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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Chances are that when you think of failure you immediately have negative associations. Failure is a word that causes anxiety, tension, stress, and just generally makes us feel bad. We are not rewarded for our failures, and we often think of them as holding us back from bigger or better opportunities in our paralegal careers. Failure is one of the most important and underrated paralegal skills and learning how to reframe the way you view and talk about failure will help you thrive in any job.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

The US Justice Department’s Civil Division announced on Thursday that it reached an agreement to settle civil cases with 14 plaintiffs, relating to the 2015 Charleston, South Carolina church mass shooting. Settlements range between $5 million to $7.5 million per claimant. The plaintiffs filed suit in 2016, alleging that “the FBI was negligent when it failed to prohibit the sale of a gun by a licensed firearms dealer to the shooter, a self-proclaimed white supremacist,” who targ

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Via press release from the IJIS Institute: Over the past several years, our society has seen an influx of advanced technology solutions that have made available a tsunami of structured and unstructured data about our lives, our public safety, and our disputes. As a result, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense counsels, the private bar, and the courts are all faced with an abundant amount of data (both relevant and irrelevant) for investigations, discovery, and court cases.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday sanctioned three Lebanese individuals for involvement in corruption in Lebanon. The designated individuals are two businessmen, Jihad al-Arab and Dany Khoury, and a member of parliament, Jamil Sayyed. The individuals named by OFAC were added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list, which bars US persons from trading with them, as well as preventing them from using US financial institutions.

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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

As technology evolves, the threat of cyber attacks also rises. When a law firm faces cyber attacks, it can lead to fines, penalties, malpractice lawsuits, investigations, and negative publicity.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

By Paul R. Gugliuzza, Professor of Law, Temple University Beasley School of Law and Jonas Anderson, Associate Dean for Scholarship and Professor of Law, American University Washington College of Law. The biggest story in patent law over the past three years has been the emergence of the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas as the undisputed capital of U.S. patent litigation.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Jailed over Facebook taunts: Free-speech battle hits 1st Circuit; Thirteen states make defamation a crime, but a federal appeals panel seemed divided Thursday over whether it’s constitutional to prosecute people for saying mean things.” Thomas F. Harrison of Courthouse News Service has this report. And Todd Bookman of New Hampshire Public Radio has a report headlined “ Following the arrest of an Exeter man, ACLU asks appeals court to rule criminal defamation law unconsti

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Out of 13,000 law students who participated in the annual Law School Survey of Student Engagement, 95% reported the COVID-19 pandemic interfered with their ability…

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Texas ban on 6-week abortions at brink of Supreme Court showdown; The Lone Star State has the country’s toughest restrictions on terminating pregnancy — banning abortion at a threshold by which many women would not even know they have conceived — and has free rein to enforce the law until the justices resolve a pair of challenges”: Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

With brands increasingly engaging in social action campaigns and leveraging their influence to be “purpose-led,” the time has come to ask a couple of big questions: Is this a viable strategy, and how skeptical should consumers be of such “ brand activism ”? In recent weeks, alone, Ben & Jerry’s has launched a new ice-cream flavor called “Change is Brewing” to support Black-owned businesses and raise awareness of the People’s Response Act , a bill that aims to establish a new public safety ag

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“What to Know About the Mississippi Abortion Law Challenging Roe v. Wade; A case coming before the Supreme Court is seen as potentially pivotal in establishing how aggressively the justices might move to place new constraints on abortion rights”: Adeel Hassan of The New York Times has this report.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted Oklahoma to carry out its first execution in six years, reversing a lower court that had halted the execution over concerns that the state’s lethal-injection procedure may cause cruel and unusual punishment. Shortly after the Supreme Court’s one-sentence order reinstating the execution, John Marion Grant was put to death at a state prison in McAlester, Oklahoma.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“If Roe v. Wade is overturned, the closest abortion clinic for those in the South and Midwest could be hundreds of miles away, report says”: Nicole Asbury of The Washington Post has this article.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Developing an effective law firm marketing strategy takes time and money. Ensure you get results by avoiding these spending traps. If your law firm wants to grow, you need a solid marketing plan. With so many marketing options, how do you know the best way to spend your marketing dollars? How do you know if you are paying a reasonable price for marketing services and ads, or measure if the investment is worth it?

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Farewell to the Justices’ Barber: ‘I was a regular customer of Diego’s for the past 15 years, and I always looked forward to seeing him,’ Justice Alito said of the death of Diego D’Ambrosio.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.

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SimplyLawJobs

OCTOBER 28, 2021

By Amanda Hamilton, Chief Executive of the National Association of Licensed Paralegals (NALP). So, you have completed a law degree and the likelihood may have been that you were considering becoming a solicitor or barrister. What has changed your mind? Maybe you have realised that it still remains quite a costly and time-consuming process to qualify via these routes (despite the fact that the new SQE has been introduced), and perhaps you want to gain some hands-on experience working as a paraleg

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Tom Cotton to AG Garland: ‘Thank God you are not on the Supreme Court’; Arkansas senator called Garland ‘shameful’ for his directive related to violence, threats and intimidation of school board officials.” Ronn Blitzer of Fox News has this report.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The chancellor and dean of the University of California's Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco has campaigned to keep the school’s name, despite…

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“To Rein In Abuse by the Police, Lawmakers Must Do What the Supreme Court Will Not”: Law professors Barry Friedman and Maria Ponomarenko have this guest essay in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 28, 2021

A Florida prosecutor has filed a motion to clear the names of four young Black men known as "the Groveland Four," who were wrongly accused…

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Elizabeth Prelogar confirmed as solicitor general ahead of Supreme Court battles over abortion, guns”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The California-based health system and insurer has bilked CMS out of 'hundreds of millions of dollars' by submitting claims that were altered to make patients appear sicker than they were, a new complaint filed by the DOJ alleges. Kaiser denied these allegations saying it is confident in its compliance with Medicare Advantage program requirements.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Battle over qualified immunity protections continues in Massachusetts despite Supreme Court duck”: Erin Tiernan of The Boston Herald has this report.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The ideal candidate will have experience working with real estate developers, REITs, opportunity funds, publicly traded companies, national and regional lending institutions on an array of real estate matters.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

“New York judge’s gun permit denials trigger big Supreme Court case”: Andrew Chung of Reuters has this report.

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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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