Above The Law

APRIL 1, 2025

You interrogate discovery material differently when making rapid assessments for a scheduling hearing than when you’re drafting a summary judgment motion. Last week, the second installment of The General Counsel Report 2025 dropped. ” And clients might be noticing this.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 1, 2025

HCCH Monthly Update: April 2025 Membership On 10 April 2025, Qatar applied to become a Member of the HCCH. Meetings & Events From 2 to 4 April 2025, the conference 15 Years of the HCCH Washington Declaration: Progress and Perspectives on International Family Relocation was held at the Embassy of Canada in Washington, D.C.,

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2025

The law, the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Act 2025 , was originally proposed in 2021 but failed to obtain presidential assent in 2023. In 2021, when the amendment bill was drafted, UN experts concluded that the bill was incompatible with international human rights obligations, especially the right to freedom of association.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 2, 2024

This island state in the South Pacific, in collaboration with nations such as Costa Rica, Sierra Leone, Angola, Germany, the Federated States of Micronesia, Bangladesh, and others, played a key role in drafting the resolution.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 20, 2024

by 10 January, 2025 with the email subject clearly marked Submission Proposal Special Issue JSDP PIL and Sustainable Development in Africa. Proposals will be reviewed by the editors and selected participants will be informed by the end of January 2025.

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FDA Law Blog

JANUARY 20, 2025

Nearly two years after FDA issued draft guidance on Labeling of Plant-Based Milk Alternatives and Voluntary Nutrient Statements , on January 6, 2025, FDA released draft guidance document on plant-based labeling, Labeling Plant-Based Alternatives to Animal-Derived Foods. The description or name of the food (i.e.,

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Above The Law

MAY 2, 2025

As AI becomes more capable of drafting, reviewing, and managing contracts autonomously, some argue that standalone CLM tools may need to evolve or risk being supplanted by more flexible, AI-driven solutions. The post Opening The Doors To Change: What To Expect At CLOC Global Institute 2025 appeared first on Above the Law.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 31, 2025

HCCH Monthly Update: March 2025 Membership On 5 March 2025, Rwanda deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 92 nd Member of the HCCH. Conventions & Instruments On 1 March 2025, the 2005 Choice of Court Convention entered into force for North Macedonia. More information is available here.

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FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Livornese As anticipated, the International Council for Harmonization (ICH) published the Good Clinical Practice (GCP) guideline E6(R3) Principles and Annex 1 on January 6, 2025. While ICH E6(R3) was still in the development phase, the FDA released a draft guidance in May 2023 in the form of the draft ICH E6(R3).

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Above The Law

APRIL 2, 2025

Well also share key insights from the 2025 MyCase Legal Industry Report to show how firms are benefiting from this technology. According to the 2025 Legal Industry Report, 55% of law firms cited time tracking as a significant or moderate challenge , highlighting the widespread difficulty firms face in accurately capturing billable hours.

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At the Lectern

MAY 2, 2025

Also, the California experiment in designing its own multiple choice questions instead of using the multistate bar examination questions wasn’t well received, especially after it was belatedly disclosed that some the California questions were drafted with the help of artificial intelligence.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The draft broadens the restrictions on freedom of expression. On Friday, The Lahore High Court issued notices regarding a petition challenging the PECA (Amendment) 2025. The amended provisions were tabled in the National Assembly on 23 January this year and passed within 15 minutes.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The resolution, issued as document S/RES/2750(2024), stipulates that the sanctions including asset freezes, travel bans, and an arms embargo will remain in effect until September 12, 2025, with a further review to be conducted no later than that date.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In the tradition of the JPILs colloquia, each participant provided a draft paper which was circulated before the event. It got me excited for the 2025 JPIL conference in London. Is internationalisation of private international law always achievable or desirable? I hope my fellow southerners join us in the UK at UCL.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 16, 2025

I’m holding a FREE 5-Day Paralegal Challenge that kicks off on March 24, 2025. I’ll never forget walking into his office with a draft motion and asking him a question about it. Or you can listen to the audio version in the player right here. Also, I’ve got an invitation for you!

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2025

During the LexisNexis briefing, I learned about Protg, their new generative AI assistant, which is designed to automate up to 20% of legal work — everything from drafting to clause analysis — by pulling directly from embedded DMS and contract data.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Were using AI-enabled tools that are integrated directly into the research and drafting tools we were using already, and, as a result, were getting deeper, more nuanced, and more comprehensive insights faster. We have highly trained professionals doing sophisticated information analysis and reporting, augmented by technology.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

In our forthcoming Spring 2025 publication, Fighting the Hypothetical: Why Law Firms Should Rethink the Billable Hour in the Generative AI Era, [1] we hypothesize that Generative AI (GenAI) technology will change forever how legal services are delivered and will force law firms to re-engineer their legacy economic model.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 11, 2025

Deadline to express your EOI is Friday 17 January 2025. Please contact the project lead Dr.

