SimplyLawJobs
JUNE 1, 2021
Ever noticed how a job hunt is a lot like dating? There are a number of reasons why the stress of a job search can be compared to courting. In this blog post, we discuss why, and we hear from David Wiseman , a leader in digital brand reputation management, who shares the same notion. How should I dress? This is a common worry for both dating and interviews.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that tribal police officers have the authority to detain and search non-Indigenous persons on federal highways within their territories. The decision quiets what some feared would be a further infringement on the inherent sovereignty tribes possess to govern themselves. United States v. Cooley examines the sovereign authority of tribal governments over their territory and persons within.
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SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 1, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with the federal government in a dispute over when federal courts can treat asylum seekers’ testimony as credible. In a unanimous opinion in the consolidated cases of Garland v. Dai and Garland v. Alcaraz-Enriquez , the court rejected the approach of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, which had previously taken asylum seekers’ testimony as credible when reviewing cases where immigration courts were silent on applicants’ credibility.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
Former Italian mob boss turned informant Giovanni Brusca was released from Rebibbia prison in Rome Monday. Brusca, a high-profile leader of the Sicilian Mafia group known as Cosa Nostra , was arrested in 1996 after having repeatedly eluded Italian law enforcement. Brusca was the “right-hand man of the so-called super boss Totò Riina, who died in prison in 2017.” The former mob boss is responsible for setting off a bomb in 1992 that killed Italian judge Giovanni Falcone, who was known
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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.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 1, 2021
Share In its first major opinion on the scope of American Indian tribes’ sovereign powers in decades, the Supreme court held on Tuesday in United States v. Cooley that tribal governments — and thus their police officers — have the power to search and temporarily detain non-Indians suspected of breaking federal or state laws within reservations. Justice Stephen Breyer wrote the opinion for the court.
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HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court : At this link. The Court granted review in one new case. And in Sanders v. United States , No. 20–6400, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh issued a concurrence in the Court’s issuance of a GVR order in that case.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
Members of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Mali Sunday in response to the recent coup d’etat. Assimi Goïta headed a military coup against former president Bah Ndaw last week. Ndaw resigned on May 26, and the Constitutional Court of Mali declared Goïta the interim president of Mali two days later.
The Crime Report
JUNE 1, 2021
Imagine having your entire life defined by the worst thing you did when you were a teenager. What if the decisions of your 15-year-old self now made it impossible for you to have a family, a career, or any life at all? In the U.S. Supreme Court’s April decision on Jones v. Mississippi , the majority of justices made it much easier for teens who commit serious crimes to pay with the rest of their lives.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
Chad’s defense ministry said Sunday that troops of their neighboring country the Central African Republic (CAR) had attacked a Chadian military post and that these actions amounted to a war crime. Chad’s Foreign Minister, Cherif Mahamat Zene said “The Central African armed forces attacked the outpost of Sourou in Chad on Sunday morning … killed a Chad soldier, injured five and kidnapped five others who were then executed in Mbang on the Central African Republic side.̶
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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.
The Crime Report
JUNE 1, 2021
A former New York prison that once held individuals incarcerated for drug convictions and other crimes will now be converted into a space for cannabis-related businesses to grow and process marijuana, the Wall Street Journal reports. The former prison, located in the town of Warwick, northwest of New York City, closed a decade ago and was bought by town officials so they could choose what happened with the space.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
Justice Rekha Palli in the Delhi High Court in India ordered US social media giant Twitter to comply with the country’s recently-enacted technology rules on Monday after it allegedly failed to appoint a Resident Grievance Officer (RGO). A petition to the court alleged Twitter had not been complying with the new rules when Twitter user Amit Acharya discovered “defamatory, false and untrue” tweets had been made about him but there was no RGO to take the issue to.
HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
“The New York Senate Should Reject Cuomo’s Nominees to the State’s High Court”: Law professor Steven Zeidman has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore, argued Monday that a local journalist should pay him aggravated damages for defaming him. The journalist, Rubaashini Shunmuganathan, did not appear at the virtual damages assessment hearing on Monday. Shunmuganathan was found liable for defamation in default of appearance in late 2019. She works for The Online Citizen , the country’s oldest independent online media site.
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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.
HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
“ Lemon v. Kurtzman at 50: What accounts for the Supreme Court’s shift away from the logic of the Lemon test?” Francis J. Beckwith has this post at the “Law & Liberty” blog.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 1, 2021
Share In the latest battle over restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic, Justice Neil Gorsuch rejected a request from two Denver-area churches to block the enforcement of Colorado’s disaster law. Denver Bible Church and Community Baptist Church had sought broad relief, asking the court not only to halt any COVID-19 restrictions based on the law that would interfere with the churches’ ability to exercise their religion but also urging the justices to overrule a century-old decision upho
HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
“Amazon Faced 75,000 Arbitration Demands; Now It Says: Fine, Sue Us; The retail giant is no longer steering customers away from the court system, as companies scramble to find ways to avoid lawyers who file mass-arbitration claims”: Sara Randazzo of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
My Shingle
JUNE 1, 2021
By 2021, most law firms universally accept credit card payments from client with the blessing of regulators. Nevermind that lawyers lagged behind other small businesses and other professionals, and that regulators had to be pulled along kicking and screaming, but we lawyers are well accustomed to the wheels of justice grinding slowly after all.
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HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
“Supreme Court prepares final push to release hot-button rulings, amid retirement talk; June is typically the busiest time for the nine-member bench, as they work to release rulings from their docket”: Bill Mears and Shannon Bream of Fox News have this report.
Patently O
JUNE 1, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in the procedural copyright case of Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz. Anyone who has registered copyrights know that the Copyright Office has a set of seemingly arcane and odd rules that often arise when registering a collection or series of works. A copyright owner that fits within the rules can save quite a bit on copyright office fees.
HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
Access today’s rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in argued cases: Justice Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court in Garland v. Ming Dai , No. 19-1155. You can access the oral argument via this link.
Above The Law
JUNE 1, 2021
* A Michigan lawyer, who allegedly gave his adversary the middle finger during a virtual court hearing, has purportedly been fined $3,000. That's one expensive bird. [ Detroit Free Press ] * Unvaccinated workers at a Houston hospital are suing over their employer's vaccination mandate. [ Washington Post ] * A Philadelphia-area attorney passed away last week hours after he was pulled from a bay in Longport, New Jersey. [ Fox News ] * Johnson & Johnson is asking the Supreme Court to hear an ov
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HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
“What the Public Thinks About Major Supreme Court Cases This Term”: Adam Liptak and Alicia Parlapiano of The New York Times have this report.
JURIST
JUNE 1, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – JURIST’s India staff correspondent Neelabh Bist reflects on India’s so-called “VIP culture” and how it – and the court system’s response to it – has impacted India’s handling of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: As India is counting days for the second wave of COVID-19 to subside, the country’s struggle with the pandemic is accentuated by the sadly familiar phenomenon of VIP favorable treatment.
HowAppealing
JUNE 1, 2021
“How a Supreme Court decision last year is reshaping the legal battle over LGBTQ discrimination”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 1, 2021
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a copyright clash over a fashion design and declined to revisit the authority of police officers to enter homes without a warrant. In an order list from the justices’ May 27 private conference, the justices added just one new case to their docket for next term: Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz , in which the justices agreed to weigh in on a technical question of copyright law and procedure arising from a dispute between a Los Angel
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