ABA Journal

MARCH 4, 2021

Supreme Court ruled 7-2 Thursday that draft rule-making documents were protected from disclosure under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Sierra…

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

As the Boechler opinion explains, “equitable tolling is a traditional feature of American jurisprudence and a background principle against which Congress drafts limitations periods,” even “outside the realm of Article III courts.”. Check back soon for in-depth analysis of the opinion.

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LDA PRO

MARCH 26, 2024

Preparing And Serving Legal Notices Eviction notices must be drafted meticulously and served according to specific timelines. LDA Pro Legal can schedule these appearances, guide you through the process, and facilitate communication with the court and the tenant’s attorney. How Lda Pro Streamlines the Eviction Process?

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Catch up this week with a look at the National Labor Relations Board's draft rule on joint employers, four ways employers could lend a hand to working moms, and the fallout for franchisors of a Kentucky Supreme Court ruling on employee classifications.

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JURIST

MARCH 5, 2021

The Services sent “draft biological opinions” in response to the EPA’s first proposed rule that concluded that the proposed rule would likely harm the protected species. A year later, the EPA proposed a new rule. .” ” The case, US Fish and Wildlife Service v.

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LDA PRO

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Paralegal eviction services can assist you in drafting and serving these notices properly. Proper Filling Of Court Documents If the renter disregards the warning given. Enforcing The Court Order I f the court rules are in your favor, a paralegal can help in enforcing the court orders.

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Law 360

MAY 30, 2023

Tax Court ruling should provide comfort that less-than-plain-vanilla profits interest structures, created to achieve complicated economic arrangements, can succeed in generating more optimal tax outcomes, provided the terms are properly drafted, says Daren Shaver at Hanson Bridgett. A recent U.S.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 4, 2024

Three primary areas of case management responsibility include: Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Draft pleadings and discovery. Many attorneys also rely on the paralegal to do the first-round draft of pleadings that will be filed with the court. Assist at trial. What does that mean?

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 4, 2022

Here’s the Wednesday morning read: What a Supreme Court Ruling on Roe v. Abortion Draft Raises Alarm Over Privacy, LGBTQ Rights (Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson & Jordan S. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com. Rubin, Bloomberg Law).

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2021

On December 16, 2021, the First Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court ruled that Article Three of Basic Law, Germany’s federal constitution, includes a mandate to “protect people from being disadvantaged because of their disability.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 8, 2021

Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Senators ask Marshals Service for information on past Supreme Court justice travel (John Fritze, USA Today). Supreme Court rules against immigrants with temporary status (Mark Sherman, Associated Press). Supreme Court takes up case about FBI surveillance of mosque (Ariane de Vogue, CNN).

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HowAppealing

JUNE 25, 2022

“In 6-to-3 Ruling, Supreme Court Ends Nearly 50 Years of Abortion Rights”: Adam Liptak has this front page article in today’s edition of The New York Times. ” John Fritze of USA Today reports that “ Supreme Court overturns Roe v.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 10, 2023

In an HCLA case discovery dispute, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled that plaintiff’s testifying experts’ “notes, drafts, and communications with counsel” were discoverable under the Tennessee Rules of Civil Procedure and that plaintiff had waived any claim that the requested items were privileged. In Starnes v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 7, 2021

There is no dispute that the Electronic Draft and the Letter were both literary works, which were recorded in writing in or before August 2018. Given that the Letter is entirely derivative of the Electronic Draft, there is an issue as to whether the requirement of originality is met.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 21, 2022

A legal team for the National Right to Life Committee , which describes itself as the largest anti-abortion group in the country, has drafted model anti-abortion legislation for states to adopt, in addition to criminalizing abortion, the Independent reports.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 21, 2024

The defendant appealed against the judgment before the Austrian Supreme Court.

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Law Prose

MARCH 2, 2022

Then: Step One: Have everyone draft two to three deep issues, not to exceed 75 words apiece. Step Two: The team leader cherry-picks the best issue statements, puts together a master draft using no more than four issues, and circulates it for edits and improvements—insisting that each issue must be 60 to 75 words.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 4, 2021

.” Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that “ Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett delivers 1st opinion.” Supreme Court ruling, a loss for environmentalists.” ” Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that “ Barrett Rejects Sierra Club in First Opinion for Supreme Court.”

