JURIST

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Local media reports that Julius Grey, the attorney representing the municipalities, requested the suspension of four provisions within the act while a decision awaits for the remainder of the municipality’s constitutional challenges: A rule requiring all municipal contracts to be drafted in French, even where all parties are Anglophone.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Well, they already had it drafted. The post OAN Loses Breach Of Contract Case Against AT&T In CA, Refiles It In DC As Tort Suit appeared first on Above the Law. Don't want to waste a pleading.

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LawSites

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by the legal technology company Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. In a ruling issued Feb.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

The world seemed to change overnight forcing legal teams to interpret emergency regulations on remote work, draft workplace safety policies, and revise existing contracts to deal with supply chain disruptions. Embrace Uncertainty In-house lawyers learned to embrace uncertainty the hard way during the pandemic. Now, we must do it again.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

DECEMBER 9, 2022

They are responsible for: Drafting documents/agreements Corresponding with clients Meeting with clients for the signing of documents Legal Research Using eDiscovery software Representing individuals in small matters Administrative duties. Duties/Responsibilities/Title. One website in France calls a Law Clerk a, “Second-in-Command Lawyer.”

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The traditional path involves calling a law firm partner, who assigns an associate to do the first draft, resulting in a $2,000 bill for approximately four hours of workmainly research, drafting, and revisionat a weighted rate of $500 per hour.

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Above The Law

MARCH 17, 2025

” The numbers back this up: over 75% of civil cases involve at least one self-represented litigant, often opposing corporate or government attorneys. Draft documents in a judge-friendly format and prepare for in-court arguments. These power imbalances highlight a harsh truth — justice is not truly accessible for all.

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Patently O

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The court took a step toward granting certiorari with its request for the Government to file an amicus brief (CVSG). The appellate court sided with Google, holding that the Copyright Act preempts a breach-of-contract claim because it is “equivalent to … exclusive rights within the general scope of copyright,” 17 U.S.C. §

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Keywords: private international law, international judicial cooperation, new technologies, videoconferencing, direct judicial communications, Smart contracts, and Blockchain. This paper explores how this intersection reshapes the global legal landscape, analyzing its advantages, challenges, and prospects.

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Conflict of Laws

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

The recently published study titled ‘European Commercial Contract Law’, authored by Andrea Bertolini, addresses the theme of regulatory competition. It offers new policy recommendations to improve EU legal systems’ chances of being chosen as the law governing commercial contracts.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A recent study by the Law Commission of England and Wales has resulted in proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act 1996 that include a default rule that an arbitration agreement will be governed by the law of England and Wales if the arbitration is seated in that territory.

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JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2021

As the results of these achievements, I started working in the government of Afghanistan in 2018, handling legal issues. Our team was also responsible for coordination between the government, international donors and embassies in Kabul. I never thought about how dangerous a government’s end could be.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Independence in no shape or form means that the lawyers or the lawyers’ association will not be responsive toward the government; rather it means that lawyers will kept away from political pressure and thus work in the best possible manner toward ensuring justice to the public.

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Therefore, our paper provides the first comparative global perspective of the enforcement of implied jurisdiction in international contracts. However, by their very nature, implied terms offer less clarity concerning the governing law and jurisdiction agreements. Articles 3(c) and 5(1) address formal and substantive validity.

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The FCC this week released its draft order proposing to eliminate the requirement that broadcasters file certain contracts relating to ownership and control with the Commission. Among the documents that are required to be in the public file are those showing the governance of the license entity (e.g.,

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Broadcast Law Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The FCC this week released its draft order proposing to eliminate the requirement that broadcasters file certain contracts relating to ownership and control with the Commission. Among the documents that are required to be in the public file are those showing the governance of the license entity (e.g.,

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Businesses spend significant time, money and effort negotiating that most-common of contracts – the non-disclosure agreement. The governing law should a dispute arise. SimpleDocs offers a paid Word add on for standard contract redlining.) Available starting Sept. The purpose of the NDA.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 7, 2021

Legislative Affairs Director for a county government agency. Contracts Administrator. When are thinking it might be time to start Act II of your career, consider drafting up a plan to help you evaluate your options and decide which career path you might want to take. Get some of our paralegal resume drafting tips here.

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Chugh LLP

DECEMBER 30, 2021

The United States does not have a broad data privacy law governing all organizations. Companies should therefore treat their privacy notices as a binding agreement like they would any other contract. A privacy notice should be drafted with a forward-thinking view to limit the need for frequent revisions.

