JURIST
JANUARY 3, 2022
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Georgia, claiming that the state’s newly-drawn state House and Senate districts disadvantage Black voters. The complaint notes that Georgia is one of the fastest growing states in the nation, with much of that growth driven by an increase in the Black population which has grown 16% over the last ten years.
The Estrin Report
JANUARY 4, 2022
The Great Reluctance Crossover. By Chere B. Estrin. Warning! For God’s sake, don’t show this article to your employer! That being said, (as if I had to), there has been no greater time to take advantage of a healthy job market where candidates firmly hold the upper hand – and probably will for some time to come. . If you haven’t peaked out from your current position to view what’s going on in the job market, it’s time.
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Above The Law
JANUARY 3, 2022
The courts can regulate themselves. as proven by all these scandals! The post Chief Justice Wants You To Know He Has The Utmost Contempt For You appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 7, 2022
Share The Supreme Court heard oral argument on Friday in two sets of challenges to the Biden administration’s authority to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. For over two hours of debate, the justices were skeptical of the administration’s attempt to impose a vaccine-or-test mandate for workers at large employers. In the second case, which lasted for roughly an hour and a half, the justices were more receptive to the administration’s efforts to impose a vaccine mandate for health care workers at faci
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JURIST
JANUARY 6, 2022
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Tuesday renewed a lawsuit against twenty-one medical equipment and pharmaceutical companies over allegations that their contracts with Iraq’s health ministry aided in funding terrorism that ultimately led to the death of American soldiers during the Iraq War. AstraZeneca, GE Healthcare USA Holding, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Hoffmann-La Roche, and other companies are accused by plaintiffs, family members of victims of the
LawSites
JANUARY 5, 2022
The Legalweek conference scheduled to convene in New York City later this month has been moved to March due to the surge in coronavirus cases resulting from the Omicron variant. Originally scheduled for Jan. 31-Feb. 3, the conference is now scheduled for March 8-11, still at the New York Hilton Midtown. Mark Fried , CFO and president of events at ALM , the company that produces Legalweek, told me that the conference schedule will remain exactly the same, except that the Monday-Thursday schedu
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ABA Journal
JANUARY 6, 2022
The ABA Commission on Immigration, through a new partnership with refugee resettlement agency HIAS, is hoping to help more people from Afghanistan who were evacuated…
JURIST
JANUARY 6, 2022
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday that thousands of ethnic Tigrayans have been deported from Saudi Arabia and abused by Ethiopian authorities upon their return. Tigray, a northern region of Ethiopia, has been a center of conflict for years. According to the New York Times , the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) “dominated” Ethiopian politics for almost 30 years.
Above The Law
JANUARY 6, 2022
Continuity and succession planning is something that we’re often good at creating for our clients, but we aren’t so good at creating those plans for ourselves. The post A Step-By-Step Guide To Disaster-Proofing Your Business appeared first on Above the Law.
Attorney at Work
JANUARY 4, 2022
What We Learned in 2021. In December 2021, Dave Ries, a frequent co-presenter with the authors, wrote an excellent summary of the cybersecurity portion of the ABA’s 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report. Perhaps the most striking statistic is that 25% of the survey’s respondents reported that their law firm had been breached at some time. Clearly, law firms are an attractive target for cybercriminals — with a plethora of data about so many people and businesses, law firms are a one-stop-shop for h
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The Crime Report
JANUARY 6, 2022
When 26-year-old Breonna Taylor, a Black medical worker, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers in March 2020 during a botched raid on her apartment, the country was collectively “traumatized” — particularly marginalized communities. While her death is an absolute tragedy, a law professor at the University of Kentucky writes that her death “transcends the narrative of bad-apple cops” and highlights the broken system backing search warrants, according to a forthcoming Boston Universit
JURIST
JANUARY 5, 2022
A Texas judge issued an amended execution order Tuesday for Carl Wayne Buntion and set his execution date for April 21, 2022. The scheduling of his execution raises issues of religious expression and implicates the pending Supreme Court case Ramirez v. Collier. Buntion was convicted of killing a police officer in 1990 during a traffic stop and was sentenced to death in 1991.
Above The Law
JANUARY 4, 2022
Following orders is optional according to Judge O'Connor. The post Judge Creates New Constitutional Right For Crybaby Navy SEALs appeared first on Above the Law.
The Fashion Law
JANUARY 3, 2022
The brand v. non-fungible token (“NFT”) battle has really started to bubble. Over the past few weeks, Hermès allegedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to the creator of the MetaBirkins and presumably filed a takedown notice with OpenSea to have the NFTs removed from the platform. Olive Garden owner Darden Restaurants lodged an IP Takedown Request with OpenSea to get NFTs linked to images of 880 physical outposts of the restaurant chain, which Darden claims violates its trademarks and OpenSea’s te
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SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 4, 2022
Share Regular readers of SCOTUSblog know that in addition to flyspecking the Supreme Court’s docket most weeks to identify cert petitions that the justices are considering repeatedly at consecutive conferences (a practice called “ relisting ” cases), we periodically crunch the numbers to determine what relisting portends about what the court is likely to do with those cases it has relisted.