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Above The Law

APRIL 29, 2025

Artificial intelligence continues to elicit all the hype in legal tech, but cybersecurity should be the story of 2025. And consider working backward and drafting the “we’ve been hacked” press release now as an exercise. Passwords like “password123” aren’t cutting it. Its a cybercriminal buffet.

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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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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Then everyone ends up drafting venue clauses for regional office supply distributors. Originally slated for January, the ceremony was postponed due to unforeseen circumstances and is now set to dazzle attendees on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at the Westdrift Manhattan Beach at 7. Famous clients! Exciting legal problems! Hollywood living!

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In the wake of the May 2022 leak of the draft opinion in Dobbs v. A trial in that case is scheduled to begin in June 2025. Our democracy depends on the ability of public officials to do their jobs without fearing for their lives or the safety of their families.” This article was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 20, 2024

So youre really good at drafting discovery, doing legal research, managing document productions, etc. Maybe not right away in 2025, but I think well definitely start seeing that competitive disadvantage by 2026 and beyond. You jump in there and tell ChatGPT that you need help drafting a motion to dismiss on X issue.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Columbia Law School June 12-13, 2025(via Zoom) This13thAnnual Sabin Colloquium will allow junior environmental law scholars to present early-stage work and receive constructive feedback from a panel of senior scholars and from each other. If an article has already been drafted, please just submit a summary of no more than 15 pages.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Committee plans to exercise its mandate in three phases from 2025 to 2030. In the second phase, the Committee will transform this methodology into draft principles, which shall provide a harmonious approach to all or most conflict-of-laws issues which may arise in the context of international arbitration.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 28, 2025

The 3rd Working Group Meeting on Addressing Conflict of Laws and Facilitating Digital Product Passports in Cross-Border Value Chain, 12-1:00 pm Wednesday, 19 Feb 2025 (Sydney Time) Prof. Deadline to express your EOI is Friday 17 January 2025. Please contact jeanne.huang@sydney.edu.au. Please contact the project lead Dr.

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MyCase

OCTOBER 4, 2024

That’s why many firms have adopted legal document automation software to streamline file drafting and management. Law firms can use automation to draft contracts, invoices, purchase agreements, leases, licenses, and more. The post Guide to Finding the Best Legal Document Automation Software in 2025 appeared first on MyCase.

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Customs & International Trade Law

APRIL 17, 2025

Comments are due May 7, 2025. Diaz Trade Law can help you draft and file a comment and/or help you understand how this rule may impact your business. Under Section 232, the president can restrict imports of products that are found to threaten to impair national security.

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CosmoLex

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Examples include scheduling and attending appointments and meetings, maintaining client relationships, and completing your day-to-day legal tasks, such as performing due diligence, drafting contracts, preparing for trial, and other billable hour tasks. As a result, its critical to keep your documents organized and secure.

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MyCase

OCTOBER 4, 2024

The top three uses for generative AI in 2023 were brainstorming (58%), drafting correspondence (55%), and general research (46%). The post 64 Key Lawyer Statistics to Guide Your Firm in 2025 appeared first on MyCase. Choosing the right legal technology providers is especially crucial to ensure easy adoption and compliance.

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Connor Reporting

MARCH 18, 2025

Veritext Legal Solutions Introduces AI-Generated Smart Summaries for Arbitrations, Hearings and Court Trials Livingston, New Jersey March 17, 2025 Veritext Legal Solutions , the leader in technology-enabled court reporting services and litigation support solutions, announces a new development for its suite of Smart Summary offerings.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

2 Issue 2, to be published in 2025, engaging critically with the functions, methodologies and techniques of private international law in relation to sustainability from an Asian perspective, as well as in relation to the actual and potential contributions of private international law to the SDGs in Asia. In this occasion the focus is on Asia.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Proposals will be reviewed by the editors and selected participants will be informed by the end of January 2025.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

2 Issue 2, to be published in 2025, engaging critically with the functions, methodologies and techniques of private international law in relation to sustainability from an Asian perspective, as well as in relation to the actual and potential contributions of private international law to the SDGs in Asia. In this occasion the focus is on Asia.

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Conflict of Laws

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

We are pleased to announce an online symposium on Unveiling Arbitration’s (New) Identity in a Changing World , scheduled for May 9, 2025. Full draft papers will be due by May 14, 2025, and will be made available to all participants. Notifications of acceptance will be sent in December 2024. Organizers: Prof.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 16, 2023

In 2025, that reduction in base credit will increase to 15 percent and in 2026, the base credit amount for direct pay claimants that cannot achieve the domestic content requirements will be reduced by 100 percent. In short, that the IRA could have been better drafted does not mean that nontaxpayers shouldn’t take full advantage.

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