Above The Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Law360 has coverage: A former attorney for Ballard Spahr LLP filed suit against the firm and the head of its employee benefits group Tuesday in New York federal court, claiming she was fired for taking medical leave and seeking a more flexible work schedule to deal with her epilepsy and a gastrointestinal condition.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. ” The names of the officers under investigation were provided to the DA’s Office in 2021 by public defenders and advocacy groups. ” The names of the officers under investigation were provided to the DA’s Office in 2021 by public defenders and advocacy groups.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Friday upheld a decision by a lower court over attorney fees in the Flint water crisis $600 million partial settlement. The lower court previously approved the settlement and awarded attorney fees to the attorneys representing the class action participants.

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JURIST

AUGUST 26, 2022

Last Saturday it was announced that the investigation and prosecution of crimes is no longer within the purview of the Afghanistan Attorney General’s Office. The news came via a circular signed by the acting Attorney General of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mawlawi Shamsulldin Shariati.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Hot Off the Presses: Meta AI Chatbot Trained with User Posts and ChatGPT Is Not Limited to September 2021 Data. The post ChatGPT Is a Lot More Valuable to Lawyers Now appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2025

Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Departments Civil Rights Division stated : “The Justice Department is committed to working collaboratively with Oklahoma and Oklahoma City so that they implement the right services and supports their communities need and institute a lasting remedial plan. .”

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 4, 2022

What We Learned in 2021. In December 2021, Dave Ries, a frequent co-presenter with the authors, wrote an excellent summary of the cybersecurity portion of the ABA’s 2021 Legal Technology Survey Report. ABA Formal Opinion 498, “Virtual Practice” (February 2021). The number jumps to 80% at firms with 100+ attorneys.

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2022

New York Attorney General (NYAG) Letitia James brought an investigation against the NRA in 2020. In 2021, the NRA filed a motion to dismiss. .” This was also sued by the attorney general of Washington, DC. The NRA filed a bankruptcy case in Texas last year, which was dismissed for bad faith.

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CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? For reference, an earlier list was compiled by the legaltechdesign.com website in 2018 and posted at: [link] The following list was compiled December 13-15, 2021. We share what we found below.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

… “I’m unaware of anybody, frankly, whose wife has been sexually harassed and has made jokes about that type of situation,” said [Baldoni’s attorney, Brian] Freedman. The post Ryan Reynolds Quip At SNL’s 50th Anniversary Special Surprises Attorney For Some Reason appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

His conviction was eventually vacated in light of Supreme Court precedent, but in 2021, a grand jury reinstated the charges against Pham and also levied new charges, resulting in his conviction in May 2023.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The National Rifle Association (NRA) filed a countersuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James on Tuesday asserting that she lacks the authority to invoke New York state laws overseeing nonprofit organizations. — NRA (@NRA) February 24, 2021.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The US Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas announced on Tuesday that the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas sentenced former Guatemalan congressman Jose Armando Ubico Aguilar to 18 years in prison for international drug trafficking. Acting US Attorney Abe McGlothin Jr.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The court, in Attorney General v Kabaziguruka, upheld the decision , stating that the General Court Martial (GCM) lacked jurisdiction to try civilians for offenses under the penal code or other laws. This follows after the court declared trials of civilians in military courts unconstitutional.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Unlike traditional attorney trust accounts, IOLTA programs , available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, allow lawyers to hold client retainers, settlements and other money in interest-bearing accounts. © 2021 M&T Bank. Spending time on bookkeeping means less time for helping clients. All Rights Reserved.

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ABA Journal

MAY 3, 2022

Large law firms significantly increased their numbers of diverse attorneys between 2019 and 2021, according to new data from Firm Prospects, which provides analysis of…

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 11, 2023

I began my paralegal career working for one attorney, in one specific area of law. I thought I was busy then, but nothing prepared me for the circus act of juggling multiple cases for multiple attorneys in different practice areas. In this blog post, I’ll share some helpful advice for paralegals who work for multiple attorneys.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Whereas 2020 ended with a newfound sense of the possible, 2021 ends with us still not knowing what is ahead, and therefore which way to turn. Whereas 2020 ended with great promise for regulatory reform, 2021 ends with little further progress on that front – and even retreats to some extent. I should be more optimistic.

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Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Smokeball has an unusual name, to be sure; but, it actually comes from a famous legal case , which just about every substantive law-loving attorney can appreciate. (I If law firm attorneys and staff hate manual time tracking – and, honestly, how could they not? I love the smell of precedent in the morning.)

