July, 2023

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‘Legal Tech Lists’: 7 Words And Phrases Lawyers Don’t Want To Hear

Above The Law

Nowhere are clichés more overused and misused than in legal tech marketing and sales. The post ‘Legal Tech Lists’: 7 Words And Phrases Lawyers Don’t Want To Hear appeared first on Above the Law.

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Emerging Developments in Flat Fees

My Shingle

Since this last post summarizing 15 states’ ethics opinions on flat fees as of September 2022, there have been some new developments on the flat fee front. None of these rulings are particularly helpful. If anything, they further complicate flat fee billing. Fortunately, there are workarounds to solve the problem, one of which you can… The post Emerging Developments in Flat Fees appeared first on My Shingle.

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Easy Ways to Make Your Assistant Happy

Attorney at Work

Lee Rosen | I have not always been good to the people who work for me. Here are a few things I learned from my misbehavior. The post Easy Ways to Make Your Assistant Happy appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Counting Down The Most Egregious Lies People Tell About The Supreme Court

Above The Law

Just a few of the dumbest things people are saying about the Supreme Court. The post Counting Down The Most Egregious Lies People Tell About The Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law.

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Optimizing Contract Management and Enhancing Team Collaboration: Insights from a Legal Operations Perspective

Speaker: Adina Marta Newman

Learn about a world of effective contract management and seamless teamwork across departments in this upcoming webinar from Cobblestone Software. You'll discover practical strategies and tips that legal professionals can use to streamline contract processes and enhance collaboration, making significant impact across legal and corporate departments. Join us as we show how you can supercharge contract processes, improve team communication, and take your contributions to the next level.

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US appeals court upholds federal sex trafficking law

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday upheld a law that combats online child sex trafficking called the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (FOSTA). The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the District of Columbia. Circuit Judge Patricia A. Millett authored the opinion of the court.

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 The 10 Things I Have Learned in My First Year as a Freelance Paralegal 

The Estrin Report

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.

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Meta And Twitter Among 26 Sued Over Telecom Patents

Law 360

Canadian company Patent Armory on Monday accused headphone makers Sonos and Sennheiser, along with two other companies, of infringing its telecommunication intellectual property, building onto a three-month patent litigation campaign against companies like Reddit, Microsoft and Samsung.

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Federal Circuit’s Sleepy Obviousness Decision and Vanda’s En Banc Rehearing Petition

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch Documents: FedCir Vanda Decision ; Vanda EnBanc Brief The Federal Circuit recently sided with the accused infringers Teva and Apotex, affirming the invalidation claims from four Vanda patents covering methods of using tasimelteon to treat circadian rhythm disorders. However, the patent owner has petitioned the court for en banc rehearing, arguing the panel improperly disregarded evidence of nonobviousness.

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Elon Musk Sends Legal Threat To Facebook And Once Facebook Finishes Laughing I’m Sure They’ll Get Right Back To Him

Above The Law

Musk won't cage fight Zuckerberg, so he'll have to settle for getting whupped in court. The post Elon Musk Sends Legal Threat To Facebook And Once Facebook Finishes Laughing I’m Sure They’ll Get Right Back To Him appeared first on Above the Law.

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Visibility Into the Strategy & Supporting Documents of Major US Law Firms

Law Firm Intelligence by Trellis aggregates state trial court data across the Trellis platform enabling users to: look up a particular metric related to a specific law firm (such as, how many cases a law firm had or has against another law firm), and see the actual dockets and documents supporting the metric. Trellis data is maximized in a revolutionary and unique way to provide users an exclusive look into a law firm litigating in state trial courts.

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Paris police ban planned protest against police violence

JURIST

The Paris police department banned a planned protest against police violence on Saturday. This came after a series of protests over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old North African boy, Nahel Merzouk on June 27, which have evolved into a civil movement similar to the Black Lives Matter protests in the US. Assa Traoré, the half-sister of Adama Traoré who allegedly died of asphyxiation under police custody in 2016, organized a demonstration in tribute to her half-brother at Place de la Rép

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4 Tips for Drafting Billable Time Entries

Paralegal Bootcamp

4 Pro Tips for Drafting Billable Time Entries How much do you love drafting billable time entries? Oh, don’t we all love trying to figure out how to describe what we just did? We spent four hours. We know it was valuable work to the client, but now we have to sit down and describe it. Or worse yet, you spent.1 on a task that takes you.1 to figure out how to describe it.

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Model Environmental Justice Bills Released by WE ACT for Environmental Justice and the Sabin Center

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In an effort to advance environmental justice solutions across the United States, the Sabin Center has partnered with WE ACT for Environmental Justice to launch a suite of model state environmental justice bills for legislators and advocates to introduce and adopt in their state’s 2024 legislative sessions. Dismantling Injustice: A M.O.D.E.L. (Model for Optimizing and Designing Environmental Legislation) For Empowering Communities was created to arm interested legislators with tools to accelerat

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Calif. PAGA Ruling Not A Total Loss For Employer Arbitration

Law 360

Contrary to the conclusion reached in a recent Law360 guest article, the California Supreme Court’s ruling in Adolph v. Uber Technologies did not diminish the benefit of arbitrating employees’ individual Private Attorneys General Act claims, as the very limited ruling does not undermine U.S. Supreme Court precedent, says Steven Katz at Constangy.

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Generative AI for Contracts Is Here: New Tools to Accelerate Drafting and Editing

The emergence of generative AI is reshaping the landscape of contract management, enabling businesses to generate and negotiate legal agreements with greater ease and speed. In this on-demand webinar, Hal Marcus, VP of Product Marketing at Evisort discusses how Evisort's generative AI transforms contract creation and negotiation, empowering legal teams to streamline processes while reducing risk.

