JURIST
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The UK High Court began hearing on Wednesday 16 legal challenges, filed mostly by victims’ families, against the recently enacted Northern Ireland (Troubles & Reconciliation) Act. The act , which grants amnesty to former soldiers and militants involved in an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles, became law on Tuesday when it received Royal Assent.
EvidenceProf Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Last week, the State of Michigan agreed to pay Jeff Titus $1.03 million for his 20+ years of wrongful conviction. Given this terrific turn of events, I wanted to do an update on the status of all of the cases.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA), sued the US Military Academy, also known as West Point, on Tuesday for using race as a factor in admissions. SFFA is the same group that sued Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), which led to the US Supreme Court effectively ending affirmative action. The complaint alleges that West Point violated the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution by setting “benchmarks” for the percentage of each class that should be filled by &
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
You get a conflict! And you get a conflict! The post Georgia Prosecutors Ask Court To Probe Trumpland Lawyers’ Many, Many Conflicts appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The UK Online Safety Bill completed its Parliamentary passage Tuesday and is now set to receive Royal Assent. After passing this last step, the bill, which introduces new strict requirements for social media platforms to remove particular content, will become law in the UK. The Online Safety Bill was originally proposed over four years ago. It aims to “mitigate the impact of harm” to individuals and children online, by placing a legal responsibility on social media platforms to remove illegal an
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“The Supposed Misconduct of Montana’s Attorney General; The legal guild goes after Austin Knudsen for doing his job”: The Wall Street Journal has published this editorial. The post “The Supposed Misconduct of Montana’s Attorney General; The legal guild goes after Austin Knudsen for doing his job” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Elect a clown, expect a circus. The post Wisconsin Congressman Busts AG Garland’s Balls About Naked Bike Ride In Madison appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“My Move to the Hoover Institution”: Eugene Volokh has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” The post “My Move to the Hoover Institution” appeared first on How Appealing.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
A 96-year-old federal appeals judge who may be experiencing “significant mental problems” has been suspended from case assignments for a year after she refused to…
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“Will the Supreme Court Weigh In on a Law Before It’s Even Passed? The conservative legal movement wants the court to preemptively kill a major liberal policy idea.” Matt Ford has this essay online at The New Republic. The post “Will the Supreme Court Weigh In on a Law Before It’s Even Passed? The conservative legal movement wants the court to preemptively kill a major liberal policy idea.” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
The complaint alleges the firm protects harassers at the expense of victims. The post Biglaw Partner Accuses Firm Of ‘Callous Gaslighting’ In $20 Million Sexual Harassment Lawsuit appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“The Supreme Court is Coming for Affirmative Action in the Military; With a new lawsuit filed this week, John Roberts has his opportunity to upend the hard-fought racial balance in the armed forces — the pleas of the service chiefs be damned”: Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at Washington Monthly. The post “The Supreme Court is Coming for Affirmative Action in the Military; With a new lawsuit filed this week, John Roberts has his opportunity to upend the
LawSites
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Stories are increasingly common of lawyers who leave law practice to start legal technology companies, but few achieve the level of success as an entrepreneur of Matt Spiegel. He was a criminal defense lawyer in 2009 when he founded MyCase , one of the earliest cloud-based law practice management companies. In 2012, he sold MyCase to AppFolio , and then left the company in 2015 to start a software company that helped organizations manage trade shows and events.
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“Brett Kavanaugh’s Whoopsie Forces Groundhog Day at the Supreme Court”: Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern have this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The post “Brett Kavanaugh’s Whoopsie Forces Groundhog Day at the Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
A person arrested for a crime becomes an “accused.” Once a person is formally charged with a crime, either by grand jury indictment or bill of information, they become a “defendant.” While there can be, and sometimes are, multiple pretrial proceedings that occur in a criminal case, most of these proceedings are minimized by early plea agreements. 94 percent of the criminal convictions obtained at the state level and 97 percent of the criminal convictions obtained at the federal level are the
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“What I Most Regret About My Decades of Legal Activism: By focusing on civil liberties but ignoring economic issues, liberals like me got defeated on both.” Caroline Fredrickson has this essay online at The Atlantic. The post “What I Most Regret About My Decades of Legal Activism: By focusing on civil liberties but ignoring economic issues, liberals like me got defeated on both.” appeared first on How Appealing.
ALPS
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Engagement letters seem to be one of those documents most lawyers intellectually appreciate the value of but often underutilize. This letter simply isn’t in consistent use day to day in many firms and the excuses run the gamut. One that I often hear is “Long-term clients would be offended if we had them sign a fee agreement every time they brought in additional work.
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HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
“US appeals judge, 96, suspended in rare clash over fitness”: Blake Brittain of Reuters has a report that begins, “The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Wednesday suspended Judge Pauline Newman from hearing new cases amid a deepening clash over the 96-year-old jurist’s mental competence to serve on the bench.” Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Embattled 96-Year-Old Judge Suspended in Disability Probe; Nation’s oldest active judge s
L4SB
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Many people don’t realize that not having a Lawyer act as your Registered Agent could be costly. Starting a new business can be a daunting task, with so many decisions.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Most defamation suits allege some kind of false statement, but this one tries a bold new strategy! The post Accusers Slap Counterclaim On Joshua Wright’s SLAPPy Suit appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading has filed a lawsuit alleging that two Stanford Law School professors—the parents of the company’s founder—used their influence to enrich…
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Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
If you undergo IVF and then a divorce, it’s anyone’s guess what will happen to your embryos. The post Georgia Appellate Court Issues Whiplash Embryo Ruling appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
An increasing number of BigLaw firms are recruiting students for summer associate programs before the formal on-campus interviewing process, a practice dubbed “precruiting.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Simply Ken-spiring! The post Top 30 Law School Creates Special Barbie Parody Video For Constitution Day appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Wednesday morning read: The Supreme Court banned affirmative action–except at military academies (Code Switch, NPR) Alabama’s congressional map dilutes the power of Black voters, advocates again tell Supreme Court (Ariane de Vogue & Fredreka Schouten, CNN) Supreme Court ruling sparks fears about economic fallout (Omar Mohammed, Newsweek) Jus
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