Intelligize Blog

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ready or not, as a former member of the hip hop group Fugees learned recently, artificial intelligence is leaving its mark through unexpected applications. Prakazrel “Pras” Michel, one of the trio of rappers known as The Fugees, and for hit singles like “Fu-Gee-La” and their cover of Roberta Flack’s “Killing Me Softly,” claims his lawyer used generative AI to write the closing argument in his trial earlier this year on charges stemming from political lobbying schemes.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Police squads in Alentejo, southern Portugal, raided farms and arrested 28 people Tuesday on suspicion of human trafficking and labor exploitation. In a press release , Portugal’s Judicial Police said the effort, called “Operation Mirror,” involved 480 operatives in collaboration with prosecutors from the Évora region and the Portuguese airforce.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Challenge to Wisconsin election maps undergoes sharp questioning before state Supreme Court”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. And Mitchell Schmidt of The Wisconsin State Journal reports that “ Wisconsin Supreme Court weighs redistricting case, while conservative justices question lawsuit’s timing.” Channel 3000 / News 3 Now has posted the video of today’s oral argument on YouTube at this link.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The US Supreme Court declined to review former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s state convictions for the murder of George Floyd on Monday. Chauvin was found guilty of murdering Floyd in 2020, prompting nationwide protests against police brutality and reigniting the Black Lives Matter movement. Chauvin was sentenced to 22.5 years in prison on his state convictions and a further 21 years in prison on a federal civil rights conviction, which was subsequently reduced to 20 years and 5 mon

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Why Justice Thomas’s Dissent from Denial of Cert on Preclusion and MDL in Du Pont is Important”: Abbe Gluck has this post at the “Balkinization” blog. The post “Why Justice Thomas’s Dissent from Denial of Cert on Preclusion and MDL in Du Pont is Important” appeared first on How Appealing.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Clarence Thomas Just Made Another Mess for His Colleagues to Clean Up”: Jay Willis has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The post “Clarence Thomas Just Made Another Mess for His Colleagues to Clean Up” appeared first on How Appealing.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced investigations into two unnamed lawmakers for allegedly attempting to bribe reconstruction officials on Tuesday. One lawmaker was alleged to have tried to bribe top reconstruction officials with bitcoins worth $50,000 in order to direct monies from the 4.77 billion hryvnia ($130 million) Fund for Liquidation of the Consequences of Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation to pay for repairs of buildings and infrastructures “ unde

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“A Reversal in Rahimi Will Be Tougher to Write Than Critics Admit; Courts are ‘not insensitive to domestic violence’ but are ‘sensitive to the constitutional rights of the accused’”: Josh Blackman has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” The post “A Reversal in Rahimi Will Be Tougher to Write Than Critics Admit; Courts are ‘not insensitive to domestic violence’ but are ‘sensitive to the constitutional rights of the accused’”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The UK Supreme Court held Tuesday that Deliveroo riders were not entitled to form a union and collectively bargain with Deliveroo for better working conditions due to a lack of employment relationship. This case was an appeal from an original ruling by the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) in 2017. Deliveroo riders wanted the Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) to bargain with Deliveroo on their behalf in order to gain better working conditions.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“A Supreme Court case about stocks could help make Trump’s authoritarian dreams reality; The ‘unitary executive’ is back, and it could supercharge Trump’s plans to fill the government with his own loyalists”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. The post “A Supreme Court case about stocks could help make Trump’s authoritarian dreams reality; The ‘unitary executive’ is back, and it could supercharge Trump’s plans to fill the government with his own

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear United States v. Erlinger on Monday to decide if the US Constitution places a requirement under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) for “a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant’s prior convictions were ‘committed on occasions different from one another.'” United States v.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Could Congress Solve the Supreme Court’s Disqualification Problem?” Law professor Michael C. Dorf has this essay online at Justia’s Verdict. And at his “Dorf on Law” blog, he has a related post titled “ Is the Unitary Executive Theory Any More Sensible Than The Unitary Supreme Court Theory? ” The post “Could Congress Solve the Supreme Court’s Disqualification Problem?

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Oh, Rudy! The post Rudy Giuliani Wants To Testify In Freeman/Moss Defamation Case. Just Not To A Jury. appeared first on Above the Law.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“David Souter showed the Supreme Court how to free itself from politics”: Professor Danielle Allen has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “David Souter showed the Supreme Court how to free itself from politics” appeared first on How Appealing.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. In March, the Illinois law firm, MillerKing brought the putative class action against DoNotPay on behalf of “all law firms in the United States,” alleging false association and false advertising under the federal Lanham Act and Illinois state law.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Idaho Asks US Supreme Court to Permit Abortion Law Enforcement; US succeeded in halting ban’s enforcement in medical emergency; Fifth Circuit considering arguments in similar Texas case”: Mary Anne Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law has this report. And yesterday, Alliance Defending Freedom issued a news release titled “ Federal govt sues state of Idaho for protecting life of woman, unborn child; Attorneys with ADF, Cooper & Kirk file emergency motion with U.S.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Mark Haddad | In this series on AI and the small law firm, Mark Haddad addresses the importance of domain expertise when using generative AI. The post Generative AI and the Small Law Firm, Part 2: The Value of Legal Domain Expertise appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“The Supreme Court’s Self-Excusing Ethics Code; Under the Court’s new rules, the Justices appear not to have made any mistakes”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this Daily Comment online at The New Yorker. The post “The Supreme Court’s Self-Excusing Ethics Code; Under the Court’s new rules, the Justices appear not to have made any mistakes” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

And that hasn’t gone unnoticed by the Fed or the OCC. The post When You Are As Steeped In Criminality As Wells Fargo, Others’ Tends To Go Unnoticed appeared first on Above the Law.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

“Voting Rights Ruling Follows US Supreme Court ‘Bat Signal’; Ending private Voting Rights Act suits was raised by justices; High court may not be sold on ruling against advocates”: Jacqueline Thomsen and Suzanne Monyak of Bloomberg Law have this report. The post “Voting Rights Ruling Follows US Supreme Court ‘Bat Signal’; Ending private Voting Rights Act suits was raised by justices; High court may not be sold on ruling against advocates” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A group of 16 attorneys general told the U.S. Supreme Court that requiring courts to determine whether workers are exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act based on the industry they are in goes against Congress' intent.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sorry, associates, but Biglaw firms are playing the same waiting game that you are when it comes to Milbank money. The post Biglaw Firms Are ‘Waiting’ To See What Other Compensation Leaders Do Before They Match Milbank appeared first on Above the Law.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A small law firm didn’t have standing to file a class action lawsuit on behalf of all U.S. firms against “robot lawyer” DoNotPay for the unauthorized practice of law, a federal judge in Illinois has ruled.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The DEA proposed a rule back in March that would roll back some of the Covid-19 flexibilities for the virtual prescribing of controlled substances, but has since extended the flexibilities. Stephanie Strong, founder and CEO of Boulder Care, feels confident that the DEA will continue to be open to the prescribing of these medications via telemedicine.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

According to a recent letter sent by US senator Ron Wyden to the Department of Justice, a surveillance program called Data Analytical Services (DAS) has allowed federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to mine the details of Americans’ calls, many of whom are not suspected of a crime, and even some who are victims, Dell Cameron and Dhruv Mehrotra report for Wired.

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