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JULY 29, 2021

Only an attorney may provide legal advice, not a paralegal or a notary with process server Sacramento service. The American Bar Association (n.d., para. 2) defines a paralegal as “a person eligible by education, training, or professional experience who is hired or retained by a lawyer, law office, conglomerate, governmental agency, or other entity and who conducts specifically ceded meaningful legal work for which an attorney is accountable.” .

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EvidenceProf Blog

JULY 29, 2021

Federal Rule of Evidence 901(b)(4) provides that The following are examples only — not a complete list — of evidence that satisfies the requirement: (4) Distinctive Characteristics and the Like. The appearance, contents, substance, internal patterns, or other distinctive characteristics.

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JURIST

JULY 29, 2021

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday proposed a “Buy American” rule to support US workers and businesses and promote US manufacturing, as a follow up to his signing of Executive Order 14005 , titled “Ensuring the Future is Made in All of America by All of America’s Workers,” which launched a federal initiative to strengthen support for US manufacturing.

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JULY 29, 2021

CFPB Releases Online Tool to Help Renters and Landlords Access Federal Assistance. New resource helps renters and landlords find state and local programs distributing federal rental assistance funds. WASHINGTON, D.C. — July 28, 2021: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an online tool to help renters and landlords impacted by the pandemic easily find and apply for payment assistance for rent, utilities and other expenses.

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JULY 29, 2021

A Syrian doctor living in Germany was charged Wednesday with crimes against humanity after being accused of 18 counts of torturing people in military hospitals in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus. The Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Karlsruhe said that Alla Mousa, who came to Germany in 2015, is accused of 18 counts of torturing people in these military hospitals, including allegations that he tried to make people infertile.

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The Crime Report

JULY 29, 2021

A report on homicide rates by the Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) has further complicated the “surging crime” narrative. Authored by University of Missouri–St. Louis criminology professor Richard Rosenfeld and CCJ research specialist Ernesto Lopez Jr. , the report found that murder rates in major American cities rose throughout the first half of 2021, but the pace of the increase slowed from the year’s first to second quarter.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 29, 2021

At this stage of your career, you might think reading documents is a baseline skill you’ve mastered just fine, thanks. But, whether you realize it or not, you probably spend more time reading documents in Microsoft Word than actually drafting them — especially if you have gone paperless. Since all that onscreen reading can exhaust your body and your brain, it’s worth checking out a few Office 365 features that make reading easier.

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HowAppealing

JULY 29, 2021

“Has Roe v. Wade Met Its Match? The brief by Mississippi’s attorney general makes a surprising argument aimed at Chief Justice Roberts.” David J. Garrow will have this op-ed in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2021

The federal descheduling of marijuana would allow companies to take tax deductions, have access to banking services, and list on the U.S. stock market. .

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JULY 29, 2021

“The Supreme Court must affirm its own decision to broadcast oral arguments; Keeping in place a practice that has worked for the last year and a half could benefit justices who prefer self-imposed incremental change to statutory mandates”: The Boston Globe has published this editorial.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2021

What Matters Most When You Want To Lateral: What do you think? And You Thought Scheduling Orders Were Boring: A little flair. Law Firms Requiring Vaccinations: Seriously people, just get vaxxed. Are You Done With The Bar Exam? Congrats! City Of Detroit Lawyers Are On Fire: The latest sanction filing.

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HowAppealing

JULY 29, 2021

“The Cosby Ruling: Some Legal Analysts Dispute the Court’s Reasoning; The court decision that reversed the sexual assault conviction of Bill Cosby has prompted an unusual level of legal debate about the appropriate parameters of appellate review.” Graham Bowley has this news analysis in today’s edition of The New York Times.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2021

Whether you want to launch a five-part series or a six-season podcast, follow these seven steps to launching a successful podcast.

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JULY 29, 2021

“Ninth Circuit kills pork industry challenge to California confinement rules; The appeals court found California’s voter-approved animal confinement standards aren’t unconstitutional — even if they will dramatically impact the nation’s pork producers”: Bianca Bruno of Courthouse News Service has this report. And Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports that “ Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act Is Constitutional; Ikuta Says It Does Not Offend Dormant C

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Patently O

JULY 29, 2021

by Dennis Crouch. Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Docket No. 21-02024 (Fed. Cir. 2021) is up on appeal again. The district court found Amarin’s asserted patent claims obvious and the Federal Circuit affirmed that holding in a R.36 affirmance without opinion. Following the Federal Circuit’s decision, an ad-hoc group of doctors, patients, and Amarin stock holders (collectively known as EPA Drug Initiative II) moved to intervene in the lawsuit and asked the court

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JULY 29, 2021

“11th Circuit strikes down Florida megachurch challenge to hate group label; An evangelical Christian ministry listed as an anti-LGBTQ hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center was not discriminated against when its application to fundraise through Amazon’s charitable website was denied, the court ruled”: Kayla Goggin of Courthouse News Service has this report on a ruling that the U.S.

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The Crime Report

JULY 29, 2021

Data compiled by the University of Chicago Crime Lab shows that the pain and harm caused by a crime spike that began in 2020 is more acute in some of Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods, ones that have borne the disproportionate brunt of gun violence throughout the city, reports the Chicago Tribune. The increases have reached a point where the homicide rate in the most violent parts of the city at the end of 2020 was higher than it was in those places in 1991, a year often considered one of

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JULY 29, 2021

“The Courts Now Say a Teacher Who Puts a First Grader in a Chokehold Has Qualified Immunity”: Georgina Yeomans has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2021

Kudos to those who are confronting various mental health issues. It’s not easy being in the spotlight and discussing such personal matters.

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JULY 29, 2021

“Mississippi Explains All on Abortion”: Columnist Linda Greenhouse has this essay online at The New York Times.

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LegalReader

JULY 29, 2021

Remember, some liability cases may be settled even before a full-blown case kicks off. If they do get lodged in the court, it could take years to resolve as well-funded manufacturers will do anything to keep their reputation intact. .

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The Crime Report

JULY 29, 2021

Federal prison officials have allowed Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics doctor accused of sexually abusing hundreds of girls and women, to avoid paying financial penalties that are part of his sentence — even as he spent more than $10,000 from his Federal Bureau of Prisons account while behind bars, reports the Washington Post. The spending details are contained in a prosecutor’s motion Wednesday that seeks to force the Bureau of Prisons to turn over Nassar’s current prison account balanc

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LegalReader

JULY 29, 2021

A felony conviction is not something to be taken lightly. Whether you or someone you know is re-entering society after a felony charge and time served, there is a lot that may be affected.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2021

It must be jarring for our parents when a sudden health crisis hits, and they are no longer as independent as they once were.

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LegalReader

JULY 29, 2021

Although private lawyers tend to be more thorough, public lawyers are much cheaper or won’t cost you a thing. Likewise, even though public lawyers know various court environments quite well, private lawyers devote their time and effort to your cases.

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