Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

the percentage of in-house legal budgets spent on technology is expected to increase threefold by 2025 from 2020 levels as legal departments “increase spending on technology to reduce the dependency on outside counsel, address COVID-19, and satisfy a long-overdue need to modernize, digitize and automate legal work.”.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The revisions underscore the importance of the armed forces and prioritize “sovereignty,” key principles for the ruling junta since seizing power in 2020. Since the military coup in August 2020, Mali has been under military governance.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

EU sanctions against Belarus were initially drafted in response to elections in 2020. .” The 28 individuals, who were listed in a regulation on July 16, included Belarusian government officials, operators of correctional institutions, and members of the state-run media.

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2023

Bathily identified four main causes of concern that sparked intense debate over the flaws in the draft legislation. Additionally, even if a candidate receives more than the minimum number of votes necessary to win, the draft electoral laws contain a clause that mandates a second round of voting in presidential elections.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The changes follow a legal notice the EHRC served to the party for its “acts of harassment and discrimination” In 2020, the EHRC launched an investigation into the Labour Party over alleged instances of antisemitism and multiple instances of formal complaints made against the party.

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Mondaq

AUGUST 2, 2021

On April 29, 2021, China released the second draft of Personal Information Protection Law (hereinafter the "PIPL" or "Draft") for public comments, which replaced the first draft issued in October 2020.

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Thursday ruled that two California counties violated the Constitution’s Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms when the counties forced gun shops and firing ranges to close in 2020 to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2021

The Indian government on Wednesday has proposed a new set of amendments to Consumer Protection (E-commerce) Rules, 2020 in response to complaints of unfair trade practices in the Indian e-commerce ecosystem. The draft of new amendments is now open to public comments for 15 days.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Minister of Justice Kris Faafoi confirmed that the Ministry of Justice is drafting a new piece of legislation to effect the change by making conversion therapy practices a criminal offense, civil offense or both. The post New Zealand to outlaw conversion therapy practices appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

MARCH 9, 2024

The bill consists of nine parts, including criminalizing several national security offenses not covered in the 2020 National Security Law but listed in Article 23 of the Hong Kong Basic Law. Section 96 of the bill also stipulates that the criminal procedures in the 2020 National Security Law will apply to the new law.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2021

The Chinese National People’s Congress approved Thursday a draft decision bill to dramatically reform Hong Kong’s electoral system, strengthening Beijing’s control over Hong Kong’s elections. The draft decision includes nine articles that reshape the processes Hong Kong uses to conduct elections.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the State Duma, voted Tuesday to approve a draft appeal to ask President Vladimir Putin to recognize the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) as independent states. The DPR and LPR are both quasi-states in eastern Ukraine.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Paralegals and legal assistants held about 345,600 jobs in 2020. Federal Government 5%. Paralegal Career Choice.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 8, 2023

Javitt — FDA recently published a long-awaited draft guidance aimed at reducing the need for prior FDA authorization of modifications to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-enabled device software functions (ML-DSFs). The draft guidance follows the December 2022 enactment of the Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA).

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

The DPC’s investigation started in September 2021 and mainly examined how TikTok processed children’s data between 31 July and 31 Dec 2020. After the draft decision was issued, the Italian and Berlin data protection authorities raised reasoned objections, with additional feedback coming from other authorities.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Two litigation-focused Canadian legal technology companies, CiteRight and Jurisage , have merged, combining CiteRight’s litigation drafting program with Jurisage’s AI technology to create an integrated legal research and drafting solution. ” The companies expect to complete the merger by year end.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 13, 2020

At the University of Missouri , my patent law class is practice based – with students drafting claims, rejecting claims, responding to office actions, and participating in a patent law moot court competition. The class is pretty much fully packed.

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FDA Law Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

This Revised Draft Guidance provides considerations for manufacturers, packers or distributors (dubbed “firms”) of prescription biological reference products, biosimilar products, and interchangeable biosimilar products presenting data and information about such products in promotional materials in a truthful and non-misleading way.

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JURIST

JANUARY 24, 2021

The Australian government introduced the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code in December 2020 after more than three years of extensive public consultation in order to “address the bargaining power imbalance between news media businesses and digital platforms.”

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 22, 2021

Download SMART Goal Drafting Worksheet. For example, I want to bill more hours in 2021 than I did in 2020. Sure, you’ll know you achieved it when you compare 2021 to 2020. A SMARTER goal might look like this instead: I want to bill 250 more hours in 2021 than I did in 2020. Smarter Goals for Paralegal Career Growth.