JURIST
JANUARY 3, 2022
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Jordan announced in a press conference with Jordanian media Sunday that 5,500 Syrian refugees had left Jordan and returned to Syria in 2021, a small fraction of the total number of Syrian refugees living in Jordan. The UNHCR stated that while many more wished to return to Syria in 2021, they were unable to do so because of continued violence and instability due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Above The Law
JANUARY 5, 2022
New lawsuit affords teams rare opportunity for a win. The post The Jets And Giants Don’t Play In New York… And Someone’s Suing Over It appeared first on Above the Law.
Patently O
JANUARY 7, 2022
Total utility patent grants are down about 7% for calendar year 2021. Still the total ranks as the third highest of all time. The Office has almost eliminated unwanted delay in examination. Right now the delay is about 17 months from filing to first office-action. They really don’t want that to go below 14 months in order to capture 102(a)(2) prior art (former 102(e)).
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Attorney at Work
JANUARY 5, 2022
Attorney at Work’s new “You at Work Spotlight” series focuses on the crucial role business professionals play in law firms of all sizes — including newly emerging career options in the legal industry. In our first interview, we focus on the role of the chief operating officer and the demands the pandemic has placed on legal operations. Heather J. Oden is the Chief Operating Officer at Ball Janik, LLP , based in Portland, Oregon, where she oversees the whole gamut of the firm’s business operation
JURIST
JANUARY 4, 2022
Judge Reed O’Connor of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas temporarily enjoined the United States Navy’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy on Monday. In August 2021, the Department of Defense (DOD) mandated COVID-19 vaccinations for all service members. The Navy issued its own mandate requiring all active-duty service members to be fully vaccinated before November 28, 2021.
Above The Law
JANUARY 3, 2022
She's back. The post Law Professor Amy Wax Expands Racism Portfolio To Declare That America Needs ‘Fewer Asians’ appeared first on Above the Law.
Intelligize Blog
JANUARY 4, 2022
Meme stocks, the “gamification” of securities trading, and, of course, the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to create chaos were just a few of the stories that ultimately defined 2021 in the corporate world. At least one of those doesn’t look like it is going away any time soon. But what are some of the other key […]. The post Five Cs for Companies to Watch in 2022 appeared first on Intelligize.
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The Fashion Law
JANUARY 3, 2022
According to recent McKinsey research , 2021 was a year of transformation: people, corporations and society began to look ahead to influencing their futures rather than just surviving the present. It was the year that hopes for herd immunity, an end to pandemic lockdowns, and a return to normality were dashed – at least for now. And aside from the Great Social Media Resignation , which saw burnt-out Gen Z workers announce that they had quit their jobs via TikTok and Instagram, the rise of non-fu
JURIST
JANUARY 7, 2022
The California legislature proposed Assembly Bill 1594 (AB1594) Monday authorizing private citizens harmed by illegal gun use to sue manufacturers, distributors and sellers of firearms. The bill has been proposed under the direction and vision of California Governor Gavin Newsom who vowed to push this bill through the legislature in response to the Supreme Court decision “endorsing Texas’s scheme to insulate” its abortion ban through a law authorizing private citizen suits against es
Above The Law
JANUARY 4, 2022
Find something outside of your daily practice of the law to feed your soul. The post How Birding Made Me A Better Lawyer appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
JANUARY 6, 2022
Conservatives look at 2022 in the U.S. Supreme Court with great anticipation, while liberals feel dread for what is likely to come.
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The Process Street
JANUARY 7, 2022
No process is perfect; there’s always room to improve. Unfortunately, many teams have no way to identify, test, and deploy the changes they make, meaning each tweak is a roll of the dice. The savings can be massive, but you need a continuous improvement program to make sure that the changes you make won’t make your operations a whole lot harder. “ 1 in 10 improvements save money… [each saving, on average,] $31,043 in its first year of implementation. 1 in 4 improvements s
JURIST
JANUARY 4, 2022
A Swedish woman has been charged with war crimes for bringing her young son to Syria, where he was enlisted as a child soldier, and ultimately killed in the country’s long-simmering conflict, prosecutors announced Tuesday. The Swedish Prosecution Authority alleges the unidentified woman brought her son to Syria in August 2013, when he was 12 years old.
Above The Law
JANUARY 3, 2022
The attorney said it was a 'mutual consensual relationship.'. The post Lawyer Suspended For Sleeping With Client, Insists ‘She Had No Complaints’ appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
JANUARY 5, 2022
I’ve mentioned it more than once: Occasionally, some law-related television is simply too “real” for me to enjoy.
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