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AUGUST 26, 2022

Caring for a client and solving their issues is at the heart of practicing law. A strong lawyer-client relationship is essential to building a successful, client-centered law firm. Even if you win the case and help a client achieve their desired outcome, a poor relationship with them can have negative repercussions. . In this article, we’ll cover why the lawyer and client relationship is so important to the success of your firm, what a healthy lawyer-client relationship looks like, and simple wa

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Thomas Kraemer is Senior Counsel at Kakar Advocates in Kabul, Afghanistan, and a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He is a Special Correspondent for JURIST currently based in Istanbul, Türkiye. . Last Saturday it was announced that the investigation and prosecution of crimes is no longer within the purview of the Afghanistan Attorney General’s Office.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Can a federal appellate court grant panel rehearing without the support of at least one judge who joined in the original majority opinion? A case pending on petition for rehearing en banc before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit raises that interesting procedural question. Ordinarily, of course, the answer to this question is “no,” since it takes the votes of at least two of the judges on the panel to grant panel rehearing.

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JURIST

AUGUST 26, 2022

This year alone, Russian forces are believed to have launched hundreds of cluster munition attacks in contravention of various principles of international humanitarian law, according to a scathing report released Thursday by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), an international advocacy group. Cluster munitions are weapons that contain dozens to hundreds of explosive submunitions.

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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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AUGUST 26, 2022

“In boon for consumers, 3rd Circuit clarifies ascertainability, post-TransUnion standing”: Alison Frankel’s “On the Case” from Reuters has this post about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued Wednesday. The post “In boon for consumers, 3rd Circuit clarifies ascertainability, post-TransUnion standing” appeared first on How Appealing.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“Religious Shield Against Vaccine Mandate Gets 5th Circuit Review”: Robert Iafolla of Bloomberg Law has this report. According to the article, “The Fifth Circuit’s consideration of the Caris case gives it the chance to codify its groundbreaking decision in Sambrano v. United Airlines — which was unpublished, meaning it’s not binding precedent and applies only to the dispute at hand — by adopting its reasoning in a published opinion.” The three judges of

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Above The Law

AUGUST 26, 2022

Moderna is suing Pfizer and BioNTech, claiming they copied its messenger RNA work in developing their Covid-19 vaccine. The company notes that its patented work in respiratory infectious disease began years before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when the biotech was pursuing an mRNA vaccine for a different coronavirus.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“NBC News Digital Hires Reuters Supreme Court Correspondent Lawrence Hurley as Supreme Court Reporter”: A.J. Katz has this post at Adweek’s “TVNewser” blog. The post “NBC News Digital Hires Reuters Supreme Court Correspondent Lawrence Hurley as Supreme Court Reporter” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

NYPD officers have been ordered not to congregate or stop to chat on city streets, NY1 reports. A new memo delineated changes to the department’s patrol guide and ordered officers not to congregate, or chat with other officers unless absolutely necessary. “This is absolutely unnecessary. It’s totally petty,” Ralph Cilento, a John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor and a retired NYPD Lieutenant Commander, told Fox5 New York , condemning the order.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“California Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court; The bill, which applies more broadly to other forms of creative expression, has unanimously passed the Senate and Assembly and could become law by the end of September”: Livia Albeck-Ripka will have this article in Saturday’s edition of The New York Times. The post “California Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court; The bill, which applies more broadly to other forms of creative expression, has un

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Department of Justice is seeking a sentence of 210 months for Thomas Webster, a veteran of the Marine Corps and former 20-year NYPD officer who assaulted and choked a DC police officer during the Capitol riot, 13NewsNow reports. Webster was convicted of six counts by a jury in May, including a felony count for assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“Federal court strikes down Transgender Mandate; Fifth Circuit protects doctors’ conscience and medical judgments”: Becket has issued this news release about a ruling that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued today. The post “Federal court strikes down Transgender Mandate; Fifth Circuit protects doctors’ conscience and medical judgments” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