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LawSites

JUNE 7, 2021

A first-of-its-kind tool introduced last year to automate the drafting of litigation briefs has been named new product of the year for 2021 by the American Association of Law Libraries. Casetext says it can cut brief-writing time by 76%.

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JURIST

MAY 5, 2022

” It is the European Union’s (EU) first sector-specific set of regulations pursuant to its 2020 European data strategy. The General Data Protection Regulation , proposed Data Governance Ac t , draft Data Act , and Network and Information Systems Directive are all incorporated within the EHDS.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 12, 2023

As part of the UNIDROIT Project on Digital Assets and Private Law , UNIDROIT has launched a Public Consultation to solicit comments and feedback on a set of Draft Principles and Commentary which have been prepared by its Working Group over the course of 7 sessions between 2020-2022.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 15, 2022

Likewise, in a more recent publication from the same site, that same skill was at the top of the list for people looking to succeed in 2020 (Beckford). Whether you missed a deadline or made a mistake on a draft, running into some sort of issue in a profession focused on so many technicalities can have major drawbacks. LEARN MORE.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 4, 2023

Cato — On May 2nd, FDA released a new draft guidance with recommendations for decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and devices. This draft guidance builds on recommendations that FDA initially developed early in 2020, in response to the COVID-19 challenges (see our blog post on these recommendations here ).

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 30, 2024

The future legal value of the Draft Treaty will be that of enforceable regulation, provided of course that it is adopted in its current form. The Draft Treaty is still being negotiated and amended. The Draft Treaty complements soft law in the same area, namely the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2021

Reuters reported that Nikos Dendias, the country’s minister for foreign affairs, said after the bill’s submission that “[t]his draft legislation confirms Greece’s strategy of seeking agreements with neighbouring countries, based always on international law and promoting security and prosperity in the region.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 21, 2023

Fake or unreliable news in India has seen a steep increase over the year, especially when the Coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020, which resulted in a 214% increase. Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Trade Groups Proceeding with Narrower Challenge to 2016 Refrigerant Management Rule; NRDC and States Challenge 2020 Rescission of Portion of Rule. The court also declined to vacate BLM’s leasing decisions and instead enjoined BLM from issuing drilling permits for the leases while it responds to the court’s decision. WildEarth Guardians v.

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JURIST

JUNE 28, 2022

Spain’s Cabinet Monday approved a draft bill on LGBTQ+ rights which aims to increase the rights of trans and gender noncomforming minors. Montero belongs to the left-leaning Podemos political party and gained her current ministerial role in 2020.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

A series of fatal shootings committed by the Vallejo, California police department prompted promises in 2020 to implement 45 reforms recommended by a private consulting group and overseen by the California Department of Justice, but two years later little has changed, reports Laurence Du Sault for ProPublica.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Litigation management platform Allegory Law in August 2020. AI contract drafting platform Bestpractix in June 2020. Table-of-authorities generator Best Authority in March 2020. Firm intelligence company Foundation Software in January 2021. Deal-management platform Doxly in August 2019. company Workshare in July 2019.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 27, 2022

The flagship product is an AI-enabled drafting and proofreading tool that dramatically reduces patent errors. Founded in the wake of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, TurnSignl connects drivers to real-time legal guidance from an attorney via their smartphone during traffic stops while their camera records the interaction.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Is there a better way to train lawyers to draft and negotiate contracts? This former Tesla and BigLaw commercial contracts attorney is the founder of How to Contract , a learning platform that trains lawyers and professionals how to draft and negotiate contracts in the real world. Laura Frederick thinks so.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 19, 2021

This involves client representation, offering legal advice (solicited or otherwise), and drafting legal documents. While a paralegal is allowed to draft legal documentation, they are not allowed to file it without the guidance of an attorney. Smidt (2020). All that being said, the ABA does not define “the practice of law.”

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

15, 2020 for potential early release, rendering ineligible any credits earned before the First Step Act was passed in 2018. Critics argued that the proposed rule did not accurately reflect the intent of the lawmakers who had drafted the bill, and that it kept thousands of people behind bars who should be immediately released.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 7, 2022

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS ON SOUTH AFRICAN PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW AS FROM 2020. Adams and Kruger “Private international law and choice of law clauses” in Hutchison and Myburgh (eds) International Commercial Contracts: Autonomy and Regulation in a Dynamic System of Lex Mercatoria (Edward Elgar, 2020) 110. Geburtstag (CH Beck, 2020) 199.

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