Paralegal Bootcamp
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
It happens to so many. You start a new paralegal position, and then you wonder for months when you’ll get that on-the-job training that will show you exactly what you should be doing every day. But it never comes. You’re stuck playing the guessing game and scrambling to figure things out on your own, hoping you don’t make a mistake along the way.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The State of Texas Wednesday executed Wesley Ruiz after the US Supreme Court denied Ruiz’s petition to for a stay. Ruiz, convicted of fatally shooting a Texas police officer, filed an application with the court on Tuesday to stay his execution and consider his petition for a writ of certiorari. The court denied both the application for stay of execution and Ruiz’s petition for writ of certiorari.
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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
There’s been lots of talk over the last few years about law firm efficiency. And so , some folks address the value of workflows. And, others talk about how important it is to generate metrics around efficiency. And, then there’s the pressure coming from clients fed up with the inefficiencies inherent in traditional law practice and law firm billing.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Wednesday announced a $1.5 million civil penalty against digital healthcare company GoodRx for its failure “ to notify consumers and others of its unauthorized disclosures of consumers’ personal health information to Facebook, Google, and other companies” in violation the FTC’s Health Breach Notification Rule (HBNR) ( 18 CFR § 318 ) and 15 U.S.C. § 45(a)(1).
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“Federal judges’ retirements increasingly politically timed, study finds”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. The post “Federal judges’ retirements increasingly politically timed, study finds” appeared first on How Appealing.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“Domestic Abusers Have Gun Rights Too, US Appeals Court Rules; Court vacates conviction of Texas man tied to five shootings; Ruling is latest fallout from US Supreme Court landmark ruling”: Erik Larson of Bloomberg News has this report. Tierney Sneed of CNN reports that “ Law barring people with domestic violence restraining orders from having guns is unconstitutional, court rules.” Zach Schonfeld of The Hill reports that “ Appeals court strikes down gun ban for peo
JURIST
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The European Parliament Thursday stripped two additional European lawmakers of their immunity from prosecution. Belgian authorities may now question the lawmakers in their investigation into a cash-for-influence bribery scandal linked to Qatar and Morocco. Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella and Italian MEP Andrea Cozzolino join four other suspects who authorities have tied to accusations that Qatar and Morocco sought to bribe European Parliament members in order to influence EU decision making.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“Big Law’s Cancel Culture, and Other Obviously Fake Things That Do Not Exist; Recasting America’s richest law firms as victims of woke culture obscures the real-world impact of the work these firms do all day, every day, six minutes at a time”: Jay Willis has this post at Balls and Strikes. The post “Big Law’s Cancel Culture, and Other Obviously Fake Things That Do Not Exist; Recasting America’s richest law firms as victims of woke culture obscures the r
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Biglaw just doesn't understand. The post Memo To Biglaw Associates: Don’t ‘Destroy’ Your Career By Using Social Media appeared first on Above the Law.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“How expensive is Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner’s impeachment?” Dennis Owens and Madison Montag of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s WHTM ABC 27 have this report. According to the article, “The right-to-know request shows the House GOP has spent more than $1 million so far, most of it to law firm K&L Gates.” In related news, this should be an exciting year for the Third Circuit Bar Association (new website now live), whose board I am proudly a member of.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Under the proposed new rule, employers are no longer able to be exempt from covering contraception due to moral convictions, but religious exemptions still remain. It’s an important move from the government during the reproductive health crisis, one advocate said.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“The Old Hand Problem”: Law professor Xiao Wang has this article in the current issue of the Minnesota Law Review. The article’s abstract begins, “Senior status is a special form of retirement for federal judges.” The post “The Old Hand Problem” appeared first on How Appealing.
LegalReader
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The 19-year-old girl woman claims that her adoptive parents kept her confined in a "basement dungeon" between 2004 and 2018, effectively treating and using her as a slave.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
“Introducing Confirmation Tales: ‘Not after I’ve driven all this way!'” Ed Whelan has launched a new Substack site, “ Confirmation Tales.” The post “Introducing Confirmation Tales: ‘Not after I’ve driven all this way!'” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
‘What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying.’ - Gilles Deleuze, Negotiations The post Hey Judge, I Thought That State-Compelled Speech Was A No No? appeared first on Above the Law.
NCBA
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
By The Scholarship Committee The Scholarship Committee had a number of excellent student essays submitted for the Fall 2022 Paralegal Division Student Scholarship. The topic, “What skillsets do you believe a paralegal should have in order to be successful?
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Now, Say It Like You Mean It : A judge compels a defendant to publicly apologize. Why is that constitutional ? Philly Politicians Refuse To Begin Process To Rename A Street Glorifying Justice Taney For. Reasons? Somebody should send Gritty to handle business. The Firm Is Like A Family, And It Is Getting Bigger! Mergers are merging it up. The Fire Eventually : Even the CATO Institute thinks the whole cops murdering unarmed people thing is getting out of hand.
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The IP Law Blog
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Design patents and utility patents are two different things. Design patents protect ornamental designs, such as the shape of a perfume bottle or the design on flatware. Utility patents protect four categories of functional inventions: machines, articles of manufacture, compositions of matter, and processes (methods). To be patentable, however, both designs and functional inventions must satisfy two requirements.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Being active on LinkedIn doesn’t mean you have to be a content creator to get seen and noticed. The post 3 Strategies To Maximize The Value Of LinkedIn For Your Online Personal Brand appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT hold potential to streamline various aspects of the litigation process, resulting in improved efficiency and outcomes, but should be carefully double-checked for confidentiality, plagiarism and accuracy concerns, say Zachary Foster and Melanie Kalmanson at Quarles & Brady.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Two Congresspeople recently introduced a bill seeking to terminate the VA’s Oracle Cerner EHR rollout. The legislation said that the project is too flawed and costly to carry on — the lawmakers called for VA facilities to revert back to the department’s internally developed EHR.
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Law 360
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP urged a New York state court to stop a "harassing" subpoena from investors who are suing FTX promoters like Tom Brady in Florida state court and now seek documents from the firm that opine about whether tokens offered by the failed cryptocurrency exchange, its client in other matters, constituted securities.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
It is left as an exercise for the student to imagine what Tom Girardi's yearly performance review would look like. The post More Layoffs, More STFU, And Yes, More Tom Girardi appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 2, 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 Thursday morning read: The Supreme Court Considers the Algorithm (Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic) The Chief Justice’s Wife Has Every Right to Her Legal Career (Noah Feldman, Bloomberg) The House Can Help Find the Supreme Court Leaker ( Alan M.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
And the longer it takes, the more you’re going to want to have your own goats. The post Noted Cheesemaker Predicts Financial Apocalypse… Eventually appeared first on Above the Law.
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