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2022

The law provides the main principles that will be governing consumer protection, the extent of regulation, and applicable terms. The law will also govern the warranties that come with consumer contracts. Accordingly, the draft law combines 6 EU directives and 1 regulation.

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Conflict of Laws

APRIL 8, 2025

The transaction involved two agreements; a Market Reforms Contract ( MRC ) and second Facultative Certificates ( Certificates ). The MRC contained an explicit choice of law and an exclusive jurisdiction clause, submitting disputes to English courts to be governed by the laws of England and Wales ( English DRC ).

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LawSites

MARCH 23, 2023

Evisort says that key highlights of this next-generation AI contract processing include: Overcoming common OCR challenges, such as deciphering handwriting, blurry text, tables, headers, footers and watermarks. Learn more about Evisort on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory. Learn more about MyCase on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.

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LawSites

AUGUST 16, 2023

One of the challenges of using artificial intelligence software for contract review is training the AI to conform to a company’s unique preferences regarding clauses and key terms. No two contracts are quite alike, nor are any two organizations,” said Andy Wishart , Agiloft’s chief product officer.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

When entering into contracts, parties commonly include forum selection clauses to govern future litigation between the parties. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has generally recognized that parties can bargain away these rights, including through forum selection clauses in contracts. Patent and Trademark Office ….

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

Writing for a six-justice majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained that state and local governments already regulate gifts to officials, and so the federal law “does not supplement those state and local rules by subjecting 19 million state and local officials to up to 10 years in federal prison for accepting even commonplace gratuities.”

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LawSites

JANUARY 4, 2023

As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. House, the Oregon Legislature and other governments around the world. Among the most complicated styles of bill drafting is the U.S.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 13, 2023

While doing research on a choice of law article, I found it necessary to consult a book generally co-edited by Professors Daniel Girsberger, Thomas Graziano, Jan Neels on Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts (‘Girsberger et al’). The book was officially published on 22 March 2021. It is 1376 pages long! More please. [1]

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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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Conflict of Laws

MAY 22, 2022

As it specifies in its whitepaper [2] “ contracts will specify the options available for jurors to vote ”, meaning the contract itself is the first factor that restrain party autonomy. 3] See “Juror staking” and “ Juror drafting” [link]. [4] In Kleros anyone can be an adjudicator. 5] See Darcy W.E. Allen, Aaron M.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Over the last two decades the US, as well as other countries, assisted the government of Afghanistan in developing a better judicial and prosecution system. During this time, we received contract suspension notices from our clients, both local and international companies and organizations. The Judicial System .

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The Estrin Report

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

I oversee legal disputes, large claims, corporate governance, contract review, and special investigations. My initial business partner, Clint, and I took well over a year to create the draft of our business plan, which we showed to a couple of very successful entrepreneurs. The government will change the rules on you midstream.

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LexForti

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

FRANCHISE AGREEMENT SAMPLE DRAFT. All payments shall be made by the Franchisee by way of a bankers cheque/demand draft made payable at ……………… (place) in favour of the Franchisor. The post A Sample draft of Franchise Agreement appeared first on LexForti Legal News & Journal. JURISDICTION.

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Chugh LLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Corporations have a few distinct features that distinguish them from other types of business entities, including: Separate legal personality: Corporations have some of the same rights as people, such as owning property, suing, and being sued, and entering contracts. Drafting and Filing Articles of Incorporation. Corporate Governance.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2023

1] Dr Penasthika’s monograph (‘the monograph’) [2] is one such work that deserves attention for its compelling and comprehensive account of choice of law in international commercial contracts in Indonesia. Chapter Two of this work proceeds to discuss choice of law in international commercial contracts in a global context.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 4, 2023

We are the first AI-driven platform to focus specifically on drafting litigation documents. The substantial amount of time lawyers spend drafting documents during litigation. It also improves access to justice for society as lawyers can handle more cases, as well as remove some bias from the legal system through fact-first drafting.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 8, 2024

by Patrick Ostendorf (HTW Berlin) The principle of party autonomy gives the parties to a contract the opportunity to determine the applicable substantive (contract) law themselves by means of a choice-of-law clause – and thus to avoid (simple) mandatory rules that would otherwise bite. 3 (3) Rome I Regulation).

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Cenza

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

The price of adoption, lack of proper systems and laws governing data have all come in the way. AI-based document analyzing tools enable organizations to provide accurate contract documentation. Helping customers draft, review, manage, and sign contracts. Helping customers draft, review, manage, and sign contracts.

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