SCOTUSBlog

MAY 25, 2021

The case involved interpretation of the federal Superfund law, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. CERCLA is now more than 40 years old, but the law’s complexity and lack of clarity have generated numerous disputes that have reached the Court.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

It also previewed its coming integration of Casetext CoCounsel as an AI legal assistant across multiple TR products, including Westlaw Precision, Practical Law, Document Intelligence, and HighQ. In traditional legal research, the user enters a query and gets a response in the form of a long list of cases, statutes and other resources.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

Modern law is extraordinarily complex. A program in criminal justice is a common choice because this exposes students at an early stage to a range of law-related subject matter. The long list includes complaints, subpoenas, interrogatories, deposition notices, pretrial orders, and legal briefs with various parties. A Protector.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Conventions & Instruments On 6 October 2023, Rwanda deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention and applied to become a Member of the HCCH. With the accession of Rwanda, the 1961 Apostille Convention now has 126 Contracting Parties. More information is available here. More information is available here.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 29, 2021

On 19 January 2021 , Namibia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 8 7 th Member of the HCCH. To ensure continuity in their application following its withdrawal from the EU , the United Kingdom deposited these new instrument s of accession and ratification on 28 September 2020.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The coronavirus known as COVID-19 forcefully ushered the judiciary into the digital world, taking along with it many legal practitioners who may have resisted technology invading their law office. As a law clerk to a New York State Supreme Court Justice, I was given a unique perspective of this rapid yet effective evolution.

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MyCase

APRIL 24, 2024

According to the Legal Industry Report 2024 , nearly one-quarter (24%) of law firms have adopted legal-specific generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools. Survey respondents confirmed they use GAI to streamline firm processes, from drafting marketing content to finding specific statutes. Will ChatGPT Replace Lawyers?

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Where an HCLA plaintiff’s expert testified at his deposition that he was not very familiar with Kingsport and that he had only reviewed information about Kingsport the night before the deposition, rather than before forming his medical opinions, the trial court did not err by excluding the expert based on the locality rule.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Mongolia has now been invited to deposit an instrument of acceptance of the HCCH Statute to become a Member of the HCCH. On 11 December 2020, the HCCH and UNCITRAL co-hosted a Virtual Colloquium on Applicable Law in Insolvency Proceedings. Meetings & Events. More information is available here.

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Patently O

MARCH 28, 2024

The Motivation to Combine: In patent law, the “motivation to combine” doctrine plays a central role in determining whether a claimed invention is obvious under our guiding statute, 35 U.S.C. § This principle also applies to expert depositions that take place after the service of the reply and declaration.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2021

In this case, for example, the FTC brought suit against Scott Tucker, a prominent (perhaps notorious) figure associated with the involvement of Native American tribes in the extension of short-term loans to individuals at interest rates almost invariably unlawful under the laws of the states where the borrowers resided.

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The Record Xchange

JANUARY 17, 2020

In the case of court reporting, digital reporting is expanding from the courtroom into the deposition room. Since depositions represent as much as two-thirds of the total court reporting market, this is a significant moment in the adoption cycle. In a deposition setting, the recording solution must be portable and easily configured.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 2, 2021

On 1 July 2021, Mongolia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 89th Member of the HCCH. These monthly updates are published by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), providing an overview of the latest developments. Membership.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 10, 2022

Several important developments relating to Membership and HCCH Conventions occurred during the meeting: El Salvador deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 91 st Member of the HCCH. The Convention will enter into force for the Philippines further to the deposit of its instrument of ratification.

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LettersBlogatory

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Defense Base Act is a federal statute that gives a worker’s compensation-like benefit to employees of US government and military contractors injured at work overseas. I have been retained by counsel prosecuting these cases to consult and, in some cases, to provide expert declarations for the use of the administrative law judges.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2021

Navy and the territory of Guam that turns on interpretation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA or the Superfund statute. However, the court held that Guam’s contribution action was barred by a three-year statute of limitations that ran from the date of the settlement.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

During plaintiff’s deposition, he stated that defendant had “done what she had to do” and “acknowledged that he did not think she had done anything wrong.” Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, citing plaintiff’s own deposition as evidence. Defendant was allegedly injured during the accident and filed this negligence suit.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On 9 September 2021, Honduras deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 90 th Member of the HCCH. These monthly updates are published by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), providing an overview of the latest developments. Membership.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Although Tennessee had no case law on this issue, the Court noted that other states have interpreted their own similar laws to mean that “neighborhoods are often considered to constitute communities and implicate matters of ‘public interest’ or ‘public concern’ in the context of anti-SLAPP litigation.” Code Ann. § 20-17-101 et seq.,

