Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Maybe a mom with cancer shouldn't be a deal breaker. just spitballing here. The post Biglaw Partners Need To Remember Their Humanity When Conducting Interviews appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
“A Brief Guide to Legal Corpus Linguistics, the Unholy Fusion of Big Data and Originalism; For linguists, corpus linguistics is a vital academic research tool; For conservative judges, it is another method of reverse-engineering their preferred result”: James LaRock and Jacob Hammond have this post at Balls and Strikes. The post “A Brief Guide to Legal Corpus Linguistics, the Unholy Fusion of Big Data and Originalism; For linguists, corpus linguistics is a vital academic resear
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ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
When Justice Samuel Alito was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2005, he was portrayed as cautious, respectful of precedent, quiet, methodical and reasonable.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
“‘It’s horrific’: Mother of son struck down in murder-for-hire plot speaks of anguish; After Danny Markel divorced his wife, Wendi Adelson, police say her brother, Charlie, hired people to kill Markel.” Jeremy Grimaldi of The Vaughan Citizen of Newmarket, Ontario, Canada has this report. The post “‘It’s horrific’: Mother of son struck down in murder-for-hire plot speaks of anguish; After Danny Markel divorced his wife, Wendi Adelson, police s
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Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Ah, mistakes. Where would we be without them haunting us? The post Common Mistakes Made By New In-House Counsel appeared first on Above the Law.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In a Pew Research Center survey of public opinion among Black Americans, participants answered questions about issues of racial inequality and social change in the United States. Around 90 percent of Black adults say multiple aspects of the criminal justice system need to change in some way in order to ensure equal treatment, with 95 percent prioritizing policing, courts and the judicial process.
The IP Law Blog
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Hailey Bieber recently founded her own line of skincare products under the trade name Rhode, which is her middle name. Unfortunately, her latest venture was not warmly received by everyone. The founders of the fashion line RHODE almost immediately filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Mrs. Bieber in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Scholars have argued that the Supreme Court, under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts, has applied a color-blind analysis to the law, churning out opinions that privilege white people, reinforce police power, and fortify carceral systems. Five recent court cases that seemingly acknowledge — and seek to correct — racism ingrained in the criminal justice system should have signaled that the Roberts court was shaking off its flawed, colorblind framework, argues Daniel Harawa , an Associat
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Ginni Thomas Emailed Wisconsin Lawmakers Urging Them To Ignore The Results Of The 2020 Election: On top of all the other shenanigans she pulled. New Discrimination Lawsuit At UMich Law: The complaint is an awful lot. Pay For A Law Degree, Don't Become A Lawyer: Something doesn't add up here. Toxic Partners Are Still A Thing In Biglaw: In part because firms think they're paying associates enough to deal.
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The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In the 12 months between September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2021, when school was primarily online and many facilities were shuttered, Baltimore City School Police officers earned roughly $1.7 million in overtime pay, according to publicly available salary statistics and analysis by the Baltimore Sun. The FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office for Maryland’s public corruption unit are investigating Baltimore City School Police Det.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Love the sinner. Hate the sin. Refuse service to the patient. Give 'em bad bedside manner too. The post Michigan Hospital Just Wants The Court To Respect Their Right To Not Treat Jesus’ Children For Jesus’ Sake appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Following recent revelations about a fake ticketing scheme by state troopers in Connecticut, a criminal investigation into the troopers’ conduct has been opened by the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice and the State Police Central District Major Crime Squad, CT Insider reports. The bogus ticket schemes were discovered by Connecticut State Police in 2018, which led to internal reviews that ultimately supported action against the troopers.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Honestly, this could be the start of a great new frontier in legal education. But it could also be a costly waste. The post Law School For Non-Lawyers Rests On Knife’s Edge Between ‘Good Idea’ And ‘Cynical Cash Grab’ appeared first on Above the Law.
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CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Attorneys for the federal government argued in a petition on Wednesday that Dylann Roof’s death sentence and conviction in the 2015 racist murders of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation should stand and doesn’t require reconsideration by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Associated Press reports. Roof “fails to identify any meaningful disagreement in the lower courts” over his legal representation in his trial, according to the 39-page brief from the U.S.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The industry needs to do better. The post Biglaw Firms Think They’re Paying Associates Enough Money To Deal With Toxic Partners appeared first on Above the Law.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Nike, Inc. v. Adidas AG & Kathi Vidal , 21-1903 ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ). This ongoing dispute between the two athletic apparel companies has been ongoing since Adidas filed its IPR petition back in in 2012. IPR2013-00067. The decade is explainable procedurally–this is the third appeal in the case. The appeals have all centered on Nike’s proposed substitute claims.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Our new study sheds light on the career paths, skills, and responsibilities of a rapidly growing field. The post Who Are Legal Ops Pros? And What Do They Want? appeared first on Above the Law.
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Law 360
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Barry Diller-controlled IAC/InterActiveCorp, Match.com and directors of both companies beat a challenge to their $30 billion reverse spinoff in 2020, with a Delaware vice chancellor finding that the lead plaintiffs' derivative claims lack standing and that the spinoff met the necessary elements to make it subject to business judgment protections.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
The good news for legal technology vendors is that no matter how you slice the pie, right now there's room for just about everyone. The post ILTACON 2022: Integrations, AI, And A Piece Of The Pie appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Attorneys should entertain the possibility of the metaverse becoming a matter of interest in real-world courts by considering what could cause actions outside the virtual world and digital forensics hurdles to be cleared in demonstrating the offense, identifying the culpable parties and collecting damages, say attorneys at Keystone Strategy.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Local law enforcement agencies in North and South Carolina have been utilizing a little-known smartphone monitoring program that allows them the ability to follow people’s travels from months in departments across the Carolinas, sometimes without either warrants or consent, the Associated Press reports. According to thousands of pages of corporate information, police have used “Fog Reveal” to search billions of records from 250 million mobile devices and have used the data to g
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Law 360
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday threw a wrench into efforts to enact federal privacy legislation that was recently sent to the House floor, saying that more work needs to be done to prevent the proposal from overriding California's more stringent privacy protections.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Millions of people are watching videos on Tiktok made by professional cleaning companies doing crime scene cleanup, raising both moral and legal concerns about whether these videos should even be allowed on social media, Insider reports. One of those businesses, Spaulding Decon, is currently the subject of a lawsuit from the widow of a man who committed suicide regarding a video they posted to their 4.3 million-follower TikTok account showing the scene of his death.
Mondaq
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) refers to the set of standards measuring a business' impact on the environment, and society as well as how transparent.
The Crime Report
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
In an era when scary headlines warn daily of rising crime, the city of Providence, Rhode Island claims to be experiencing “one of the safest summers in at least a generation,” reports The Providence Journal. Mayor Jorge Elorza said crimes involving a gun have dropped by over 49 percent, in contrast with spiking violence levels in 2020 and 2021. Violent crime overall has decreased 35 percent in last five years. “On the whole, as we look back toward the very tail end of the summer,”
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