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Philippines urged to end the use of anti-terrorism laws against human rights activists

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Amnesty International urged the government of the Philippines on Wednesday to cease using the country’s anti-terrorism laws against development workers and human rights activists and to halt its “crackdown” on human rights organizations. The rights group called on the Philippines’ authorities to amend their current legislation and to implement a suitable environment that allows human rights activists and civil society organizations to carry out their activity.

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Officials Call For Unified Cyber Standards For Space Systems

Above The Law

"The world really is looking to us on this," said Lauryn Williams, former chief of staff in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.

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UK activist group to block Shein’s listing for alleged forced labor in China

JURIST

UK activist group Stop Uyghur Genocide (SUG) will lodge a judicial review against the Financial Conduct Authority if it approves Shein’s initial public offering (IPO) on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), according to its statement issued on Monday. The group contends that the FCA is legally required to block its application for listing on LSE because Shein failed to “explain company profits in light of proceeds of crime laws,” as required by the Modern Slavery Act.

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Agents Vs. Agentic AI: What In-House Counsel Need To Know About These 2 AI Frontiers

Above The Law

Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries, from logistics to health care, but with this transformation comes a steep learning curve for in-house legal teams. Two key concepts — AI Agents and Agentic AI — are central to navigating the legal challenges and opportunities this technology presents. While both terms describe AI applications, their distinctions are critical when crafting governance, compliance, and liability strategies.

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Transform Your E-Learning: Download the Ultimate Localization Use Case!

Uncover the secret to breaking language barriers and expanding your e-learning reach! This powerful use case reveals how Cesco Linguistic Services transformed 19 training modules for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood into culturally relevant courses in Arabic and Spanish—delivered on time and exceeding expectations. Learn how to localize your content seamlessly, avoid costly pitfalls, and connect with diverse audiences like never before.

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Supreme Court of Oregon Finds Police Officer's Testimony That an Adult's Eyes Regress to "Baby Eyes" When Drunk Was Improperly Admitted

EvidenceProf Blog

Similar to its federal counterpart, Oregon Rule of Evidence 703 provides that The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to the expert.

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“The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election”

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“The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election”: Eric H. Holder Jr. has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

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Judge Orders Kaitlyn Conley Released While Decision is Made Over Whether to Take the Case to a Grand Jury for the Third Time

EvidenceProf Blog

As I noted on Saturday, last week a New York appellate court vacated Kaitlyn Conley's manslaughter conviction. This was a case in which I provided pro bono assistance after it became clear that there were factual and legal errors that.

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Treasure Hunt: A Collection Process Helps with Revenue Generation

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

You know, the quickest way to make more money, might be to simply collect what youre already owed. The average law firm collection percentage is in the low to mid-70s, which is a pretty significant haircut to take. And, if folks have told you that anything owed for more than 30 days is essentially uncollectible , thats not necessarily true. The real reason law firms dont collect accounts receivable is because they dont really try.

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“Bruen Was Right”

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“ Bruen Was Right”: Law professor J. Joel Alicea has posted this article at SSRN.

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Uncovering The Hidden Connections: A Patent Family Survival Guide

Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Uganda President defies supreme court ruling declaring military trials of civilians unconstitutional

JURIST

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday declared the Supreme Court decision in the matter of trying armed civilians in a military court martial as ‘wrong’, stating that the method reinforces the civilian judicial system in defending the lives of people against criminals armed with guns. This follows after the court declared trials of civilians in military courts unconstitutional.

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ABA Calls For Supreme Court Ethics Rule While Clarence Thomas Laughs All The Way To The Bank

Above The Law

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Is it a sign of a healthy judiciary when the countrys largest professional association of lawyers has to formally vote on whether Supreme Court justices should follow basic ethical rules? Asking for an American in the year 2025. Earlier today, the American Bar Association unanimously adopted a resolution urging the justices to implement a binding and enforceable ethics code one that, at minimum, meets the standards already required of lower federal judges.

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ABA House of Delegates Seeks to Help Prosecutors Push Past Procedural Obstacles to Exonerate the Wrongfully Convicted

EvidenceProf Blog

Yesterday, The ABA House of Delegates.at the 2025 ABA Midyear Meeting in Phoenix passed a resolution to help prosecutors trying to vacate wrongful convictions who come up against procedural obstacles or court skepticism. Resolution 503 urges federal, state, tribal and.

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USPTO’s Rapid Policy Shifts Threaten Patent System Stability

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office faces unprecedented challenges as recent executive directives force dramatic changes to its operations. I think that folks across the spectrum from right to left would agree that current changemaking at the White House is following a brutalist approach that treats all federal employees and agencies as interchangeable parts rather than recognizing their unique roles, specialized expertise, and operational requirements.

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AI for Paralegals: Everything You Need to Know (and How to Use It Safely)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security risks before they become problems.

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“Ohio Northern sues professor for having the audacity to defend his rights in court; After terminating Scott Gerber without telling him why, Ohio Northern University filed a lawsuit to shut him up”

HowAppealing

“Ohio Northern sues professor for having the audacity to defend his rights in court; After terminating Scott Gerber without telling him why, Ohio Northern University filed a lawsuit to shut him up”: Zach Greenberg has this post online at the website of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.

