CARET Legal
JUNE 20, 2025
With the right systems in place to track, audit, and manage billing activities, firms can reduce errors and operate with more confidence. Even the most skilled legal professionals can lose revenue to something as simple as a missed time entry or a misapplied rate. Billing errors aren’t just small oversights—they impact cash flow , reduce staff efficiency, and can create friction with clients.
JURIST
JUNE 20, 2025
The US Supreme Court issued two rulings on Wednesday that establish where challenges to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions should be filed, remanding one lawsuit to regional circuits and directing the other suit to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. In the 6-2 and 7-2 decisions, both authored by Justice Clarence Thomas, the court reinforced a framework for determining venue under the Clean Air Act (CAA).
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2025
The Supreme Court on Friday shut down efforts by a retired Florida firefighter to sue her former employer under the Americans with Disabilities Act. By a vote of 8-1, the justices ruled that Karyn Stanley, who was forced to retire in 2018 because of Parkinson’s disease, cannot challenge the termination of her health insurance after she retired. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter, writing that the court’s decision “renders meaningless” the protections provided in the ADA “for di
Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
Let’s be real, most lawyers are grinding themselves into the ground. Stress, exhaustion, and burnout aren’t badges of honor. They’re warning signs. And if you don’t listen to them now, your body will make sure you do later. “It’s so critical that lawyers start to quiet their mind and regulate their nervous systems, because if you don’t, you’re gonna hit a wall at some point in your practice, and you’re not gonna like it,” says Adam Ouellette, a former law firm
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The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 20, 2025
While legal scholarship on firearms has grown tremendously since I first started writing on the issue in the late 1980s, one topic that has never been addressed in detail in any law journal is machine guns. My new article in the Wyoming Law Review, Machine Gun History and Bibliography , aims to fill the gap. The article appears in a s ymposium issue of the Wyoming Law Review , based on papers presented at a 2024 conference held by the law school's Firearms Research Center , where I am a senior f
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Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
In a best-case scenario, a lawsuit or some other kind of legal matter settles with everyone signing a settlement agreement and one party paying the other a lump sum for a release of claims. However, sometimes parties do not have enough money to make payments under a settlement agreement all at once and a longer payment period is needed. In my practice, I have seen payment periods of a few months to a few years.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 20, 2025
Jamie Spannhake | Here are five reasons to trade a brief or contract for a beach read this summer and 11 great books. The post Legal Briefs and Beach Reads: 5 Reasons Lawyers Should Read for Pleasure This Summer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
HowAppealing
JUNE 20, 2025
“Lawyer Calls Judge ‘Honey’ During Oral Argument And You Can Feel The Cringe; You can’t spell ‘Your Honor” without “Hon…’”: Joe Patrice has this blog post at “Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2025
On Friday, June 20, the Supreme Court also released the following opinions: — In Esteras v. United States , the justices considered whether courts weighing a revocation of supervised release should address certain sentencing factors, such as retribution, that are not listed in the law concerning supervised release but that are part of the law governing sentencing.
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Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
One of the more interesting sessions at the Legal Geek conference this week in Chicago was a panel discussion featuring in-house lawyers from Motorola ( Zhaoying Du ) and CSC Generation ( Elizabeth Brown ). We often hear that there is a mismatch between what in-house clients want and what they do and what outside lawyers are doing (as opposed to saying).
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2025
We’re expecting one or more opinions from the court at 10 a.m. EDT. Join us for the live blog, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Potential 2028 Dems quiet after Supreme Court upholds ban on care for some transgender minors (Sarah D.
HowAppealing
JUNE 20, 2025
“Some Thoughts on United States v. Skrmetti: Equal Protection Methodology Both Is and Isn’t Changing with the Times.” Richard M Re has this post at the “Divided Argument” Substack site.
Conflict of Laws
JUNE 20, 2025
Many thanks to Karim Hammami for the tip-off I. Introduction Once in the 20th century, the so-called “Nevada Divorces” captured the attention of private international law scholars around the world, particularly regarding their recognition abroad. Today, a similar phenomenon is emerging with the so-called “ Utah Zoom Wedding.” So, what exactly is this phenomenon?
