Attorney at Work

JANUARY 2, 2025

Law firms face increasing pressure to justify their fees as more price-sensitive clients turn to ALSPs or expand their in-house legal teams. Instead of engaging in a price war, the author of LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive: Promote Your Brand with Authenticity, Tact, and Power, says investing in law firm branding is a wiser strategy. Why […] The post Branding to Combat Pricing Pressure: Why Lowering Fees Isnt the Answer for Law Firms appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 30, 2024

How hot is the bench? Here are some data-driven answers. The post Legalytics Deep Dive #2: The Changing Face of Supreme Court Oral Arguments appeared first on Above the Law.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for: A statement that meets the following conditions is not hearsay: (1) A Declarant-Witnesss Prior Statement. The declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination about a prior.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Biglaw associates may forgive, but they'll never, ever forget. The post ‘The Damage Has Already Been Done’: Top Firms May Struggle To Recover From Special Bonus Snubs appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

JANUARY 1, 2025

With President-elect Donald Trump poised to return to the White House, experts are bracing for potential changes including shifts from the U.S. Department of Labor on who qualifies as a regulated fiduciary under benefits law to whether retirement plans can consider environmental and social factors when picking investments. Here, Law360 looks at five employee benefits policy issues to keep an eye on in the new year.

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LLRX

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Welcome to the strange battle between bot detection and AI, which is set to get even more complicated in the coming years as technology continues to improve. Professors Irfan Mehmood and Kamran Mahroof describe what the future after Captcha may look like.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 2, 2025

Happy New Year, and welcome to your newly combined firm! The post Ringing In The New Year With A Major Biglaw Merger appeared first on Above the Law.

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Law 360

JANUARY 2, 2025

Legal department hires in the past month included high-profile appointments at Eaton Corp., Conde Nast, Constellation Energy Corp. and Turing. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from the past few weeks.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 31, 2024

This December, after 16 months of studies and experiments, the Department of Defense decided it had figured out enough guardrails for generative AI to start embracing the new technology wholesale. The post How The Pentagon Domesticated The Chatbot: 2024 In Review appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) reported on Saturday that at least 112,414 individuals remain forcibly disappeared due to the actions of the Assad regime in Syria, despite the recent releases of thousands of detainees. The SNHR emphasized that these disappearances are not isolated incidents but part of a broader strategy employed by the Assad government to instill fear and maintain control over the population.

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CARET Legal

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Specialized bankruptcy software is transforming the way attorneys manage these cases, making the process more efficient and accurate. Navigating bankruptcy cases can be complex and time-consuming for attorneys, especially with shifting regulations and extensive paperwork. Fortunately, specialized bankruptcy software is transforming the way attorneys manage these cases, making the process more efficient and accurate.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles and commentary related to the Supreme Court. Heres the Monday morning read: Supreme Court At A Crossroads In Oil Emissions Lawfare Campaign (David Blackmon, Forbes) Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law that could ban TikTok (Kanishka Singh & Nandita Bose, Reuters) Supreme Court Goes Back to Normal in Term With Few Blockbusters (Lydia Wheeler, Bloomberg Law) Jimmy Carter never appointed a Supreme Court justice, but he left a remarka

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 28, 2024

This week, Judge Mary Dimke of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington issued an interesting ruling. In United States v. Bolen, she rejected spousal immunity in a criminal case where she believed the couple got hitched for evidentiary rather thanromantic reasons. Spousal immunity has long been a thing of legend in the courts and cinema.

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Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2025

An independent UN mission on Thursday urged Venezuelan authorities to respect all Venezuelans’ rights to life, liberty, and personal security. The mission also demanded the release of all arbitrarily detained individuals ahead of President Nicols Maduro’s inauguration on January 10. The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela found that Venezuelan authorities detained at least 56 political opposition activists, 10 journalists, and one hu

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CARET Legal

JANUARY 2, 2025

For law firms, gaining new clients is crucial to sustainable growth, but understanding the costs and profitability of these efforts is equally important. Metrics like client acquisition costs (CAC) and return on investment (ROI) are essential for assessing the success of marketing strategies and optimizing budgets. Using data analytics to assess these KPIs, firms can gain valuable insights into their marketing performance, ensuring resources are directed towards the highest impact activities.

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LLRX

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Jerry Lawson evaluates the American Bar Association's Formal Opinion 512, "Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools" as a mixed bag. Lawson states that the Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility took a significant step in the right direction by legitimizing the idea that it is appropriate for lawyers to use AI. Equally important, it suggests guardrails necessary for the safe use of artificial intelligence.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 31, 2024

“Chief Justice Roberts Condemns Threats to Judicial Independence; In his year-end report on the federal judiciary, the chief justice decried violence, intimidation and disinformation and warned against defiance of court rulings”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Justin Jouvenal of The Washington Post reports that “ Chief Justice Roberts warns of threats to judges in year-end report; Chief Justice John G.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan on Friday approved a landmark billto strengthen protections for whistleblowers, according to local media. The bill represents a significant move in the country’s fight against corruption and illegal activities. The Public Welfare Whistleblower Protection Act establishes stringent penalties for civil servants who disclose the identities of whistleblowers, including up to five years of imprisonment and fines reaching NT $300,000 (approximately USD 9,100) for v

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 29, 2024

There is an interesting criminal case out of Florida in which FedEx driver Latavion Lewis was charged with grand theft, illegal dumping, and an organized scheme to defraud. Yet, in this case, the grand theft was to throw out packages rather than deliver them. It is a type of Grinch Grand Theft charge that only raises questions about the handling of a certain case in 1966.

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Patently O

JANUARY 2, 2025

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court will soon be asked to weigh in on the the skinny-label debate -- particularly the question of how much a generic drug manufacturers can say about their products without inducing patent infringement? The case is Hikma v. Amarin. It is very common for a drug to follow the following innovation-patent pathway: First the composition is discovered and patented along with a particular therapeutic use.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 30, 2024

“Appeals court upholds $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict against Trump; A jury handed down the award after finding Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming the writer”: Dareh Gregorian of NBC News has this report. And Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “ Trump loses appeal of E. Jean Carroll $5-million defamation, sexual assault verdict.” You can access today’s per curiam ruling of a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Russia Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova threatened Sunday to implement retaliatory measures against European media outlets after Russian state media Telegram channels became inaccessible across the EU. Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that users attempting to access the Telegram channels of Russian state broadcasters, including RIA Novosti, Izvestia, and RT, are being notified of limited access in the EU.

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LLRX

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and online security, often without our situational awareness.

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DECEMBER 28, 2024

by Dennis Crouch I'm following a new cert petition that asks the Supreme Court to examine when web scraping becomes an improper means of obtaining trade secret information under the the DTSA. I regularly use web scraping for academic research, and so this case caught my attention for more than just the intellectual property curiosity. Rutstein v. Compulife Software, Inc. , 24-634 (US) petition: 20241206162356526_Petition Website where the CEO of Compulife has ongoing commentary about Rutstein.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 2, 2025

“Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Appeals Court; After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday”: Cecilia Kang of The New York Times has this report. Eva Dou of The Washington Post reports that “ In blow to Democrats, federal appeals court strikes down net neutrality; The Biden administrations FCC had considered its reinstatement of the rules on internet service providers a signature ac

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Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

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