OneLegal
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Our jobs are so word-intensive that you really can’t make it all that far in law if you aren’t a natural wordsmith. Good news is there’s an app for that! Here are 10 legal writing tools to simplify your life and improve your writing. The post 10 legal writing tools and software that will simplify your life appeared first on One Legal.
Attorney at Work
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Client-centric selling is all about engaging in conversation, asking insightful questions and having an abundance mindset. The post Build Your Legal Practice With Client-Centric Selling appeared first on Attorney at Work.
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LawSites
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Technological advancements are reshaping industries and creating new ways of working, from the rise of the cloud to 5G and the mass adoption of large-language models and AI. But law firms, typically known to be slow to change and risk averse, are grappling with their own challenges alongside these advancements—paper-based documentation and fax machines are no longer tenable.
ALPS
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Lawyers complained that ChatGPT was not entirely useful to them because it was limited to data prior to September 2021 – a huge limitation for an attorney doing research or anything requiring access to data after 2021. It really prevented a lot of lawyers from using ChatGPT in any major way. Rejoice! In late September 2023, OpenAI announced that ChatGPT can now browse the internet.
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JURIST
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
In a Sunday interview with The Guardian, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Olivier De Schutter stated that the poverty levels in the UK are “simply not acceptable” and that the UK government is violating international law. The UN poverty envoy is due to visit the country later this week, where he will urge the government to increase welfare spending.
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Above The Law
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Survey says AI is rolling into the profession sooner rather than later. The post 73 Percent Of Lawyers Expect To Be Using Generative AI Next Year… But To Do What Exactly? appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Guidance on artificial intelligence's implications for patent law, which the White House has directed the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to produce, could illuminate important issues, according to attorneys, but the tight timeline and evolving technology might limit what the office can say.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Sometimes you just have to take care of your mental health. The post Go Ahead And Take That Mental Health Day Off From Your Biglaw Job — You Aren’t The Only One appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Thursday that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF) lacked authority to adopt a final rule aimed at limiting “ghost guns,” weapons parts kits that can be put together to create a firearm without having to register it. The case is an appeal from the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Last week, the New York State Supreme Court for New York County dismissed Glen Oaks Village Owners v. City of New York , a 2022 lawsuit brought by a group of cooperative apartment and other building owners seeking to invalidate Local Law 97 of 2019 , New York City’s building performance standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the City’s largest buildings.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Share A Texas man’s challenge to the constitutionality of a federal law that bars anyone subject to a domestic-violence restraining order from possessing a gun will come before the justices in oral argument on Tuesday. A federal appeals court in Louisiana agreed with Texan Zackey Rahimi, that the law, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8) , violates the Second Amendment, which protects “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
First rule of keeping a tax professor on staff -- don't play with their money. The post Northwestern Law Prof Sues School Over Subpar Salary appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is JURIST’s European Bureau Chief and a trainee solicitor with the Law Society of Ireland. She files this dispatch from Dublin. Last week leaders of the G7 – the intergovernmental group that includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States (with the European Union as a “non-enumerated me
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Patently O
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
Guest post by Menaka Hampole , Assistant Professor of Finance, Yale School of Management, Francesca Truffa , Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Ashley Wong , Assistant Professor of Economics, Tilburg University. This post is part of a series by the Diversity Pilots Initiative , which advances inclusive innovation through rigorous research.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Share The Supreme Court appeared ready to uphold a federal law that bars anyone subject to a domestic-violence restraining order from possessing a gun. During just over 90 minutes of oral argument on Tuesday, a majority of the justices seemed wary of the consequences of allowing a ruling by a federal appeals court that struck down the law to stand. The challenge to the law came to the court in the case of Zackey Rahimi, who was the subject of a Feb. 2020 protective order in a Texas state court a
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission says more than 100 patents from 10 biopharma companies are improperly listed in the FDA’s official publication of approved products. Such listings delay generic competition, which reduces consumer choice and keeps prices high, the regulator said.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case challenging a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to a domestic violence court order from owning a gun. The case, US v. Rahimi , marks the first challenge to gun control measures since a case from last year imposed a new framework to assess whether firearm restrictions impede on an individual’s rights under the Second Amendment of the US Constitution.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Submits Amicus Brief on Climate and Human Rights to Inter-American Court On Friday, November 3, 2023, the Sabin Center submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the matter of the Request for Advisory Opinion on climate law, human rights, and climate science. This submission responds to the Request for Advisory Opinion presented by the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Chile, focusing on the intersection of the clima
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. A lot has happened since our last installment. The Supreme Court granted review of one-time relists Garland v. Cargill , involving whether bump stocks are “machineguns” and thus generally prohibited, and Coinbase, Inc. v.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
A video of the public defender tearing down Israeli hostage posters went viral, and people were calling for her to be fired. Instead, she resigned. The post New York Public Defender Resigns After Being Caught On Camera Tearing Down Posters Of Israeli War Hostages appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
A federal jury in Maryland convicted Baltimore’s former top prosecutor Marilyn Mosby on Thursday on perjury charges. The jury found Mosby was guilty of falsifying financial duress claims in order to withdraw funds from a retirement fund. A jury in the US District Court of Maryland convicted Mosby on two federal perjury counts after she falsely claimed financial hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The IP Law Blog
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Thomson Reuters sued Ross Intelligence for using its content to train its AI technology. Scott Hervey and Tara Sattler talk about this copyright dispute on this installment of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here.
SCOTUSBlog
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning declined to put a Louisiana trial seeking compensation for the “existential threat” posed by coastal land loss on hold while the defendants in the case, a group of oil companies, seek review of a state court decision rejecting their request to transfer the case. The oil companies had argued that they cannot get a fair trial in the court where they are being sued because any awards against them will go to the local government, known as a parish.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 8, 2023
It's rare for something like this to happen, but more senior associates than usual are being sought out by law firms for lateral opportunities. The post Senior Associates In High Demand Amid Staffing ‘Scramble’ appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
The UN Human Rights Committee (UNHRC) concluded its 139th session on Friday after reviewing reports from Iran, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, the US and Venezuela. It said there were positive developments in all countries, but identified concerns and proposed recommendations. Notably, the UNHRC criticized the Biden Administration’s approach to US immigration policy , saying the US may be at risk of violating treaty obligations by failing to protect the rights and safety of
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