Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) There’s a new sheriff, or at least FBI director, in town. Despite the infamy of his public enemies list , Kash Patel was recently confirmed to the position. His resume is definitely notable, but it’s his Department of Defense bio that’s caught our attention. A native of New York, Mr. Patel completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Richmond before returning to New York to earn his law degree, along with a Certificate in Inte

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MARCH 20, 2025

Amnesty International condemned on Wednesday the Turkish government’s recent detention of over 100 individuals, including Istanbul Mayor Ekrem mamolu in a severe escalation of its crackdown on dissent. Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Europe, Dinushika Dissanayake, characterized the government’s actions as a severe intensification of the ongoing suppression of peaceful dissent and the targeting of the main opposition party, the Republican Peoples Party (CHP)

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MARCH 20, 2025

En banc Ninth Circuit holds that California law banning the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines comports with the Second Amendment: You can access today’s 7-to-4 en banc ruling on the merits at this link. In conjunction with his dissenting opinion, Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke issued a video which you can access on YouTube via this link.

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Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

As a small law firm owner, your time is constantly stretched between serving your clients, growing your practice, and focusing on your personal needs. However, with the April 15, 2025, tax filing deadline approaching, there’s still time to implement powerful wealth building strategies for the 2024 tax year that could significantly pay dividends for years to come.

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MARCH 20, 2025

“Interview: NC GOP chair defends challenge of 65,000 votes in Supreme Court election.” Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. And in commentary, online at Bloomberg Opinion, Mary Ellen Klas has an essay titled “ North Carolinas Ongoing Election Dispute Is Dangerous; The losing candidate for the state Supreme Court is determined to change the outcome; That would further undermine trust in the judiciary.

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MARCH 20, 2025

“Judge VanDyke Displays Guns in Chambers in Unusual Video Dissent; VanDyke, in robes, displayed handguns in chambers; Other Ninth Circuit members bashed video opinion”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. The article concludes, “The US Marshals Service and Ninth Circuit didnt respond to requests for comments regarding courthouse protocols for the possession of firearms by judges.

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Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

(Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) With all the emphasis on storytelling and audience connection in SXSW panel discussions, it was a bit of a shock to sit through a clunker of a presentation. But, like most things at SXSW, theres still something to learn even from missteps. Not many lawyers attend SXSW since its not a legal conference, but there are a few law-related sessions.

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LegalTalkNetwork

MARCH 20, 2025

PETALUMA, CA (March 20, 2025) The hosts of The Kennedy-Mighell Report, a leading legal technology podcast, have teamed up with Green Filing, a premier provider of electronic court filing solutions, to produce an exclusive video series called Tom & Dennis Take It For a Spin, interacting with key legal technology, and exploring the latest trends and insights in legal technology.

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Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

Getty Images What was a forced decision five years ago is now an option that is being warmly welcomed by law firm owners everywhere: The use of remote staff as a viable method for managing workload. Attorneys are utilizing virtual staffers (admininstrators and paralegals), as well as lawyers of all experience levels, on projects or on a fractional basis.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 20, 2025

Share The Supreme Court has tapped a former clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor to defend a lower court ruling in next terms Barrett v. United States , a New York mans challenge to his robbery convictions and sentences under two federal laws. The federal government, which prevailed in the lower court last May, has declined to defend that ruling at the Supreme Court.

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Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

Biglaw firms continue to shutter their offices in China. Today, we have news on the fifth large law firm to close the doors of a Chinese office in 2025 — and this firm is no stranger to closing up shop in East Asia. As noted bythe American Lawyer , Winston & Strawn a firm that brought in $1,190,728,000 gross revenue in 2023, putting it at No. 44 on the most recent Am Law 100 plans to shut down its Shanghai office, where it had been operating jointly with local Chinese practice Yuanda

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 20, 2025

In Kentucky, as in most jurisdictions, the prosecution can request an "initial aggressor" instruction informing jurors that the defendant does not have a self-defense claim if he was the initial aggressor (unless certain narrow exceptions apply). But, of course, to.

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Above The Law

MARCH 20, 2025

SAFE will allow Member States to immediately and massively scale up their defence investments through common procurement from the European defence industry, focusing on priority capabilities," a statement from the European Commission reads.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2025

Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on Wednesday urging Mexican authorities to conduct a “thorough” and “impartial” investigation into a possible mass killing site outside the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco state in Mexico. According to the report, a local search collective called the Jalisco Search Warriors uncovered a remote ranch site where they found “bone fragments … hundreds of shoes, clothing items, charred human remains, and three underground ove

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MARCH 20, 2025

“When copyright law and fashion collide; Retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer 64 explains his dissent in a case involving cheerleading uniforms”: Rebecca Beyer of Harvard Law Today has this report.

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Law 360

MARCH 20, 2025

Longtime securities and whistleblower attorney Rebecca M. Katz has left plaintiffs litigation firm Motley Rice LLC and has launched her own small firm, Katz Whistleblower Law LLC.

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MARCH 20, 2025

“Schools Fear Funding Loss as Supreme Court Weighs E-Rate Case”: Mark Walsh of Education Week has this report.

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Customs & International Trade Law

MARCH 20, 2025

A new antidumping and countervailing duty action has been filed against “Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes” imported from Vietnam and China. These boxes are colloquially know as Vegetable or Seafood Boxes and are used to pack and ship articles such as produce. The allegation is that imports from China are both unfairly subsidized and are being dumped (sold below cost) while imports from Vietnam are alleged to being dumped (sold for below cost).

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MARCH 20, 2025

“Julia Lipez confirmed as Maines newest state supreme court justice; The Senate’s confirmation of Lipez to the Maine Supreme Judicial Court fills a yearlong vacancy on the state’s highest court”: Rachel Ohm of The Portland Press Herald has this report.

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Patently O

MARCH 20, 2025

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit's short precedential decision in Realtek v. ITC & DivX addresses ITC sanctions proceedings. The alleged bad act here involves patentee DivX who arguably altered its infringement theory against Realtek midstream and then ultimately dismissed its complaint against the Taiwanese semiconductor company after that pathway was also cut off.

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MARCH 20, 2025

“Texas Senate passes bill requiring Ten Commandments in schools; Opponents of the bill questioned whether it conflicts with the First Amendment’s prohibition against government actions that favor one religion over another”: Cameron Thompson of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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Law 360

MARCH 20, 2025

Georgia's House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Thursday to advance a Republican-backed overhaul to the state's civil justice system, clearing one of the final hurdles for Gov. Brian Kemp's top legislative priority of 2025.

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MARCH 20, 2025

“Supreme Court Audition Watch: Lawrence VanDyke Is a Guns YouTuber Now; When the competition for a promotion is this stiff, you have to start trying some stuff.” Jay Willis has this post at his “Balls & Strikes” Substack site.

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Law 360

MARCH 20, 2025

The on-again, off-again risk of import and export tariffs on energy transactions between the U.S. and Canada may have repercussions for U.S. energy stakeholders in the ISO New England and New York Independent System Operator electricity markets but there are options that could help reduce cost impacts, say attorneys at Husch Blackwell.

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MARCH 20, 2025

“The Courts Alone Cant Save Us”: Law professor Stephen I. Vladeck has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

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