstein failed to report millions of dollars in his poker winnings.

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JURIST

JANUARY 15, 2025

South Korean authorities took impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol into custody following an hours-long standoff. Yoon was detained in connection with his declaration of martial law on December 3. The arrest came early Wednesday morning after a tense standoff at the presidential residence. Investigators were initially prevented from entering the premises by President Yoon’s security staff but were eventually able to force their way in and take the leader into custody.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 16, 2025

The name's Bond(i). Pam Bond(i). The post Florida Woman Bumbles Through Senate Hearing But Will Get To Be Attorney General Anyway appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

JANUARY 16, 2025

LexCheck, a legal technology company specializing in contract review, is launching a new AI-powered contract analysis tool that aims to solve two persistent challenges in contract technology: the ability to handle complex agreements beyond routine contracts such as NDAs, and the creation and maintenance of contract playbooks.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 15, 2025

There's nothing like meeting in person to help build client relationships. From setup to follow-up, tips for making the most of a client visit. The post Mastering Client Visits: appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 22, 2025

“Alexi Ehrlich, 21, to Clerk for Justice Gorsuch”: Sharon Morioka of Michigan Law has this report.

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JURIST

JANUARY 15, 2025

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders condemned the Ugandan government Wednesday for the arrest, torture, and judicial harassment of human rights lawyer Eron Kiiza. Kiiza was arrested on January 7, at the General Court Martial in Makindye township while representing his client, opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye. Besigye, a former presidential candidate and retired colonel, faces charges alongside his aide Haji Obeid Lutale for security offenses and unlawful possession of

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