The persons released from prison earlier than scheduled from March 2020 to February 2021 covered 24 states, while the number of people in custody declined across all states. According to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report, the prison population declined by 157,500 during the first six months of the pandemic, falling another 58,300 over the following six months, totaling 215,800 releases.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“Affirmative Action Was Banned at Two Top Universities. They Say They Need It. As a Supreme Court case on college admissions nears, the California and Michigan university systems say their efforts to build diverse classes have hardly worked.” Stephanie Saul of The New York Times has this report. The post “Affirmative Action Was Banned at Two Top Universities.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

If a legal practice can highlight how it's making a difference in society, that can help with brand recognition. ~ Jibran Qazi, MCPD.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“An Inside Look at How Justices Handled Oral Arguments During the Pandemic: During a recent conference, Justice Elena Kagan explained why colleagues were ‘very split’ on how to make oral arguments work in the COVID-19 era.” Tony Mauro of The National Law Journal has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog.” The post “An Inside Look at How Justices Handled Oral Arguments During the Pandemic: During a recent conference, Justice Elena Kagan explained why c

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LLRX

AUGUST 26, 2022

Data mining and knowledge discovery is a quickly evolving field that is part of the portfolio of CI, BI and KM professionals, law librarians, research analysts, infopros, data scientists, data journalists and students in college and graduate programs. This expansive bibliography by Marcus P. Zillman comprises a wealth of information, resources, tools, techniques and applications, as well as links to many open datasets.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

“Associational Standing in the Affirmative Action Cases”: Andrew Hessick has this post at the “Notice & Comment” blog of the Yale Journal on Regulation. The post “Associational Standing in the Affirmative Action Cases” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

Utah’s state prisons are in crisis following a data migration to a new medical records system plagued by glitches that caused a backlog of thousands of unfilled inmate prescriptions, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. The new system, operated by corrections health tech company Fusion , was launched at the beginning of August, and corrections officials reported immediate issues with the department’s data migration.

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OilandGasLawyer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Sometimes lawyers really do have the best responses. The following is just one example. Rebuilding New Orleans after Katrina often caused residents to be challenged to prove home titles back hundreds of years. That is because of community history stretching back over two centuries during which houses were passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish a paper trail of ownership.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Los Angeles Times has released additional racist text messages sent by police in Torrance, California, following their 2021 investigation into racist and homphobic messages sent by officers that led to a series of dismissed criminal cases and at least one person released from prison. In a particularly shocking example, after the police killing of Christopher DeAndre Mitchell in 2018, officers texted flippantly about forming a ‘firing squad’ for when the names of officers involved were releas

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AUGUST 26, 2022

Moderna's suits accusing Pfizer of infringing patents related to mRNA vaccine technology on Friday set the stage for courts to review the role of no-sue pledges such as the one Moderna made in October 2020 as well as whether the biotechnology giant should have patents in the first place.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

Recently released emails show that the Omaha Police Department (OPD) in Nebraska planned to exchange tens of thousands of dollars in tactical gear for $3,000 worth of firearms and equipment in an unusual deal with 88 Tactical, a gun training range and store with alleged ties to the far right, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch reports. 88 Tactical previously made the news in 2017 by hosting the Global Faith Institute, which the SPLC calls a hate group, for a talk called “U

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Above The Law

AUGUST 26, 2022

I refuse to shy away from the opportunity to use the words 'radical' and 'nautical' in a sentence and have it make sense. The post Breaking Water: Southern Gambling Loophole Inspires A <em>Dobbs</em> Work Around appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 26, 2022

The Department of Justice has announced a new commitment of $49.85 in funding for the Office on Violence Against Women for grants to provide survivors of gender-based violence with access to legal services and improve interactions with the justice system that impact victims and their families. Over $35 million was awarded to 59 grantees through the Legal Assistance for Victims Program.

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