InHouseBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

Wellness tips for lawyers are in great demand for a profession that has struggled with the health and wellbeing of its members. And the pandemic has not made the situation better , and for many it has made things much worse. Fortunately, the ABA Journal has gathered some experts and put together a fantastic set of tips that are worth a look by all lawyers – corporate counsel and law firm lawyers alike. “Stress is one of the defining characteristics of becoming and being a lawyer.

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Rocket Matter

APRIL 27, 2022

The story behind John Hancock’s huge, flamboyant signature across the bottom of the Declaration of Independence is one of the most well-known tales of the American Revolution. According to legend, Hancock placed his gigantic signature dead center at the bottom of the document while exclaiming that everyone from governmental ministers to King George himself would… Read More » Just Sign Here—Or Anywhere, Really: Why E-Signatures Are a Game Changer for Law Firms.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 25, 2022

Philadelphia women mark National Day of Remembrance for Homicide Victims. Sept 2021. Photo courtesy Mothers in Charge. Violence is contagious. Those who are victims of crime are more likely to commit it. So as we mark National Crime Victims’ Rights Week ( April 24-30) at a time of rising crime rates, it’s an opportunity to rethink how we support survivors of crime.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

A new report released Tuesday warns that press freedom in Hong Kong has been almost entirely curtailed by a government crackdown, creating a space for pro-Beijing, pro-government media. The report, from UK-based advocacy group Hong Kong Watch, is based on interviews with journalists currently in exile and reports by Hong Kong press associations. The crackdown, which began in 2019, has led to almost all independent and pro-democracy media outlets to close.

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APRIL 25, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. I was reading recent PTAB ex parte cases looking to see how the Office is handling enablement questions. The first three cases I read all involved the same setup: The examiner made a rejection that that the PTAB suggests might have been better suited as an enablement rejection. For example, in Ex Parte Sugimoto (PTAB 2022), the PTAB explained that “the Examiner conflates enablement with indefiniteness.” The PTAB then noted similar sentiment in Ex parte Nunes (PTAB

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2022

Photo by Sal Falk via Flickr. In a rare bipartisan vote, the U.S. House of Representatives earlier this month overwhelmingly agreed to stop the unconscionable practice of enhancing a federal offender’s sentence based on conduct for which the offender was previously acquitted. The House voted by a margin of 405 to 12 for the Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2021 , which would end the current practice of federal judges considering, for purposes of enhancing a defendant’s sentence

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2022

The European Union’s top court Thursday ruled that the consumer protection association may bring representative action against Big Tech over infringements of laws protecting personal data. The ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) allows the German Federal Union of Consumer Organisations and Associations to seek an injunction against Meta Platforms Ireland in a German court.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

Share On Wednesday, the Supreme Court considered whether a violation of Miranda v. Arizona allows a plaintiff to sue for money damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Stated thusly? The issue is deceptive, reading as a mere mundanity. Be warned: It is not. In fact, Wednesday’s oral argument revealed that Vega v. Tekoh may create a seismic shift in American constitutional criminal procedure, as the court’s resolution of the lawsuit here could take an axe to the legal and cultural oak known as Miranda war

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APRIL 23, 2022

Ksenya Kiebuzinski , Slavic Resources Coordinator, and Head, Petro Jacyk Resource Centre, University of Toronto Libraries, University of Toronto informs us about the critical work of 1,000 volunteers, in partnership with universities in Canada and the United States, who are participating in the crowd-sourced project called Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) to preserve and secure digitized manuscripts, music, photographs, 3D architectural models and other publications.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2022

So- called “expert witnesses,” forensic dentists, ballistics experts, FBI laboratory agents, lie detector examiners, blood stain investigators, are putting innocent people behind bars by utilizing and relying upon “junk science” that has no empirical basis and is simply subjective speculation masquerading as science, reports The Guardian.

