Attorney at Work
AUGUST 7, 2022
Some lawyers always seem fearful of increasing legal fees — recession or no recession, crisis or no crisis. If you are wondering whether to raise your hourly rates or fixed fees, my advice — with very limited exceptions — is to go for it. Clients are never as price-sensitive as you think. The Two Biggest Reasons Lawyers Are Afraid to Raise Legal Fees.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade , nearly every woman, particularly women of reproductive age, is anxious about the future, as many states move to ban abortion. But one group that is often forgotten, yet quite possibly is the most vulnerable , comprises incarcerated women. Nationally, there are 58,000 women pregnant behind bars. Put another way, roughly 3 percent of female admissions to U.S. jails are pregnant people, according to a 2020 study.
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JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
US President Joe Biden Tuesday signed the CHIPS Act of 2022 , which provides $52 billion to boost the US domestic semiconductor industry. The act authorizes the expenditure of more than $200 billion to promote domestic semiconductor production. However, only $52 billion is immediately appropriated as a result of Biden signing the bill. The act also establishes a US Treasury fund to carry out its provisions.
Above The Law
AUGUST 8, 2022
An expert industry observer said CVS Health’s move into primary care is both offensive and defensive, but perhaps more importantly a natural evolution of a company with such a large healthcare footprint.
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A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.
Attorney at Work
AUGUST 11, 2022
Eloquent speakers understand that in every setting, every minute should be informing, perhaps delighting, your audience. Every lawyer needs to speak with colleagues, clients and prospects. Litigators need to address the court and sometimes jurors. Some lawyers give formal presentations. To develop eloquence for these situations, understand what eloquence is.
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JURIST
AUGUST 11, 2022
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated proceedings towards making new rules regulating consumer data privacy, the board announced Thursday. The commission, led by Chair Lina Khan, released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), outlining a plan to create nationwide data privacy regulations and investigate “unfair and deceptive” data practices to which many consumers are unaware of, including the collection, monetization and surveillance of consumer data.
Above The Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
You may want to double check your privacy settings. The post Mother And Daughter Face Criminal Charges After Facebook Divulges Their Conversation About Abortion appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 8, 2022
Lawyers in New York will have to take at least a one-hour cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education requirements beginning in July…
Attorney at Work
AUGUST 12, 2022
Of all the marketing tools for lawyers, video is the most engaging — and one of the best at helping you project professionalism and competence. Yet despite evidence that video marketing for lawyers is remarkably effective, law firms have been slow to use video compared with other industries. And, while a growing number of firms are using video in innovative ways, too often lawyers fail to use video effectively.
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Selecting and implementing CLM technology can be daunting, leading to underutilization or abandonment. Factors like provider differentiation, inadequate planning, and lack of user training contribute to these failures. Recognizing these pitfalls is crucial for successful adoption, ensuring organizations harness the full potential of CLM for streamlined contract management.
JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
Canadian law students are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a 2L at the University of Ottawa. On Saturday, the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government declared a state of emergency due to what are being called the province’s worst forest fires since 1961.
Above The Law
AUGUST 9, 2022
I've heard of wanting to be a fly on the wall, but a Roomba on the floor? The post They’ve Got You Mapped From A To Z: Amazon’s Acquisition Sets Off Antitrust Radars appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 8, 2022
In the spring of 2015, an experienced nurse started work in the forensic unit of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men. She expected her clients would have two characteristics: they would be male, and they would all have been sentenced by a court to the prison. That is not what she found. When she observed a woman incarcerated in the men’s prison, the nurse asked what she was doing there.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 8, 2022
Because of a mistaken cellphone revelation, the Houston lawyer representing Infowars host Alex Jones in a Texas defamation lawsuit could have exposed himself to malpractice…
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CLM tools have always strived to push contract management into the digital age for almost 30 years. But the complexities of digitising a legal document are numerous. The current scenarios in business development have shown that having a fully automated CLM has become a mandate for every law firm and in-house legal department. To determine if you need a CLM system, it's essential to clearly identify the on-ground business challenges you aim to solve.
JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
A US district judge Tuesday spared Igor Dvorskiy, a former test administrator involved in a large-scale college admissions and testing bribery scheme, a prison sentence because he helped prosecutors build cases against others involved in the scheme. Dvorskiy pled guilty to accepting nearly $200,000 in bribes from parents to inflate their children’s standardized exam scores for college.
Above The Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
There’s no question that some of these private judge will be wiping off reputational mud based on what’s been revealed in the Girardi investigation. The post Pushing Private Judging Out Of The Shadows? appeared first on Above the Law.
LegalReader
AUGUST 11, 2022
It was not until a third EPA report was released in 1984 and news of the base’s toxic water went public that action was finally taken to limit exposure to the deadly substances.
OilandGasLawyer
AUGUST 12, 2022
In 1860, at the age of 60, Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire. He patented it the next year and sold the patent in 1876 to a company named Washburn and Moen, retaining a royalty that made him one of the richest men in the US. John Warne Gates was born in Chicago in 1855. After several failed business, Gates became a salesman for Washburn and Moen. They gave him Texas as his sales territory.
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JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
The Montana Supreme Court Tuesday upheld a preliminary injunction against three state laws regulating abortion, temporarily blocking an attempt to enforce abortion prohibitions while the laws are challenged in the courts. Abortion provider Planned Parenthood applied for a preliminary injunction against the immediate enforcement 0f three laws passed by the Montana state legislature: HB 136 banning abortions after twenty weeks from a patient’s last menstrual period, HB 171 banning tele-heal
Above The Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
Okay, This Is In No Way Politically Motivated: But Merrick Garland's ready to defend his people. No Summer Bonuses This Year? I mean, it's probably because of the looming economic recession, but associates are still salty! This Is Just Gross: "Toilet abuse" at a Biglaw firm. Delete Facebook: Or at least stop talking about abortions on it. Qualified Immunity Is Awful: And it was all a goddamn mistake!
LegalReader
AUGUST 12, 2022
An effective strategy may increase your sales and get you better revenues. If you desire to streamline your operations and ensure better returns, you have to be consistent in your operations. .
Broadcast Law Blog
AUGUST 7, 2022
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FCC released public notices, available here and here , alerting broadcasters and cable companies that they recently became aware of certain vulnerabilities in EAS encoder/decoder devices which, if not updated to most recent software ve
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JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx announced Tuesday that Cook County judges vacated 7 murder charges because of a former Chicago detective’s misconduct in investigating the cases. The individuals were exonerated after the Foxx chose not to oppose legal challenges to their convictions. An eighth individual’s conviction, which Foxx is no longer defending, is still under judicial review.
Above The Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
If the Reviser were alive today, maybe we'd give him qualified immunity for all the lives he's ruined. The post Police Can Legally Set You On Fire Because Someone In The 1800s Made A Copying Error appeared first on Above the Law.
LegalReader
AUGUST 10, 2022
An attorney for Bryant's widow claims that Los Angeles County has employed "scorched-earth discovery tactics" to pressure her and her loved ones into abandoning their lawsuit.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 9, 2022
A little-known database kept by New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner, which stores DNA profiles of thousands of New Yorkers in a “Subject Index” that includes individuals with no criminal convictions and children as young as 12 years old, is operating without authorization form the state legislature or independent oversight, reports the West Side Rag.
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