Attorney at Work
AUGUST 25, 2022
To succeed as in-house counsel, make sure clients understand the legal department’s value. Just like the clients of private law firms, corporate personnel have choices about to whom to turn when a legal question arises. Here are their three options. 1. “I’ll Figure It Out Myself” Corporate personnel may be disincentivized to consult their legal departments in a number of ways.
JURIST
AUGUST 25, 2022
The US Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a former Louisville, Kentucky detective has pleaded guilty to two separate federal charges. Detective Kelly Goodlett admitted that she conspired to falsify an affidavit to obtain a warrant to search Breonna Taylor’s home without probable cause and that, after the search resulted in Taylor’s death, she also conspired to cover up the illegal warrant by lying to investigators.
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HowAppealing
AUGUST 25, 2022
“Congressional Responses to Dobbs “: Adam Feldman has this post at his “Empirical SCOTUS” blog. The post “Congressional Responses to Dobbs” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
AUGUST 25, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering the expansion of his country’s armed forces to upwards of two million. In accordance with the decree, the military will expand by some 137,000 soldiers, bringing the total number of service members to just over 1.15 million, and swelling the ranks of the military personnel to nearly 2.04 million.
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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.
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
'Giving teachers guns wasn’t enough, they’ll have belts too!' - Missouri parents, apparently. The post State Worried That Talking About Race Harms Kids Brings Back Beating Children In School appeared first on Above the Law.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
Cannabis stakeholders should proceed cautiously given the legal status of THC but also due to testing and mislabeling failures that have resulted in a growing number of consumer class-action lawsuits and other litigation. The post Cannabis Beverages Are On The Rise And So Could Be Operators’ Liability appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 25, 2022
“Prominent U.S. appeals court judge calls Supreme Court term limits ‘intriguing'”: Nate Raymond of Reuters has this report. Seventh Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood was the guest on the most recent episode of the “ Judgment Calls with Hon. David F. Levi ” podcast. I didn’t learn of the existence of this podcast, which launched in November 2019, until today, but a bunch of other federal appellate judges have been guests, along with several other judges.
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
You need the Law Firm Transparency tool to make the biggest decision of your career. The post Which Biglaw Firm Should You Work For? The Real Info You Need To Decide appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 25, 2022
“Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids.” Andrew DeMillo of The Associated Press has this report on a ruling that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued today. The post “Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids.” appeared first on How Appealing.
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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
Being a lawyer is not as lucrative as it once was. The post Lawyers Deserve Raises: Median Salary Has Taken A Dive Over The Last Two Decades appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 25, 2022
“Court: Mississippi can continue blocking felons from voting.” Emily Wagster Pettus of The Associated Press has this report. Bobby Harrison of Mississippi Today reports that “ 5th Circuit upholds Jim Crow-era law written to keep Black Mississippians from voting; A majority of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that since the Mississippi Legislature reconsidered the voting rights provision in later years, it no longer is discriminatory.” And Ashton Pittman of Mississip
The Crime Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
In 2018, four Connecticut State Police troopers collectively created hundreds of fake traffic tickets to make it appear they were more productive than they actually were in order to curry favor and perks from supervisors, the Register Citizen reports. While other phony ticket schemes have led to criminal charges against police officers in Connecticut and numerous other states, these four troopers avoided such serious consequences, even after Connecticut State Police supervisors discussed among t
HowAppealing
AUGUST 25, 2022
“North Carolina justices offer a liberal roadmap for overturning elections”: Columnist Jason Willick has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “North Carolina justices offer a liberal roadmap for overturning elections” appeared first on How Appealing.
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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
AUGUST 25, 2022
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi can continue to bar more than 10 percent of its citizens from voting, maintaining a Jim Crow-era provision that bars Mississippians convicted of felonies from taking part in elections, reports the Daily Journal. Framers of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution said the law was designed to prevent Black citizens from voting by targeting crimes they were believed to commit.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 25, 2022
“Sherry Colb”: At his “Dorf on Law” blog, Michael C. Dorf has a post that begins, “I’m writing with unspeakably sad news. Sherry Colb — my co-blogger, co-author, colleague, best friend, and wife for over 31 years, died this morning.” The post “Sherry Colb” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
Is Biglaw heading to the Mountain West region next? The post Because Biglaw Isn’t Big Enough: New Market Opportunities For New Offices appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
A new report from Yale Law School’s Arthur Liman Center and the Correctional Leaders Association reveals that between 41,000 and 48,000 men and women are being held in prolonged solitary confinement in U.S. prisons, with most being held alone in cells the size of parking spaces for 22 hours a day on average and for at least 15 days, reports The Guardian.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
If you are considering a gap year, don’t give up before looking into it because you think it’s impossible. The post Family Gap Year: How One Lawyer Mom Traded The Daily Grind For The Good Life — In Brazil appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
U.S. citizen Shadeed Abdulmateen, sentenced to death by a Chinese court for “intentional homicide” of his former girlfriend, has lost his appeal, with the High People’s Court of Eastern China’s Zhejiang Province upholding the original verdict of a court in Ningbo this April, reports Reuters. The initial ruling by the lower court held that after a disagreement over the pair’s break-up in June 2019 the defendant arranged to meet and talk with the victim, a woman surna
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
The former secretary of state and presidential candidate called her loss to the reality star 'heartbreaking.'. The post Hillary Clinton Faces Off Against Kim Kardashian In Battle Of Legal Wits — And Loses appeared first on Above the Law.
Mondaq
AUGUST 25, 2022
The much-anticipated reports by Sir David Calvert-Smith and Brian Altman QC into failings at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in their Unaoil and Serco investigations were published on 21 July.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
Kim Kardashian Knows More About Law Than Hillary Clinton: Of course she does -- anyone knee-deep in law school/bar prep is better situated to answer a pop quiz. But still -- good for Kim. Bringing Back School Beatings? Is this what they mean by make America great again? Because that's a big NOPE from me, dog. Inflation Hasn't Been Kind To Lawyers: Median salary has gone down over the last 20 years.
The IP Law Blog
AUGUST 25, 2022
In Lang Van, Inc. v. VNG Corporation (decided July 21, 2022), the Ninth Circuit addressed the issue of how to evaluate whether a U.S. District Court can exercise personal jurisdiction over a foreign defendant with regard to a copyright infringement suit. Lang Van is a California corporation that produces and distributes Vietnamese music and entertainment, owning the copyrights to thousands of songs and programs.
Above The Law
AUGUST 25, 2022
Equity partnership is the best kind of partnership. The post This Biglaw Firm Has The Most Women Equity Partners In The Am Law 200 appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 25, 2022
Texas’ trigger law has officially gone into effect, making performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to life in prison and a civil penalty of not less than $100,000, plus attorney fees, with only narrow exceptions to save the life of a pregnant patient, reports the Texas Tribune. The trigger law criminalizes performing an abortion from the moment of fertilization unless the pregnant patient is facing “a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregna
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