JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2023

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Tennessee law limiting drag shows on constitutional grounds. Putting that concern aside, I have serious free speech concerns over the reach of these laws. Federal district judge Thomas Parker granted an injunction on the ground that the Tennessee law is vague and overly broad.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2023

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is JURIST’s Chief European Correspondent and a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland.

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

While a general retainer agreement can be a great source of steady, predictable income, it’s crucial for law firms to consider the potential challenges and risks. With an LPMS, law firms can efficiently manage these ongoing tasks, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

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LexForti

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

I am Vincenzo Senatore , dual Italian/English qualified lawyer with over 14 years of combined experience representing and advising clients on matters involving corporate law, Italian and English law, domestic and international business transactions, business litigation, international criminal law.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The question is not whether the jury got the law right but whether the law itself is wrong in its vague criteria. The case highlights the problem with criminalized negligence standards, particularly in these weapon confusion cases. There is a tendency to treat criminal law as the only way to address fatal tragedies.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To the extent a corporate actor violates either civil or criminal law in a manner that implicates environmental justice or the climate crisis, corporations should be aware that my division is paying particular attention to these issues.”.

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Blackstone Career Institute

MARCH 28, 2024

Programs include Criminal Law , Civil Litigation , Interviewing & Investigating , Real Estate Law , Business & Corporate Law , Family Law , Personal Injury & Torts , Immigration Law , Wills, Trusts, & Estates , and Practical Bankruptcy.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) In the Lafarge case (Cass. The decision addresses several key aspects of private international law in transnational criminal lawsuits and labour law.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 7, 2023

In a case reminiscent of the two New York lawyers convicted of firebombing a police vehicle, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was arrested for possible domestic terrorism in targeting a police training center in Atlanta. The SPLC also works to discourage donors from supporting such groups.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

She was previously supervising graduates of the Paralegal Studies and Office Assistant program during their practicums as an office manager at Morrow Law, but she much prefers her current role working in higher education because it allows her to make a greater impact in educating future legal professionals.

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ALPS

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Welcome to the Path to Well-Being in Law podcast, an initiative of the Institute for Well-Being in Law. And Chris is a great podcast host, he’s also an integral part of the Institute for Well-Being in Law, which is who is bringing you this podcast series. Transcript: CHRIS NEWBOLD: Hello, Well-being friends. That was one.

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LawSites

APRIL 7, 2022

Centerbase , a Dallas-based company providing cloud legal practice management software for mid-sized law firms, has has acquired Legalfit , a Kansas City company that provides web marketing and content management technology tailored specifically for small and mid-sized law firms.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. The company and the Oklahoma justices are right on the law. Public nuisance was originally addressed in England by criminal laws against such offenses as obstructing “the King’s highways.”

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

If you’re a paralegal and you’ve asked yourself, where do I want to take my career from here or if you’ve ever questioned if the skills that you’re obtaining as a paralegal working in a law firm could eventually transfer to a career that’s outside the typical law firm this interview will give you great insights.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In torts, we often discuss strike suits and slip-and-fall actions designed to force settlements from litigation-wary companies. Notably, the law below ratchets up if there is any injuries in response to emergency calls but the base offense caps out at six months in jail. In Louisiana, police arrested a man, Arthur Bates Jr.,

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Ferguson involves a First Amendment challenge to Washington state’s law prohibiting “conversion therapy,” the practice of seeking to change a gay or transgender person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling. A federal district court in North Carolina ultimately invalidated much of the law, and the U.S.

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SimplyLawJobs

JULY 5, 2021

As a legal advisor at Irwin Mitchell, you are given the opportunity to learn about different areas of law very quickly. As a law graduate, whilst I knew I had an interest in criminal law, I wanted to be sure! Most areas of law are different in practice, compared to university so it’s important to try them out.

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The Crime Report

MAY 19, 2022

A recent report from the Quattrone Center on the Fair Administration of Jujstice at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School provides comprehensive guidelines for “collaboration agreements” that outline how to handle discovery of misconduct and other delicate issues like media relationships and information sharing.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.

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LawSites

AUGUST 23, 2021

Centerbase , a Dallas-based company providing legal practice management software for mid-sized law firms , has received a growth equity investment from Mainsail Partners , a growth equity firm that invests exclusively in fast-growing, bootstrapped software companies.

