Landing Your First In-House Job
Above The Law
JUNE 23, 2022
It may be challenging but the right in-house opportunity is worth the effort. The post Landing Your First In-House Job appeared first on Above the Law.
Above The Law
JUNE 23, 2022
It may be challenging but the right in-house opportunity is worth the effort. The post Landing Your First In-House Job appeared first on Above the Law.
Paralegal Bootcamp
JUNE 23, 2022
Living in a post-pandemic world leaves us all vulnerable to paralegal burnout. In the legal profession specifically, many paralegals work day and night to adapt to the new challenges exposed by the pandemic. Workers across the world put together strategies that allow them to remain physically and mentally healthy while reaching their professional and personal goals.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Nada Al-Nashif expressed concern Tuesday over the increase in human rights violations occurring in Islamic Republic of Iran at the 50th session of the UN’s Human Rights Council. In accordance with resolution 76/178 of the UN General Assembly, the Secretary-General of the United Nations was required to prepare an interim report on the human rights situation in Iran and submit it to the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2022
Share On Friday, June 24, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 24 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The US Supreme Court Thursday held that a Miranda violation is not basis to bring a claim under 42 USC § 1983 in the case of Vega v. Tekoh. 42 USC § 1983 allows for individuals to sue the government for civil rights violations. . The case first arose when a female patient accused Terrence Tekoh of sexual assault at the Los Angeles medical center where Tekoh worked as a nursing assistant.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced that a grand jury indicted former Tallahassee mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Demetric Gillum and the Board Chair and CEO of the National Black Justice Coalition Sharon Janet Lettman-Hicks on 21 charges, including making false statements to federal officials and wire fraud. The indictment alleges between 2016 and 2019, the defendants “conspired to commit wire fraud, by unlawfully soliciting and obtaining funds from va
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2022
“Clement to Open Boutique After Kirkland Withdraws From Guns”: Kimberly Strawbridge Robinson of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access).
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The man charged with attempting to murder US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh Wednesday pleaded not guilty in a Maryland federal court. The man, Nicholas John Roske, will remain incarcerated. Roske’s initial appearance is not yet scheduled. The US Department of Justice (DOJ) last week released Roske’s indictment. The DOJ charged Roske with attempting to murder an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“Goodwin Procter Prepares for Recusal Issues Given Partner’s Family Ties to Ketanji Brown Jackson; Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s brother-in-law, William Jackson, is a partner in the firm’s complex litigation and dispute resolution practice”: Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards Tuesday signed a restrictive abortion bill which could go into effect as soon as Roe v. Wade is overturned. Senate Bill 342 builds upon a 2006 trigger law, meaning that if the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision overturns Roe v. Wade, which it is expected to based on a leaked draft opinion , the new law will go into effect immediately.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“Cisco wins reversal of $2.75 bln damages award because judge’s wife owned stock”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report. Matthew Bultman and Samantha Handler of Bloomberg Law report that “ Cisco’s $2 Billion Loss Nixed Over Judge’s Wife Owning Stock.” And at his “Patently-O” blog, Dennis Crouch has a post titled “ Judicial Recusal Order Saves Cisco $2.75 Billion.” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The US Supreme Court Tuesday denied Bayer AG’s appeal of a $25 million judgment against it from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Bayer’s appeal attempted to dismiss all legal claims from customers that contracted cancer from using Bayer’s weed killer Roundup, which contains glyphosate. In 2019 Edwin Hardeman won $25 million for decades of exposure to Roundup weedkiller in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“Supreme Court Strikes Down New York Law Limiting Guns in Public”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post report that “ Supreme Court finds N.Y. law violates right to carry guns outside home; The 6-to-3 ruling clears the way for legal challenges to similar restrictions in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii and Massachusetts.” David G.