Above The Law

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Share your thoughts for a chance at a $250 gift card. . The post For Law Firm Cybersecurity, Does Bigger Mean Better? appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Taylor Swift’s copyright lawsuit has been resolved out of court. The two songwriters, Nathan Butler and Sean Hall, who claim she lifted the lyrics to her hit “Shake It Off,” have agreed to end the copyright lawsuit, which has gone on for five years. The two songwriters alleged that her 2014 smash infringed upon “Playas […]. The post Music Mondays: Taylor Swift Copyright Lawsuit Resolved Out of Court appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER.

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LegalReader

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A corporate seminar is an excellent way to train your employees and help them learn new and better business skills.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 20, 2022

This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. On the last street before leaving Jacksonville, there’s a dark brick one-story building that the locals know as the school for “bad” kids. It’s actually a tiny public school for children with disabilities.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The cliche about being a lifetime learner has to be true for the trial lawyer if she wants to keep winning for her clients. The post Always Be Learning appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Wait, you mean to tell me Harvard's Legacy Admissions program isn't a form of affirmative action? The post Race Matters: Courtroom Diversity And Diverging Opinions appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The Government Accountability Project (GAP), a nonprofit whistleblower protection and advocacy organization, Thursday urged two US Congressional Committees to continue reviewing Twitter’s suspension of several journalists’ accounts. In a letter to the US House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation , GAP states that they represent VOA Chief National Correspondent and current JURIST Journalist

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A former finance director at the NYU Metro Center has been indicted for allegedly embezzling over $3 million dollars in state education grants intended to support minority and women-owned businesses, Jake Offenhartz reports for the Gothamist. Cindy Tappe has been accused of using fraudulent invoices to direct taxpayer money to her own shell companies.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2022

This year, Bryan Garner gave us a new game for word lovers, a hypothesis on hyphens and four principles of legal writing that he learned…

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 20, 2022

SBF doesn't pull any punches complaining about Sullivan & Cromwell. The post Sam Bankman-Fried Alleges Sullivan & Cromwell Used ‘Mentally Unbalanced’ Tactics To Get FTX To File Bankruptcy appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Tuesday ordered Wells Fargo to pay $3.7 billion regarding its “widespread mismanagement” affecting over 16 million consumer accounts. Specifically, Wells Fargo must pay $2 billion to consumers in addition to a $1.7 billion civil penalty which will be put into the CFPB’s Civil Penalty Fund to compensate victims of federal consumer financial law violations. .

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Patently O

DECEMBER 20, 2022

by Dennis Crouch. “Smart wallets” are growing in popularity. I have one branded FIDELO with a carbon-fiber case that claims to block scammers trying to read the chip on my credit card. I think of these generally as “smart wallets” but I learned today that the company Storus has a registered trademark for that term. What should I call them now?

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Tom Lambotte | You're going to be considered a suitable target for a cyberattack if you tick these checkboxes. The post Why It’s Imperative Your Law Firm Has a Cyber-Response Plan appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Corporate counsels should take a proactive approach to understand the legal risks associated with AI. The post Ethics And AI For Corporate Counsel appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The City of Buffalo, New York Tuesday filed a complaint against major gun manufacturers for fueling gun violence through their business practices. The case is in the Supreme Court for the State of New York in Erie County. The 194-page complaint notes and documents the rise in gun violence in Buffalo and the state of New York. The complaint identifies the gun manufacturers as “ghost gun defendants.” Ghost gun manufacturers design guns to be easily converted into working, untraceable f

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 22, 2022

While red flag gun laws, or extreme risk laws, have long been underutilized, the regulations have received increased traction in the 19 states, plus Washington, D.C., that currently have them on the books. . Following the racist mass shooting in Buffalo, state lawmakers made legislative changes to New York’s red flag law in May. Connecticut revamped its own red flag law in June.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Each year, ABA members and staff lead a multitude of projects and initiatives that serve their colleagues and communities as well as improve the legal…

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 19, 2022

First time for everything : Former Orange In Chief gets referred to the DOJ. Never saw it that way : Diversity makes an impact in the court room. I wanna be the very best : Guess which firm is a chart topper. And scene : Turns out, roleplaying makes for better associates ! The post Ever See The DOJ Peel An Orange? — See Also appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The UK High Court Wednesday held that the Home Office acted unlawfully in implementing the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). The scheme was introduced as part of the Brexit process. It grants UK immigration status to EU citizens who moved to the UK prior to Brexit. However, the court said that the way the scheme operates is “unlawful.” The judicial review case was brought to court by the Independent Monitoring Authority for the Citizen’s Rights Agreements (IMA), an organization created to ensur

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In the wake of the collapse of FTX, the third largest digital cryptocurrency exchange in the world that also operated as a kind of crypto hedge fund, a letter addressed to Congress by New York State Attorney General Letitia James is one of the latest to call for increased regulation on cryptocurrency investments. James’ letter focuses on retirement funds, and asks that measures be adopted to prevent IRAs and defined contribution plans from being invested in high-risk digital assets such as crypt

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 21, 2022

A New Jersey mom taking her daughter to see a show featuring the Rockettes as part of a Girl Scouts field trip was recently ousted…

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, 25 governors argued that the Covid-19 public health emergency should end in April. An estimated 18 million people could lose Medicaid coverage if that happens, according to a recent report.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Iranian authorities violated international human rights law with excessive and lethal force against protestors in Kurdistan throughout September, October and November, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. HRW asserts that Iranian security forces continue to commit human rights violations with their inhumane treatment of detainees and executions.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Over the past few decades, nations everywhere have assessed longer prison sentences. However, according to a new Council on Criminal Justice (CCJ) report by Lila Kazemian , a Sociology Professor at John Jay College, the U.S. still dishes out long sentences more than any other country. Violent crimes, especially homicides, play an outsized role in the U.S.’s high use of lengthy prison sentences, which are sentences that carry 10 years of imprisonment or more, the report found.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 23, 2022

There are pivotal years in constitutional law: 1787, when the Constitution was ratified; 1791, when the Bill of Rights was adopted; 1868, when the Fourteenth…

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