Day on Torts

JULY 10, 2023

Where a pro se plaintiff knew about defendants’ alleged legal malpractice more than one year before he filed suit, summary judgment based on the statute of limitations was affirmed. In Garrett v. Weiss , No. E2022-01373-COA-R3-CV (Tenn.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2023

Deputy Solicitor General Eric Feigin spoke on behalf of the US and referenced that the plain text of the relevant statutes supported his argument. In a brief to the Court, the United States’ case against Halkbank presents two separate legal arguments.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

After six months of deliberation, a panel of 12 independent legal experts from across the globe on Tuesday unveiled a working definition of “ecocide” that they hope will be adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). “Ecocide” would be the first new crime to be adopted into international criminal law since 1945.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Wednesday announced it had filed a lawsuit to block the application of a legal opinion in connection with Idaho’s abortion laws. The statute in its plain language states, criminal penalties will apply to “every person who performs or attempts to perform an abortion.”

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C|M|LAW Library

APRIL 4, 2022

You will find citation information for Ohio statutes in Table 1 of the Bluebook. jurisdictions; for more in-depth treatment of statute citations in general, have a look at Bluebook Rule 12. Here’s an example of how to cite to Ohio’s illegal bingo statute: Ohio Rev. This table covers all U.S. 2915.07 (LexisNexis 2021).

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Hendrix , a case that exemplifies the Gordian knot that is the federal habeas corpus statute. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s questioning proposed a way of reading the statute that relies on its overall structure, directing a court to go down a list of provisions like a roadmap of decision. “If

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Where a patient left the hospital with known pressure ulcers and no wound treatment plan, the statute of limitations for his HCLA (health care liability act, formerly known as medical malpractice) claim related to those skin wounds began to run on the day he was discharged from the hospital. In Jackson v. This ruling was affirmed on appeal.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 23, 2023

Share On Thursday, the Supreme Court held that a federal prisoner cannot raise a claim of legal innocence if he has already challenged his conviction – even if that claim was unavailable at the time he filed his challenge. They could also include challenges to the conditions of detention, rather than the legality of the sentence.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

There is a “very credible case” that the Chinese government has committed acts against the Uighur population in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) that constitute genocide and crimes against humanity, according to a 105-page legal opinion published Monday.

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FDA Law Blog

AUGUST 4, 2022

Kirschenbaum — In a recent decision, the Second Circuit upheld the HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG)’s position that Pfizer’s proposed copay assistance program for its high-cost heart treatment would violate the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Pfizer, Inc.

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LegalReader

JANUARY 4, 2022

If you repressed your memory of the sexual harassment, you may be able to take legal action even after the statute of limitations has expired.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2024

The issue involved Waples Mobile Home Park, which had required all adult tenants to provide proof of their legal status in the US in order to renew their leases. The post US federal appeals court rules against trailer park immigration policy in Fair Housing Act case appeared first on JURIST - News.

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A People's Choice

OCTOBER 13, 2020

To read the complete article, please click on the link Changing Property Division in a California Divorce Agreement – Requirements and Statute on Limitations This post appeared first on A People's Choice - Legal Documents - Without the Lawyers.

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Mondaq

JULY 13, 2022

A statute of limitations is the maximum amount of time between the commission of a crime and when the charge is laid.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2021

” The post Federal appeals court upholds Hawaii statute limiting open carry of firearms in public appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

By leveraging legal workflow automation to optimize operations, law offices can unlock a host of benefits that enhance efficiency, accuracy, collaboration, and overall success. The automation of legal workflows has become a game-changer for law offices.

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MyCase

APRIL 24, 2024

AI tools like ChatGPT are creating a buzz in the legal field. According to the Legal Industry Report 2024 , nearly one-quarter (24%) of law firms have adopted legal-specific generative artificial intelligence (GAI) tools. GAI can free lawyers from repetitive tasks so they can focus on higher-level legal strategy.

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JURIST

APRIL 20, 2022

The US Supreme Court Tuesday heard opening arguments for two cases concerning legal errors and whether courts can, and should, correct them. United States , the Court is considering which provision of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure applies to a prisoner’s effort to re-open a judgment based on a legal error. In George v.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Gonzalez — In a new publication in the Washington Legal Foundation’s (WLF) Legal Backgrounder , we argue that FDA’s recent proposed rule regulating Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) is vulnerable to legal challenge, once finalized. By Jeffrey N. Gibbs & Steven J.

