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How Do Lawyers Plan for Retirement?

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Whether your retirement is around the corner or further down the road, retirement for lawyers requires extensive preparation. There are certain lawyer retirement rules and regulation requirements you’ll need to follow—and they vary from state to state. . When Do Lawyers Retire? Is There a Mandatory Retirement Age for Lawyers?

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A courtroom prop, a song, and another surprise

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Inside, the courtroom is full, with groups of lawyers from three organizations being sworn into the bar: the Christian Legal Society, the University of Kansas School of Law, and the American Bar Association Senior Lawyer Association. United States , which limits the scope of identity theft under a federal criminal statute. “I

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20 Useful Applications of AI & Machine Learning in Your Business Processes

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Applications of AI in law AI applications in law are wide-ranging and can include: Legal research and analysis AI-powered platforms can quickly scan and analyze large volumes of legal documents, statutes, case law, and regulations to provide relevant information and insights to lawyers and judges.

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Just say “Bingo!” Or “Dingo!”

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The question is whether a 1987 federal statute subjects certain Indian tribes in Texas to that state’s entire body of gambling law. In this case, it is two forms of bingo at the Pueblo tribe’s Speaking Rock Entertainment Center near El Paso, Texas, that is primarily at issue. The first case, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v.

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The Practicality of the Enforcement of Jurisdiction Agreements in Nigeria

Conflict of Laws

Courts guard rather jealously their jurisdiction and even where there is an ouster of that jurisdiction by Statute It should be by clear and unequivocal words, If that is so, as indeed It is, how much less can parties by their private acts remove the jurisdiction properly and legally vested In our courts? Mandatory statutes.

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Australia High Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech In Defamation Ruling

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The statute defines “information content provider” as “any person or entity that is responsible, in whole or in part, for the creation or development of information provided through the Internet or any other interactive computer service.” Dirty World Entertainment. 47 U.S.C. § A gossip blog, The Dirty, appealed the decision of U.S.

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The Nigerian Court of Appeal declines to enforce a Commonwealth of Virginia (in USA) Choice of Court Agreement

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Talking about the jurisdiction of the Courts, the Court below, by virtue of Section 272 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) has jurisdiction to entertain cases such as recovery of debts, as in the instant case on appeal. 6] First, the Court of Appeal (Hussaini JCA) in A.B.U. What is the solution?

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