EvidenceProf Blog
DECEMBER 8, 2020
As noted in Friday's post, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) has been amended as of December 1, 2020. The Rule now states: (b) Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts. (1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of any other crime, wrong, or act is.
LawTechnologyToday
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Firms today are facing a variety of challenges: a growing internal pressure to generate revenue, slimming margins in an informed buyer’s market, and increased competition which lends to higher client acquisition costs. The growing solution to solve these challenges is to incorporate data management systems and data-driven marketing campaigns. According to Martindale NOLO, an estimated 74.5% of firms are tracking lead activity through various tools.
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The Legal Ease
DECEMBER 8, 2020
I am excited to announce that after many years of teaching and training and writing about LinkedIn, Dennis Kennedy (my co-author on Make LinkedIn Work for You, A Practical Handbook for Lawyers and other Legal Professionals ) and I have officially launched our online course - LinkedIn Essentials. This course will take you step-by-step through the three main building blocks of LinkedIn - Profiles, Connections, and Participation - and show you easy ways for you to improve your LinkedIn prese
At the Lectern
DECEMBER 8, 2020
The California Lawyers Association awarded its 2020 Bernard E. Witkin Medal to former Justice Ming Chin, who retired from the Supreme Court at the end of August. The honor “[r]ecognizes attorneys and non-attorneys who, through a career of extraordinary service, have made significant contributions to the quality of justice and legal scholarship in California.” Justice Chin is the seventh California Supreme Court justice to receive the Witkin medal in the award’s 27-year history
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Court-MartialTrialPractice
DECEMBER 8, 2020
Here is a link to the Report of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee. Although the Findings in this Report outline failures in leadership, they should not be interpreted as an indictment of military commanders or the U. S. Army. While the issues raised in this Report are serious and require urgent attention, they did not result from intentional or malicious action.
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Foley Hoag LLP
DECEMBER 8, 2020
In a landmark development, the European Union’s Foreign Ministers on December 8 approved an “Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy” that establishes a new mechanism for targeting systematic violators of human rights from any country in the world. The human rights community has colloquially termed the Action Plan “Europe’s Global Magnitsky Act”, an homage to the U.S.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 8, 2020
This morning, we passed the 47,000,000 mark in views on the blog. We only just passed 46,000,000 but November had the greatest traffic for the blog in its history. The blog continues to grow with new regular commenters and a growing international readership. Again, we thank our loyal readers who return every day to discuss contemporary legal, political, and occasionally bizarre stories.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 8, 2020
With the nomination of California Attorney General Xavier Becerra for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, the list of presumed frontrunners for Attorney General is narrowing. One name remains prominently at top: former Associate Attorney General Sally Yates. Yates’ appointment would be one of the most controversial for Biden and would likely lead to an intense confirmation fight over her standoff with President Donald Trump at the start of his Administration as well as her
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