JURIST

APRIL 10, 2025

Amnesty International and the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights on Tuesday called on Egyptian authorities to urgently halt the arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, and deportations against the Ahmadi minority community. Amnesty International Researcher Mahmoud Shalaby stated: “The Egyptian authorities have legal obligations to respect and protect the right to freedom of religion of everyone in the country which includes those with religious beliefs not recognised by the state.

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APRIL 10, 2025

Sally Schmidt | A lot of baby boomer lawyers have plans to retire. What happens to their clients? The post Easing a Clients Transition When Lawyers Leave or Retire appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2025

The European Unions border protection agency announced on Tuesday that it is investigating possible human rights violations by Greece related to undocumented migrants, according to a report by the Associated Press. The agency, Frontex, is investigating incidents in Greece that took place in 2024, though it has not yet disclosed which incidents in particular are being investigated.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 10, 2025

Parental rights are emerging as one of the major civil liberties movements of this generation — and one of the greatest conflicts between the right and the left in this country. For example, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled schools can hide a change of gender in young children from their parents. Now, Colorado is poised to pass a law that would threaten the custody rights of parents who “deadname” or “misgender” their own children.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 10, 2025

Last year, for the first time, global temperatures exceeded 1.5 o C above pre-industrial levels. This follows a decade of record-breaking temperatures, with the World Meteorological Organization concluding that the past ten years 2025-2024 are the ten warmest years on record. Reversing this trend requires urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but that wont be sufficient by itself.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 10, 2025

By Sarah Wicks & Anne K. Walsh The recent and drastic Reduction In Force (RIF) at the U. S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is already having ripple effects not just internally, but across the broader regulatory and life sciences communities and the public at large. While much of the focus has been on how these cuts may impact application review timelines and industry engagement, see earlier post about the effect on generic drugs, another quieter consequence is emerging a significant sl

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2025

The question is, are we at a point where we either quickly recover and get back on track with this? Or do you say maybe we're too far along with this and we go in a different direction?" said Rep. Rob Wittman.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 10, 2025

We are proud to welcome Andy Fitch, who joined the Sabin Center as a Climate Finance and Regulation Fellow in April 2025. His work covers intersections of ESG and antitrust law with sustainability and climate-resiliency goals. He focuses on regulatory and policy responses to climate-related financial risk at the federal and state level. Prior to joining the Sabin team, Andy worked for the Department of Justice Antitrust Divisions front office.

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2025

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Vaults 2025 Best Law Firms ranking, which Biglaw firm scored best for selectivity? Hint: The firm moved up from #3 on last year’s selectivity rankings to take the #1 spot. See the answer on the next page. The post Biglaw’s Most Selective appeared first on Above the Law.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 10, 2025

Should a flare gun qualify as a "firearm" for purposes of a criminal statute criminalizing possession of a firearm by a felon? That was the question addressed by the Court of Appeal, Sixth District, California, in its recent opinion in.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 10, 2025

As the current federal administration continues its attempt to punish even the most powerful law firms for having handled certain cases, Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero this week spoke against that intimidation. Briefly addressing a Chancery Club reception for the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice said that not only is judicial independence important, but so is the freedom of lawyers to represent clients and cases without fear of retribution.

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Patently O

APRIL 10, 2025

by Dennis Crouch In a precedential opinion, the Federal Circuit has denied SAP's mandamus petition seeking to transfer its patent infringement case from the Marshall Division to the Sherman Division within the Eastern District of Texas -- and also change judges. In re SAP America, Inc. , No. 2025-118 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 10, 2025). Although SAP made good arguments in the case, they just were not good enough to overcome the particularly high burdens for transfer and mandamus.

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LawSites

APRIL 10, 2025

Universal Migrator has announced that its data migration platform now integrates with SimpleLaw, a practice management solution for small- and mid-sized law firms. The new connector enables seamless migration of firm data into SimpleLaw’s platform, dramatically reducing the time required for law firms to make the transition.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 10, 2025

Updated: A New York judge who didnt want to transition to new case-tracking systems has agreed to a censure for gratuitous and discourteous remarks that…

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Above The Law

APRIL 10, 2025

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2025

UN experts on Wednesday urged Switzerland and other European Member States to increase their efforts in meeting their international commitments on mitigating climate change, a year since the landmark ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The group of experts recommended that Switzerland and other European states refer to the guidance on intersectionality provided by the UN Special Procedures and Treaty Bodies to ensure that adaptation measures for climate change do not discrimina

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HowAppealing

APRIL 10, 2025

“Former 3rd Circuit Judge Talks Apolitical Retirement, Plans, Threats Against Judiciary”: Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal has this Q&A.

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Law 360

APRIL 10, 2025

Three companies have hit a bakery investment firm with a lawsuit over its sale of a string of Koffee Kup bakeries in Northeastern states, saying in a Connecticut federal court brief that they are due $2 million under an arbitration award.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 10, 2025

“Was the Gang of 14 Agreement Better in the Long Run? If the filibuster had been abolished in 2005, would we have Justice Alito?” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

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APRIL 10, 2025

Improv keeps me grounded and connected to what matters most, including in my legal career where it has helped me to maintain a balance between being analytical, precise and professional, and creative, authentic and open-minded, says Justine Gottshall at InfoLawGroup.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 10, 2025

“Are Philly Plaintiffs Firms Missing Out on Appellate Work?” Amanda O’Brien of The Legal Intelligencer has this report , in which I am quoted.

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LawSites

APRIL 10, 2025

In a newly released report with implications for legal technology and access to justice, Stanford Law School’s Deborah L.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 10, 2025

A former lawyer at Ballard Spahr has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired for taking medical leave after suffering gastrointestinal problems and a…

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LawSites

APRIL 10, 2025

For the second time in the long and winding road of the copyright lawsuit brought by Thomson Reuters against the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS Intelligence, the trial has been postponed on the eve of its start date.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 10, 2025

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