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French Parliament passes stricter vaccine pass requirements

JURIST

The French Parliament on Thursday approved President Emmanuel Macron’s vaccine pass bill , which requires people over 16 years of age to be fully vaccinated to access public venues including restaurants, cinemas, and transportation. Prior to this vaccine pass bill, France had been using the ‘passe sanitaire’ (health pass), which required vaccination, recovery from COVID-19, or a negative test for people over the age of 12 to access public venues.

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How To Hire A Paralegal Yuba

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Hiring a paralegal Yuba is a crucial step in expanding your law firm. While many lawyers regard hard effort as a badge of honor, doing all of the work yourself isn’t necessarily the best strategy—or the most profitable method to manage a law firm. Finding a paralegal with the necessary experience to help your practice allows you to focus on performing more billable work and running your practice.

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Remote Work Proves the Firm Library Is More Than a Physical Space

LLRX

Marshall Voizard is a law firm reference supervisor. He shares significant insights into the profession in the time of COVID. Voizard states that the past 18 months have accelerated positive changes, illustrating to all that the library is no longer primarily a physical place, but rather an entire ecosystem of electronic legal information resources.

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“The Native American Victims of McGirt: ‘There is no protection for me—or anyone like me,’ one woman says.”

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“The Native American Victims of McGirt: ‘There is no protection for me—or anyone like me,’ one woman says.” This editorial will appear in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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Recipe for a Failed CLM Implementation

Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.

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This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters: January 1, 2022 to January 7, 2022

Broadcast Law Blog

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the last week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The FCC this week announced that it will vote on two items of interest to broadcasters at its next Open Meeting on January 27. The FCC will likely make two minor changes to its political broadcasting rules.

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Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 9, 2022

LLRX

Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness.

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“U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling a setback for pre-trial bail bond reform in Dallas County”

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“U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling a setback for pre-trial bail bond reform in Dallas County”: Bret Jaspers of KERA News of Dallas has this report on a ruling that a divided en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued Friday.

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Traffic accident involving Florida girl leads to Medicaid-reimbursement dispute

SCOTUSBlog

Share Monday’s argument in Gallardo v. Marstiller presents a straightforward question of statutory interpretation, addressing whether a state Medicaid program can take funds a Medicaid beneficiary receives in a tort settlement from a third party that injured the beneficiary. Specifically, when the state has paid past medical expenses of the beneficiary, but the tort settlement compensates the beneficiary for both past and future medical expenses, can the state take the portion of the settlement

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“We hold that the district court erred in sealing and ordering redaction of voluminous documents without a proper legal basis.”

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“We hold that the district court erred in sealing and ordering redaction of voluminous documents without a proper legal basis.” So ruled the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday in the case captioned June Med. Servs. v. Phillips.

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Contract Lifecycle Management: A Business Enabler Exploring On-Ground Challenges

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.

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Canada: U.S. Expats Still Need To File With IRS Canadian-resident U.S. Citizens Subject To U.S. Tax - Minden Gross LLP

Mondaq

U.S. President Joe Biden is approaching a year in office. With U.S. multi-trillion-dollar debt and spending now right off the charts, the IRS will be hunting for all the tax revenue it can find.

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“Boeing Investors Get 737 Max Crash Litigation Revived on Appeal”

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“Boeing Investors Get 737 Max Crash Litigation Revived on Appeal”: Mike Leonard of Bloomberg Law has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued Friday.

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United States: Visa Applications: Waiver Of Interviews - Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Mondaq

On December 23, 2021, the Secretary of State authorized consular offices through December 31, 2022, to waive in-person interview requirements for certain nonimmigrant visa applicants.

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“Vaccine Mandates Have a Bad Day at the Supreme Court: The tenor of the conservative Justices’ questions suggested that the OSHA mandate, which would apply to about eighty million people, has little chance of going into effect in its present form.”

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“Vaccine Mandates Have a Bad Day at the Supreme Court: The tenor of the conservative Justices’ questions suggested that the OSHA mandate, which would apply to about eighty million people, has little chance of going into effect in its present form.” Amy Davidson Sorkin has this post online at The New Yorker.

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California Civil Discovery Act Undergoes Significant Overhaul

Short article looking at the new CCP 2016.

