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4 BS Interview Responses Hiring Managers See Through

InHouseBlog

BS interview responses are, by their very definition, bound to get you off on the wrong foot with a potential legal employer. So no matter how hard you prepare, and how nervous you may get, try to avoid BS interview responses at all costs. Companies want you to work for them, which is why you’ve ended up in the interview chair. So instead of subterfuge and drivel, do your best to make hiring managers love you.

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Dubai establishes specialized money laundering court to tackle financial crimes

JURIST

The Dubai government’s media office announced on Sunday that the Dubai Courts have established a specialized money laundering court to thwart financial crimes. The new court was set up within the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal. Through this specialized court, the Dubai Courts hope to increase “the UAE’s and Dubai’s global competitiveness by reinforcing the rule of law and upholding the values of justice and transparency.” This money laundering court

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Expungement Crisis: The Long Wait to Restore ‘Ruined Lives’

The Crime Report

Troy Burner (in black shirt) welcomed by his mother Jancie and his cousin Reginald Norwood after his release from prison in 2018. Photo courtesy Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project. On April 8, at a virtual hearing by the Committee on the Judiciary and Public Safety in the District of Columbia, Troy Burner, a 49-year-old D.C. native, testified in favor of two bills that would expand the number of eligible offenses for record sealing.

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US imposes new sanctions over Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict

JURIST

The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Monday that it was imposing new sanctions over Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict. There has been ongoing concern for human rights abuses throughout the Tigray conflict. In April, the G7 countries called for an investigation into alleged human rights abuses in the region.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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Study: Armed Protests Six Times More Likely to Turn Violent

The Crime Report

America is seeing a steady increase in the number of protests popping up around the country, worrying advocates regarding the gun violence epidemic. Now, according to a new study from the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety and researchers with the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project , armed protests are six times more likely to turn violent compared to protests where no guns are present. .

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Are Victims of Police Shootings Entitled to Crime Victims’ Compensation?

The Crime Report

While victim compensation funds (VCF) exist to help victims and their families during a traumatic time, in order to be eligible for up to roughly $50,000, victims have to provide a police report of the event. This is no trouble for many victims with documentation; however, that’s not the case for victims where the assailant or perpetrator is a police officer.

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Afghanistan dispatches: ‘They are searching for people who worked with…law and judicial system. I am one of them.’

JURIST

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on Sunday. Here, a female law student in northeast Afghanistan offers her observations and perspective about the position of women and female members of Afghanistan’s legal community under the Taliban. For privacy and security reasons we are withholding her name and institutional affiliation.

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Off-White is Being Sued for Allegedly Infringing Walker Wear’s “WW” Trademark

The Fashion Law

Walker Wear is taking on the soon-to-be LVMH-owned Off-White in a new lawsuit. In the recently-filed trademark infringement and dilution complaint, Walker Wear asserts that in line with Off-White founder Virgil Abloh’s “cheat code,” which sees him “chang[e] others’ designs by only ‘three percent’ and then claim the design as his own,” Off-White is making and selling a $2,234 jacket bearing “a design nearly identical to Walker Wear’s storied WW XXL Athletic mark design.

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Kentucky Supreme Court backs laws limiting governor’s emergency powers

JURIST

The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled unanimously Saturday that a temporary injunction blocking new laws limiting Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s emergency powers was improper, and it remanded the case with instructions to dissolve the injunction. Beshear declared a state of emergency on March 6, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following legal challenges brought by business owners, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled in November in favor of Beshear’s COVID-19 restrictions.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.

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“Ninth Circuit sides with Sirius XM in dispute over pre-1972 music royalties; The court found that California’s ‘exclusive ownership’ statute never applied to public performance on radio”

HowAppealing

“Ninth Circuit sides with Sirius XM in dispute over pre-1972 music royalties; The court found that California’s ‘exclusive ownership’ statute never applied to public performance on radio”: Nate MacKay of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued today.

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China passes law to protect personal data privacy

JURIST

China’s National People’s Congress, passed a new law Friday that aims to protect individuals’ privacy on Friday. Under the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), when personal information processors use automated decision-making to advertise to individuals, they must allow individuals to reject the marketing. Alternatively, when showing the information, personal information processors must include options that are not targeted towards the particular individual.

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“Right-wing group fails to show Colorado Springs mayor violated its constitutional rights: Court.”

HowAppealing

“Right-wing group fails to show Colorado Springs mayor violated its constitutional rights: Court.” Michael Karlik of The Gazette of Colorado Springs has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued today.

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LawNext: Reregulation of Legal Services – A Panel of Five Leading Experts Discuss

LawSites

There may be no more critical issue facing the legal profession than reregulation of legal services. Amid an escalating crisis in access to justice, proponents of regulatory reform argue that the only way to meaningfully address the crisis is to loosen restrictions on non-lawyers investing in and providing legal services. . So critical is the issue that GPSolo , the magazine of the American Bar Association’s Solo, Small Firm and General Practice Division, has devoted its most recent issue to the

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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“Mask mandates violate religious liberty by hiding faces made in God’s image, Catholic school says”

HowAppealing

“Mask mandates violate religious liberty by hiding faces made in God’s image, Catholic school says”: Marisa Iati of The Washington Post had this article back in July 2021. This afternoon, the majority on a partially divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued this decision affirming the district court’s denial of the school’s motion for a preliminary injunction.

