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Law School Canons: The Spoils of Discovery

Patently O

MAY 4, 2021

He is starting a new series linking law school canonical cases with intellectual property counterparts. The first line of class notes I took in Civil Procedure during our discovery module says, “Spoliation – OLD LEGAL DOCTRINE.” Editor’s Note: Avery Welker is a 1L at Mizzou and likely a future patent attorney. By Avery Welker.

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Litigation Finance: The Indian Scenario

LexForti

JANUARY 21, 2022

I am Sanjita Mittal , and I have earned a bachelor’s degree in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, and a master’s degree in Intellectual Property Rights from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. This article discusses the scope and growth of litigation finance in India. TPLF Heyday.

Finance

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French Supreme court ruling in the Lafarge case: the private international law side of transnational criminal litigations

Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Written by Hadrien Pauchard (assistant researcher at Sciences Po Law School) In the Lafarge case (Cass. The Lafarge decision will have broad implications for transnational litigations. The facts of the Lafarge case are prior to the enactment of this law. Implications.

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Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Julie Saltman is the CEO and co-founder of Standd, an AI-native due diligence and deal review platform, which eliminates friction and creates clarity throughout the deal process, so everyone around the table can focus on building the relationships that are critical to success. What projects have you been focused on recently?

Legal

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Litigator Says Using Clearbrief Cut Cost of Major Appeal by 20%

LawSites

AUGUST 30, 2022

But in precisely that scenario, Amy Falcon , a litigation partner with Porter Hedges in Houston, says she was able to cut the cost of preparing the brief by 20%, and she attributes that savings entirely to the legal technology product, Clearbrief. Practicing law is her second career. Falcon is no newbie to tech.

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In fairness, the Missouri case involved a pro se litigant, not a lawyer, but that pro se litigant claimed to have gotten the citations from a lawyer he hired through the internet. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice.

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Thoughtful Decision on Whether LLCs are Treated as Corporations for Purposes of General Personal Jurisdiction

Patently O

DECEMBER 6, 2022

By David Hricik, Mercer Law School. The decision thoughtfully discusses splits in the case law and the distinctions between a corporation and LLC, including the fact that members of an LLC may be anonymous, and so it may be impossible to determine the citizenship of each of its members. In Avus Designs Inc. Grezxx LLC (D.

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Should Lawyers Embrace Or Fear ChatGPT?

InHouseBlog

JANUARY 23, 2023

. “For some academics, researching, writing, editing and publishing a scholarly piece of work can take months, if not years, of painstaking effort, diligent commitment and rage-inducing frustration. Released Nov. 30, ChatGPT, a chatbot created by OpenAI and “is fine-tuned from a model in the GPT-3.5 Or should they fear it?

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Guest Post by Prof Burstein: Sanctions & Schedule A

Patently O

JANUARY 23, 2024

By Sarah Burstein, Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School Jiangsu Huari Webbing Leather Co., The Schedule A litigation phenomenon continues apace in the Northern District of Illinois, a court that has become, in the words of Judge Seeger, “ an assembly line for TROs.” Joes Identified in Schedule A, No.

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Guest Commentary: Lessons from the Belgium Climate Case: the devil is in the details

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

In this commentary, we recall the background of the case, provide context to the Tribunal’s decision, and shed light on the case’s takeaways for global climate litigation. The Tribunal’s use of Aarhus to broadly interpret standing is a promising development for climate litigation in other States parties to this Convention.

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Reflections on ReInvent Law Silicon Valley @ 10 Years – Part 3

LawSites

MARCH 10, 2023

Part 1 ) ( Part 2 ) Ed Walters, CEO at Fastcase, Adjunct Professor at the Georgetown University Law Center and at Cornell Law School/Cornell Tech Ed Walters is the CEO of Fastcase , a legal intelligence company based in Washington, D.C. . – Dan Lear and Bob Ambrogi, series editors.

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Court Officers Told Jurors Not To Discuss Cases During Deliberations, Says Grand Jury Foreman

The Crime Report

MAY 24, 2023

Court officers doing so was unusual, unethical and possibly even illegal, according to a law school professor and a defense attorney who learned about these allegations from THE CITY. Bennett Gershman, a Pace Law School professor and expert on trial error and prosecutorial misconduct, called Fernando’s allegations “very troubling.”

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Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 9, 2022

All of that has been in the profession for a long time know that very little gets handed to you on a silver platter in law – you have to work diligently for it. Ann spent 20 years working as a paralegal manager and a litigation paralegal before opening the Paralegal Boot Camp in 2010. Billable Hour Boot Camp.

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Guest Post: Beating the Alternative – Why The Billable Hour is the Truest Representation of Cost

LawSites

AUGUST 25, 2021

This sort of thing happens in the business of law too. In litigation, for example, the attitude of the opposing party can drive up costs beyond estimates. It happens in corporate deal making as well; issues are discovered during due diligence that have a material impact, on both the deal, and the final legal invoice.

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The Impact of AI for Lawyers: Benefits and Challenges

MyCase

JANUARY 24, 2024

By employing tools like natural language processing and machine learning, legal professionals can use AI to analyze documents with a meticulous eye, spotting nuances and patterns that might escape even the most diligent of human reviews. Moreover, as artificial intelligence for lawyers evolves, so must the legal curriculum.

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Q&A With Allison Murdock: Stepping Up as Stinson LLP’s Managing Partner

Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

I joined Stinson in 1988 after graduating from law school and, like most associates, was singularly focused on developing my legal skills and building client relationships. I also chaired one of the firm’s business litigation divisions before being selected as the deputy managing partner.

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Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

JonathanTurley

JANUARY 19, 2022

She later was accepted at Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, a favorite target for ATL ( and Rubino ) and other sites for its conservative leanings. Those earlier sources relied upon by sites like Mediaite could find themselves the subject of discovery if this now goes to litigation.

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April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2021

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. HERE ARE RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE LITIGATION CHART. By Margaret Barry and Korey Silverman-Koati.

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Law School Canons: The Spoils of Discovery

Litigation Finance: The Indian Scenario

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French Supreme court ruling in the Lafarge case: the private international law side of transnational criminal litigations

Women of Legal Tech: Julie Saltman

Litigator Says Using Clearbrief Cut Cost of Major Appeal by 20%

Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

Thoughtful Decision on Whether LLCs are Treated as Corporations for Purposes of General Personal Jurisdiction

Should Lawyers Embrace Or Fear ChatGPT?

Guest Post by Prof Burstein: Sanctions & Schedule A

Guest Commentary: Lessons from the Belgium Climate Case: the devil is in the details

Reflections on ReInvent Law Silicon Valley @ 10 Years – Part 3

Court Officers Told Jurors Not To Discuss Cases During Deliberations, Says Grand Jury Foreman

Paralegal Roles in Other Countries

Guest Post: Beating the Alternative – Why The Billable Hour is the Truest Representation of Cost

The Impact of AI for Lawyers: Benefits and Challenges

Q&A With Allison Murdock: Stepping Up as Stinson LLP’s Managing Partner

Second Circuit Refutes Allegations Involving Law Clerk in Mediaite, Above the Law, and Other Publications

April 2021 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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