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Federal Circuit’s fudging of the rule makes some practical sense – the statute appears to make the issuance of the cancellation certificate a ministerial process with its “Director shall” language. And yet, fudging the rules in a way that undermines due process is troubling. See, for instance, Moffitt v.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In support of its motion, the State pointed to deposition testimony that the structure in question was “funky,” was not something the State would have used at any point, and was available to consumers. Note: Chapter 82, Section 1 of Day on Torts: Leading Cases in Tennessee Tort Law has been updated to include this decision.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We do this through various required disclosures as well as requests for documents & admissions, depositions & interrogatories. Italian law, for instance, has no obligation of discovery absent a specific court order. Lilly has argued that Novartis’ approach violates European competition laws. But, the U.S.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Defendant Wolf Tree (Wolf) filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that it owed no duty to plaintiffs because “its contract with SCES explicitly stated that it was not to prune service drops,” because “it had no statutory or common law duty,” and because “Plaintiffs could show no evidence of a negligent or intentional trespass or nuisance.”

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Diane Drain

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Writ of General Execution is delivered to the Civil Enforcement Division of the Sheriff’s Department along with an initial $200 fee deposit. The original $200 deposit delivered to the Sheriff with the Writ of General Execution will be credited against the $2,129.60, for a total remaining balance due of $1,929.60 LEGAL ANALYSIS.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 4, 2022

The trial court found that there was no evidence that defendant calling law enforcement would have changed the outcome; that there was no evidence regarding negligent failure to maintain the tire because there was no evidence of what caused the tire to fail; and that defendant did not have a duty to remove the tire debris from the road.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

I’ve written attorney general opinions and recently wrote an academic law review article about how AI will transform government social services and court systems. What the average person doesn’t realize about court systems is that they are not like the TV show ‘Law and Order.’

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2024

For years, we have been following the bizarre murder-for-hire case involving the fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Adelson and Markel married in 2006 when she was a third-year law student at the University of Miami and he was a criminal law professor at FSU. For example, Section 777.03

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Below is my Fox.com column on the upcoming deposition of Hunter Biden and the speculation on which Hunter will appear: the business genius, the blacked-out junkie, or the hunted son. The Justice Department has allowed felonies to lapse against Hunter, but these would be new potential charges with new dates under the statute of limitation.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 30, 2021

agreed not to charge Cosby in return for his civil deposition. We still believe that no one is above the law — including those who are rich, famous and powerful.”. Moreover, Steele is right, “no one is above the law” including prosecutors who are not allowed to pursue convictions at any cost in popular high-profile cases.

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MyCase

AUGUST 16, 2022

Ultimately, it is usually a lawyer’s decision on when to retire—dependent if the law firm has a mandatory retirement policy. Some law firms have policies that require attorneys to retire by a certain age—usually between 65 and 70. law firms have a mandatory retirement policy in place. It is never too soon to begin planning.

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LexForti

AUGUST 9, 2021

In understanding TPF in Indian laws, it is desirable to understand common law doctrines of Maintenance and Champerty. Historically, above English law, doctrines were considered an offence and were illegal predominantly in many common law jurisdictions. It gives strength to courts to order to deposit the fees in the court.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

As previously reported on this blog, ocean CDR research could implicate various international and domestic laws that might affect whether, when, where, and how projects take place. Both the LC and LP require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea. Many haven’t yet done so.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Some specific examples of what it sought to promote, as set out in the decision, included: that a bank is “offering certificates of deposit with rates up to 2.5 He argued that the decision went too far; as the Commission did not need to determine that the statute prohibited the test proposed by the licensee.

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Day on Torts

MAY 10, 2022

Defendant’s representative] testified in her deposition that, between January 10 and January 31, [defendant] monitored the mobile home park and did not see either [the son] or [the dog] return to Lot 31, nor did [defendant] receive any reports that [the dog] had been on the premises during that time period.

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ALPS

JULY 7, 2022

Another reason for doing so is the doctrine of continuous representation, which can result in the tolling of the statute of limitations in malpractice cases. hours researching state case law on piercing the corporate veil.” Provide detailed billing statements that describe the work that was done and how long it took.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

To be clear, Judge Rich was not a fan of Benson , but he took the Court’s decision as law, albeit warty. ” Whether programs for existing general purpose digital computers, however claimed, are patentable under present law. Judge Rich wrote in dissent, and argued that the invention was barred under Benson. John Deere Co. ,

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American Legal Net

JULY 8, 2021

Papers also may be deposited in the Court’s Night Box, located in the lobby of the Thurgood Marshall United States Court, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY. Postal Service or third-party commercial carriers, or they may be deposited in the night drop box on H Street, N.W. uscourts.gov. See Administrative Order 2021-09.

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