Above The Law

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

If United Healthcare considered spending more on a cancer patient and less on lawyers to sue doctors for pointing out they didn’t spend on the cancer patient they wouldn’t be getting so thoroughly dragged online. And the ABA thinks the Supreme Court needs ethical rules.

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Above The Law

APRIL 21, 2025

ABA Journal has coverage: A lawyer who worked for the U.S. government, according to the April 16 opinion by the Appellate Divisions Second Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court. The post Ready Or Not, Former DOJ Lawyer Could Be Facing Disbarment appeared first on Above the Law. Maybe he can join a Family Business ?

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Rocket Matter

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The Efficiency Imperative: Why Lawyers Need to Embrace Technology We are now in an era when clients demand fast turnaround times and value for money. This places huge demands on lawyers and their teams, making the old ways of working simply unsustainable. Inefficiency brings a host of problems for lawyers.

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Above The Law

APRIL 16, 2025

Diddy recently got a new lawyer to defend him — and he goes by the name Brian Steel. Heres something I didnt expect to write: Young Thugs lawyer Brian Steel has joined Sean Diddy Combs criminal defense team. The post Sean Combs Recruits Super Lawyer To His Side appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2025

The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers , Margaret Satterthwaite, expressed concerns on Thursday over the suspension and the disciplinary actions taken against three judges of the Supreme Court of Maldives. She also warned that they could interfere with the independence of the Supreme Court.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Every so often, new lawyers ask me for advice on how they can best succeed in the legal profession. I usually give young lawyers a few strategies, including how they should work at a stable law firm, develop a specialty, and build connections that can help them originate business.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Around 5,000 Moroccan lawyers protested a series of judicial reforms proposed by the government in Rabat on Saturday which would significantly diminish the role of defence lawyers and harm the integrity of the justice system. The post Thousands of lawyers protest judicial reforms in Morocco appeared first on JURIST - News.

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CARET Legal

DECEMBER 16, 2024

From petitions and schedules to financial disclosures and multiple court filings, each document requires meticulous preparation and adherence to specific court rules. Bankruptcy cases also require attorneys to be master communicators, constantly communicating with clients, creditors, trustees and the court.

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Above The Law

MARCH 3, 2025

Gibson Dunn’s London office is looking for a “professional support lawyer” to provide “targeted training” and “individual coaching” to junior associates. But the original job listing went further, noting that “ more hand-holding/explaining [is] needed for Gen Z/post-lockdown” lawyers.

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Above The Law

MARCH 11, 2025

fold-ins are actually just money grabs — and the lawyer representing them knew it — there should be consequences. If it was, lawyers make mistakes from time to time. Diddy Is Furious With Lawyer Behind Viral Druski & Odell Beckham Jr. But if the Druski and Beckham Jr. ’s names.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

A Russian District Military Court on Friday sentenced anti-war activist and former Moscow municipal deputy Aleksei Gorinov to an additional three years in prison, according to local media. Despite these arguments, the court dismissed motions to exclude the contentious evidence.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 18, 2025

“Supreme Court lawyer indicted on tax evasion charges; SCOTUSblog co-founder allegedly used law firm money to pay gambling debts”: Alex Miller of The Washington Times has this report.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2024

Thousands of lawyers in the Indian capital city of Delhi protested against provisions of three new criminal laws on Monday. The lawyers said the new criminal laws are draconian and in opposition to litigants’ interests. Spokesperson for the All District Courts Bar Associations of Delhi N.C.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Russia’s Federal Service for Financial Monitoring added on Thursday three lawyers representing jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny to its list of “terrorists and extremists.” Navalny attempted to appeal the charges in September, but the Moscow City Court rejected his appeal.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

You need to go even higher if you want to get representation from a lawyer whose clients include the likes of Tesla CEO Elon Musk and famed actor Alec Baldwin. According to Reuters , a small group of lawyers at the elite Biglaw firm — which brought in $2,079,448,000 gross revenue in 2023, putting it at No.

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Above The Law

APRIL 18, 2025

One of the issues that many small firm lawyers face is they often need to appear at multiple court appearances at the same time. Although larger firms might have the resources to send multiple attorneys to court appearances so lawyers do not need to be in the same place at the same time, small firm lawyers may not have such resources.

