Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Mark Haddad | How small law firms can address the opportunities and pitfalls brought by generative AI. The post Generative AI and the Small Law Firm: Leveling the Playing Field appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Armenia made submissions to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday. requesting provisional measures against Azerbaijan for what Armenia calls “ethnic cleansing” in the ethnic Armenian region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia requested that Azerbaijan refrain from any actions which might breach Azerbaijan’s obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination ( CERD ).
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
But if the universe should send us this holy blessing. The post We Have Not Lived A Good Enough Life To Watch Mike Lindell Represent Himself Pro Se In Those Defamation Cases appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) issued a statement Friday urging Russia to retract arrest warrants the country issued against senior International Criminal Court (ICC) judges. Senior ICC judges investigate and try persons charged with the gravest crimes, namely genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression. In March, ICC prosecutor Khan Karim Asad Ahmad and Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Presidential
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HowAppealing
OCTOBER 13, 2023
“The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by the justices”: Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, “The Supreme Court avoided a catastrophic accident last year when a piece of marble at least 2 feet long crashed to the ground in an interior courtyard used by the justices and their aides, according to several court employees.” The post “The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a chunk of marble fell in
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
One of the children were found waist-deep in the water. The post Biglaw Attorney Arrested After Leaving Little Kids Alone On A Florida Beach appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) adopted five new resolutions and submitted one to the General Assembly on Thursday. According to a press release from the UNHRC, one of the new resolutions extended the UN’s mandate in Burundi, just days after the UN’s mandate in Ethiopia expired. The resolution on the “ Situation of human rights in Burundi ” was, by the resolutions’ own count, the tenth resolution concerning human rights in Burundi since October 2015.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Stop it. Just stop it. The post Law Professor Characterizes Attacks As ‘Palestinian Resistance’ In Latest Example Of You’re Not Helping Anybody Right Now appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The Hong Kong Court of First Instance granted on Thursday leave to apply for judicial review to dismissed Hong Kong teacher Toffee Tam Yuk-fun. Tam was previously dismissed as a teacher by Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi-yan in July over posting allegedly improper statements on Facebook during the 2019 anti-government protests. She was found to have brought the Hong Kong government into disrepute and fallen below the standards of a teacher during disciplinary proceedings last
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
One of them has already scrapped its program in response. The post Blum Group Threatens To Sue More Biglaw Firms Over Their Diversity Fellowships appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 13, 2023
A judge overseeing the criminal fraud trial of FTX founder Samuel Bankman-Fried has told defense lawyers multiple times to stop repeating themselves, telling one of…
InHouseBlog
OCTOBER 13, 2023
The tension between in-house legal departments and their outside counsel can sometimes be palpable. In-house counsel, many of whom grew up as lawyers in BigLaw, often find themselves perplexed and astonished at how their outside counsel perform their services and bill them. At the largest law firms these days, billable rates are continuing to rise to the stratosphere.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
A trial is unlike any other function a lawyer needs to handle. The post Trials Are A Huge Time Vacuum For Lawyers appeared first on Above the Law.
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Law 360
OCTOBER 13, 2023
California is putting data brokers under the microscope with a groundbreaking law that imposes significant new data deletion and disclosure obligations, creating heightened liability risks and once again establishing a privacy standard that other states are likely to follow.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
If she thought her namesake on shirts was bad, try legislation. The post Katy Perry’s Influence Will Last Forever — Maybe Not As A Musician, But As Legislation appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Consumers convinced the Ninth Circuit to speed up Live Nation and Ticketmaster's appeal of an order refusing to send the proposed class action over their 2010 merger into arbitration, rejecting the companies' assertions that there's no reason for expedited treatment.
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 13, 2023
An en banc federal appeals court ruled 7-4 this week that California may enforce its ban on high-capacity gun magazines pending appeal. The 9th U.S.
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Law 360
OCTOBER 13, 2023
A Western District of Texas jury found Friday that California-based hybrid data cloud company Cloudera infringed three separate coding patents and owes a patent-holding company $240 million.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Another trophy for the shelf. And by "trophy" we mean "federal indictment." The post Sen. Bob Menendez Is Quite The Overachiever appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
OCTOBER 13, 2023
A D.C. Superior Court judge has thrown out Walgreens' claims against Humana in a lawsuit involving Crowell & Moring LLP's past work for the companies.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
From the 'Working as Expected?' dept. The post Facial Recognition Tech Again Fingers The Wrong Person For The Job appeared first on Above the Law.
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SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 13, 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 Friday morning read: The Supreme Court avoided disaster when a hunk of marble fell in a courtyard used by justices (Mark Sherman, Associated Press) May it please the court? These three Supreme Court first-timers sure hope so (Jenna Greene, Reuters) The groundwork for a Supreme Court case on gender-affirming case is being laid now (Orion Rummler, The 19th) B
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Legal professionals should seize the strategic benefits hidden within an autumn lateral career move, uncovering uniquely fitting opportunities in a less competitive market ahead of the new year. The post Accelerate Advancement: Initiate Your Lateral Attorney Move Before Year-End For Optimal Career Opportunities appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
OCTOBER 13, 2023
US Foods Inc. agreed to pay more than $721,000 total in back pay to nearly 1,000 women to resolve claims that the company discriminated against female applicants during the hiring process at five facilities, the U.S. Department of Labor said Friday.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Make way for the next Biglaw behemoth. Congratulations! The post A&O Shearman Merger Approved, Poised To Become Third-Largest Firm In The World appeared first on Above the Law.
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