The Estrin Report
MARCH 23, 2022
Today, it’s a matter of dollars and sense. By Chere B. Estrin. Are you happy in your job? Would you like to be happier? I have never witnessed a job market quite like this one. Honest, I haven’t. It’s a circus out there. Law firms and in-house legal departments are coming at us with request upon request upon request (ok, you get it) for corporate paralegals all over the country.
The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
When the pandemic hit, the way we went about our everyday lives changed rapidly. Old systems had to adapt quickly to keep us safe, while new systems that we had previously thought impossible or impractical, like remote schooling, remote work, and telehealth, became essential to our livelihoods and well-being. The same was true for the criminal legal system.
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The Crime Report
MARCH 21, 2022
In prisons across the country, officials have unilaterally banned hundreds of books, but now, officials in Connecticut have banned thousands of new titles — including educational books about drawing and computers, hip hop culture books, “A Description of Scientology,” George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones series, and multiple art, music and culture magazines , according to the Providence Journal.
JURIST
MARCH 21, 2022
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed a bill Monday that would ban parents from seeking abortions because of potential disability. The “Unborn Child with a Disability Protection and Education Act” would ban such abortions except in the case of medical emergency or if the fetus is found to “nonmedically viable.” Justice announced the signing on Twitter in a post marking World Down Syndrome Day.
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SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 23, 2022
Share Five days after Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C., with “flu-like symptoms,” the Supreme Court is providing no updates on his condition. For the third consecutive day, the 73-year-old justice was not on the bench when the justices heard oral argument; the court’s only comment on Thomas’ status Wednesday came from Chief Justice John Roberts, who indicated that Thomas “was unable to be present” but would nonetheless participate in the consid
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The Crime Report
MARCH 23, 2022
The surge in violent crime in the U.S. underlines a “dark new form of American exceptionalism,” suggests New York Times columnist David Leonhardt. Leonhardt noted that over the past weekend alone, there were at least nine “mass shooting” events in which four or more people were impacted by gun violence. The largest event in terms of casualties was the shooting at a car show in Dumas, Ark., which left one dead and 27 injured in “collateral” damage from a gunfight involving two people.
JURIST
MARCH 19, 2022
The Superior Court of the District of Columbia Friday dismissed a lawsuit brought by DC Attorney General Karl Racine against Amazon for violating the District of Columbia Antitrust Act. Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo granted the motion to dismiss. Racine filed suit in May of 2021 on behalf of the District. The complaint alleged that Amazon’s pricing agreements imposed on third-party sellers were anticompetitive and allowed Amazon to maintain an illegal monopoly.
SCOTUSBlog
MARCH 24, 2022
Share The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a man on death row in Texas can have his pastor touch him and pray out loud while he is being executed. The decision in Ramirez v. Collier was the latest chapter in the nearly three-year-long dispute over the presence of spiritual advisers at executions, and the justices appeared to express some frustration that the case was before them at all.
ABA Journal
MARCH 24, 2022
Judge Patricia Guerrero will become the first Latina justice of the California Supreme Court following her confirmation by the California Commission on Judicial Appointments earlier…
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The Crime Report
MARCH 25, 2022
Photo by janinsanfran via Flickr Photo by PROjaninsanfran via Flickr. Holding most individuals accused of an offense in jail for any length of time before trial may not guarantee the safeguards that many people assume detention provides, according to a new study released by Arnold Ventures. When a person is arrested and accused of committing a crime, a judge must decide whether it is safe to release the individual back into the community before trial, or whether the person should be detained—whe
JURIST
MARCH 20, 2022
Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on recent changes to laws affecting the banking and financial sector of Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has only been lightly edited to respect the author’s voice.
Above The Law
MARCH 24, 2022
His actions brought 'undeserved discredit to the administration of justice.'. The post Turns Out Judges Can’t Do Whatever They Want, And Certainly Can’t Grope Employees appeared first on Above the Law.
OilandGasLawyer
MARCH 21, 2022
Talos Energy announced that it has signed a lease with the Texas General Land Office for more than 40,000 acres offshore to store CO2 captured from industrial sites along the coast. Talos said it is capable of storing up to 275 million metric tons of Co2 and is “the first ever major offshore carbon sequestration site” in the U.S.” Talos is also planning a CCS site along the Mississippi River with a capacity to store 500 million metric tons of CO2.
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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.
The Process Street
MARCH 23, 2022
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JURIST
MARCH 19, 2022
The office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) posted an update Friday noting over 2100 civilian casualties in Ukraine. Since the start of hostilities on February 24, OHCHR has verified 816 civilians were killed and 1333 injured. The death toll includes 59 children, while 74 children were injured in the fighting. 903 of the casualties occurred in Donetsk and Luhansk, two regions in southeastern Ukraine controlled by separatists and recognized as independent by Russia.
Above The Law
MARCH 23, 2022
Consistency? LOL. The post Supreme Court Shadow Docket Just Throwing Darts At Democracy At This Point appeared first on Above the Law.
LegalReader
MARCH 20, 2022
Washington, D.C., Superior Court Judge Hiram Puig-Lugo did not provide an explanation as to why she decided to dismiss D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine's antitrust lawsuit.
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ABA Journal
MARCH 25, 2022
Two years have passed since the onset of the pandemic, and no matter how you look at it, things will never be quite the same.
JURIST
MARCH 25, 2022
The Myanmar junta is responsible for crimes against humanity, murder, torture, and forced displacement of civilians and political leaders, according to a report by human rights agencies released Thursday. The report, co-authored by Fortify Rights and the Schell Center for International Human Rights at Yale Law School, is focused primarily on the six months following Myanmar’s 2021 military coup.
Above The Law
MARCH 25, 2022
Share your thoughts on this year’s biggest business buzzword in our anonymous survey, and win a chance at a $250 gift card. The post Are You On A Highway To The Metaverse? appeared first on Above the Law.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 21, 2022
I’m part of the 57.6% of Arizona attorneys who feel stressed out practicing law and the 70.3% of Arizona attorneys for whom work stress carries over to their personal life. Part of this is related to the fact that there is no separation between my professional and personal lives, but also because I tend to be a workaholic. I hit a metaphorical wall last November.
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The Crime Report
MARCH 25, 2022
My grandfather and his cousins were all physicians. They shared a mordant sense of humor—a useful coping mechanism in the pre-penicillin era. My father remembered their persistent teasing of the relative we all called Uncle George about the sheltered existence his specialty afforded him. “You surgeons are lucky, George,” An orthopedist (or pediatrician, or obstetrician) would say at some point in an evening, “You get to bury your mistakes.”.
JURIST
MARCH 25, 2022
The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in a unanimous opinion that a member of an elected body does not have a viable First Amendment claim arising from verbal censure. The case Houston Community College System v. Wilson involved David Wilson, a former elected trustee of the Houston Community College System. Shortly after being elected to the board, Wilson began publicly and enthusiastically critiquing the institution.
Above The Law
MARCH 25, 2022
Read on for a unique opportunity to hear from a legal tech CEO about the present and future of legal software. The post The Non-Eventcast: Tech Backsliding, Onboarding Software, Remotening For Good appeared first on Above the Law.
The Process Street
MARCH 21, 2022
Research has shown that starting a new job is more stressful than moving house or foreclosing on a loan. HR managers are responsible for making the transition into a new company less stressful than it already is. That’s why employee onboarding is so important. Typically, onboarding happens during their first week. The phase before and during an employee’s actual first day is called orientation.
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