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US judge declares California assault weapon ban unconstitutional

JURIST

The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, keep for sale or lend assault weapons. Additionally, Benitez took issue with the fact that the law penalizes law-abiding citizens and “takes away” the choice from California residents to use AR-15s for self-defense.

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SYMposium and Conflict of Laws Workshop

Conflict of Laws

Willamette University College of Law and the Conflict of Laws Section of the Association of American Law Schools are hosting a SYMposium to celebrate Professor and Dean Emeritus Symeon Symeonides on May 8-9, 2024. Professor Symeonides will retire from the Willamette University College of Law faculty in 2025.

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California Just Signed the Nation’s Strictest Recycling Labeling and Marketing Bill into Law

The Fashion Law

California is focusing its attention on the rise in sustainable marketing, including recycling-centric claims by way of a new law that mandates when recycling labels – including the “chasing arrows” motif – can be used. The new law – which amends Sections 17580 and 17580.5 California’s law is the first of its kind in the U.S.,

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Supreme Court rules No Fly List dispute can go forward

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit filed by an Oregon man who was placed on the No Fly List can go forward even after the government has removed him from the list and pledged not to return him to it “based on the currently available information.”

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How Law Firms Can Manage Changing Consumer Expectations

MyCase

With markedly increased remote interaction during the pandemic, legal services consumers will expect similar connection to and engagement with law firms in 2021 and beyond. Two methods for communicating internally with intention are: Work Chat: Internal comms shouldn’t just be about the law firm spitting information one way.

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Fashion Law in 2021: 12 of the Year’s Noteworthy Lawsuits

The Fashion Law

This year, the filing of a number of fashion and broader retail industry lawsuits and developments in previously-filed ones stood out in the crowded landscape of litigation in many cases because they indicate larger trends within the fashion space. The result, according to the Beaverton, Oregon-based behemoth?

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

Paralegal Bootcamp

She’s a litigation paralegal at Heygood, Orr & Pearson (no relation to me). She was a personal injury attorney and they were looking for a receptionist for their small law firm. So we did get kind of a field trip and we got to go to the law library and look up statutes and codes and case law. LEARN MORE Q.