JURIST

JANUARY 8, 2025

Amnesty International on Wednesday urged Ugandan authorities to overturn a military tribunal’s decision and release lawyer Eron Kiiza, who has been convicted of contempt of court without trial. Kiiza was arrested after reportedly shouting at a court martial after being denied entry to the reserved space for lawyers when attempting to represent opposition leader Kizza Basigye at a court hearing.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Most jurisdictions allow criminal defendants to raise an involuntary intoxication defense that can absolve them of criminal liability if they unknowingly ingested drugs or alcohol to the point of intoxication. Imagine, for instance, that a defendant thinks she's eating regular.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

If youve been following the news about lawyers use of artificial intelligence, youll know that hallucinations have been an issue. When a generative AI tool, like ChatGPT , hallucinates , it essentially makes things up. Now, thats a problem if, say, youre an attorney adding a court case to a legal brief, that youll submit to the court. Theres a whole line of caselaw , about how bad this can be, starting with Mata v Avianca.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 17, 2025

Share The Supreme Court will decide whether a group of Maryland parents can opt to have their children exempted from LGBTQ-themed storybooks. The justices on Friday afternoon granted Mahmoud v. Taylor , in which a coalition of parents from Montgomery County, Md., contend that requiring their children to participate in instruction that violates their religious beliefs violates their First Amendment right to freely exercise their religion.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 14, 2025

It appears YLS does not want students to access negative information about clerkships, fearing it might dissuade students from clerking for certain prestigious -- and abusive -- judges. The post Yale Law School Bars Students From Accessing Information About Abusive Judges appeared first on Above the Law.

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Sterno

JANUARY 6, 2025

Executive Summary Challenge: After decades of litigation experience, attorney Mike Marzban recognized that colleagues were often too shy to provide candid feedback on his deposition technique. He needed an objective way to evaluate his performance and identify potential blind spots in his questioning strategies. Solution: Marzban began using Transcript Genius for what he describes as "a blunt dialog about what I didn't get right.

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Intelligize Blog

JANUARY 14, 2025

Ending one skirmish amid the legal battles at Tesla over excessive compensation, a Delaware Chancery Court on January 8 approved a deal that Teslas board of directors struck 18 months ago to return roughly $919 million to the company. The agreement was in response to a complaint filed by shareholders accusing board members of awarding themselves millions in excess pay from 2017 to 2020.

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LawSites

JANUARY 7, 2025

Spellbook, the company that introduced the first generative AI copilot for contract drafting and review in 2022, and that last August launched a sophisticated AI agent for law capable of planning and executing complex, multi-step workflows, today rolled out Playbooks, a contract-review feature designed for in-house teams working in corporate legal departments.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 2, 2025

Law firms face increasing pressure to justify their fees as more price-sensitive clients turn to ALSPs or expand their in-house legal teams. Instead of engaging in a price war, the author of LinkedIn for the Savvy Executive: Promote Your Brand with Authenticity, Tact, and Power, says investing in law firm branding is a wiser strategy. Why […] The post Branding to Combat Pricing Pressure: Why Lowering Fees Isnt the Answer for Law Firms appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JANUARY 15, 2025

Even though this was an AI experiment I was doing in my business with a podcast episode, I wanted to show it to paralegals because Google’s NotebookLM has a variety of uses that could benefit paralegals in their work. In this example, I’m showing you a clip from a recent podcast episode that I produced entirely inside NotebookLM. If you’d like to listen to the entire podcast (audio only) episode, you can listen here.

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JURIST

JANUARY 2, 2025

Ukraine became the 125th state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday. With the ratification of the Rome Statute , Ukraine gains full participation rights within the ICC framework , which includes voting on budgetary matters and influencing decisions regarding amendments to the statute. Moreover, the ratification strengthens Ukraine’s ability to prosecute international crimes domestically, aligning its legal framework with international standards.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 2, 2025

Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) provides an exclusion to the rule against hearsay for: A statement that meets the following conditions is not hearsay: (1) A Declarant-Witnesss Prior Statement. The declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination about a prior.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JANUARY 18, 2025

It happens from time to time, when a third party pays for the legal services of another. Though, its still a fairly unusual situation. So, the question is: What do you do when it happens? Ideally, two things: First, you want to clearly explain to both the payor and the client that the payor is not the client, the client is which sounds like an obvious thing for lawyers, but wont be for your clients and the person paying the legal fees.

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JayS.Rothman&Associates

JANUARY 9, 2025

Workplace retaliation occurs when an employer punishes an employee for engaging in a protected activity, such as reporting discrimination or unsafe working conditions. In California, employees are protected from retaliation under state and federal laws. Taking the proper steps can help safeguard your rights. Document the retaliation Start by keeping detailed records of the incidents.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 15, 2025

Mark Lemley announced decision on Facebook for maximum effect. The post Facebook Lawyer Ditches Client As Company Embraces Bigotry For Fun & Profit appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 16, 2025

A new study has found that most legal professionals are not yet using artificial intelligence to address increasing workload challenges. On Tuesday, Washington, D.C.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 11, 2025

“Supreme Court Seems Poised to Uphold Law That Could Ban TikTok; The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendments protection of free speech”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ Supreme Court seems likely to uphold law to ban or sell TikTok; A majority of the justices appeared more concerned about the national security implicat

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Law 360

JANUARY 17, 2025

Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced Friday that his office has dismissed its lawsuit accusing BlackRock of misleading customers about its environmental, social and corporate governance investment strategies, with the asset manager committing to certain transparency and compliance measures.

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LawSites

JANUARY 3, 2025

What were the most important stories of 2024 for legal technology and innovation? In a special edition of Legaltech Week today, our panel of journalists and bloggers will share their picks of the trends and developments that mattered most. The show is live today at 3 p.m. ET.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 12, 2025

Michael McCready | Personal injury lawyers have eagerly embraced generative AI to improve client outcomes. The post Ethics Considerations of Using AI In Personal Injury Law appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Centre for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) released a press release on Monday claiming Iran has escalated its crackdown on human rights lawyers and other dissenters as part of its expanding suppression of dissent. The authorities are using intimidation and prosecution, with five prominent lawyers being arrested and sentenced in the last month. CHRI, in its press release , states the Iranian government has intensified its persecution of human rights lawyers, particularly since the 2022 Woman, Lif

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JURIST

JANUARY 6, 2025

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO) reported Monday that at least 31 women were executed under Islamic law in 2024, which marks the highest annual toll in 17 years. The report also highlighted a troubling surge in executions disproportionately affecting female prisoners. The report stated that approximately 70 percent of them were accused of killing their male partners, often in the context of an abusive marriage, including child brides.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Friday an agreement to repatriate approximately $52.88 million in forfeited assets to Nigeria. The assets are linked to a corruption case involving former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke and her associates. Under the agreement, $50 million of the repatriated funds will be dedicated to the Distributed Access Through Renewable Energy Scale-Up (DARES) project.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2025

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a statement on Wednesday announcing that Takeshi Ebisawa, allegedly a prominent figure in Japan’s Yakuza crime syndicate , has pleaded guilty to conspiring to traffic nuclear materials from Myanmar. This admission comes amid a broader investigation into a complex international network involved in the trafficking of drugs, weapons, and laundered funds.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2025

The High Court of Kenya on Thursday delivered a landmark judgment declaring the criminalization of suicide unconstitutional. In its decision, the court agreed with the petitioners that the criminalization of attempted suicide is unacceptable from a constitutional view and that such individuals need care and assistance rather than punishment. Justice LN Mugambi, delivering the judgment of the court, stated: [Certain interested parties] justified the existence and retention of Section 226 of the P

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