Attorney at Work

AUGUST 17, 2022

Attacks on your courtroom arguments? Those you can survive. Attacks on your witnesses’ credibility, ditto. Not so a cyberattack. A successful cyber attack can expose the contents of your computer systems — things like confidential client data, work product, financial records, account passwords, and everything else you have a consequential professional and legal obligation to safeguard.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

Photo courtesy Prison University Project. Inmate Assistance Programs are a cost- effective way to reduce recidivism, according to a George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper. In what they describe as the first empirical analysis of programs operated in state correctional institutions that offer training in work skills or provide mental health counseling, the authors of the paper conclude they generally live up to their promise of rehabilitation.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Due to a recent move, my wife and I are experiencing the joys of learning to work with a new HOA. On the upside, this HOA is much better run and far more financially sound than the one we left back in Montana. As to the downside, well let’s just say that there have been a few kinks in several processes that most homeowners here have found more than a bit frustrating.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 15, 2022

Sam Walton turned a five-and-dime into the Walmart empire using little more than business savvy and a legal pad. His reliance on yellow legal pads is well-documented. His desk at the Walmart Museum has a stack of the ubiquitous pads still covered in Walton’s exhaustive notes. If Walton used those cheap yellow pads to become a billionaire, you might find them useful in running a law firm.

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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

Photo by Emergency_Vehicles via Flickr. Limiting police chases will save lives even if there’s a danger that some guilty people will avoid capture, says a Washington sheriff. In a column for the Seattle Times , John Urquhart, former Sheriff of King County in Washington State, defended recent state legislation limiting the circumstances an officer can pursue an individual who has committed an offense.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 15, 2022

All 50 state attorneys general have come together through the newly formed Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force to go after U.S. telecommunications companies that allow robocalls originating overseas to reach their customers, reports Pew Stateline. The AGs have put telecom companies on notice that they must stop the scam calls before they go through to customers, or face prosecution.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 16, 2022

You can prepare a dynamite brief or brilliant estate plan, but if the client journey is difficult, your client still may not be happy. After 15 months in progress, our new custom home was completed recently. As one might expect, between COVID-19, supply chain issues and labor shortages, all did not go smoothly. I’m no house-building novice — this is the eighth home we’ve built — so I understand that things don’t always go as planned and I know it’s not always the contractor’s fault.

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2022

A Catholic pastor in Nicaragua’s Mulukuku has been detained for undisclosed reasons amid a growing crackdown on the Catholic Church by the government of President Daniel Ortega. Óscar Benavidez, a parish priest at the Espíritu Santo Parish of Mulukuku was, according to the Nicaraguan Center for Human Rights’s (CENIDH) sources, “taken from his vehicle and taken on a patrol to an unknown destination” after Mass on Sunday.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 18, 2022

Imagine school being held up because some smart aleck submitted a copy of ‘A Portrait Of Dorian Gray.’. The post Law Makes It Harder To Get Books In The Hands Of Kids Living In America’s Third Most Illiterate State appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

Earlier this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed rolling back his state’s raise the age law that, in 2017, had moved 16- and 17-year-olds out of New York’s violent Rikers Island jails and into its more rehabilitative family court. Connecticut’s House of Representatives passed legislation in April cracking down on youth accused of car theft.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 19, 2022

Reconnecting with yourself is a critical course correction for a frenzied lawyer; the job can get ahead of you. Here’s how to come back. Sometimes we get busy in life — with work, family, building our business, taking care of others, and on and on. When this happens, we can start going through the motions without even realizing it. Until we wake up one day and think: Who am I?

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2022

A Myanmar court Monday sentenced former State Counsellor and democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi to an additional six years in prison after she was found guilty of corruption charges, according to state media. Suu Kyi was arrested in February 2021 after a military coup and has been subsequently convicted of various offenses on three occasions. This most recent conviction increased her total prison sentence to 17 years.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 19, 2022

Which professors instigate the most public engagement? Who has the most clout online? The post Ranking Law Professors In The Twitterverse appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 19, 2022

You can look for symptoms of elderly neglect to understand the situation. Some common ones include bed sores, weight loss, dehydration, sleep issues, and changes in mood or behavior.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 17, 2022

The use of the stimulant methamphetamine, as well as related overdose deaths and arrests, rose sharply from 2015 to 2019 in the U.S., with 34 states experiencing at least a doubling of their related death rates during that time, according to an analysis by Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project. From 2015 to 2019, arrests for meth possession increased 59 percent; during that same period, the number of people with a meth-related substance use disorder (SUD) jumped 37 percent and overdose d

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JURIST

AUGUST 15, 2022

Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. . Today is a sad day for Kenya. Today Chebukati, chairman of the IEBC, this country’s electoral commission, basically made a mockery of the Kenyan electoral process. He has done it so shamelessly, so much so that many have been left wondering where he gets his audacity from.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 17, 2022

Talk about Kafkaesque. The post The Most Recent Abortion Hurdle After Dobbs? A Parentless Teenager Has To Get Their Parent’s Permission appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

As companies nationwide continue to configure and reconfigure their return-to-office plans, some law firms are already a few steps ahead—having implemented progressive design solutions long…

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

Royal Ramey (left) and Brandon Smith are co-founders of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program, which provides training and job connections for people who worked in California prison fire camps. (Courtesy of the Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program). On the heels of the largest wildfire season in California’s modern history, Royal Ramey traded in his work on the scorched mountainsides for an office desk in San Bernardino.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation that has developed there since the Taliban takeover. Here, our correspondent, a now-graduated law student, reflects on her academic, professional and personal circumstances before and after the fall of Kabul on August 15, 2021. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our correspondent’s name.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 18, 2022

This is like firing a meteorologist for forecasting more rain. The post State Chief Justice Fires Entire Public Defense Commission And Her Explanation… Isn’t Very Good appeared first on Above the Law.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

“This recognition from such a prestigious organization endorses our commitment to civil justice,” said Brian McKeen, founder and managing partner of McKeen & Associates. “We are proud of the work we do on behalf of our clients.” .

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 16, 2022

Has there ever been a time in your life when you felt like time was slipping away? For almost three decades, I have missed so much of life that I wanted to share with you what it feels like to people inside. I grew up spending most of my life in juvenile hall, juvenile camps, California Youth Authority, and adult prison. Never really experiencing much of anything.

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal. US District Judge Christopher Conner told Ciavarella and Conahan to pay more than $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 17, 2022

And his lawyers are in the s**t with him. The post From Bankruptcy In Texas To Sanctions In Connecticut, Alex Jones’s Legal Problems Are Just Beginning appeared first on Above the Law.

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