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Atlanta Federal Prison Emptied Amid Corruption Investigation

The Crime Report

An investigation into alleged corruption at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta has led federal officials to ban several prison staffers and nearly empty out the prison, transferring about 1,100 offenders to correctional facilities in other states, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The prison’s population recently dropped from over 1,800 inmates to just 134, and employees have been told that ultimately all prisoners from the penitentiary and inmates at the adjacent minimum-security camp wil

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“Justice Stephen Breyer Lives in a World of His Own; The brilliant jurist’s surprisingly (or not) weak case for the Supreme Court’s historic legitimacy”

HowAppealing

“Justice Stephen Breyer Lives in a World of His Own; The brilliant jurist’s surprisingly (or not) weak case for the Supreme Court’s historic legitimacy”: In the September/October 2021 issue of Washington Monthly, law professor Garrett Epps has this review of Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s new book, “ The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics.

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Justices issue summer orders, add two new immigration cases to merits docket

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court added two new immigration cases to its docket for the 2021-22 term on Monday morning, granting a pair of petitions filed by the federal government. The relatively rare mid-summer additions came as part of the court’s regularly scheduled summer order list , which also included a series of routine orders that (among other things) divided up argument time and disposed of procedural motions in upcoming merits cases.

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Dangers of Digital "Reporting": Legal Risks and Unreliable Transcripts

In the world of legal proceedings, the choice between a certified stenographer and digital "reporting" holds significant implications. Certified stenographers go through rigorous training and testing and stand as the gold standard for accuracy in capturing every word. Their expertise ensures a reliable record, a crucial foundation for legal cases.

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“St. Paul officer center of Supreme Court petition seeking to remove immunity protections from federal and deputized officers”

HowAppealing

“St. Paul officer center of Supreme Court petition seeking to remove immunity protections from federal and deputized officers”: Deanna Weniger of The Pioneer Press of St. Paul, Minnesota has this report.

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The morning read for Monday, Aug. 23

SCOTUSBlog

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. To suggest a piece for us to consider, email us at roundup@scotusblog.com. Here’s the Monday morning read: Kavanaugh Is the Last Hope for Abortion Rights (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg Opinion). Noah Feldman Indulges in Brett Kavanaugh Fan Fiction on Dobbs (Josh Blackman, The Volokh Conspiracy).

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“Wisconsin prosecutors turn to U.S. Supreme Court in ongoing effort to keep Mark Jensen in prison for wife’s 1998 death”

HowAppealing

“Wisconsin prosecutors turn to U.S. Supreme Court in ongoing effort to keep Mark Jensen in prison for wife’s 1998 death”: Bruce Vielmetti of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report on a petition for writ of certiorari that the State of Wisconsin filed in the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month.

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Forum Selection Clauses and Cruise Ship Contracts

Conflict of Laws

On August 19, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit issued its latest decision on foreign forum selection clauses and cruise ship contracts. The case was Turner v. Costa Crociere S.P.A. The plaintiff was an American cruise ship passenger, Paul Turner, who brought a class action in federal district court in Florida alleging that the cruise line’s “negligence contributed to an outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the Costa Luminosa during his transatlantic voyage beginning on March 5,

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Optimizing Contract Management and Enhancing Team Collaboration: Insights from a Legal Operations Perspective

Speaker: Adina Marta Newman

Learn about a world of effective contract management and seamless teamwork across departments in this upcoming webinar from Cobblestone Software. You'll discover practical strategies and tips that legal professionals can use to streamline contract processes and enhance collaboration, making significant impact across legal and corporate departments. Join us as we show how you can supercharge contract processes, improve team communication, and take your contributions to the next level.

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“A New Test Or Merely A New Name For Some Regulatory Takings?”

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“A New Test Or Merely A New Name For Some Regulatory Takings?” Retired D.C. Circuit Judge Thomas Griffith has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation.

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Pfizer, BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Is Awarded Full FDA Approval

Above The Law

Full FDA approval makes the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine the first to reach that milestone. But the regulatory decision also flagged a potential risk of heart inflammation, particularly in young males, and the agency has asked the companies to conduct additional clinical research.

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“What do shareholders have to lose in new SCOTUS securities class action showdown?”

HowAppealing

“What do shareholders have to lose in new SCOTUS securities class action showdown?” Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Thomson Reuters News & Insight has this post. And last Wednesday, Frankel had a post titled “ 9th Circuit scraps Tinder age discrimination class settlement. Was it a ‘sweetheart deal’? ” about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S.

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Can New York Judges Order Defendants to Get Vaccinated?

The Crime Report

In two separate trials, New York judges have ordered defendants charged with a number of minor crimes to get a COVID-19 vaccine as part of their sentencing, prompting legal observers and experts to question whether or not the decisions were justified and debate the line between civic responsibility and civil liberties, reports the New York Times. In one case, Judge Jeffrey Zimmerman of the Bronx County criminal court explained that the defendant, William Gregory, had been accused of crimes — inc

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.