NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

I was talking to a friend of mine, who runs a highly successful law firm, the other day. And, he told me ‘clients aren’t the problem, I need to hire good lawyers’. And, I thought to myself: ‘You know what – I have been hearing that a lot lately ’. Now, that makes for an interesting inflection point in the marketplace – because, I think that, if you asked lawyers what they need more, the answer would be ‘client s , I can never have enough clients’.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When lawyers and AI join forces, they form an unstoppable team. The post Lawyers+AI Equals 4 Growth Stages That Change Legal Practice Forever appeared first on Above the Law.

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OneLegal

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

How does the contingency fee model work and what should lawyers and clients bear in mind when using it for cases? The post Contingency fees and lawyers explained appeared first on One Legal.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Elon Musk wants to sue Media Matters for. something. The post Elon Musk Threatens ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Prompting Thermonuclear Terrible Legal Takes appeared first on Above the Law.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Posted by Marlene Wethmar-Lemmer This booklet contains the first draft of the envisaged African Principles on the Law Applicable to International Commercial Contracts. The proposal could be used by national legislators on the continent and African economic integration organisations, particularly the African Union, in, respectively, domestic legislation and regional or supranational laws of a soft or binding nature.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning added two additional hours of argument, in cases involving federal funding of health care services for Native Americans and the Armed Career Criminal Act, to its docket for the 2023-24 term. The announcement came on a list of orders released on Monday from the justices’ private conference on Friday, Nov. 17.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Law firms continue to experiment with different payment models, in a post-COVID environment; and, that includes subscriptions. Subscriptions are popular, because it’s consistent recurring revenue – which everyone is looking for. That’s one of the reasons why technology companies are so valuable. And, if’s the same reason why lots of professional service providers (like law firms, but also like IT providers) are moving to subscription pricing.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

When will the rest of this year's bonuses (and salary increases) be announced? Stay tuned! The post Bonus Season Should Already Be In Full Swing, But Biglaw Is Waiting For Cravath To Make A Move appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Following a four-day trial, a US federal judge ruled on Friday that North Dakota’s 2021 legislative redistricting plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) because it dilutes the voting power of Native American voters. The case is in the US District Court for the District of North Dakota. Chief Judge Peter D. Welte authored the opinion of the court.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The eviction process is a legal procedure that landlords may need to navigate to regain possession of their property. In Sacramento County, this process comes with its own set of rules and intricacies. In this extensive guide by LDA Pro Legal, we will unravel the Sacramento County eviction process, emphasizing key details, legal considerations, and the vital role of our services, including probate paralegal services and access to paralegals for hire.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Running a business, really, is conducting one big experiment. You’re continually testing hypotheses, and seeing whether they work. You need to make frequent adjustments, to tweak things , for the better. You could say that a business owner is like a scientist – perhaps a less glamorous analogy would be that it’s like owning an old car, that you constantly have to fix.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

After promising a bombshell of a lawsuit against Media Matters, Elon Musk delivers a dud. The post Elon Musk’s ‘Thermonuclear Lawsuit’ Is Here And It’s… Positively Tepid. appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) expressed concerns during a Tuesday press briefing over Pakistan’s orders for undocumented foreigners to leave the country, saying that the directive has caused fear and panic within Afghan communities. The UNHCR representative in Pakistan, Philippa Candler, cited adverse consequences for Afghan nationals, including registered refugees and individuals with valid documents.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

“A Supreme Court case with momentous implications for government power”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “A Supreme Court case with momentous implications for government power” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The IP Law Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

The creator of a LEGO brick Second Holy Temple product is accusing another LEGO creator of copyright infringement for their interpretation of the same temple. Scott Hervey and Eric Caligiuri discuss this case on this episode of The Briefing. Watch this episode on the Weintraub YouTube channel or listen to this podcast episode here. Read Eric’s article about this case here.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Non-lawyer Stephen Miller times another legal action for maximum publicity (and fundraising)! The post Stephen Miller COINCIDENTALLY Lodges Complaint Against Macy’s On The One Week A Year When People Google ‘Macy’s’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Amnesty International released a report on Friday urging authorities to protect abortion rights defenders, including healthcare workers, more effectively. The group interviewed 48 abortion rights defenders globally and found that these defenders have experienced increasing difficulty in their work as they have been subject to stigmatization and unjust prosecutions.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

“Why are U.S. courts afraid of the 14th Amendment? Because it’s radical.” Law professor Sherrilyn Ifill has this essay online at The Washington Post. The post “Why are U.S. courts afraid of the 14th Amendment? Because it’s radical.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

In what it described as a case pitting “real lawyers against a robot lawyer,” a federal court in Illinois has dismissed a law firm’s suit against the self-help legal service DoNotPay. In March, the Illinois law firm, MillerKing brought the putative class action against DoNotPay on behalf of “all law firms in the United States,” alleging false association and false advertising under the federal Lanham Act and Illinois state law.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Oh, Rudy! The post Rudy Giuliani Wants To Testify In Freeman/Moss Defamation Case. Just Not To A Jury. appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Police squads in Alentejo, southern Portugal, raided farms and arrested 28 people Tuesday on suspicion of human trafficking and labor exploitation. In a press release , Portugal’s Judicial Police said the effort, called “Operation Mirror,” involved 480 operatives in collaboration with prosecutors from the Évora region and the Portuguese airforce.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

“Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts.” Julie Carr Smyth of The Associated Press has this report. The post “Ohio voters just passed abortion protections. When and how they take effect is before the courts.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Co-edited by Rishi Gulati, Thomas John and Ben Koehler, the Elgar Companion to UNCITRAL is now out. This is the second in the trilogy of books on the three key international institutions mandated to work on private international and international private law. The Elgar Companion to the HCCH has already been published in 2020, with the Elgar Companion to UNIDROIT out in 2024.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

New York Governor Kathy Hochul released a proposed set of cybersecurity regulations that require hospitals to establish new policies and procedures to protect themselves from ever-intensifying cyber threats. The state also put aside $500 million in funding to help hospitals upgrade their technology systems to comply with these new rules.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

A Chinese refugee affected by recent Australian emergency laws subjecting certain refugees to monitoring challenged the laws in Australia’s high court on Wednesday, according to ABC News (Australia). The refugee’s lawyers claim that the new laws , which relate to the monitoring of refugees who cannot be deported, are “ arbitrary” and “punitive.” Under the new laws, any person who cannot be removed from Australia must now be monitored by mandatory ankle bracele

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