Attorney at Work
JULY 11, 2023
Karen and David Skinner's three step process to make the most of technology at your firm. The post No More Shiny Butterflies: How to Choose the Best Tech for Your Law Firm appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
JULY 11, 2023
A Kenyan appeals court declared Monday that mandatory life sentences are unconstitutional. The Court of Appeal at Malindi Kenya found that mandatory life sentences are “an unjustifiable discrimination, unfair and repugnant to the principle of equality before the law under Article 27 of the Constitution.” The case reached the Court of Appeal via a petition, in which the appellant claimed that his right to a fair trial was violated due to a lack of legal representation throughout the
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The Estrin Report
JULY 11, 2023
At the beginning of August 2022, I made one of the boldest moves of my career: I quit my well-paying full-time job as an in-house litigation paralegal at a health and wellness company and put out my shingle as a freelance paralegal. It was simultaneously thrilling and terrifying. Luckily I had a few things in the “Pros” column when I made my decision.
JURIST
JULY 11, 2023
Conservationist groups Center for Biological Diversity and 350 Colorado filed a petition for review in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Monday against the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its air pollution practices. Specifically at issue in the petition is the EPA’s approval of parts of the 8-Hour Ozone Attainment Plan concerning the Denver Metro/North Front Range (DMNFR) area in Colorado, which seeks to address the fossil fuel and air pollution causing poor a
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HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“The Supreme Court Case That Has Me Worried, for Survivors and for My State”: New York Governor Kathy Hochul has this guest essay online at The New York Times. The post “The Supreme Court Case That Has Me Worried, for Survivors and for My State” appeared first on How Appealing.
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HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“Case or Controversy Requirement? What Case or Controversy Requirement? The Supreme Court’s misguided decision to grant Lorie Smith standing to pursue her entirely hypothetical claim against the State of Colorado in the web designer case.” David Post has this post at “The Volokh Conspiracy.” The post “Case or Controversy Requirement?
JURIST
JULY 11, 2023
The last three survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921, Lessie Benningfield Randle, Viola Fletcher and Hughes Van Ellis Sr., criticized the Friday dismissal of their lawsuit seeking restitution for themselves and the descendants of those affected by the massacre. They plan to appeal the dismissal. Randle, Fletcher and Van Ellis, all over 100 years old, stated through their attorney Damario Solomon-Simmons that they had not been informed of the reasoning for the dismissal beyond a short one-
HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“The Missing Originalism in the Court’s Racial-Preferences Opinions; There’s still work to do in restoring the original meaning of the 14th Amendment; Only Justice Thomas tried to do that in the Harvard admissions case”: Dan McLaughlin has this essay online at National Review. The post “The Missing Originalism in the Court’s Racial-Preferences Opinions; There’s still work to do in restoring the original meaning of the 14th Amendment; Only Justice Thomas
JURIST
JULY 11, 2023
Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a research center in UNSAA’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal information and improving legal culture through study and research, promoting critical and reflective debate to contribute to the development of the country.
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HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“The Smearing of Lorie Smith: She won a landmark First Amendment victory; The press now falsely claims she filed a ‘fake case.'” Kristen Waggoner and Erin Hawley will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal. The post “The Smearing of Lorie Smith: She won a landmark First Amendment victory; The press now falsely claims she filed a ‘fake case.'” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
JULY 11, 2023
The National Security Department of the Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) reportedly raided the family home of fugitive pro-democracy activist Nathan Law on Tuesday. Law is accused of violating the National Security Law , which was passed on June 30, 2020. Having fled Hong Kong for the United Kingdom (UK), Law is alleged to have committed offenses under the National Security Law, which police say “seriously endanger national security.” These include “incitement to secession”, “subversio
HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“Clash over US judge’s competency probe heads into mediation”: Andrew Goudsward of Reuters has this report. And recently at IPWatchdog, former Federal Circuit Judge Paul R. Michel had a post titled “ Chief Judge Moore v. Judge Newman: An Unacceptable Breakdown of Court Governance, Collegiality and Procedural Fairness.” The post also appears to have received a comment from former Federal Circuit Judge Randall R.
