Attorney at Work
JULY 20, 2023
Mark C. Palmer | Q: What precautions should I take when communicating with clients? Should everything be encrypted these days? The post Should Lawyers Be Using Email Encryption? appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
JULY 20, 2023
Following anti-government protests in Kenya on Wednesday, police officers shot and killed six people. According to the Ministry of Interior , 304 others were arrested. The ministry also stated that the authorities had documented numerous incidents of looting and damage. Several human rights organizations have criticized this response by police to the protests, calling it police brutality.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
JULY 20, 2023
Is Becoming a Paralegal Worth it? This week we’re asking our readers to share their insights to help us answer the question “Is it worth it to become a paralegal?” There is no doubt in the value that a paralegal contributes, but we’re on a mission to find out if those that have chosen this profession are happy with their choice.
JURIST
JULY 20, 2023
The French National Assembly adopted a justice reform bill on Tuesday that would allow law enforcement to remotely activate devices’ cameras, microphones and location services for investigations of terrorism, organized crime or crimes punishable by five or more years in prison. Remote activation requires a demonstrable need and approval from a judge on a case-by-case basis.
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Influential activist Leonard Leo helped fund media campaign lionizing Clarence Thomas”: Shawn Boburg, Emma Brown,and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report. The post “Influential activist Leonard Leo helped fund media campaign lionizing Clarence Thomas” appeared first on How Appealing.
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HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Justice Thomas’s Critics on Affirmative Action Prove His Point”: Missouri Solicitor General Josh Divine has this post at the “Bench Memos” blog of National Review. The post “Justice Thomas’s Critics on Affirmative Action Prove His Point” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
JULY 20, 2023
After a disturbing video from Manipur, a small state in north-east India, depicting the sexual assault of two Kuki-Zo tribal women went viral, the Supreme Court of India took suo moto cognizance of the event Thursday. Suo moto cognizance is the right of the Supreme Court and the High Court of India to accept cases on their own, without them moving through the traditional legal processes, and is granted by the Indian Constitution.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Fresh Fallout From the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Ruling Just Hit Trans People”: Law professor Mary Ziegler has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The post “Fresh Fallout From the Supreme Court’s Dobbs Ruling Just Hit Trans People” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
JULY 20, 2023
The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), an organization that tracks online censorship, found Wednesday that access to social networks and messaging services had been restored to Ethiopia after five months of restriction. An Agence France Presse (AFP) journalist in Addis Ababa confirmed the block was removed, accessing Facebook, Instagram and TikTok without a Virtual Private Network (VPN).
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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.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Christian baker sued for refusing gender-transition cake says Supreme Court ruling puts law on his side; Jack Phillips was sued again after he won at the Supreme Court, making his court battles stretch out more than a decade”: Brianna Herlihy of Fox News has this report. The post “Christian baker sued for refusing gender-transition cake says Supreme Court ruling puts law on his side; Jack Phillips was sued again after he won at the Supreme Court, making his court battles stret
JURIST
JULY 20, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Wednesday that the family of Jamal Ali Shaw, who died after being tased by police in jail while having a seizure, can sue the officers over Shaw’s death. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The court ruled that, in viewing the record in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs, the officers’ actions “constituted excessive force in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment right
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Sonia Sotomayor’s Book Scandal Is Banal and Troubling; The Supreme Court justice’s buckraking hardly compares to that of her conservative colleagues; But it still says a lot about how much Washington has changed”: Walter Shapiro has this essay online at The New Republic. The post “Sonia Sotomayor’s Book Scandal Is Banal and Troubling; The Supreme Court justice’s buckraking hardly compares to that of her conservative colleagues; But it still says a lot a
Law 360
JULY 20, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday withdrew its in-house challenge of Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard purchase, another victory for the tech companies on a deal that a California federal judge refused to block, and the Ninth Circuit refused to pause while an appeal proceeds.
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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.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“On Centralized and De-Centralized Federal Courts: Constitutional litigation should be more rare, and should involved fully developed and not assumed facts.” George Liebmann has this post at The American Conservative. The post “On Centralized and De-Centralized Federal Courts: Constitutional litigation should be more rare, and should involved fully developed and not assumed facts.” appeared first on How Appealing.
The IP Law Blog
JULY 20, 2023
In Buergofol GmbH v. Omega Liner Company, Inc. , 4-22-cv-04112 (DSD Jul. 13, 2023) (Karen E. Schreier), the court granted the defendant’s motion to compel and awarded monetary sanctions after the plaintiff failed to respond at all to discovery requests that the plaintiff had objected to as overbroad because the court ruled the plaintiff “still had an obligation to respond to the extent it did not object.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Clarence Thomas Unintentionally Opened the Door to a New Type of Affirmative Action”: Law professor Jonathan Zasloff has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The post “Clarence Thomas Unintentionally Opened the Door to a New Type of Affirmative Action” appeared first on How Appealing.
ABA Journal
JULY 20, 2023
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“‘The People’s Justice’ Review: The Originalist and the Masses; When we follow the Constitution’s text, a federal judge argues, the weak and the powerless stand to benefit the most.” In today’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, David J. Garrow has this review of Sixth Circuit Judge Amul Thapar ’s new book, “ The People’s Justice: Clarence Thomas and the Constitutional Stories that Define Him.” The post “‘The People’s
Above The Law
JULY 20, 2023
Or at least never had a way to ask before now. The post Everything You Wanted To Know About Opposing Counsel In State Court But Were Afraid To Ask appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“The Fourth Circuit Requires a Second Notice of Appeal After the Appeal Window is Reopened; The Fourth Circuit held that once the appeal window is reopened under Rule 4(a)(6), would-be appellants must file a new notice of appeal; A prior one — which the court construed as a Rule 4(a)(6) motion — was insufficient”: Bryan Lammon has this post at his “final decisions” blog about a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S.
Above The Law
JULY 20, 2023
If not, how will they square this with Bremerton? The post Could Law Schools Get Biblical On Affirmative Action? appeared first on Above the Law.
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HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Federal court rules in favor of Dante Mullinex’s grandmother in free-speech case”: Mike Argento of The York Daily Record has this report. Aimee Ambrose of The York Dispatch reports that “ Court sides with grandma over D.A. in Dante Mullinix free speech case.” And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “ Grandmother Has Right to Publish Government Documents About Investigation into Grandson’s Death; The Third Circuit hold
Above The Law
JULY 20, 2023
The tool is only as good as the data it feeds on. and a lot of that costs money. The post What If AI Is Actually WORSE For Access To Justice? appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
JULY 20, 2023
“Are paid petitions for certiorari in decline — again?” Michael Migiel-Schwartz recently had this post at “SCOTUSblog.” The post “Are paid petitions for certiorari in decline — again?” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
JULY 20, 2023
As lawyers, we know, all too well, that no one gets their full wish list satisfied when, inevitably, an agreement is reached. The post Strikes, Suitemates, And Stuffing A Sock In It appeared first on Above the Law.
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