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Paralegal Mentor

MAY 15, 2014

Cooley Law School. Her clinical teaching includes post-conviction, criminal defense, general civil practice, elder law and externship. In 2006, Professor Mitchell received the Justice For All award from the Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan for her Innocence Project work. She serves as the project’s co-director.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 3, 2023

This creates inconsistencies between the scope of application of the Draft Directive and existing jurisdictional law, both on the EU level and on the domestic level, and can lead to an enforcement gap: EU companies may be able to escape the existing EU jurisdiction; non-EU companies may even not be subject to such jurisdiction. 22 (5) CSDDD.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

to settle an important question of law.” The contested legality of a statute making a significant change to the state’s criminal law, that’s certainly “an important question of law.” But then one Court of Appeal struck down the law and essentially forced the Supreme Court’s hand. (See

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LegalTalkNetwork

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In these episodes, they discussed updates in specific areas of law as well as shared upcoming events and programs within their sections. Last and definitely not least, we had the opportunity to catch up with my legal hero Erwin Chemerinsky, the Dean of Berkeley Law, as we discussed his topic presented at the Alexander F.

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SimplyLawJobs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

I originally became interested in law due to the humanitarian work that I had been involved in, in Romania. This sparked an interest in human rights law. This was something that led to my pursuit of the law but it was also a subject that I thought would allow me to make a meaningful difference in the world.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 23, 2022

Thomas spent the first 11 pages of his 22-page opinion recounting the grisly facts of the murders the defendants were convicted of, extolling the states’ authority to enforce criminal laws, and emphasizing the importance of the finality of convictions.

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LexForti

JUNE 22, 2021

A man need not possess the highest expert skill; it is well-established law that it is sufficient if he exercises the ordinary skill of an ordinary competent man exercising that particular art. These issues bring forth the topic of medical negligence and the role played by law and judiciary to curb it. Saksham Ahuja, Associate.

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LexForti

JUNE 4, 2021

It would be imperative to take into cognizance the concept of jurisdiction which is a conglomeration of two terms, such as juris (meaning “law”) and diction (meaning “to speak”), which can be translated as presuming the appropriate forum that has the potential to “speak the law.”

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 30, 2016

Here are just a few examples of the topics discussed during this series of interviews with different sections and divisions: Elder Law Section: Outgoing chair David Hook defines Elder Law as he knows it and tells us that his group has some of the best resources for getting started in this growing practice area. Florida , Miller v.

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LexForti

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-party funding is rather a new concept and was adapted by many legislations only recently due to the illegality of the doctrines of maintenance and champerty in common-law jurisdictions in the past. The concept of TPF, though accepted explicitly by the law of the land, has two sides to it similar to the way of a coin. Balaji [17].

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SimplyLawJobs

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In this Simply Law article, our partner’s Lawyer Monthly discusses the 9 things you need to know before choosing a law school. The prospect of going to law school is not only one that requires a lot of hard work and money but also some thorough research. Do you really need a law degree? Business Law.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Those are hundreds of thousands of dollars (plus additional litigation costs) that could have been used for other things like cleaner water. However, politicians demanded firings and criminal charges before the controversy was fully investigated.

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LexBlog

AUGUST 9, 2019

Large companies need legal support for various tasks related to underwriting, compliance, and pending litigation. The state has large law firms that are always in need of legal support, and Alaska is a prime location that can offer you peace of mind, beauty, and independence. California. “Dream Big, Eureka!

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ayer Chair in Business Law and Martin Luther King Jr. Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law. secondary sanctions, the discovery of evidence abroad, the Helms-Burton Act, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, and the use of extraterritorial jurisdiction in criminal cases.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 2, 2021

Many years ago, I litigated a similar issue in the Fifth Circuit in Brown v. Rather, the state argues the district court erred as a matter of law in confining the actual innocence inquiry to Mr. Taylor’s guilt of capital murder as a principal. Taylor on the other hand admitted guilty and was then sentenced to death.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

(b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. What is clear is that personal injury lawyers will view the Bonanza ranch as aptly named for civil litigation.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

The Lacey Act makes it a federal crime to break the wildlife laws of any state, tribe, or foreign country, in interstate commerce. Under the common law, there is strict liability for injuries caused by wild animals in your possession. However, possession for roaming animals has been litigated.

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