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 18, 2023

Basic technology tasks that fall under these categories include “draft initial report for client,” “draft resolutions, written consents, and/or meeting minutes,” and “draft engagement letter.” Since email is being drafted, the testing of mail merge skills can also be included in the exam.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 25, 2023

The trial court ruled that the City of Santa Monica’s at-large method of electing city council members violated the Voting Rights Act because it diluted the ability of Latino voters to influence the outcome of council elections. But it didn’t turn out that way.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In the Founding Era, numerous other states used Vermont’s constitution as a model when drafting their own constitution, including the slavery exceptions. Additionally, the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in 1802 that once crossed over into Vermont, a slave contract from another state was unenforceable.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2022

In one of the most anticipated rulings in decades, the court overturned Roe , which first declared a constitutional right to abortion in 1973, and Planned Parenthood v. The decision followed the leak in early May of a draft opinion showing that a majority of the justices were privately poised to take that step.

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CARET Legal

MAY 8, 2024

For instance, a junior lawyer might be overloaded with multiple tasks, such as drafting legal briefs and preparing for court hearings, with no clear system to manage these tasks or track their progress. For instance, a lawyer might spend three hours drafting a contract that should only take an hour, resulting in lost billable hours.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 7, 2021

most of the time you have to go look up the specific court rule for whatever it is you are doing anyway. Even if you had been working in Florida for the last 7 years, when it’s time to go to trial, you’re going to check your local court rules and state court rules, along with the judge’s specific rules.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 3, 2022

He was an “absurdly competent and productive person” who wrote more separate opinions than any other justice in the history of the court, Baron said. And he always wrote the first draft of each opinion, rather than relying on his clerks to produce first drafts. The three elements would meet in 2001 in PGA Tour, Inc.

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Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Winston Strawn Plagiarism Complaint Winston Strawn Plagiarism Attachments I recall being asked to draft my first patent infringement complaint back in early 2003 – a few months after graduating from law school.

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Law Prose

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Identify all applicable specifications (court rules, client requirements, etc.). Draft an outline. Determine the desired length. Establish deadlines for each stage of the writing project. Collect all the relevant data you can, remembering to try Google Books in addition to your usual legal-research methods.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2022

His case ended up before the Supreme Court, which issued a 7–2 decision against Scott. ” The Court held that black men and women, free or slaves, were not American citizens. Although the Court did not specifically overrule Plessy, it relegated the Court’s reasoning to the trash heap of jurisprudence. Mangino.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Furthermore, the draft plan being debated at the time contained a 23% reduction target for GHG emissions, which plaintiffs argued did not align with the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement. Spain II Decision Fast forward to June 2023, and the Supreme Court’s final ruling on Greenpeace v. Greenpeace v. Spain II emerges.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2021

A little-known private consulting firm that drafts policies for thousands of U.S. By rejecting policies like de-escalation and rules prohibiting chokeholds?strategies Photo by G20Voices. strategies that have already won support from many police chiefs and national police associations?

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

In two prior posts ( here and here ), I discussed a draft of the FSIL (English translation here ). In this post I analyze the final version of the law, noting some of its key provision and identifying changes from the draft, some of which address issues that I had identified. but not to “rulings.”

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 4, 2022

99-414 for more details and suggestions on drafting the notice to clients. Be sure to examine your own jurisdiction’s rules, ethics opinions, and case law, and look for any templates that may help you draft your notice. About the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism. Again, see ABA Formal Op.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

All of this, while also meeting strict deadlines usually set by a judge, a court rule, or a regulation. Some of the best paralegals I’ve worked with have been the ones who walk into my office a week before something is due and tell me they’ve already started drafting it. Drafting legal documents. Pro Tip from an Attorney.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 1, 2024

Y argued, inter alia , that the rules of international jurisdiction laid down in the PILC had been violated, since the spouses’ matrimonial domicile was in France and that the couple had only returned to Tunisia during the summer vacations. The court ruled as follows (only relevant parts are reproduced here.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 6, 2023

The court ruled that “mere epithets” directed at a law enforcement officer are not exempt from First Amendment protections as fighting words. The Supreme Court has routinely ruled that the First Amendment protects profanity. In 1971, the Court ruled in Cohen v. California , 403 U.S. California , 403 U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Reviewing this case, the German Federal Court ruled that there were no doubts regarding the marriage’s formal validity, hence holding it valid in absence of other issues of concern. The court added that this result was compatible with German public policy (Art. When drafting Art.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

FDA’s MOU drafts were the subject of various iterations over the past two decades, evoking comments from thousands of interested parties. To date, two states have signed the MOU. Notably, FDA recently extended the time period for states to sign the MOU until October 2022, at which time FDA would commence enforcement of its provisions.

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