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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Introducing Robin . Robin Gronbech is a newly qualified solicitor at Shakespeare Martineau, he kindly shared what it’s like to transition from a trainee solicitor, the benefits of working at a leading law firm and key advice for aspiring legal professionals. Can you discuss your legal journey thus far? I studied Law at Exeter University from 2015 – 2018, then completed the LPC full time with the University of Law.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

The US Federal Trade Commission Thursday sued to block Nvidia Corp’s $40 billion acquisition of Arm from SoftBank on antitrust grounds. The FTC said the proposed vertical deal would give one of the largest chip companies control over computing technology and designs that competitors rely on to develop their own competing chips. Arm is a key supplier of architecture technology to the majority of semiconductor companies with its focus on designing computer chip architecture and licensing those des

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Share Patel v. Garland raises an important question about whether a federal court can review a decision by an agency within the Department of Justice that a noncitizen is ineligible for a green card. The Supreme Court will hear oral argument in the case on Monday. Congress created a process known as “adjustment of status” so that immigrants physically present in the United States could change their status to that of a lawful permanent resident (i.e., a green card holder) without having to leave

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2021

US District Judge Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas Wednesday blocked a Texas law that would prohibit large social media platforms from censoring users based on their viewpoints. This law was set to take effect Thursday. . House Bill 20 prohibits social media platforms from censoring users’ digital expression based on viewpoints or geographic location.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

St. John's professor spends holiday weekend tangling with Hertz. The post Car Rental Company Jerked Around The Wrong Law School Professor appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Welcome to the new, high-tech way to help your clients, lawyers. The post Is This The First Law Firm In The Metaverse? appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday approved a $9 million settlement agreement with Uber for the company’s failure to report data on sexual harassment and assault. The approved settlement agreement is between CPUC’s Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division, Uber, and the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Even if you had never before heard of the metaverse, you could no longer ignore it after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in October that his company was changing its name to Meta, revealing his vision for the future of online interaction. Ever since, as The Verge writer Casey Newton said , “The metaverse is having a moment.” Well, if companies will now be flocking to the metaverse, it only makes sense that a personal injury firm should get there ahead of them, ready to pursue

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“Future of abortion rights depends on a Supreme Court for which compromise seems elusive”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 3, 2021

U.S.-led criminal investigations increasingly extend beyond national borders, creating a crisis of foreign extraterritorial law enforcement that Boston College Law School Prof. Steven Arrigg Koh terms the “overcriminalization” of foreign relations. From the U.S. indictment of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro for conspiring with Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) to facilitate an international cocaine-trafficking regime, to pursuing a criminal case of fraud against Meng Wanzho

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“How to Get Away With Manslaughter: The Supreme Court’s McGirt ruling opened a bizarre loophole for Oklahoma criminals.” This editorial will appear in Saturday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Should have thought of that one about a year ago. The post John Eastman Makes Belated Decision To Shut The Hell Up appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“The Abortion I Didn’t Have: I never thought about ending my pregnancy. Instead, at 19, I erased the future I had imagined for myself.” Merritt Tierce will have this article in this Sunday’s edition of The New York Times Magazine.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Sit, boy. The post Colorado Appeals Court Says A Drug Dog That Alerts On Now-Legal Weed Can’t Create Probable Cause For A Search appeared first on Above the Law.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“I Was Adopted. I Know the Trauma It Can Inflict.” Online at The New York Times, Elizabeth Spiers has a guest essay that begins, “On Wednesday, as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments from state attorneys seeking to uphold Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, Justice Amy Coney Barrett kept getting at one question: Why was abortion necessary, when women who do not want to be mothers can simply give their babies up for adoption?

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Share Monday’s argument in Hughes v. Northwestern University will give the justices yet another opportunity to explain the fiduciary obligation of the sponsors that control the defined-contribution plans on which so many of us depend for our retirement. This case comes to the justices under ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1973.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“The Supreme Court Looks Ready to Overturn Roe v. Wade; Lawyers and Justices on both sides — with the possible exception of John Roberts — appeared to be past pretending that the Mississippi case is about anything less”: Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The end of the year is barreling toward us — are you ready? If not, here are a few tips for tidying up your practice and doing a comprehensive financial review. Financial Management for Your Firm. For many lawyers, financial management is the business area of practicing law that provides the most heartburn. It’s completely understandable. But it is to your detriment when you don’t understand the financial fundamentals better.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“Amy Coney Barrett’s Adoption Myths :’They’re co-opting our lives and our stories.'” Irin Carmon has this post at the “Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Photo courtesy EyeDetect/Converus. A Nov. 15 story in the Washington Post , which The Crime Report summarized on Nov. 16 , reported on a new ocular-based lie detector called EyeDetect by Converus. The headlines in both stories appeared to lean towards the skeptics. The Post article read, “A Utah company says it’s revolutionized truth-telling technology.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“The stench at the Supreme Court: The science on which Roe v. Wade was based has not changed; What has changed is the court’s membership and their originalist interpretation of the Constitution.” Nancy Gertner has this op-ed in today’s edition of The Boston Globe. And online at The Hill, law professor Jonathan Turley has an essay titled “ What’s that you smell in the Supreme Court?

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

A bill to shield judges’ personally identifiable information online advanced out of the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously, reports Bloomberg News. The Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021 would prohibit data brokers from knowingly selling, trading, licensing purchase, or providing judges’ personally identifiable information, such as home addresses.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“In case you missed the abortion argument, here’s about how it went”: Columnist Alexandra Petri has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 3, 2021

In addition to the restroom, the settlement provides other accommodations, such as allowing Ms. Manderson's students to write in online journals so she doesn't have to carry up to 90 journals home.

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

“Abortion: The Voice of the Ambivalent Majority.” Columnist David Brooks has this essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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