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JURIST

APRIL 23, 2022

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Friday said that there is growing evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, with accusations leveled against both sides in the conflict. Michelle Bachelet said that since the beginning of the war nearly eight weeks ago, “International humanitarian law has not merely been ignored but seemingly tossed aside.” The Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has recorded and verified 5,381 civilian casualties, with 2,435 killed and 2,946 injured

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 24, 2022

Share Joseph Kennedy had never coached football when Bremerton High School, a public school near Seattle, Washington, hired him in 2008. He was too small to play in high school, and his football experience was limited to playing for two years while he was in Hawaii serving in the Marines. Kennedy describes the school district’s decision to hire him to coach the school’s junior varsity team and to serve as an assistant for the varsity team as a “fluke”: His wife worked for the school district, an

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Patently O

APRIL 24, 2022

15 years ago, several studies announced the “death of the doctrine of equivalents” post Festo. The chart below shows that courts have continued to write opinions about the DOE, and there have been several major cases where the doctrine was an important element of the patentee’s win.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2022

His suspension will be for three years. The post Lawyer Who Shot Driver During BLM Protest Suspended From Profession appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2022

The Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) Wednesday released a report on its investigation into patterns or practices of race discrimination by the City of Minneapolis and the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD). The investigation was begun on June 1, 2020, less than a week after an MPD officer murdered George Floyd. Floyd’s murder sparked widespread protests in Minneapolis and around the country, demanding an end to police brutality against Blacks and other minorities. “Those

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Intelligize Blog

APRIL 26, 2022

Would you rather have a dollar bill or four quarters? This question doesn’t have a right answer, of course – you have the same amount of money either way. The same principle applies to stock splits, in which the overall value of a stockholder’s stake in a company doesn’t change. That’s the time-honored wisdom offered […]. The post Stock Splits Are All the Rage on Wall Street appeared first on Intelligize.

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 26, 2022

What can and should you be doing about ransomware right now? Our LTRC Board panel talked about practical steps you should be taking about this looming and growing threat. Our Panelists: Alan Klevan ( AK ), Dennis Kennedy ( DK ), John Loughnane ( JL ), and Allison Shields ( AS ). We know better than to ask if your organization has already been a victim of a ransomware attack.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2022

Martial like war time, which is different from the beloved Tekken character. The post All’s Fair In Love And Attempts To Overthrow The Rule Of Law appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 29, 2022

There were 182 recorded incidents of internet shutdowns in 2021 by governments in 34 countries, according to a report released Thursday by digital rights advocacy group Access Now. India remains the largest offender for the fourth year in a row, responsible for 106 incidents of internet shutdowns. Of these, 85 were imposed in Jammu and Kashmir. The report compiles internet shutdown data collected by the #KeepItOn coalition of 282 organizations from 105 countries working against internet shutdown

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The Process Street

APRIL 29, 2022

How do you overcome the Great Resignation or the War for Talent? You could try to rethink your recurring tasks and improve your existing processes. The answer would be a high-speed ecosystem that uses your checklists and tasks to create optimized workflows. A solution like that would need to be available anywhere and at any time. The perfect solution would come with automation as well as optimization.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 25, 2022

According to a research letter recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine , more than 4,300 children and teens died of firearm-related injuries in 2020, a 29.5 percent increase from 2019. Guns killed more people ages 1 to 19 in the U.S. than vehicle crashes, drug overdoses or cancer, the letter said. Gun homicides alone, which disproportionately affect younger Americans, went up by 33 percent from 2019 to 2020. “The increasing firearm-related mortality reflects a longer-ter

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2022

Associates who are happy working remotely can keep doing just that. The post Top 20 Biglaw Firm Announces Reopening Plans, And Lawyers Won’t Be Required To Return To The Office appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 23, 2022

In the past few days, the Mauritian government has been facing what some claim to be the most violent protests in the recent years, with residents from various mostly low-income neighbourhoods protesting unsustainable increases in the cost of living and the sudden and drastic increase of petrol and gas prices by more than 10% and 30%. The protests, which were initially peaceful, emerged particularly from the region of Camp-Levieux, an area that hosts a large number of social housing projects and

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 27, 2022

Writing for business is an awful thing. You don’t have time for it. Everything is on fire. Your inbox looks like a subreddit on stonks. You’re in the weeds all day, every day and you can’t catch a break. Then some idiot wants a mission statement. Sure. Why not? Stop everything to write about how your firm strives to guide separated couples through the processes of ending their marriages.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 27, 2022

Daily criminal justice news coverage presents a challenge for its practitioners. Even their best work can be muffled by its genre—by the traditions of the urban travel/adventure tale. That becomes a challenge for readers too. How can we avoid developing the tunnel vision that led European colonialists to hide from themselves the impact of their own decisions on the lives of people in the places they governed?

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