JURIST

MARCH 25, 2023

The UN Head of the Human Rights Monitoring Commission Watch, Matilda Boligner, Friday issued a report regarding the rights of Prisoners of War (POWs) in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. The report detailed a total of 8,000 people dead and 9,000 injured, many of whom were victims of the use of missiles and explosive weapons. She also reported 600 forced disappearances in the past year, with survivors detailing their subjection to torture, ill-treatment and sexual violence.

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MARCH 25, 2023

“Three lawyers and a robot walk into a bar. and debate motions practice.” Adam Unikowsky has this post at his Substack site, “Adam’s Legal Newsletter.” The post “Three lawyers and a robot walk into a bar. and debate motions practice.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2023

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) Thursday delivered its judgement, wherein it held that the freedom of expression of an eyewitness to a road accident is protected by Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention). The ECHR unanimously ruled that there had been a violation of Article 10 of the Convention.

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MARCH 25, 2023

“Supreme Court Should Take and Reverse Fifth Circuit Decision that Creates a Catch-22 for Takings Claims Against State Government; The badly flawed ruling defies the Supreme Court’s landmark 2019 decision forbidding such Catch-22 traps”: Ilya Somin has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” The post “Supreme Court Should Take and Reverse Fifth Circuit Decision that Creates a Catch-22 for Takings Claims Against State Government; The badly flawed ruling defies th

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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.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2023

The Supreme Court of India Friday delivered its ruling wherein it held that the affinity test is not a litmus test to decide a caste name and is not an essential part of the process of the determination of the correctness of a caste/tribe name in every case. The three-judge bench of Justice SK Kaul, AS Oka, and Manoj Misra had reserved its judgment in February after hearing the parties’ contentions.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2023

India’s Lok Sabha (House of People) Secretariat Friday issued a notification of disqualification of Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi after he was convicted in a defamation case. The Lok Sabha Secretariat stated that Gandhi, who represented Kerala’s Wayanad Parliamentary Constituency, was disqualified under Article 102 (Disqualifications for membership) of the Constitution of India read with Section 8 (Disqualification on conviction for certain offences) of the Representation of the Peo

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MARCH 25, 2023

“Ethical no man’s land: can the US supreme court be trusted to police itself? The nation’s highest court relies on justices to judge for themselves if they have a conflict of interest. Often members of the hard-right majority decide they don’t.” Ed Pilkington of The Guardian (UK) has this report. The post “Ethical no man’s land: can the US supreme court be trusted to police itself?

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LLRX

MARCH 25, 2023

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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MARCH 25, 2023

“‘He’s known as a lawyer’s lawyer’: Daniel Kelly pins Supreme Court run on conservative credentials.” Molly Beck and Corrinne Hess of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel have this report. Anya van Wagtendonk of Wisconsin Public Radio has reports headlined “ The issue of abortion transformed the Wisconsin Supreme Court race; With a challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban likely headed to the court, the winner of this race could decide whether abortion is l

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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.

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The Process Street

MARCH 25, 2023

A proposal has a lot of different purposes, but there’s only one good way to write one: the way that pulls together all of the information in a concise and persuasive way and helps you get what you want … whether that’s a whole new software system, or just a tweak to your marketing strategy. This Process Street article isn’t about a business proposal — also known as a quote — but instead about the document required when formally pitching an idea for action and execution b

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 25, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. A list of all petitions we’re watching is available here. Five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that pleading guilty to a crime does not prevent a defendant from arguing that the law criminalizing their conduct is unconstitutional. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, an issue that decision left open: Under what circumstances

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The Process Street

MARCH 25, 2023

Business systemization gained notoriety from the bestselling book by Michael E. Gerber, published in 1986, The E-Myth – Why most businesses don’t work and what to do about it. In 2011, this groundbreaking book was named the number 1 business book of all time by The Wall Street Journal. In The E-Myth (Entrepreneurial Myth) Gerber explains how businesses are usually started by those who know the content of a business – so-called “Technicians”, people who know how to do the technical work involved

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Fordham Law News

MARCH 25, 2023

Chat GPT can co-write law review articles in record time [1] and pass law school exams, including multiple choice and essay questions. [2] However, its execution is far from perfect. Dean Andrew Perlman of Suffolk Law School, who co-wrote the law review article with Chat, said “the bot ‘isn’t ready for prime time,’” but does not seem too “far off.” [3] One issue with Chat, as its creators point, out is that it “sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers,” [4] referr

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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.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 25, 2023

This week, the University of Pittsburgh was under fire from State Rep. La’Tasha D. Mayes, who objected to conservative speakers, including competitive swimmer Riley Gaines, Daily Wire commentator Michael Knowles, and Daily Wire podcast host Cabot Phillips. Mayes’ objections reflect the growing anti-free speech movement, and its rationale of “speech-as-harm” that is sweeping the nation.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 25, 2023

“A threat to democracy or much-needed reform? Israel’s judicial overhaul explained.” Hadas Gold of CNN has this report. The post “A threat to democracy or much-needed reform? Israel’s judicial overhaul explained.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2023

The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic Friday accused the French police of using violence and excessive force against protestors demonstrating opposition against French President Emmanual Macron’s circumventing an outvoted pension reform bill increasing the retirement age from 62 to 64, without a parliamentary vote.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 25, 2023

Yesterday, Res Ipsa passed the 69,000,000 mark in views on the blog. We have used these moments to give thanks for our many regular readers around the world and share our traffic data to give you an idea of the current profile of readers around the world. We do not have a running data page so these periodic postings allow our community to see the traffic profile of our blog.

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JURIST

MARCH 25, 2023

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In a short national TV address Saturday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called for the immediate suspension of pending judicial overhaul legislation as well as an immediate stop to the mass protests against it that have occurred around the country for some 12 weeks now.

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