JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

This is the latest in a series of decisions with different outcomes over the last several years including court cases in 2020 and 2017 which litigated the government’s role in failing to prevent the disaster. There is also a 2022 court case that found TEPCO executives personally liable.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday gave a Maryland prison official another chance to defend himself against a federal civil rights claim. Last week’s unanimous ruling in Dupree v. As a result, she agreed, some lawyers may err on the side of filing a post-trial motion to renew their arguments “out of an abundance of caution.”

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Below is an expanded version of my column in the New York Post on the return of Halloween and joy of little litigators in anticipation of the return of the festival of Samhain. Here is the column: With the arrival of Halloween, little children and litigators will again celebrate their favorite holiday.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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JURIST

MAY 8, 2024

The timing of the case has come under close watch as the November 5 presidential election nears and the other three pending cases against Trump continue through litigation. He is facing charges in a federal district court in Washington, D.C. ” In the four separate cases, there are a total of 88 criminal counts against Trump.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

For all the discussion of how generative AI will impact the legal profession, maybe one answer is that it will weed out the lazy and incompetent lawyers. By now, in the wake of several cases in which lawyers have found themselves in hot water by citing hallucinated cases generated by ChatGPT, most notoriously Mata v. XYZ Corporation.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

* Congressional Republicans are rushing to SAY they support IVF in light of the Alabama Supreme Court ruling. Reuters ] * Litigation in high demand for West Coast Biglaw. American Lawyer ] * Private equity coming for law firms? so why are they actively trying to block a bill to protect IVF? it's mostly gibberish.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 25, 2021

Here’s good news: There are now a variety of cutting-edge cloud-based tools available for litigators, ranging from software designed to streamline the pre-trial process to mobile apps created for use in the courtroom. This is because deadlines are an inescapable part of your practice if you’re a litigator.

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LexForti

JANUARY 21, 2022

This article discusses the scope and growth of litigation finance in India. Concept of Litigation Finance. In other words, the third party has a vested interest in the outcome of judicial or arbitral adjudication but is a stranger to the litigant’s claim itself. Legal Evolution of Third Party Litigation Funding in India.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. The company said it will incorporate the legal research data into its core platform to create a marriage of factual development and legal analysis, allowing litigators to analyze fact patterns against the relevant law. “We

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 8, 2022

The post also illustrates the positive impact the reform is likely to have on climate litigation initiatives in Italy. Adopting a comparative perspective, we draw on constitutional frameworks and recent climate litigation cases in other European jurisdictions. What does the reform bring about? In Neubauer, et al.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 23, 2022

Keeping up on the litigation landscape with AI-powered legal analytics can help cultivate productive and meaningful client relationships. “As Mammen describes a practice many commercial litigators use to tap into new business opportunities. A lawyer can watch events unfold in real-time, following players on both sides of the bench.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on Monday upheld an award of $1,143,627.96 in litigation expenses for the League of Women Voters of Missouri against Missouri Secretary of State John Ashcroft in a dispute over voter registration. in fees and $27,484.15

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MyCase

MAY 9, 2022

If you’re a litigator, your practice revolves around court deadlines. From criminal cases and personal injury matters to commercial litigation and class action lawsuits, there are many different deadlines to keep track of and conform to. . What is Rules-Based Legal Docketing Software?

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Federal Court Justice Henry Brown further wrote that the failure to fill judicial vacancies denies Canadians access to justice without delay, a constitutionally enshrined right. The Federal Court found that delays in filling judicial vacancies cause delays in prosecuting and resolving cases. .”

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HowAppealing

JUNE 18, 2021

In today’s edition of The Washington Post, Robert Barnes and Peter Whoriskey have an article headlined “ Supreme Court says chocolate companies cannot be sued over child slavery on African cocoa farms.” ” John Fritze of USA Today has a report headlined “ Supreme Court: Former child slaves can’t sue U.S.

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

As lawyers adapt to recent industry-wide changes prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, many wonder: What’s next? Legal technology refers to IT tools that help lawyers become more efficient, stay compliant with regulations, and increase profit. These solutions help lawyers perform their daily business-management tasks more productively.

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MyCase

OCTOBER 20, 2022

When it comes to litigation, missing a deadline isn’t an option, and with so many shifting statutory and court rules to adhere to, that can be difficult to manage. A rules-based calendaring system not only houses your calendar and upcoming deadlines but also syncs with any rules you set, including a specific court’s rules.

