Attorney at Work
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Attorney business development isn’t easy — especially when you don’t have time to lay the groundwork. This checklist will help you make headway in just a few focused hours. Your business development department or practice leader has been pushing you to work on business development activities. Meanwhile, your clients have you billing more hours than ever.
EvidenceProf Blog
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Tomorrow, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons will reconsider John Brookins's request for parole. Last year, John's request for parole was denied in large part based upon a letter (Download Bucks letter) sent by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office.
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JURIST
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring, Rosfinmonitoring, Tuesday added US tech giant Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to its list of “terrorist and extremist” organizations, Russian news agencies reported. The impact of Rosfinmonitoring’s designation reportedly means that Russian citizens and companies who buy ads from Facebook or Instagram could potentially face up to 10 years in prison for “sponsoring extremism.”
LDA PRO
OCTOBER 12, 2022
If you want to ensure correct asset distribution after your passing, a living trust can be a great tool to implement. However, you often need to have specific documents that will ensure the living trust is legal and binding. Discover the important documents you need to set up your trust. Living Trust Document. The living trust document will outline all the elements of the trust itself.
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JURIST
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The US Supreme Court Wednesday heard oral arguments in Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt. The court was asked to determine whether a supervisor who makes over $200,000 a year is entitled to overtime pay under 29 CFR § 541.604 , despite an exemption in 29 CFR § 541.601 for highly-paid executives. Michael Hewitt worked for Helix Energy Solutions and later sued for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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JURIST
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She files this dispatch from Dublin. As Europe prepares for what is set to be a cold winter concerns continue to grow over the possibility of rolling blackouts.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“The court of art criticism is in session”: Mark Walsh has this “A View from the Courtroom” post at “SCOTUSblog.” The post “The court of art criticism is in session” appeared first on How Appealing.
JURIST
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The European Commission (EC) Wednesday recommended Bosnia and Herzegovina be granted candidate status for accession to the European Union (EU). In a press release, the EC announced Bosnia and Herzegovina’s candidate status. The EC emphasized that the candidate status dictates that Bosnia and Herzegovina take steps towards reinforcing democracy, functionality of state institutions, rule of law, the fight against corruption and organized crime as well as media freedom and migration managemen
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Why the Supreme Court is taking on so many politically divisive cases”: John Kruzel of The Hill has this report. The post “Why the Supreme Court is taking on so many politically divisive cases” appeared first on How Appealing.
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JURIST
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Anna Balabina, a law student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. . Last week the Norweigan Nobel Committee awarded its annual Peace Prize to human rights defenders from three countries – Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Ohio appeals order blocking six-week abortion ban”: Jessie Balmert of The Cincinnati Enquirer has this report. The post “Ohio appeals order blocking six-week abortion ban” appeared first on How Appealing.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Share A View from the Courtroom is an occasional series offering an inside look at oral arguments and opinion announcements unfolding in real time. This week has felt very cultured at the court. Despite the earthiness of Tuesday’s case about pig farming , I found myself revisiting, for one preview I wrote, literary works by Carl Sandburg, Upton Sinclair, and Norman Mailer, addressing stock yards and meat processing in the 20th century.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Yale Law trumpets free speech stance amid judge’s clerk-boycott push”: Karen Sloan and Nate Raymond of Reuters have this report. And in commentary, online at The Washington Post, columnist Paul Waldman has an essay titled “ A judge’s attack on Yale explains the right’s ‘cancel culture’ ruse.” The post “Yale Law trumpets free speech stance amid judge’s clerk-boycott push” 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.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Underneath Their Robes : Judge did not want people talking about wandering the courthouse in underwear. Still Doesn't Make Sense : Mentally declassifying documents that also were totally planted but also shouldn't have been classified in the first place? Big Firm Gets Bigger : Dentons keeps growing. This Stuff's Made In New York City! : OK, this was actually North Carolina, but the vibes are still the same as that old Pace salsa ad.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Prince Photo or Just Formerly Known as One? Supreme Court Weighs Warhol’s Art; In a lively argument over copyright law that included many references to pop culture, the justices struggled to determine when a new work transforms an older one”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Robert Barnes of The Washington Post reports that “ Warhol, Prince and a Supreme Court debate over ‘fair use’; The justices are evaluating whether Andy Warhol violated c
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 12, 2022
As U.S. inflation reached its highest number in decades, the costs of everyday items in prison have dramatically increased, pinching the pockets of inmates and their families, reports Casey Quinlan of Source NM. . . From the costs of fruit to deodorant, prices rose as high as 7.2 percent in Kentucky in July, according to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. .
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“A little-watched Montana race has become a contentious abortion fight”: Karin Brulliard of The Washington Post has this report. The post “A little-watched Montana race has become a contentious abortion fight” appeared first on How Appealing.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 12, 2022
We could have avoided this whole issue if everyone became a vegan. The post When Pigs Litigate: How Pork Law Will Predict Abortion And Gun Jurisprudence appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Indiana Supreme Court to review abortion lawsuit after lower court froze near-total ban”: Johnny Magdaleno of The Indianapolis Star has this report. And Megan Messerly of Politico reports that “ Indiana Supreme Court allows abortions to continue pending January hearing; While it declined to lift the injunction, the Indiana Supreme Court did agree to Attorney General Todd Rokita’s request to take the case and scheduled oral arguments for January.” The post “In
Above The Law
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Racial profiling is no joking matter. The post Eric André Takes A Break From Slapstick To Stop Atlanta PD From Being A Flight Risk appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Texas Social-Media Law Put on Hold Pending Supreme Court Review; Appeals court grants request by platforms like Twitter, Meta; Companies claim content-moderation law is unconstitutional”: Madlin Mekelburg of Bloomberg News has a report that begins, “A federal appeals court put on hold a Texas law banning some forms of content moderation on social media while a trade group representing industry giants petitions the US Supreme Court to review its challenge.” The post ̶
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The Crime Report
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Royal Oak, Mich., police officer Keith Bierenga’s qualified immunity defense in the 2018 shooting of Antonino Gordon during a traffic stop has been left in place by the Supreme Court, despite a recent appeal by Nita Gordon, Gordon’s widow, who accused Bierenga of using excessive force in violation of the Fourth Amendment, reports Andrew Chung for Reuters.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“Pennsylvania Senate Race May Turn on Supreme Court Order Over Mail Ballots; Elections officials at odds over counting undated mail ballots; Legal challenges almost certain after November midterms”: Ryan Teague Beckwith of Bloomberg News has this report. The post “Pennsylvania Senate Race May Turn on Supreme Court Order Over Mail Ballots; Elections officials at odds over counting undated mail ballots; Legal challenges almost certain after November midterms” appeared first
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Author and lawyer Scott Turow’s latest legal thriller Suspect reintroduces readers to Clarice “Pinky” Granum, the granddaughter of attorney Sandy Stern—a character from the author's…
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 12, 2022
“A Message to Our Alumni on Free Speech at Yale Law School”: Yale Law School has posted online this message from Dean Heather K. Gerken. Fifth Circuit Judge James C. Ho is not an alumnus of Yale Law School, and thus the message clearly is not directed toward him. And at “The Volokh Conspiracy,” Eugene Volokh has a post titled “ Yale Law School, Judge Ho, Neutrals, and Secondary Boycotts; Even when there’s good reason to criticize universities, we should keep t
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