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Armenia NGOs call for international monitoring of trials of detainees in Azerbaijan

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The letter also highlights severe procedural violations in these trials, including a presumption of guilt without evidence, denial of access to case files in a language understandable to the defendants, inadequate legal representation, and the absence of the right to an independent and impartial tribunal.

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2023 Communication Essentials 

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But what does this combination of five syllables, four vowels, and four consonants mean in 2023? More so as legal professionals, we understand that communication is vital towards a successful outcome whether personally or professionally. In 2023, let’s strive to clearly define what is hoped to be gained by you and the listener.

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As Thomson Reuters Expands Casetext CoCounsel, the AI Legal Assistant, to Canada and Australia, It Provides Details on U.S. Growth

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Still less than a year since it launched, CoCounsel, the generative AI legal assistant originally developed by Casetext, has had quite a year. It was March 1, 2023, that Casetext launched CoCounsel , a product developed in partnership with OpenAI that uses the GPT-4 large language model to assist lawyers with a variety of tasks.

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UN adopts landmark cybercrime treaty to tackle digital threats

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Technical assistance and capacity-building, particularly for developing countries, are key components of the treaty’s implementation strategy. Furthermore, the convention introduces mechanisms to improve international collaboration, including sharing electronic evidence and mutual legal assistance.

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Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center

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Diane is honored by Legal Services Corp – Pro Bono Service Award for establishing the Self Help Center at the Arizona Bankruptcy Court. The LSC is an independent nonprofit established by Congress in 1974 to provide financial support for civil legal aid to low-income Americans. Drain, who founded the Law Office of D.L. Drain, P.A.

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Russian dissident Alexei Navalny’s lawyers arrested on extremism charges

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Vadim Kobzev, Igor Segunin and Alexei Lipster have represented Navalny in his many legal struggles, with Kobzev acting for him since 2010. Following his initial detention, Navalny has been convicted of many crimes, most recently receiving a nineteen-year sentence on extremism charges in August 2023. All three later appeared in court.

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Serbia court decides to extradite Belarusian filmmaker to Belarus

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Serbia’s Higher Court in Belgrade decided on Thursday to extradite Belarusian filmmaker Andrei Gnet to Belarus pursuant to the Law on International Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters and the interstate agreement Serbia and Belarus made on January 3, 2019.

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