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New Zealand grants sacred mountain personhood in landmark law

JURIST

New Zealand passed a landmark law granting Mount Taranaki the status of a legal person, in a move that recognizes its cultural significance to Mori iwi (people) as a sacred ancestor on Thursday. This decision comes as part of ongoing treaty settlement proceedings with Mori communities, furthering a broader trend in New Zealand’s legal landscape where natural features are given rights and protections typically reserved for human beings.

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Please, Please Stop Using ChatGPT If You’re Not Checking Cites

Above The Law

G’day mates. The latest installment of “Lawyers Royally Bungling with AI” features an Australian attorney who apparently decided that verifying case citations was just too 2024. After prompting the consumer-facing AI to do some research (bad idea), and putting that into a filing (worse idea), he decided to throw another shrimp on the barbie and submit the documents filled with references to phony cases to the court (worst idea).

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New York Appellate Court Vacates Kaitlyn Conley's Manslaughter Conviction in Colchicine Poisoning Case

EvidenceProf Blog

Yesterday, a New York appellate court vacated Kaitlyn Conley's manslaughter conviction. I provided pro bono assistance to Conley's attorney, Melissa Swartz, in the appeal. So, what are the key facts of the case? Kaitlyn Conley worked at the chiropractor office.

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Document Automation for Small Law Firms: A Practical Guide for Paralegals & Staff

Stop recreating the same legal documents. Learn to automate client intake forms, correspondence, and agreements—without expensive software. What You'll Learn: Which documents to automate first How to create simple templates Ways to reduce errors and save time Practical workflows for small firms Download now to transform your legal document drafting process.

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UFC Fighters Get Final Approval For $375M Settlement

Law 360

A Nevada federal judge granted final approval Thursday to a $375 million settlement in a more than a decade-long class action lawsuit in which fighters accused UFC of suppressing their wages, according to a lead attorney on the case.

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“Legal battle continues over North Carolina Supreme Court election; More than three months after Election Day, the race for North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice still isn’t over as a heated legal battle continues in state court”

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“Legal battle continues over North Carolina Supreme Court election; More than three months after Election Day, the race for North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice still isnt over as a heated legal battle continues in state court”: Sydney Haulenbeek of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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UN experts document Russia increasing executions of Ukraine POWs

JURIST

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (the mission) reported on Monday that captured Ukrainian soldiers are being executed at an alarming rate. The mission has recorded 79 executions in 24 separate incidents since August 2024. For all incidents, the mission obtained video and photo material showing executions or dead bodies. The spike in executions is part of a pattern of abuse against Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW).

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The GenAI-Powered Contract Management System You Didn’t Know You Needed

Above The Law

As every lawyer knows, time is money. Its especially crucial for corporate legal departments to maximize efficiency when there arent enough people to go around. Still, countless billable hours are spent on tedious tasks like data entry during intake. Then associates or paralegals spend hours reading 30, 40, 50 pages to review new contracts according to the most basic criteria.

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Buyer’s Guide for Contract Lifecycle Management Software

With advancements in automation tools and digitization, the overall modern business environment is fast, to say the least. Legal operations are no exception to this need for expediency. Managing contracts efficiently is critical for organizations to maintain compliance, minimize risk, and optimize their contract lifecycle operations. As such, organizations considering CLM software need to diligently review CLM software offerings to find the solution that best fits their specific needs.

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Concurring Supreme Court of Wyoming Justice Argues Against Blanket Ban on Admission of Polygraph Results

EvidenceProf Blog

In every state except for New Mexico, polygraph results are generally inadmissible absent a stipulation by the parties that they should be admitted. But, according to a concurring justice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming, there is a decades-old opinion.

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Supreme Court Eyes Its 'Next Frontier' In FCC Delegation Case

Law 360

A case about broadband subsidies will give the U.S. Supreme Court the chance to revive a long-dormant separation of powers principle that attorneys say could upend regulations in numerous industries and trigger a power shift that would make last term's shake-up of federal agency authority pale in comparison. And a majority of the court already appears to support its resurrection.

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“Steve Wynn asks U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider historic press freedom ruling”

HowAppealing

“Steve Wynn asks U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider historic press freedom ruling”: Richard N. Velotta of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report. You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.

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Kenya victims of abduction call for ICC investigation

JURIST

Victims in Kenya urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Sunday to investigate alleged cases of abduction amid a rise in human rights violations across the country. The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), together with other local human rights organizations and several victims of enforced disappearances signed a petition demanding the ICC to investigate alleged cases of state persecution.

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Case Closed: How to Optimize Your Legal Intake Process for Efficiency

Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!

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After CEO Is Gunned Down, UnitedHealthcare Lawyers Up To Fight Against Getting Dragged Online

Above The Law

The nation was transfixed by the December murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, and the subsequent arrest of Luigi Mangione, which seemed to implicate the American healthcare system as a motive for the attack. It also spurred a ton of vitriol against the industry — and UnitedHealthcare specifically. Now the company is fighting back against social media posts it says are inaccurate.

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Courts Find "Dismembering" the Jury in the Absence of the Defendant is Unconstitutional

EvidenceProf Blog

In researching a wrongful conviction case this weekend, I came across my favorite example of judicial vocabulary since learning that people convicted of manslaughter are dubbed "slayers." The example I found involved a line of cases in which judges dismissed.

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Trial Court Won't Pause Google Search Case For Apple Appeal

Law 360

A D.C. federal court refused on Sunday to pause the remedies phase of the landmark monopolization case targeting Google's search dominance while Apple appeals a decision refusing to allow it to participate.

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