NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

If you’ve been following the legaltech news, even tangentially, you’ll likely have heard of the term ‘law practice management software’ – which is effectively a relational database for case management -- that can also include almost of the related data for your cases, in its cloud iteration, via integrations. And, if you’ve heard of case management software, you’ve probably also heard of ‘client portals ’, which is a way for law firms to share information hosted or available through the case man

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JURIST

JUNE 2, 2023

Australia’s most decorated living war veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith resigned Friday from his position with Seven West Media following a guilty verdict in a historic defamation case against multiple news companies, who accused Roberts-Smith of committing war crimes during his enlistment in Afghanistan. The Sydney Morning Herald published the first group of articles about Roberts-Smith on June 8 and 9, 2018.

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NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Even at this late stage, with all of the technology available to lawyers and law firms, one of the major complaints of clients is that law firms don’t communicate with them, or keep them abreast of what’s happening with their cases. So, if you’re hearing that your clients aren’t hearing from you, here are some strategies to employ, to better develop those relationships , and to keep your clients happy: Communication Tasks Related to Workflows.

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JURIST

JUNE 2, 2023

Iran Human Rights released data on Thursday which shows Iran executed 142 people in May, making it the highest number of Iranian executions in one month since 2015. Some of the charges used to justify executions this year include blasphemy and adultery. Iran executed Yousef Mehrad and Sadrollah Fazeli Zare after finding them guilty of blasphemy and “insulting the prophet,” along with other actions including burning the Quran and insulting Islamic sanctities.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2023

“The Supreme Court Has Earned a Little Contempt”: Law professor Josh Chafetz has this guest essay online at The New York Times. The post “The Supreme Court Has Earned a Little Contempt” appeared first on How Appealing.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2023

“Jackson defends ‘the right to strike’ in her first big dissent; For those wanting to understand Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson better in her role on the Supreme Court, her solo dissent in Thursday’s labor law decision is ‘a feature, not a bug'”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site. The post “Jackson defends ‘the right to strike’ in her first big dissent; For those wanting to understand Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson better in her

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

* Science confirms that legal writing is terrible. [ AAAS ] * Maryland judge benchslapped for using Beowulf and Whistler's Mother to import racist stereotypes into an opinion. As racism goes, it's a very erudite version. Much more National Review than Daily Caller. [ ABA Journal ] * House Oversight Committee is probing FTC Chair for pursuing the policies she said she would pursue before getting the job.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2023

“The least significant cases of the decade: A scientific analysis.” Adam Unikowsky recently had this post at his “Adam’s Legal Newsletter” Substack site. The post “The least significant cases of the decade: A scientific analysis.” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

Duh, you smelled something legal. The post Maryland Cops Can’t Seem To Understand Why Marijuana Legalization Means They Can’t Search Cars Just Because They Smell Marijuana appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 2, 2023

“The Intrigue Behind How Stephen Breyer Became A Federal Judge; Ted Kennedy blocks Jimmy Carter from nominating a Puerto Rican woman to First Circuit”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site. The post “The Intrigue Behind How Stephen Breyer Became A Federal Judge; Ted Kennedy blocks Jimmy Carter from nominating a Puerto Rican woman to First Circuit” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

Judge in Disney-DeSantis throwdown demonstrates commitment to ethics that the Supreme Court couldn't find on a map. The post Judge In Disney’s Case Against Ron DeSantis Recuses Himself Because Father’s Brother’s Nephew’s Cousin’s Former Roommate Owns 30 Shares Of Disney appeared first on Above the Law.

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NewmanFerraraLLP

JUNE 2, 2023

AFRICAN-AMERICANS WERE CALLED “BOY,” “M F -,” AND “YOU” On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that a $1.2 million settlement had been reached with a Baltimore-based construction management and general contracting company known as the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company. Apparently from May 2018 through the fall of 2019, Black employees were subjected to a racially charged (hostile work) environment by fellow co-worker

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

She’s got some money-losing AI bets to put the money she could have doubled on the chipmaker in. After all, losing money is what she does best. The post Cathie Wood Believes In Nvidia’s Future. Just, Not, Like, Right Now. appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 2, 2023

Share Each weekday, we select a short list of news articles, commentary, and other noteworthy links related to the Supreme Court. Here’s the Friday morning read: Supreme Court Backs Employer in Suit Over Strike Losses (Noam Scheiber, The New York Times) U.S. Supreme Court gives boost to whistleblowers in drug pricing case (John Kruzel, Reuters) Jackson defends “the right to strike” in her first big dissent (Chris Geidner, Law Dork) There’s Unsettling New Evidence About William Rehnqu

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LawSites

JUNE 2, 2023

Thanks to his reliance on ChatGPT for legal research and his filing “bogus judicial decisions” in federal court, lawyer Steven A. Schwartz has become the “I am not a cat” of the generative AI era. And as we convene today at 3 p.m. ET for our weekly Legaltech Week roundtable on the week’s legal tech news, you can be sure poor Schwartz will be on the agenda.

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FDA Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

By Alan M. Kirschenbaum — Last Friday, May 26, CMS published in the Federal Register an assortment of proposals to change the regulations governing the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program. Most are new or revised definitions and administrative changes, but several proposals represent new policies that should be of concern to drug manufacturers. It is not our purpose to describe all of the nearly 20 changes proposed in this regulation, but the most noteworthy are described below, roughly in order of i

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Above The Law

JUNE 2, 2023

Rightsizing strikes yet again. The post Am Law 200 Firm Announces Employee Cuts, Citing ‘Challenging Economic Environment’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 2, 2023

“This. should deeply trouble us all.” Those words from President Joe Biden were his response to the Supreme Court reaffirming the individual rights under the Second Amendment in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen in 2022. Now, according to the New York Times, Hunter Biden is preparing a possible Second Amendment defense to gun charges under that very case.

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JURIST

JUNE 2, 2023

Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo vetoed a bill Thursday that would have criminalized fake elector schemes in the state. Fake elector schemes came to national attention during the 2020 presidential election, during which several swing states saw the creation of fake electoral college slates in favor of former President Donald Trump even though he lost the states’ popular votes to current President Joe Biden.

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