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2022

A federal grand jury in the US District Court for the District of Maryland Thursday indicted Marilyn Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore City, with separate counts of perjury and submitting false mortgage applications.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 11, 2022

For example, Attorney at Work’s Top 20 Articles of 2021 captures the zeitgeist of what’s on the minds of small law firms. Yesterday at TechnoLawyer, we published our annual awards, aptly titled TechnoLawyer Top 10 Products of 2021. I prefer looking back because recent history — actual events — can often predict what lies ahead.

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 26, 2021

Contract attorneys have made it possible for legal organizations to level up their teams’ expertise without increasing headcount. . In many cases, this meant that they, like their law firm counterparts, hired contract attorneys to fill in gaps, provide niche expertise and keep costs in check.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The Attorney General for the District of Columbia (DC) Brian Schwalb announced on Wednesday a lawsuit against 14 of the city’s largest landlords. Specifically, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) argued that the conduct violates § 28-4502 of the DC Code, which prohibits contract, combination or conspiracy to restrain trade.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Let attorneys be attorneys and leave the admin work to those who get paid to get it done. According to the “ 2021 State of U.S. In fact, I imagine they have no idea how busy attorneys are either. When you work at a law firm — especially for multiple attorneys — you have to be able to perform under tremendous pressure.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 15, 2021

This decision suggests that the Federal Circuit is acceding to the Supreme Court’s approach giving broad discretion to the district courts in attorney fees cases rather than nit-picking individual elements of the totality-of-the-circumstances test. But, we’ll see. . Energy Heating, LLC v. Heat On-the-Fly, LLC ( Fed.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

While TikTok presents a great opportunity for law firms to market their services, many attorneys are unsure of how to use the app or whether it is worth the investment. Several attorneys, however, have found success on TikTok, leveraging it to attract traffic to their website and establish a relationship with potential new clients.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 20, 2022

Related: “8 Legal Practice Areas Growing in 2021 and Beyond” Document automation levels up. Both law firms and business clients are adopting automated document generation and assembly to save time, improve compliance and reduce attorney effort in document drafting. Subscribe to Attorney at Work. Rising cyberthreats.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2025

MSN has coverage: Donna Adelsons attorneys filed another motion Wednesday arguing divorce papers between her daughter Wendi and Dan Markel should not be included as evidence in her trial. She was accused of first-degree murder along with conspiracy and solicitation in the killing of Dan Markel, her daughter’s former husband.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday unsealed charges against seven leaders of five Haiti-based gangs for alleged kidnappings of US citizens in 2021 and 2022. Renel Destina of the Gran Ravine gang allegedly participated in the kidnapping of a US citizen in February 2021 and held the victim for two weeks.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 7, 2022

In 2020 and 2021, your firm may have had to make quite a lot of changes quickly to meet the new remote normal. For 2022, attorneys and law firms should take a careful look at where they are at on their tech journey, and set a reasonable budget to get to their next level. For 2022, it is time to review: What works, and what doesn’t?

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Attorney at Work

JULY 16, 2021

In a March 2021 survey, “ Remote Proceedings in a Post-Pandemic World ,” 83% of responding attorneys said that they would continue to participate remotely in depositions either occasionally or more often even after the pandemic. The post Top 5 Tips: Taking Depositions in a Post-Pandemic World appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The first case is a dispute over the FDA’s 2021 rejection of two companies’ applications to sell fruit and candy flavored vape liquids, which the agency said are a risk to youth. Share The court will begin the December session this morning with oral arguments in FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC and U.S.

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Above The Law

MAY 13, 2025

Facing bankruptcy, the Bar broke from the NBCE to try their hand at a more cost effective way to test the minimum competency of applicants aspiring to be attorneys. The Cali Bar committed to global half-assery and aspiring attorneys are suffering the consequences. The California Bar is in a rough spot. The next exam should fare better.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 6, 2021

We generally think of attorney thought leaders as communicating to an audience of other lawyers, or possibly to a well-defined corporate niche. The difference between a thought leader and another attorney is the leader’s ability to attract notice to their ideas. The Answer May Surprise You appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

The operation occupies the same land as traditional reindeer herding grounds, despite a 2021 Norwegian Supreme Court ruling calling for an end to the turbines operation, according to a statement from the Saami activists’ attorneys.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A search for books about banking regulation referenced “Illicit Financial Flows & Worldwide Money Laundering Practices: White Collar Crimes in 2021” by K.M. The post Turn Leisure Reading into Marketing Gold appeared first on Attorney at Work. Clients look for exactly that kind of specialist to represent them.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 21, 2022

The average ransom paid at the beginning of 2021 was $118,000 – by the end of the year, it rose to $322,000. By the end of 2021, the military — as well as both Microsoft and Google — announced that they had joined the fight. Nelson is a practicing attorney and the president of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. Enough for now.

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