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JULY 5, 2025

The US Supreme Court confirmed Thursday that the US government may proceed with the deportation of eight migrants to South Sudan. This order comes at a time when the US State Department has issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory for South Sudan due to high levels of armed conflict and violent crime. On April 18, Judge Brian Murphy of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the government from removing “any alien” to a “country not explicitly p

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JULY 7, 2025

Excessive permissions, orphaned accounts, and unsanctioned AI tools operating in the shadows — all of which create a minefield of regulatory and litigation exposure. The post The Next Legal Nightmare: Compliance Risks of Unmanaged AI and SaaS Access appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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JULY 1, 2025

Cannabis intellectual property (IP) licensing deals can be complicated, presenting unique issues. Many companies expect the biggest hurdle to be state cannabis law compliance. Although this is certainly a major concern, it’s important to start with the brand licensing fundamentals by analyzing the validity and strength of the IP itself. With any licensing deal, the first step should be determining who actually owns what IP.

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JULY 2, 2025

If you suspect that many Americans prize their partisan affiliations above their common status as U.S. citizens, the evidence keeps rolling in to support your position. Pride in being an American has reached an all-time low even as we prepare to celebrate Independence Day. More telling is that Americans' pride—or lack thereof—in the one big thing they have in common seems increasingly linked to whether their preferred politicians are in power.

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JUNE 30, 2025

In a landmark deal that will undoubtedly reshape the legal tech landscape, law practice management company Clio has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the AI and legal research company vLex for $1 billion in cash and stock.

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JURIST

JULY 3, 2025

The European Commission proposed on Tuesday to amend the EU Climate Law , setting a binding target of a 90 percent reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels. The proposal would replace Articles 4(3) and 4(5), creating a midpoint to help track progress and guide compliance. The Commission said the proposal offers businesses and governments greater predictability in investment and planning.

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JULY 2, 2025

NA On Monday, California enacted an important new law breaking down a key regulatory barrier to new housing construction. The CalMatters website has a helpful summar y: A decade-spanning political battle between housing developers and defenders of California's preeminent environmental law likely came to an end this afternoon with only a smattering of "no" votes.

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JUNE 30, 2025

Landmark news broke this morning that law practice management company Clio has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the AI and legal research company vLex for $1 billion in cash and stock.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JULY 6, 2025

Big firms may seem unassailable, in terms of how they market their businesses. They just have tons of money ! If you’re a small firm attorney, how can you even compete, with the bags of cash, that those big law firms would be able to leverage. Well, don’t give up: because there are some cracks in that armor. The thing is: big law firms tend to do similar things, in terms of how they market their businesses.

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JUNE 30, 2025

Federal Rule of Evidence 803(3) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement of the declarant’s then-existing state of mind (such as motive, intent, or plan) or emotional, sensory, or physical condition (such as mental feeling, pain,

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JURIST

JULY 6, 2025

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs placed Nikolai Polozov , a lawyer currently residing in Ukraine, and Alla Konstantinova , a “Mediazona” journalist, on a wanted list on Friday, according to local media. Both individuals have previously been marked as “foreign agents.” Charges against Polozov are not known yet. In December 2024, Polozov was identified as a “foreign agent.” A month later, he was fined on the charges of discreditation of Russian forces fo

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JULY 2, 2025

Fraud in the food stamp program is already a huge problem that costs federal taxpayers around $10 billion annually. The Senate might have just made that problem worse. A provision included in the major tax and spending bill that senators narrowly approved on Tuesday could give states a powerful incentive to make their food stamp fraud rates worse —because that's one way to dodge funding cuts included in another part of the bill.

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Above The Law

JULY 3, 2025

When I first started my own law practice over six years ago, several attorneys were instrumental in helping me launch my law firm. Some lawyers gave me valuable advice in the early months of launching the firm, and other lawyers referred work to me that helped generate revenue in my first years of self-employment. Over the past several years, I have also assisted numerous lawyers launching their own practices with referrals or advice.

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Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JULY 6, 2025

There’s a new generation of software, that is ‘AI-first’ – and, you’re already using it. ChatGPT, for example, is a software buil t on a n AI platform, attached to a large language model (LLM). That kind of software is fundamentally different tha n a software program that was created without using AI. AI-first software is better suited for the AI use case.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JULY 2, 2025

Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b)(1) & (2) provide as follows: (1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of any other crime, wrong, or act is not admissible to prove a person’s character in order to show that on a particular occasion the person.

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JURIST

JULY 5, 2025

The US Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear a pair of consolidated cases that could reshape the legal landscape for state-run transportation systems operating across state lines. The court granted limited certiorari to determine whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) qualifies as an “arm of the state” entitled to interstate sovereign immunity in negligence lawsuits filed outside New Jersey.

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JULY 1, 2025

Imagine that you're renting an apartment and the terms of the lease require paying your landlord $2,000 every month. Now, imagine that the lease expires at the end of this month. Here you sit, on July 1, with no lease signed for the month of August. Congratulations, you've now got $2,000 extra dollars that you can spend on anything else. Take a vacation!

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Above The Law

JULY 2, 2025

In today’s world, the vast majority of students attending law school have been saddled with seemingly insurmountable six-figure debt loads. Many law students are under the mistaken impression that they’ll be able to pay off that debt quickly; after all, they believe their starting salaries after graduation will be in line with the now-standard starting salary of up to $225,000 at Biglaw firms across the country (depending on office location).

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JULY 3, 2025

“‘There’s Just Too Much Lawlessness’: Three Legal Experts on an Embattled Supreme Court.” The New York Times has posted online this written discussion among law professors Kate Shaw , William Baude , and Stephen I. Vladeck.

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Law 360

JUNE 30, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to take on a $1 billion battle between major music publishers and Cox Communications Inc. could set new liability boundaries for internet service providers that have faced significant damages for allegedly not curbing users who repeatedly download songs illegally.

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JURIST

JUNE 30, 2025

A UN Special Rapporteur on climate change and human rights urged countries on Monday to phase out fossil fuels to combat the climate crisis following the 10 hottest years in history, which saw average global temperatures reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in 2024, exceeding the Paris Agreement threshold. Presenting her latest report to the Human Rights Council (HRC), Elisa Morgera stated: Defossilisation of our whole economies is urgent from a human rights perspective and trul

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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The Volokh Conspiracy

JULY 6, 2025

Maryland is facing a $3 billion budget gap that it hopes to close with a new " tech tax." The first-in-the-nation tax , which took effect on Tuesday as part of the state's budget bill , imposes a 3 percent levy on "the sale of many informational technology services," reports Maryland Matters. The tax could generate approximately $747 million in tax revenue by FY 2030, but critics warn that the cost will outweigh any fiscal benefits.

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Above The Law

JULY 2, 2025

With the rapid development of Gen AI and AI tools, there is also the ongoing hand-wringing over what these tools may mean for lawyers. Often, the consternation isn’t about how these tools might change the practice of law (where it should be), but on how much work (aka billable hours) AI might replace. The reality, of course, is, as with most every other disruptive technology, the fears ignore that new work will be generated by the technology; work that doesn’t exist now or can’t be done.

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HowAppealing

JULY 2, 2025

“Appeals court backs Florida’s teacher pronoun law in challenge by transgender Hillsborough teacher”: Jim Saunders of News Service of Florida has this report on a decision that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued today.

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JULY 3, 2025

DOCCS and OMH continue to subject hundreds of people with disabilities held in state prisons to solitary confinement, which is defined under HALT as “any form of cell confinement…for more than 17 hours a day.

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