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Elite Biglaw Firm Swoops In To The Rescue, Offering Pro Bono Legal Work For LA FireAid Benefit Concert

Above The Law

Armed with a team of six associates, Stephen Fackler , a Gibson Dunn partner based in Palo Alto and New York, volunteered to take the lead, advising on media distribution contracts, tax strategy, and charity solicitation regulations. “I was reviewing contracts as late as hours before the concert started.

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California Bar Reveals It Used AI For Exam Questions, Because Of Course It Did

Above The Law

Unaware that you’re supposed to rip the band-aid off all at once, the embattled officials behind the California Bar Exam decided they hadn’t had enough of the non-stop cavalcade of disastrous headlines about February’s exam, so they just casually threw out there that they used AI to come up with some of the questions.

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LDA Pro’s Sacramento Eviction Service: Enjoy A Smooth Eviction Of Your Tenant

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Specifically when navigating the legal complexities involved. Continue reading this blog until the last line to explore more about the eviction service offered by LDA Pro Legal. Their team of professional paralegals is well-versed in California eviction laws, assuring that your privileges are protected.

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Linklaters Put AI Through Law Exams

Above The Law

Whatever it is, its working better than the California Bar. The report doesn’t provide Grok’s score, but based on its stated approach to legal reasoning , we’re guessing it made OpenAI look like William Blackstone crawled out of the grave for a spot of tea and a run at some contracts. So, like, a Nano Bar?

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Silence Is Not Submission: Chinese Court Refuses to Enforce U.S. Default Judgment Rendered in Breach of Arbitration Agreement

Conflict of Laws

ABSTRACT In around 2019, a Chinese court in Hebei Province refused to enforce a US default monetary judgment from a California court on the grounds that a valid arbitration agreement was in place ( Sunvalley Solar Inc. 2017, the California court rendered a default judgment (no. v Baoding Tianwei Solarfilms Co. against BTS.

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Top 8 Woodpecker Alternatives for Legal Document Automation

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Woodpecker (now integrated into MyCase as Advanced Document Automation) was a go-to for simple legal document automation, especially if you worked out of Microsoft Word. Woodpecker is a legal document automation tool built to make drafting easier for legal professionals, especially solo practitioners and small to mid-sized practices.

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New York City’s Building Electrification Law Wins in District Court

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In Association of Contracting Plumbers of The City of New York, Inc. This blog post discusses Local Law 154, unpacks Judge Abrams decision, and ends with a refresher on California Restaurant Association v. Judge Abrams Decision in Association of Contracting Plumbers of The City of New York, Inc. City of Berkeley ( Berkeley ).

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