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Puerto Rico Police Officer Convicted For Assaulting Child, Attempted Cover Up

The Crime Report

A former Police of Puerto Rico was convicted last week for assaulting a juvenile, falsifying police records and lying to officials. The incident took place in 2014, when Officer Jose Cartagena and other POPR officers pursued, shot at and beat a child victim.

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IOLTA 101: Tips for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers

Attorney at Work

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. The post IOLTA 101: Tips for Solo and Small Firm Lawyers appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Non-unanimous acquittals and attorney-client privilege

SCOTUSBlog

After Ramos , criminal defendant asks justices to preserve non-unanimous acquittals in Puerto Rico. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , Nelson Daniel Centeno asks the justices now to decide whether Ramos prevents Puerto Rico from allowing non-unanimous acquittals. In Ramos v. In Centeno v.

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US Supreme Court announces January oral argument schedule, will hear issues of privilege, preemption and administrative procedure

JURIST

In re Grand Jury asks the court to consider whether attorney-client privilege shields communications from grand jury subpoenas. Specifically, the court will determine whether attorney-client privilege covers communications involving both legal and non-legal advice when the communication was created for the purpose of obtaining legal advice.

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US law schools help communities during eviction crisis

JURIST

The White House and the Justice Department announced Friday that 99 law schools across 35 states and Puerto Rico answered the attorney general’s call for action to help communities during the housing and eviction crisis.

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Attys Suing FIFA Appear To Have Used AI In Fighting DQ Bid

Law 360

A Puerto Rico federal judge is threatening sanctions for attorneys accusing soccer's international governing body, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association of trying to block local rivals, after the attorneys appeared to use artificial intelligence to help write briefs containing citations to nonexistent cases.

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Attys Suing FIFA Say Humans, Not AI, Made Citation Errors

Law 360

Attorneys accusing soccer's international governing body, its Puerto Rican affiliate and a regional soccer association of trying to block local rivals told a Puerto Rico federal judge Friday that it was simply human oversight not the use of artificial intelligence that led to citation inaccuracies in recent filings.