Above The Law
JULY 11, 2023
Many lawyers did not comprehend that they were feeding confidential data to the AI. The post Breached Law Firms Bemoan: ‘The Class Action Attorneys Have Found Us’ appeared first on Above the Law.
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JULY 11, 2023
“The Whimsy of the Late Justice John Paul Stevens: Stevens was known not only for his bowtie at the court but also his cheese sandwich for lunch.” Tony Mauro has this post at his “The Marble Palace Blog” online at The National Law Journal. The post “The Whimsy of the Late Justice John Paul Stevens: Stevens was known not only for his bowtie at the court but also his cheese sandwich for lunch.” appeared first on How Appealing.
Law 360
JULY 11, 2023
New York State lawmakers recently cleared legislation to effectively ban post-employment noncompete agreements. If signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul, it would set a new benchmark for limiting noncompetes, but numerous ambiguous provisions may fall on courts to clarify, experts say.
HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“The rot in the federal judiciary goes deeper than the Supreme Court”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “The rot in the federal judiciary goes deeper than the Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.
Law 360
JULY 11, 2023
A California federal judge gave the Federal Trade Commission little in the way of a silver lining Tuesday by rejecting virtually every aspect of the agency's challenge of Microsoft's $68.7 billion Activision Blizzard purchase, from the alleged facts of video game distribution to the governing legal standards.
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HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“Court Halts Mountain Valley Pipeline Championed by Sen. Joe Manchin; A provision in the debt-ceiling law limited opponents’ right to sue and mandated pipeline’s completion”: David Harrison of The Wall Street Journal has this report. And Wednesday’s edition of that newspaper will contain an editorial titled “ Judges Defy Congress to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline; A three-judge Fourth Circuit panel blocks a permit even after the debt-ceiling bill stripped t
FDA Law Blog
JULY 11, 2023
By Sara W. Koblitz — One of the most important questions FDA has to answer is whether a given product is appropriately characterized as a drug, biologic, device, food, cosmetic, or something entirely different. As we have explained before , that distinction is critical to assigning a particular product to the appropriate regulatory scheme. While it is exceedingly obvious that some products, like eyeshadow for example, are cosmetics, or a pacemaker is a device, it can get thorny where the disti
HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“McConnell recasts the high court as ‘independent’ to win votes in 2024”: Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “McConnell recasts the high court as ‘independent’ to win votes in 2024” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
JULY 11, 2023
Kramer is definitely going to get 'It's down again!' as his most frequent email as dean. The post This Dean Will Be *Very Dissapointed* If You Fail The Bar Considering He Taught You On Themis appeared first on Above the Law.
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HowAppealing
JULY 11, 2023
“Supreme Court justices and donors mingle at campus visits. These documents show the ethical dilemmas.” Brian Slodysko and Eric Tucker of The Associated Press have this report. Additionally, Slodysko and Tucker report that “ Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor’s staff prodded colleges and libraries to buy her books.” Tucker has a report headlined “ Book sales, a lure for money and more takeaways from the AP investigation into Supreme Court ethics.” And Tucke
Above The Law
JULY 11, 2023
YOU get a prior restraint! And YOU get a prior restraint! The post Government Appeals Social Media Ban To … UGHHH, The Fifth Circuit appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
JULY 11, 2023
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
Above The Law
JULY 11, 2023
Is It Just Me, Or Does This Guy Look Really Familiar?: If Themis bar preppers don't recognize this new dean, they will fail the property section of the bar. Did Anyone Else Hear A Bell During Opening Arguments?: This bit of legal violence caused a mistrial. Don't Get Too Comfortable At Home: Another big time firm has implemented a mandatory 4-day, in-person work week.
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