Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Section 230 may not prove as useful as it has in the past. The post Get Ready For The Blue Checkmark Lawsuits appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Wendy Merrill | If you haven't recently reviewed and documented expectations of associates, partners or staff, it is time to do so. The post The War for Talent: Great Expectations appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It's like he went and passed the bar exam behind our backs! The post Where Did Elon Musk Get All Of His Legal Training? appeared first on Above the Law.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Citizens in a democracy need reliable information to make good decisions, but what happens when that news is behind a paywall, while the outrage du jour is free?

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Meyling Ly Ortiz | Almost everything is fixable if you catch it early enough. The post How to Handle a Mistake as a Young Lawyer appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The merger offers the potential to lift other firms up along the way. The post Biglaw Firm Merging With Minority-Owned Boutique To Create Coast-To-Coast Firm appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

On Saturday, Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs and Cyber Security Clare O’Neil announced the formation of a multi-agency task force to combat cyber crime. Called the Joint Standing Operation (JSO), the task force will merge the efforts of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), an agency of the Defense Department.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Share The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for a cellphone provider to turn over call records for Dr. Kelli Ward, the chair of the Arizona Republican Party, to the committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Ward had asked the justices to block a subpoena addressed to T-Mobile, arguing that there “could hardly be a starker example of seeking to punish people for having ties to political views regarding the outcome of the 2020 presidential election that many Ameri

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Jamie Spannhake | Why is it so hard to figure out what we want? Let's take a new approach. The post 5 Ways to Figure Out What You Want appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The administration will likely take its time to figure out whether it is better politically to get a decision quickly or use delaying tactics until the next election. The post President Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Might Have Been A Political Stunt All Along appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Thursday announced terrorism charges against Gérald Nicolas, a 51-year-old resident of Lévis, Quebec. The RCMP allege that he planned a terrorist act to overthrow the Haitian government. The charges follow an investigation by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team, which revealed that Nicolas planned to stage an armed revolution in Haiti and ultimately seize power.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

A leak of the president of the police officers’ union for the Berkley Police Department texts shows alleged racially insensitive remarks and calls for arrest quotas sending the department in disarray, Noah Goldberg reports for the Los Angeles Times. . City officials confirmed that Sgt. Darren Kacalek, the union president, was placed on administrative leave Wednesday.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Share In a brief order with no recorded dissents, the Supreme Court refused to block the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 57-year-old inmate who is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 7 p.m. EST on Thursday in Alabama. Smith was convicted for the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Dorlene Sennett, whom he was hired to kill by her husband, Rev. Charles Sennett.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The scheme started in New York but became a complex international endeavor as the two men attempted to launder money received from fraudulent Medicare claims for cancer drugs during the pandemic.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Several FBI documents were released by the New York Times Saturday highlighting an effort by the FBI in 2020-2021 to secure and deploy the Pegasus spyware. Pegasus spyware, developed by the NSO Group , is a zero-click hacking tool that can invade a target’s mobile phone and extract messages, photos, contacts, messages and video recordings. Numerous governments, both autocracies and democracies, have purchased and deployed Pegasus in recent years.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Three former NYPD cops pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme while a former New Orleans police officer pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in a rough week for law enforcement criminal misconduct. . Two NYPD officers brought damaged vehicles to a tow truck company operated by a former NYPD cop in exchange for bribes. According to the Department of Justice , all three officers have pleaded guilty to the scheme this week. .

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The decision to try legal transcription is entirely up to you and your law firm. But considering its growth over the last two years, we feel it's safe to say the legal industry approves. .

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Yale is finally letting Harvard have its moment in the sun. The post Yale Law School Pulls Out Of U.S. News Rankings Like Michael Jordan Skipping Slam Dunk Contest appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The Swedish Riksdag Wednesday adopted a constitutional amendment regarding anti-terrorism – a key demand from Turkey in Sweden’s quest to join NATO. The amendment passed with 278 votes in favor out of a 349-seat parliament and makes it easier to introduce laws to limit the freedom of association for those who engage in or support terrorism. The Riksdag standing committee on constitutional affairs recommended approval of the proposal, claiming it will enable more criminal measures which wil

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Courts are cool with pretextual stops. As long as a cop can make up a reasonably good excuse for pulling someone over, they can start casting their lines in hopes of bigger fish. Given enough time and b t, cops can often talk people into warrantless roadside searches. But the pretext needs to be reasonable. And, […]. The post Immunity Denied To Deputies Who Tried To Turn Muscular Dystrophy Into Reasonable Suspicion appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The US District Court for the Nothern District of Florida Thursday blocked part of a Florida law that limits what professors at public universities can believe about racism and sexism. Chief Judge Mark Walker condemned the blocked provisions, stating: The law officially bans professors from expressing disfavored viewpoints in university classrooms while permitting unfettered expression of the opposite viewpoints.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

With a sharp dissent from Justice Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court declined to review a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit that granted a new evidentiary hearing to a death-row inmate who claimed jury bias in his trial, Amy Howe reports for the SCOTUS blog. . Jeronique Cunningham, the death-row inmate, was sentenced to death for three murders.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

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