Paralegal Bootcamp
JUNE 23, 2022
Living in a post-pandemic world leaves us all vulnerable to paralegal burnout. In the legal profession specifically, many paralegals work day and night to adapt to the new challenges exposed by the pandemic. Workers across the world put together strategies that allow them to remain physically and mentally healthy while reaching their professional and personal goals.
The Crime Report
JUNE 21, 2022
Photo courtesy QOR Museum via Flickr. One of the first jury cases I tried as a young defender, nearly 50 years ago, involved a grumpy middle-aged District of Columbia resident named Edward, who was charged by the United States Attorney’s office with the crime of Possession of Numbers Slips. Edward, who was Black, had been carrying in his pocket the daily “ Elmo ” page of the defunct Washington Star when he was rousted by the Metropolitan Police for the offense of Displaying A Bad Attitude.
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JURIST
JUNE 22, 2022
Uber and Lyft drivers Tuesday initiated a class-action lawsuit alleging that the two companies engaged in price fixing which “increase[d] customer prices even while suppressing driver pay.” The complaint alleges that vertical price fixing under California’s Cartwright Act is per se illegal and harmful to both drivers and riders. The plaintiffs asserted that if they are truly independent contractors as drivers, then drivers should dictate the price their customer is charged.
Diane Drain
JUNE 19, 2022
Usury – historical references and bankruptcy. USURY can be traced back 4,000 years. It has always been despised, condemned, restricted or banned by moral, ethical, legal or religious entities. The oldest references to usury are found in religious manuscripts of India, dating back to 2000-1400 BC where the ‘usurer’ is associated with any interest lender.
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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.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2022
Share On Friday, June 24, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Friday, June 24 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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JURIST
JUNE 19, 2022
China Friday announced that it will ban new steel, coking, oil refining, cement, and glass projects in key zones to combat climate change by lowering pollution and carbon emissions. The plan establishes a zoning system to reduce carbon emissions. The zones classify urban areas, main agricultural production areas and key ecological function areas. It is “strictly forbidden” to increase the production capacity of steel, coking, oil refining, electrolytic aluminium, cement, and flat gla
Patently O
JUNE 22, 2022
by Dennis Crouch. Golden Eye Media USA v. Evo Lifestyle Products ( Fed. Cir. 2022 ) (nonprecedential). Evo’s design patent claims an “ ornamental design for a foldable bag ” as shown in the figures above. This style of bag is known as a “trolly bag” in the UK and is used in shopping carts (trollies) to maintain order in reusable fashion.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 21, 2022
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that Maine violated the Constitution when it refused to make public funding available for students to attend schools that provide religious instruction. The opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts was a broad ruling, making clear that when state and local governments choose to subsidize private schools, they must allow families to use taxpayer funds to pay for religious schools.
Above The Law
JUNE 22, 2022
'The problem? Rather than provide a rigorous understanding of our founding document itself, officers are trained on how it may be applied in caselaw.' - Some dude about to make a bunch of § 1986 violations. The post Cafeteria… I Mean, Constitutional Sheriffs Promise To Pick And Choose When Laws Matter appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
JUNE 20, 2022
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Monday ratified the Council of Europe’s Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (“ Istanbul Convention “). In a 259-8 Vote , the Parliament ratified the Convention after previously signing it on 7 November, 2011. The Director of Amnesty International Ukraine, Oksana Pokalchuk, welcomed the historic moment and said the “decision could not be more timely, amid disturbing reports and allegations of s
ABA Journal
JUNE 21, 2022
Scammers posing as prosecutors and court personnel are watching Zoom hearings and collecting money from families of criminal defendants who want to win release of…
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 21, 2022
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday dealt another blow to prisoners challenging their state-court convictions and sentences in federal court. In a 5-4 decision in Shoop v. Twyford , the justices limited the ability of federal courts to use the All Writs Act to order states to transport prisoners, even when such transport could help prisoners investigate whether their convictions are unconstitutional.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2022
Watch the hearings with litigator's eyes. Could any points could be scored on cross-examination, if anyone were playing the cross-examiner’s role? The post Kevin McCarthy’s Mistake Handling The January 6 Committee appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
JUNE 18, 2022
Bayer subsidiary Monsanto Saturday announced that a jury sided with it in a claim that glyphosate, the active chemical in its Roundup herbicide, caused a person’s cancer. According to the company, the jury reached a unanimous verdict. Bayer said in a statement : The jury’s unanimous verdict in favor of the company brings this trial to a successful conclusion and is consistent with the evidence in this case that Roundup does not cause cancer and was not the cause of Mr.
