EvidenceProf Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2020
As noted in Friday's post, Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) has been amended as of December 1, 2020. The Rule now states: (b) Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts. (1) Prohibited Uses. Evidence of any other crime, wrong, or act is.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2020
It’s a whole new world for lawyers; but, one thing hasn’t changed: there are still a lot of them. Yes, there are a staggering number of attorneys in the United States, both in terms of raw numbers, and when you look at per capita figures. Yet, most of the law firms are very poor at differentiating , one from another. Law firm websites spout platitudes about customer service and competency, and offer , what amount to very weak, reason s for a consumer to pick one law firm apart from another.
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Patently O
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Recent Headlines in the IP World: Francesco Guarascio: EU Seeks to bypass Patents to Boost Drugs Access in Crises (Source: Reuters). Rich Haerle: PolarityTE Receives Allowance for First U.S. Patent Application (Source: Business Wire). Alina Kolomeyer: Amarin Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Hikma (Source: Globe Newswire). Alessandro Mascellino: Apple Patent Application Filing Details New Biometric Authentication Sensors for Wearable Devices (Source: Biometric Update).
My Paralegal Place
DECEMBER 6, 2020
As a paralegal, you’re going to do a lot of writing. It may be your responsibility to write demand letters. It may be your responsibility to draft motions. It may be your responsibility to draft answers from scratch or to customize answers to interrogatories, requests for production of documents, or […]. The post Legal Writing: 3 Things Paralegal Students Should Know appeared first on.
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SCOCAblog
DECEMBER 6, 2020
Overview In August 2020, the Court of Appeal decided People v. Liggins, a criminal case involving a denial of confrontation rights to a defendant in a probation hearing. In ruling that admitting a hearsay statement — under an exception, but without a showing of unavailability or other good cause — violated the probationer’s confrontation right, the opinion departed from the decade-old Court of Appeal precedent established in People v.
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Court-MartialTrialPractice
DECEMBER 6, 2020
As the cannabis industry continues to take root state by state, the House of Representatives voted in favor of removing marijuana from the federal Controlled Substances Act. The House voted Friday on the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, or MORE Act, which decriminalizes cannabis and clears the way to erase nonviolent federal marijuana convictions.
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 6, 2020
The Trump campaign finally succeeded in one of its challenges yesterday to the extent that it was granted a court order for access and a forensic investigation of roughly two dozen Dominion voting machines. The machines are located in rural Antrim County where roughly 6000 votes were initially assigned to President-elect Joe Biden but then corrected and tabulated in favor of President Donald Trump.
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