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Above The Law

MARCH 14, 2025

(Image via Getty) People generally understand that lawyers often need to take extreme — perhaps unreasonable — positions to advocate for clients.Of Image via Getty) People generally understand that lawyers often need to take extreme — perhaps unreasonable — positions to advocate for clients.Of

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Attorney at Work

AUGUST 12, 2022

Of all the marketing tools for lawyers, video is the most engaging — and one of the best at helping you project professionalism and competence. Yet despite evidence that video marketing for lawyers is remarkably effective, law firms have been slow to use video compared with other industries. Explainer videos for your services.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2025

In the filing, her lawyers said the over 560-page divorce file has nothing to do with Donna Adelson, or any alleged motivation to conspire to murder her son-in-law, Dan Markel. The post Donna Adelson’s Lawyer Pushes To Exclude Divorce Evidence From Trial appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

MAY 16, 2024

In an unprecedented move, striking lawyers across Tunisia rallied in front of court buildings in Tunis on Thursday, effectively bringing all court proceedings to a halt. The spark for this widespread protest was a bold raid on the Lawyers’ House in Tunis that took place on Saturday, May 11.

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JURIST

JUNE 6, 2024

The European Court of Human Rights held unanimously in the case of Bersheda and Rybolovlev v. Monaco on Thursday that the conduct of a judge failed to effectively limit the scope of the investigation into a lawyer who was accused of secretly recording a conversation.

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Above The Law

APRIL 7, 2025

Getty Images It is nice to be a highly credentialed lawyer. I am a highly credentialed lawyer. However, nobody else really cares whether or not you are a highly credentialed lawyer. That is hard to believe for a lot of lawyers. For almost everyone else who needs a lawyer, these days, they simply turn to Google.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

A group of South Sudanese lawyers filed a petition on Monday in the Constitutional Court of South Sudan to challenge the decision of the government of President Salva Kiir Mayardit to extend the transitional period by two years and postpone the general elections from December 2024 to December 2026.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s lawyer Faisal Chaudry was arrested on Friday after using derogatory language toward an official at the jail where Khan has been held for the last 553 days, according to local media. Chaudry was arrested and then released after two hours.

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JURIST

JULY 7, 2024

The Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced lawyer and columnist Sonia Dahmani Saturday to one year in prison following public comments she made about the country refusing sub-Saharan African migrants from Europe, local media reported. Tunisian lawyers previously went on strike after Dahmani was arrested in May.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

Furthermore, the appeal highlights that legal assistance provided by Azerbaijan lacks independence and efficacy, with independent lawyers facing intimidation and obstacles in carrying out their duties. The two countries have also filed competing racial discrimination claims between each other before the International Court of Justice.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 14, 2025

“‘No one can unring that bell’: Donna Adelson lawyers seek change of venue for murder trial.” Attached to the motion is a recent article from Jeff Burlew of The Tallahassee Democrat headlined “ Dan Markel murder: What unsealed court docs say about Donna Adelson’s estranged son.”

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) called Monday for the immediate release of prominent Thai human rights lawyer and pro-democracy activist Anon Nampa after ruling that his detention under Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws violates international law.

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Attorney at Work

MAY 31, 2022

Managing an increasing volume of cases and court deadlines– sometimes in multiple jurisdictions – is one of the biggest time management challenges for law firms. . A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Hong Kong lawyer Jimmy Siu on Friday filed a writ to Hong Kong’s High Court in a petition for the court to order the arrest of five US lawmakers that introduced the Hong Kong Sanctions Act , according to Hong Kong Free Press on Monday.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Lawyer Theerayut Suwankesorn filed a petition with Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) Friday against multiple members of parliament (MPs) of the progressive Move Forward Party ( MFP ) as reported by the Thai state news agency, National News Bureau of Thailand (NNT).

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

“Supreme Court Poised to Rule for Straight Woman in Discrimination Case; Justices across the ideological spectrum and lawyers on both sides agreed that an appeals court erred in requiring members of majority groups to meet a heightened burden”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 6, 2024

Law firms’ ability to leverage state trial court data brings their business and competitive intelligence capabilities to a new level. The post Primer on Using State Court Trial Data for Business and Competitive Intelligence appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms & Lawyers.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Monday that the Louisiana State Bar Association (LSBA) violated the US Constitution’s First Amendment when it tweeted several posts that were not “germane” to the legal profession. Smith noted that the First Amendment protects the individual right of free association.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 21, 2024

The latest edition of California Legal History , the Journal of the California Supreme Court Historical Society , is out and available here. (Im Im on the Societys board of directors.)

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

(Photographer: Samuel Corum/Bloomberg) Is it a sign of a healthy judiciary when the countrys largest professional association of lawyers has to formally vote on whether Supreme Court justices should follow basic ethical rules? Public trust in the Supreme Court is already in freefall. Asking for an American in the year 2025.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Meeting in Vienna and Riga, the Core Group, comprising representatives from various countries, welcomed Ukraine’s ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, which includes the Kampala Amendment on the crime of aggression. This move demonstrates Ukraine’s commitment to international law and justice.

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