Attorney at Work
MARCH 6, 2023
Brooke Lively | We analyzed eight offers and found one consistent thing. Not one of them was going to be profitable to the firm. The post The Best Compensation Plans Use the Law of Thirds appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
Chairman of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Mark Warner (D-VA) Sunday announced plans to introduce a bipartisan bill that would allow foreign technologies entering America to be banned. Warner’s announcement has generated attention since it explicitly mentions that the popular app TikTok could be subject to the ban. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Warner stated he has been working on the bill with Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) and that TikTok, in particular, i
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Diane Drain
MARCH 6, 2023
PEOPLE MAY WANT TO FILE A TAX RETURN – EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO Posting from the IRS IRS Tax Tip 2023-27, March 2, 2023 Some people choose not to file a tax return because they aren’t legally required to file, but they could be missing out on refundable tax credits or an income tax refund. This could apply to someone if they: Have had federal income tax withheld from their pay.
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Letizia Ailio is a law student at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She files this dispatch from Maastricht. One of the unintended consequences of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has been the applications of Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
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LawSites
MARCH 6, 2023
As the person who plans and emcees the Startup Alley pitch competition at ABA TECHSHOW, I was pretty sure that I knew how the 90 minutes would unfold when the event kicked off TECHSHOW in Chicago last week. But in the final moments, after the pitches were done and just as I had invited the audience to cast their votes for the winning startup, I was thrown for a loop.
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Attorney at Work
MARCH 6, 2023
I know the Eisenhower box is fast, but could it be faster? Two new ways to use this brilliant hack. The post This Is How Eisenhower Boxes Effortlessly Organize Your Life appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
The UK Joint Committee on Human Rights Monday declared that the UK Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill does not “meet the UK’s human rights obligations.” The legislation was proposed in January 2023 by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government to ensure public services maintain “basic function” during industrial actions. The Committee’s primary concerns revolved around the bill’s compliance with Article 11 of the European Convention of Human Rights: the right to freedom of ass
HowAppealing
MARCH 6, 2023
“Should Courts Concern Themselves With Improving Work-Life Balance of Attorneys, Their Staff?” This month’s installment of my “Upon Further Review” column will appear in tomorrow’s print edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Philadelphia’s daily newspaper for lawyers. The post “Should Courts Concern Themselves With Improving Work-Life Balance of Attorneys, Their Staff?
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
A group of protesters clashed with police in Atlanta, Georgia Sunday at the construction site of a new police training center. The City of Atlanta Police Department later reported that 35 people were detained as a result of the confrontation. Police claimed that those who gathered at the construction site were there to target and attack the site and officers, rather than protest peacefully.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 6, 2023
“Justices take up case on federal admiralty law, seek government’s views on two pending petitions”: Amy Howe has this post at “SCOTUSblog.” And P.J. D’Annunzio of Law360 reports that “ Justices Will Untangle Yacht Insurance Choice-Of-Law Dispute ” (subscription required for access). You can access today’s U.S.
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Sunday banned broadcasts of speeches made by former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The media authority also suspended private news channel ARY News’ licence for airing one of Khan’s statements. The ban followed shortly after police failed to execute an arrest warrant at Khan’s residence in Lahore.
LawSites
MARCH 6, 2023
At ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago last week, it struck me that it is conceivable that an attendee could be the third generation within a family to have been to a TECHSHOW. After all, the conference was first held nearly four decades ago, way back in in 1987. That means that, in a multi-generational family of lawyers, an attendee this year could well have had a parent and grandparent attend in some prior year.
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
James Joseph is UK Senior Correspondent for JURIST. Over the last 18 months Emma Lilley and I have been campaigning for The Law Society to diversify their admissions ceremonies and hold them regionally, allowing more people to attend their special day of being admitted to the role of solicitor , which in layman’s terms is their graduation and receipt of authority to practice by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
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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.
FDA Law Blog
MARCH 6, 2023
By Véronique Li, Senior Medical Device Regulation Expert — A year ago, we blogged about a proposed rule that would replace the Quality System Regulation (QSR) at 21 C.F.R. Part 820 with a newly named Quality Management System Regulation (QMSR) (see here ). The proposed rule was published on February 23, 2022 and was first heralded by FDA in 2018 and introduced in the Spring 2018 regulatory agenda.
JURIST
MARCH 6, 2023
Amnesty International Monday urged the UN Human Rights Council to take action on the deteriorating human rights situation in Afghanistan. The organisation is particularly concerned about targeted executions and arbitrary arrests of critics of the Taliban’s abusive regime. Amnesty International proposed the use of a fact-finding mechanism to investigate human rights violations carried out by the Taliban government and said the UN should establish an “independent investigative mechanis
Above The Law
MARCH 6, 2023
Before healthcare providers onboard workers sourced from staffing agencies, they should make sure these laborers are hired as W-2 employees rather than 1099 independent contractors, one lawyer recently warned. The Department of Labor is increasing its efforts to ensure healthcare facilities are complying with the law as it pertains to contract labor and overtime pay.
L4SB
MARCH 6, 2023
If you’re thinking of getting your invention or idea patented, the first step is understanding how the patent process works. One type of patent that might be of particular interest.
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Above The Law
MARCH 6, 2023
Strunk and White? More like stinking writers. The post These Law Students Are Getting Way More Technical Assistance Writing Their Papers Than Just Spell Check… appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
MARCH 6, 2023
The parent entity of online poker website PokerStars on Monday agreed to pay the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $4 million after the agency accused a company it acquired of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations while trying to have poker legalized in Russia.
Above The Law
MARCH 6, 2023
And it's better for the environment too. The post Lawyers Waste A Ton Of Money On Data Storage And Discovery, But Massive Cost-Saving Tech Is Here appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
MARCH 6, 2023
David Searle, the former acting head of legal at Tesla, has taken a position as executive vice president and general counsel at solar company Sunnova Energy International Inc. in Houston.
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Above The Law
MARCH 6, 2023
Thirty-three nations called for a global treaty restricting ‘lethal autonomous weapons.’ But US officials warn that such a ban would be both premature and overly narrow, preferring broader but non-binding ‘best practices’ guiding any military employment of AI. The post ‘Not The Right Time’: US To Push Guidelines, Not Bans, At UN Meeting On Autonomous Weapons appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
MARCH 6, 2023
This story was originally published by Prison Journalism Project Incarcerated people don’t often get the chance to give their 2 cents on how to improve life inside prison. So I asked eight men at Eyman State Prison in Florence, Arizona, about their views. Their full names have been withheld so they could speak freely. Answers have been lightly edited.
Above The Law
MARCH 6, 2023
The allegations that have come out during the hearing are shocking. The post Attorney Allegedly Gave Junior Employee X-Rated Tasks, Now Faces Disciplinary Hearing appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 6, 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 Monday morning read: How Not to Conduct a Leak Investigation (Glenn Fine, The Atlantic) The Curious Rise of a Supreme Court Doctrine That Threatens Biden’s Agenda (Adam Liptak, The New York Times) DeSantis-backed death penalty bill flouts Supreme Court precedent — for now (Jordan Rubin, MSNBC) Why the Supreme Court Might Uphold Student-Debt Relief (Eric Lev
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