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Podcast series in international and transnational law

Conflict of Laws

Rishi Gulati, Associate Professor in International Law and Barrister, is hosting a new podcast series focusing on hot topics in international and transnational law, as well as domestic law developments with transnational impact. Significant developments impacting the legal profession are also discussed from time to time. The podcasts are not only designed for a legal audience but also for the broader public using accessible language.

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303 Creative May Have Been A Bit Too Artistic With The Facts Of The Case. Like, Sanctions Level Artsy

Above The Law

I'm betting on the next case being called 304 Creative. There, they'll fabricate the plaintiff too. The post 303 Creative May Have Been A Bit Too Artistic With The Facts Of The Case. Like, Sanctions Level Artsy appeared first on Above the Law.

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Ottawa man linked to far-right extremist group arrested on terrorism, hate propaganda charges

JURIST

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Wednesday announced that an Ottawa man accused of “advocating a violent far-right ideology” was arrested and faces both terrorism and hate propaganda charges, which the RCMP states is a first for Canadian law enforcement. The accused is alleged to have helped to produce three “terrorist propaganda videos” for the benefit of Atomwaffen Division (AWD), an international neo-Nazi terror group listed as a terrorist entity by Public Safe

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A Long Time Coming: DEA Regs Finally Authorize Schedule II Prescription Partial Fills

FDA Law Blog

By Larry K. Houck — President Barack Obama signed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016 (“CARA”) intended to reverse serious prescription drug abuse trend in the United States on July 22, 2016. CARA amended the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”) to enable physicians or patients to request pharmacists to partially fill prescriptions for schedule II substances including opioids and to allow remaining quantities to be filled up to 30 days after issuance of the prescription (up to 72

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You Deserve a Better Personal Injury Case Management Software

Paralegals are the nerve center that hold the entire Personal Injury practice together. You have an extremely diverse set of responsibilities, from legal research to drafting to administration tasks, and must communicate with all stakeholders (internal and external) at the practice. Paralegals need a robust system that can organize information, automate many mundane tasks, and save time every day.

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Supreme Court rules in favor of Mountain Valley Pipeline  

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a controversial $6.6 billion natural-gas pipeline spanning just over 300 miles, from West Virginia’s northwestern border to southern Virginia. In a brief unsigned order , the justices lifted orders by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit that had put construction in the Jefferson National Forest, in southern Virginia, on hold while challenges from environmental groups to the construct

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Judge Won't Toss SEC's Terraform Suit, Rejects Ripple Ruling

Law 360

A New York federal judge on Monday denied a bid from crypto issuer Terraform Labs and its founder to toss the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's case against them in an order that disagreed with the recent high-profile decision in another SEC case against crypto firm Ripple Labs.

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How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians

LLRX

Nicole A. Cooke , Augusta Baker Endowed Chair and a Professor at the School of Library and Information Science, at the University of South Carolina, identifies the significant and socially charged work of librarians who are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battles raging across the U.S. over censorship, book challenges and book bans.

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Kim Kardashian Shares A Valuable Lesson Learned From Failing The Baby Bar Exam

Above The Law

Some wisdom for those who are currently studying for the bar exam. The post Kim Kardashian Shares A Valuable Lesson Learned From Failing The Baby Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Complete Guide to Contract Lifecycle Management

Are you tired of juggling contracts and missing deadlines? Do you want to ensure compliance and avoid costly disputes? Gatekeeper's Complete Guide to Contract Lifecycle Management is 38 pages of insights, tips, and templates. What's in the guide? 7 chapters covering all stages of the contract lifecycle from inception through to renewal and close-out Handy 10-point checklists for every stage to give you a clear playbook to work from 13 Excel templates ready to use in your business Who's it for?

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Nepal Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage in landmark verdict

JURIST

The Supreme Court of Nepal issued an interim order to the Nepali government on Friday to recognize same-sex marriage by allowing same-sex couples and other non-heterosexual couples to register for marriage in the country. The order issued by Justice Til Prasad Shrestha calls for necessary amendments to the provisions related to marriage and marriage registration within the current National Civil (Code) Act , 2017 (2074), where marriage is deemed as “a man and a woman accept[ing] each other as

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The Status of Global Climate Litigation: Tracking the Evolution of Legal Action

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

As the frequency and number of climate change cases continue to rise, a robust body of legal precedent is forming, shaping a well-defined field of climate law. Today, the United Nations Environment Programme (“UNEP”), with support from the Sabin Center, has published a survey of global climate change litigation that provides an overview of existing cases and a discussion of their key legal issues: Global Climate Litigation Report: 2023 Status Review (“Report”).

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Rethinking Texas ‘Law of Parties’

The Crime Report

The Texas “ law of parties ” allow prosecutors to seek and secure the execution of individuals involved in what is more generally known as “felony murder” crimes—offenses that involve more than one person, all of whom can be prosecuted as equal participants even though one or more of the participants may have had no direct involvement in the murder.

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These Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships

Law 360

Law firms have made only modest progress in moving the needle on diversity, particularly at the equity partnership level. Still, a few are setting a new standard and actively increasing their representation of attorneys of color.

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In-House Legal Departments – A Comprehensive Guide to Best-in-Class Reporting

Generating reports for your in-house legal team can take days, and sometimes weeks! Collating information in word documents or spreadsheets across the team can be a giant headache. Tailoring content to consider various stakeholders may be a repetitive task. If you’re doing Legal Department reporting – make it count! If you’re not, it may be time to start.