The Crime Report
JUNE 24, 2022
According to a new analysis of state prison data from the Prison Policy Initiative (PPI), state prisons are mishandling and neglecting a large population of prisoners with chronic conditions, disabilities and illnesses. “[This report adds to] existing research showing that state prisons fall far short of their constitutional duty to meet the essential health needs of people in their custody,” wrote Leah Wang, a research analyst at PPI and author of the report.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 24, 2022
Share This article was updated on June 24 at 11:43 a.m. The Supreme Court on Friday eliminated the constitutional right to obtain an abortion, casting aside 49 years of precedent that began with Roe v. Wade. The decision by Justice Samuel Alito will set off a seismic shift in reproductive rights across the United States. It will allow states to ban abortion, and experts expect about half the states to do so.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2022
Hopefully the police would at least give you a couple of frequent flyer miles. The post Nice Bankroll You Got There. Be A Shame If You Had The Right To Remain Silent. appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
JUNE 20, 2022
Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Ukraine. This dispatch is from Anastasiia Rozvadovska, a recent graduate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. Nearly eight years after Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, the trial of suspects at the District Court of The Hague has wrapped up.
The Crime Report
JUNE 20, 2022
A spate of right-wing and internet hate has marked June’s Pride celebrations, prompting cancellations of numerous Pride events, especially ones for transgender rights or that included drag performances, reports NBC News. In Texas last Sunday, a pastor railed against Pride month and said LGBTQ people “should be lined up against the wall and shot in the back of the head.”.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 23, 2022
Being on the receiving end of a state bar complaint and sanction is awful. It’s painful, it’s public and, frankly, it’s humiliating. Unfortunately, that’s something I know from personal experience. An Ethics Sanction Needn’t Be a Professional Death Sentence. That is, not if you don’t allow it to become one. Understandably, few attorneys want to talk about their experience with the disciplinary process, even though it’s not as rare as some might think.
Above The Law
JUNE 21, 2022
Let's focus on the actual law, shall we? The post Why Is Sonia Sotomayor Trying To Redeem Clarence Thomas? appeared first on Above the Law.
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JURIST
JUNE 22, 2022
The United Kingdom (UK) government announced on Wednesday a new Bill of Rights is to be introduced to strengthen freedom of speech, restrict some human rights lawsuits, and to facilitate the deportation of criminals. The Bill will introduce a “permission stage” in court to prevent “trivial human rights claims,” from overwhelming the judiciary and it will restrict the ability of deportees convicted of crimes to claim that their children will suffer hardship if deported unl
The Crime Report
JUNE 23, 2022
When Mayor Bill de Blasio chose me to run New York City’s Department of Correction for the final seven months of his term, I immersed myself in Rikers Island so I could quickly come up to speed. I moved myself and my team’s offices onto Rikers and began touring seven days a week, at all hours. Editor’s Note: Rikers Island , one of the world’s largest correctional institutions and mental health facilities, houses an average daily population of 10,000 inmates, the majority of whom are pretrial det
Attorney at Work
JUNE 21, 2022
Legal blog posts follow one of three formats: the case law breakdown, evergreen analysis or future forecast. Here’s how to write a well-structured case law breakdown post. Let’s face it. Many legal blog posts are easy to ignore. They’re long-winded, lack structure, and fail to serve the reader. Want to write better blog posts? I’m assuming you’ve got the substance nailed.
Above The Law
JUNE 24, 2022
State bans would mean sensitive patient data, such as interactions with a telehealth provider to obtain abortion drugs, could be used against someone as a threat. One expert warned that the value of such data will “skyrocket.
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