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
Ed. note : This is the second article in a series. In our first article , we laid the groundwork for your CLE by focusing on choosing the right topic and leveraging technology for research and idea generation. Now, as we move forward in our series, it’s essential to recognize that the foundation of a successful CLE isn’t just about the topic you choose — it’s also about how you build upon that foundation.
The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 20, 2025
From Daybreak Game Co. v. Takahashi , decided Wednesday by Judge Cynthia Bashant (S.D. Cal.): Per the Complaint, Daybreak owns the intellectual property to EverQuest, including trademarks and copyrights associated with the EverQuest franchise. EverQuest is a "massively multiplayer online role-playing game" that has achieved a measure of commercial success.
HowAppealing
JUNE 20, 2025
“Supreme Court Cannot Keep Fed Independent but Shove Other Agencies Under President’s ‘Unitary Executive’ Thumb”: Stuart M. Gerson and Simon Lazarus have this essay online at The National Law Journal.
Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
Many law students and lawyers alike have long dreamed of someday working in New York, the city that never sleeps (especially if they wind up as Biglaw associates). New York firms are regarded as the crown jewels of the legal profession, and it’s in New York where firms typically set the stage for Biglaw salaries and bonuses across the country. But which firm is considered the best in the Big Apple?
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Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.
LawSites
JUNE 20, 2025
Free Law Project’s CourtListener has launched RECAP Search Alerts, a new feature that allows users to monitor federal court filings for specific keywords, people, or topics, and receive alerts when there is a match. The service, which went live this week, represents what the organization calls “Google Alerts for federal courts, but much better.
Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
In this episode I chat with Cecilia Poullain , an international executive coach and former lawyer. Cecilia shares insightful career transitions from law to coaching, focusing on empowering women to become partners in law firms. The episode uncovers the hidden challenges of partnership, the importance of confidence, and striking a work-life balance. Cecilia’s personal stories reveal the necessity of understanding one’s true career desires.
L4SB
JUNE 20, 2025
Contracts are the backbone of every successful business. They protect your interests, prevent misunderstandings, and pave the way for smooth operations. Whether you’re running a startup or managing an established.
Above The Law
JUNE 20, 2025
It’s not exactly news that most lawyers work incredibly hard for their clients. But translating that work into positive client sentiment is another story, according to a new survey. The Legal Client Experience Report by the client engagement platform Case Status reveals that 72% of lawyers describe their firm as “caring” — while just 40% of clients say the same.
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Patently O
JUNE 20, 2025
by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is being asked to decide whether the PTAB can invalidate expired patents through inter partes review, in a case that could limit the reach of the landmark Oil States decision that found IPRs constitutionally permissive. In Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners , the Federal Circuit ruled that PTAB retains jurisdiction over expired patents, but the patentee argues in its petition that once patents expire, they become purely private property rights that requi
The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 20, 2025
From last Friday's opinion by Philadelphia County (Pa.) Common Pleas Court Judge Lyris Younge in Jauregui Law Firm v. Inside Higher Ed (appeal pending): Plaintiffs Jauregui Law Firm, Raul Jauregui Esquire, and Daniel Boye … [sued] Defendants Inside Higher Ed, Johanna Alonso, Dyller Solomon Law Firm and Barry Dyller Esquire … alleging defamation, false light and commercial disparagement.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 20, 2025
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday that a challenge by retailers to the Food and Drug Administration’s denial of an application by R.J. Reynolds Vapor to market e-cigarettes can go forward in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in Louisiana. By a vote of 7-2, the justices ruled that retailers in Texas and Mississippi that sell RJR Vapor’s e-cigarette products have a legal right to seek judicial review of the FDA’s denial.
The Volokh Conspiracy
JUNE 20, 2025
From In re Argue , decided June 2 by Minnesota District Court Judge Charles Webber: Nautica Alaja Argue wants to change his name to Navier Argue, explaining that he wants his name "to accurately align with his gender identity as a transgender individual." But Argue is a convicted felon {convicted [in 2022] of numerous aggravated robberies and other robberies … that involved more than a dozen separate victims} and therefore can change his name only as allowed by Minn.
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