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Bosnia Herzegovina: New Fiscalisation Model In Republic Of Srpska - Eurofast

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Starting from January 2022, a new model of fiscalisation will come into force in the Republic of Srpska. That will enable the suppression of the gray economy, and will benefit both employers and citizens.

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“Judicial Notice (01.08.22): Wax On, Wax Off; A controversial professor mouths off (again), Biglaw behemoths battle in court, and other legal news from the week that was.”

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“Judicial Notice (01.08.22): Wax On, Wax Off; A controversial professor mouths off (again), Biglaw behemoths battle in court, and other legal news from the week that was.” David Lat has this post at his “Original Jurisdiction” Substack site.

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United States: Smart Naming For Small Business - Distinctiveness Is Key - Michael Best & Friedrich

Mondaq

One of the most valuable things a business owns is its name.

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“Sloppy Arguments Over COVID Mandates at SCOTUS: The caliber of questioning by the justices was not up to the usual standards, but the justices seemed to understand the two rules at issue present different questions.”

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“Sloppy Arguments Over COVID Mandates at SCOTUS: The caliber of questioning by the justices was not up to the usual standards, but the justices seemed to understand the two rules at issue present different questions.” Jonathan H. Adler has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.

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Dangers of Digital "Reporting": Legal Risks and Unreliable Transcripts

In the world of legal proceedings, the choice between a certified stenographer and digital "reporting" holds significant implications. Certified stenographers go through rigorous training and testing and stand as the gold standard for accuracy in capturing every word. Their expertise ensures a reliable record, a crucial foundation for legal cases.

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United States: EEOC Announces Deadline For 2021 EEO-1 Reports And EEO-1 Changes - Proskauer Rose LLP

Mondaq

On January 6, 2022, the EEOC announced that the data collection portal for 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 reports is "tentatively scheduled" to open on April 12, 2022, and that the "tentative deadline" for employers to file their EEO-1 reports is May 17, 2022.

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“Justice Roberts minimizes U.S. Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis”

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“Justice Roberts minimizes U.S. Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis”: Hassan Kanu has this essay online at Reuters.

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Canada: Report: 2021 Diversity Disclosure Practices – Diversity And Leadership At Canadian Public Companies - Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Mondaq

Welcome to our seventh annual comprehensive report on diversity disclosure practices in Canada, covering disclosure by TSX-listed companies and CBCA corporations subject to disclosure requirements.

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“Supreme Court’s conservative majority may be flexing its muscles”

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“Supreme Court’s conservative majority may be flexing its muscles”: Jeffrey Toobin has this essay online at CNN.

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Optimizing Contract Management and Enhancing Team Collaboration: Insights from a Legal Operations Perspective

Speaker: Adina Marta Newman

Learn about a world of effective contract management and seamless teamwork across departments in this upcoming webinar from Cobblestone Software. You'll discover practical strategies and tips that legal professionals can use to streamline contract processes and enhance collaboration, making significant impact across legal and corporate departments. Join us as we show how you can supercharge contract processes, improve team communication, and take your contributions to the next level.

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United States: An Overview Of Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Licensure And Registration Laws In The United States - Mintz

Mondaq

On January 1, 2022, S.B. 763 took effect in Oregon, requiring pharmaceutical sales representatives (PSRs) to obtain a license prior to marketing or promoting pharmaceutical products to health care providers.

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“Where was Justice Neil Gorsuch’s mask?”

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“Where was Justice Neil Gorsuch’s mask?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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United States: Colorado Tort Law Update - Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP

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Colorado is an at-fault, modified comparative negligence state, so a plaintiff can recover only if his or her negligence is less than 50% when compared against the negligence of all other tortfeasor.

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“A Hapless Car Thief”: Nevada Man Caught with Dismembered Body Claims to Have Stolen The Wrong Truck

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There is a bizarre case unfolding in Las Vegas, Nevada where Eric Holland, 57, was arrested after police found a dismembered body in his truck. Holland is now arguing that it was a terrible coincidence. He stole a truck that just happened to have a dismembered body in the back. He was, in the words of his counsel, “a hapless car thief.’ Holland was first spotted with a suspended license plate on a Toyota Tundra truck.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.