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JURIST

JUNE 20, 2021

The US Supreme Court on Thursday reversed a ruling that allowed several individuals to sue food corporations Nestlé USA and Cargill over child slavery claims, limiting corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute. The unnamed plaintiffs brought their cases forward under the Alien Tort Statute. In Jesner v.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

“Georgia Judge Suspends State’s Abortion Ban; A county judge blocked Georgia’s ban on abortion early in pregnancy, meaning that abortions after six weeks are once again legal in the state”: Ava Sasani of The New York Times has this report.

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C|M|LAW Library

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Occasionally when reading law review articles or other legal materials, you will see the Latin abbreviation et seq. should be avoided for statutes, and replaced with two section symbols – §§ – to show multiple statute sections. used to indicate multiple consecutive sections of a source that is being cited.

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. Please give us three points to summarize you and your work in legal technology. How did you become involved in legal tech?

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The Crime Report

APRIL 18, 2022

In February, Paxton issued a non-binding legal opinion stating that transgender therapy for minor children constitutes child abuse. One such family contacted the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which took the case alongside Lambda Legal. The AG’s non-binding legal opinion was released on Feb. Omar Ochoa.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Under Article 63 of the Statute of the Court , states may intervene in the proceedings if the outcome will bind them. Human rights experts in Ukraine and across the world have accused Russia of genocide during its invasion of Ukraine.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 25, 2021

Where plaintiff filed a legal malpractice action in federal court within the one-year statute of limitations, but then waited more than one year after dismissal of that federal case to file this claim for legal malpractice, dismissal based on the statute of limitations was affirmed. In Tolson v. Herbison , No.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JULY 6, 2021

Legal consumers are not like you : They don’t know as many Latin phrases as you do. They don’t care about arcane statutes. Attorneys hate to think of themselves as ‘salespeople’ – but, if you’re a law firm owner/manager, you’re selling things the same way everyone else who owns a business is selling things.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The e-discovery company DISCO said today it has entered into a long-term license with the international legal research company vLex to obtain access to its U.S. primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. legal research materials.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2022

This statute, which was originally part of the Judiciary Act of 1789, empowers federal courts to “issue all writs” (i.e., orders) that aid the exercise of their jurisdiction even though no statute expressly authorizes the orders. As background, one of the statutes governing habeas proceedings, 28 U.S.C.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2024

In 1971, the Tucson branch of reproductive rights organization Planned Parenthood challenged the constitutionality of the statute. Wade , at which point the state statute was deemed unconstitutional and enforcement of it was enjoined. Though Planned Parenthood initially lost, the case was revived after the passage of Roe v.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 17, 2023

When the legal research companies vLex and Fastcase announced their merger in April , they promised the deal would fuel new opportunities for the development of generative AI for legal research. “The combined library is the crown jewel of LLMs and the ultimate training data set for legal AI.” Analyze Documents.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Both activists and legal community members are calling for prosecutors to mount a more substantive case against them, reports Odette Yousef for NPR.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations issue, but the trial court ruled in favor of plaintiff, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Code Ann. § Code Ann. §

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 11, 2022

I made the mistake of going into a deep dive on legal AI the other day and googling “will paralegals be replaced by robots?” In it, they announced the launch of Robo Review, a software that incorporates legal AI to help lawyers research patent applications before filing. Legal Automation. Kind of ironic, I know.

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Day on Torts

JANUARY 11, 2022

Where plaintiff had filed complaints with the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) complaining of the same allegations that allegedly supported her legal malpractice claim, and those BPR complaints were filed more than one year before the legal malpractice suit was filed, summary judgment based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2022

In light of Ukraine’s acceptance of the ICC’s jurisdiction on an open-ended basis to address alleged crimes committed in its territory since 2014, Khan said the ICC could choose to exercise jurisdiction despite Ukraine not being a State Party to the Rome Statute. Russian missiles bombarded cities and military bases.

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Law Prose

AUGUST 30, 2023

And like good journalists, law firms should follow a style manual, which provides a consistent and coherent framework for the daunting task of producing prose that is at once authoritative, accessible, and lively. A legal style manual? Legal writers have The Redbook: A Manual on Legal Style (5th ed.

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