MyCase
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The legal community was no exception to the tragic impact of COVID-19. With little notice, law firms across the country were forced to shut their doors, leaving attorneys of all practice areas to figure out a way to work from home. What would an industry that has always been skeptical of change do at this crucial time of crisis? They adapted to their environment, and successfully so. .
JURIST
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul comments on Tuesday’s report on the human rights situation in Afghanistan by the UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, speaking to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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EvidenceProf Blog
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 702 (like many state counterparts), provides that A witness who is qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education may testify in the form of an opinion or otherwise if: (a) the expert’s.
JURIST
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The trial followed an FBI investigation and prosecution by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia. The man, Cleveland Grover Meredith, Jr., pleaded guilty to interstate communication of threats.
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HowAppealing
DECEMBER 15, 2021
“Wisconsin attorney general won’t enforce any abortion ban”: Scott Bauer of The Associated Press has this report.
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JURIST
DECEMBER 15, 2021
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) Monday fined the popular queer dating app Grindr for sharing users’ personal data with third parties, including ad tech companies MoPub, Xandr, OpenX, AdColony and Smaato. The decision stems from a complaint filed by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC), a nonprofit organization, in January 2020 alleging that the app shares location, IP address, gender, age and device information with several different companies and advertising partners.
LawSites
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Lawmatics , a company whose platform provides client relationship management (CRM), client intake and marketing automation for attorneys, has closed a $10 million Series A financing round, it is announcing today. The financing follows the San Diego-based company’s raise of a $2.5 million seed round in October 2020. Matt Spiegel , cofounder and CEO, said Lawmatics aims to change the way lawyers drive business. “Today’s consumer expects a seamless user experience with instant gratifica
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2021
James and Jennifer Crumbley, via CNN. After reviewing the timeline of events in the days before Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old sophomore, allegedly opened fire on his classmates at Oxford High School, 45 miles northwest of Detroit, prosecutors said that they had to send a message. Three days after the Nov. 30 shooting, which left four students dead and seven others injured, the Oakland County Prosecutor’s Office filed criminal charges against Crumbley’s parents, James and Jennifer Crumbley, who p
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 15, 2021
“Seven Years of Trying to Fix the Supreme Court: After seven years of trying, Fix the Court is chalking up fixes that are coming to fruition at the Supreme Court.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.
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The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Illustration by Giorguio Tadieski via Flickr. The federal government intends to get tougher on corporate polluters that endanger “communities of color and low-income communities,” warns the head of the Department of Justice Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD). Assistant Attorney General Todd Kim said a planned crackdown on companies that violate environmental laws was a key part of President Joe Biden’s commitment to use the “full capacity of the federal government” to tackle the c
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 15, 2021
“6th Circuit Denies Initial En Banc Review of OSHA Vaccine-or-Test Mandate; Judge Jeffrey Sutton dissented, saying the case is ‘suitable for an extraordinary procedure'”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this report on today’s order (accompanied by a concurrence and two dissents) of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denying en banc review by an evenly divided vote.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Students left wondering what to do with the exams that they expected to have finished this morning. The post Law School Pulls Plug On In-Person Exams This Morning appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 15, 2021
“Newsom’s Texas-style gun ploy is an emotionally satisfying, and very bad, idea”: This editorial appears in today’s editin of The Los Angeles Times.
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
They're mad as hell and they're putting down $402 to shout about it on the federal docket. The post John Eastman And Rally Organizers File LOLsuits To Block Cell Subpoenas appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
DECEMBER 15, 2021
“Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low.” Michael Tarm of The Associated Press has this article.
Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
To be clear, I don't know which exact drug the Honorable Odinet is blaming her racism on, but I know Benadryl doesn't cause this. The post On This Week’s Episode Of Judicial Misconduct: Percocet Slurs? appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 15, 2021
A trial judge didn’t err by admitting footage of an inmate’s conversation with a Comedy Central comedian during the penalty phase of the inmate’s murder…
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
This new report explores backgrounds of legal ops teams at 34 major corporations. The post New Demographic Study Of Legal Operations Released appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2021
A recent report from For the People, a California-based nonprofit focused on unjust sentencing, found that many of the 99,000 people currently incarcerated in the state’s prisons, many of whom are disproportionately people of color, are serving excessively long sentences and could be safely released, reports Davis Vanguard. Of all 50 states, California has the highest number of people serving life or virtual life sentences and approximately 40,878 people fall within this category, including a si
Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
This firm has beaten Davis Polk at its own game. Will the market respond? The post Cahill Beats The Market On Special Bonuses For All Associates — Even The Class Of 2021 appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Keechant Sewell. Photo via MSNBC. New York City’s new police-chief designate Keechant Sewell has been given an early warning of the task she faces as head of the nation’s largest police force. Welcoming the news of her historic appointment as the New York Police Department’s first female chief, the city’s Legal Aid Society said it hoped she “will bring a new approach to the helm of an agency in dire need of top-to-bottom reforms.” “The next Commissioner must demonstrate an und
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Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Things continue to change for the future of law firm office work due to COVID variants. The post Thanks To Omicron Variant, Elite Biglaw Firm Makes Office Work ‘Voluntary’ For Lawyers Through March 2022 appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 15, 2021
A judge in Lafayette, Louisiana, has said she has no recollection of a video in which people commenting off camera use the N-word while watching…
Above The Law
DECEMBER 15, 2021
Like cancer, student loans cannot be ignored. The post Do’s And Don’ts On Getting Ready For The End Of The Student Loan Forbearance appeared first on Above the Law.
The Process Street
DECEMBER 15, 2021
There’s no such thing as a perfect process. The best process builders consistently tweak and improve their workflows over time. These principles — more formally called continuous improvement — were the inspiration for the newest Process Street feature: real-time run updates. Real-time run updates make it easier than ever to save changes to your workflows, and push those changes to in-progress workflow runs.
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