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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. The lawyer will not expect you to read her mind, but she is probably looking for someone who is good at anticipating the needs of the file/case/transaction. Pro Tip from an Attorney. Attorneys are not the grammar police.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Written by Marco Farina, Italian lawyer, PhD in Civil Procedural Law at the University La Sapienza of Rome – Adjunct Professor of Civil Procedural Law at the University LUISS of Rome. On the contrary, this is the essence of litigation between two parties in an adversarial system.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 22, 2023

786), the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize a German court’s bankruptcy ruling based on the principle of reciprocity. 3, where the Beijing Fourth Intermediate People’s Court ruled to recognize and enforce a trademark judgment of the Korean Supreme Court. 99 Trade Co.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 26, 2023

Some lawyers worried that the program — which can generate eerily human-sounding text in response to complex written prompts — would make them obsolete. One CEO offered $1 million to any Supreme Court litigator willing to let ChatGPT argue their case (a prospect both ethically dubious and physically impossible ).

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MyCase

JANUARY 26, 2022

While information overload is a common problem faced by lawyers, the good news is it’s a problem easily solved by law firm calendaring software with built-in tools designed to provide you with the information you need with just the click of a button. But for lawyers, a missed deadline can often have major implications.

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MyCase

JANUARY 4, 2022

But for lawyers, a missed deadline can have major implications, even resulting in the outright dismissal of a client’s case. This makes it even more important for lawyers to stay on top of the tasks and deadlines assigned to them. Rules-based Calendaring . Deadlines are an inescapable part of life in the business world.

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LawSites

MARCH 22, 2022

A commercial litigation attorney with the firm Meyer Capel P.C. Since 2015, she has served on the Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Equality. She developed the brought innovation to Illinois lawyers through the Commission’s annual The Future Is Now: Legal Services conference. Champaign, Ill.,

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. ” __ Another case in the court is a cautionary tale about those creating their own haunted houses. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

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MyCase

DECEMBER 19, 2022

With everything from client appointments and prospect consultations to shifting statutory and court rules, it’s easy to forget to log a deadline. But that’s not an option in litigation—there are usually dire consequences that negatively impact profitability. . Keeping a legal calendar up to date can be difficult.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Share On Wednesday, the court heard oral argument in Shinn v. Ramirez and Jones , two death penalty cases that will determine whether prisoners may develop new evidence to support claims that their lawyers were constitutionally ineffective at trial. But a 2012 Supreme Court decision, Martinez v. The question raised in Shinn v.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Mark Perry is a leading appellate expert from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP representing Comcast in the litigation and various IPRs between the parties. The second concludes that reprimands Comcast’s attorney for trying to sneak-in extra words into its appellate brief. This post will focus on the second case.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 2, 2022

While this case will likely be studied for years, the one verdict in favor of Heard is itself notable because it was based on defamation by counsel — a lesson for lawyers in defending their clients in public. Attorneys are protected by absolute privilege in court in making harmful and even false statements. See Kennedy v.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Share At the end of each year, SCOTUSblog remembers some of the people whose lives and work left an imprint on the Supreme Court. From legendary lawyers to lesser-known activists, journalists, and plaintiffs, the following individuals who died in 2022 all shaped the court and the law in their own ways. David Beckwith (Oct.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Share The first Black woman to clerk on the Supreme Court. Two trailblazing civil-rights litigators. As we did last year , SCOTUSblog looks back and remembers some of the people who died this year and whose lives and work brought them to the highest court in the nation. Some were lawyers. The woman who argued Roe v.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 10, 2021

David Goodman and Ruth Graham of The New York Times report that “ Small Court Victories Change Nothing for Women Seeking Abortions in Texas; A Texas statute that bans abortion after six weeks of pregnancy was seemingly undercut by two court rulings, but the reality on the ground has not changed.” ” David G.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Representing the Republican legislators, lawyer David Thompson maintained that the elections clause vests a state’s legislature with the power to make rules for federal elections. State courts cannot, he stressed, restrict a legislature’s substantive discretion to do so. Neal Katyal argues for private respondents in Moore v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 23, 2022

Although the Supreme Court’s 2012 decision in Martinez v. Ryan permitted defendants to raise such claims for the first time in federal court, on Monday the court ruled 6-3 that they cannot develop evidence to support those claims.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

After a group of federal judges had recommended that an attorney who had represented her in other ADA cases be suspended from practicing law in Maryland because of repeated ethics violations, she explained, she had voluntarily dismissed her case in the district court and cannot refile it. He argued that she does not.

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