Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

President Donald Trump’s government hiring freeze continues to tank budding lawyers’ career prospects. Not only have third-year law students’ permanent job offers been revoked and summer internship programs been canceled, but government agencies have also pulled out of law school recruitment events for future legal roles. However, thanks to a group of ex-officials from the Treasury and the Justice Departments Tax Division, things are looking a bit brighter.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Fixing the disconnect between achieving financial targets and genuine professional satisfaction. The post Aligning Financial Decision-Making with Professional Purpose: A Guide for Attorneys appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

How speed and accuracy benchmarks misrepresent the real value of legal AI Welcome to the era of the AI superlative. While the first two years of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) development were an all-out sprint to create new models, establish proof-of-concept solutions, and define optimal use cases, the next phase to deliver increased efficiency and better work product to clients in the AI lifecycle will be dominated by marketing as well.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The demands of work dont stop when you are depressed. Dan Lukasik, of LawyersWithDepression.com, on the struggle to get things done when you're a depressed lawyer. The post How to Be Productive When You’re a Depressed Lawyer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“SCOTUSblog’s Goldstein to Represent Himself in Criminal Tax Case; Goldstein said he has limited means to pay for counsel; Taken into custody Monday following crypto transactions”: Holly Barker of Bloomberg Law has this report. Dan Mangan of CNBC reports that “ Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein jailed as flight risk after cryptocurrency hiding claim.” David Thomas of Reuters reports that “ Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein is detained as flight risk in tax c

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In a significant ruling for legal publishing and AI development, a federal judge has granted partial summary judgment to Thomson Reuters in its long-running copyright infringement lawsuit against ROSS Intelligence, finding that ROSS infringed on Westlaw’s copyrighted headnotes and rejecting ROSS’s fair use defense. The ruling, issued today by 3rd U.S.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“GOP Judge Jefferson Griffin appeals trial court loss in his effort to throw out votes”: Lynn Bonner of NC Newsline has this report. The Carolina Journal reports that “ Griffin appeals trial judges ruling against NC Supreme Court ballot challenges.” And earlier, Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reported that “ Wake judge dismisses GOP challenge of 65,000 votes in NC Supreme Court election.

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NCBA

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

By Bonnie Keen Social media platforms have transformed the way individuals and professionals communicate, share information, and connect with others. For legal practitioners, these platforms offer powerful tools to engage with clients, promote services, and participate in public discourse. However, the use of social media also raises significant ethical considerations.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Ed. Note: Welcome to our d aily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to Mergerlinks annual ranking of the top 10 mergers & acquisitions deal leads based on total deal value, which two Biglaw firms had two attorneys on the list? Hint: 2024 was a great year for M&A deals increased by 10% year-over-year to $3.2 trillion. See the answer on the next page.

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

By Mark A. Tobolowsky & Frank J. Sasinowski The rare pediatric disease priority review voucher program remains in its sunsetting state the current authority only allows for granting of such vouchers if the drug was designated as a drug for a rare pediatric disease not later than December 20, 2024, and for which a rare pediatric disease product application is approved not later than September 30, 2026.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

As someone with a tremendous respect for the dedication of athletes to their craft, I always relish the opportunity to hear from those who have achieved measurable success in their sport of choice. Likewise, I am always impressed by the grit and risk-taking of those who choose to start their own businesses, irrespective of field of endeavor. And I am perhaps most interested in hearing about the experiences of those who have experienced IP litigation from the clients perspective, whether as the c

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Sterno

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Managing remote depositions, analyzing transcripts, and getting jobs on the books just became more streamlined. Stenos latest features and product updates focus on making these essential tasks faster and more intuitive.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

This Biglaw Firm Is On The Defense : Vinson & Elkins is ready to fight ! Tom Goldstein Is In Jail : He may not pass go or collect $200. Interesting Use Of Pardon Power : Rod Blagojevich and Eric Adams get to walk. Biglaw Firm Goes Dark: Venable moves to a black box compensation scale. It’s Only Cool When I Do It! : President Musk rails against judge shopping.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta , the original writ petition filed 10 months ago attacking Californias death penalty system as racially discriminatory, is still pending. While it is, there’s a program next week about the case: “OSPD et al v. Bonta — The end of the Death Penalty in California?” The February 18, 12:50–2:00 p.m., event at Stanford Law School is hosted by Stanford’s Three Strikes Project,Stanford Criminal Justice Center, Stanford Pris

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EvidenceProf Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Undisclosed Podcast is coming back! From 2015-2022, we covered 27 cases on the podcast, with those cases having the following results as of my last mega-update thread: On Monday's episode, we (1) provided further updates on a handful of.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

By Alan M. Kirschenbaum & Sophia R. Gaulkin Drug manufacturers wont be receiving their first invoices for Medicare Part B and Part D inflation rebates until later this year, but rebates have been accruing since first quarter 2023 for Part B rebates and October 2022 for Part D rebates. To help our readers learn more about these rebates before they confront the first invoices, weve prepared a memo summarizing CMS final rule on the two Medicare inflation rebate programs, which was issued on De

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

In-house legal departments often struggle with a common challenge: how to efficiently review and negotiate the constant flow of routine contracts without sacrificing quality or consistency.

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Uncover the secret to breaking language barriers and expanding your e-learning reach! This powerful use case reveals how Cesco Linguistic Services transformed 19 training modules for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood into culturally relevant courses in Arabic and Spanish—delivered on time and exceeding expectations. Learn how to localize your content seamlessly, avoid costly pitfalls, and connect with diverse audiences like never before.

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

By Larry K. Houck One of the most significant issues facing hospitals and other facilities is the diversion of controlled substances meant for patients by physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other trusted healthcare employees. Recent employee diversion of significant controlled substance quantities from hospitals has resulted in large civil monetary settlements, some in the millions of dollars, and costly compliance remediation programs to resolve allegations.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

A federal magistrate judge has concluded that SCOTUSblog co-founder Tom Goldstein violated his conditions of release on tax fraud charges by failing to disclose the…

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“Tom Goldstein Seeks Release, Denies Control Over Crypto Wallets; Goldstein arrested for allegedly violating release conditions; Defendant claims cryptocurrency payments were to satisfy debts”: John Woolley of Bloomberg Law has this report.

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Law 360

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management conducted the "largest" data and IT security breaches in U.S. history, illegally exposing millions of people's sensitive information, a data privacy watchdog and group of federal employees alleged this week.

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Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“JD Vances Tweet Is No Crisis; Judges also have an obligation to respect the separation of powers; Usually they do so”: Law professor Adrian Vermeule will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Voting has now closed and your votes have been tallied to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to participate as finalists in the ninth-annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW 2025, taking place April 2-5 in Chicago.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

“Justice Sonia Sotomayors Elegy for Precedent: Is the Supreme Court rushing to overturn old cases? The figures say the opposite.” This editorial appeared in Monday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Updated: The federal government is seeking forfeiture of an Albuquerque, New Mexico, law office allegedly used by a lawyer to launder money in a DWI…

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