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The US Supreme Court Tuesday ruled in a 5-4 decision that federal courts may not order states to transport inmates to find new evidence without first deciding of any resulting evidence would be admissible in court. In 1993 Raymond Twyford was convicted of aggravated murder and sentenced to death by an Ohio jury. Twyford was abused as a child and attempted suicide at age 13, due to which at least 20 pieces of bullet shrapnel remained in his brain.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“Winning Lawyers in Supreme Court Gun Case Leave Firm; Partners Paul Clement and Erin Murphy depart Kirkland & Ellis after it says it won’t take any more Second Amendment cases”: Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The Western Australia Parliamentary Inquiry Thursday handed down a final report titled Enough is Enough from its inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the fly-in fly-out (FIFO) mining industry. The report was produced by the Community Development and Justice Standing Committee, a five-member state parliamentary committee with a mandate of looking at the existing workplace characteristics in the mines and make a clear investigation on the prevalence of sexual harassments in the industr
HowAppealing
JUNE 23, 2022
“The Law Firm That Got Tired of Winning: After our Supreme Court victory protecting the Second Amendment, we were told to ditch our clients or leave.” Paul Clement and Erin Murphy will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
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JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Thursday issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) to all JUUL Labs Inc. products currently marketed in the US. As a result of the MDOs, JUUL must cease selling and distributing products in the US. In order for a company in the US to legally market a new tobacco product, that company must first receive a written marketing order from the FDA.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“A Good Week for Religious Freedom; The Supreme Court reaffirms that states can’t disfavor schools on account of faith”: Law professor Richard W. Garnett will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. And online at City Journal, law professor Nicole Stelle Garnett has an essay titled “ A Victory for Religious Liberty and Educational Pluralism: The Supreme Court rejects policies that exclude faith-based schools from private-school-choice program
JURIST
JUNE 23, 2022
Lawyers representing Daunte Wright’s family announced Wednesday they had reached a monetary settlement of $3.25 million with the city of Brooklyn Center for the fatal shooting of their son by a police officer. This settlement is the third largest civil rights wrongful death settlement in Minnesota. Lawyers for Daunte Wright’s family have stressed the importance of the nonmonetary portions of the settlement as well.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“In Louisiana, an abortion clinic anxiously waits for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling; Louisiana’s ‘trigger law’ could immediately ban abortion if Roe is overturned”: Julie O’Donoghue and Piper Hutchinson of the Louisiana Illuminator have this report. And Sara Burnett of The Associated Press has a report headlined “ ‘Heightened alert’: Abortion providers brace for ruling.
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The Crime Report
JUNE 23, 2022
When Mayor Bill de Blasio chose me to run New York City’s Department of Correction for the final seven months of his term, I immersed myself in Rikers Island so I could quickly come up to speed. I moved myself and my team’s offices onto Rikers and began touring seven days a week, at all hours. Editor’s Note: Rikers Island , one of the world’s largest correctional institutions and mental health facilities, houses an average daily population of 10,000 inmates, the majority of whom are pretrial det
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JUNE 23, 2022
“How an Abortion Ban Trapped a Tourist on Malta; Andrea Prudente, an American, developed pregnancy complications while on the island that could put her life at risk; But abortion is illegal there, and she is seeking a safe way to leave”: Amanda Taub of The New York Times has this report. And Megan Clement and Weronika Strzy?y?ska of The Guardian (UK) report that “ US woman left traumatised after Malta hospital refuses life-saving abortion; ‘Desperate’ tourist who fe
Above The Law
JUNE 23, 2022
Now the cops have the right to remain silent! The post Joe Biden Gets HUGE Supreme Court Win… Overruling Miranda Warnings? appeared first on Above the Law.
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JUNE 23, 2022
“Kirkland & Ellis to Drop 2nd Amendment Cases After SCOTUS Strikes Down NY Gun Law; Former U.S. Solicitor General Paul Clement, who represented the New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc., will leave the firm along with appellate partner Erin Murphy”: Dan Roe of The American Lawyer has a report that begins, “Kirkland & Ellis will no longer represent clients in Second Amendment matters, the firm announced hours after appellate litigators Paul Clement and Erin
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