LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2022

Our new software helps lawyers organize their inboxes, track documents and deadlines, and collaborate with colleagues. Lawyers are running matters with email, which is wholly inadequate to meet the complex demands of current workflow. Built by lawyers for lawyers. Law should be easily accessible.

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Above The Law

MARCH 28, 2025

This years Legalweek conference in New York City was well attended and dominated by talk of vastly improved generative AI capabilities. The themes shifted from last years, which focused on generative AI as a new, more intuitive software interface that enabled legal professionals to access information more easily.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 7, 2023

In a case reminiscent of the two New York lawyers convicted of firebombing a police vehicle, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was arrested for possible domestic terrorism in targeting a police training center in Atlanta. It is plausible that he was there for that function.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved. The full paper can be accessed here.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 9, 2023

I have previously written how New York has been the gift that keeps on giving for the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups. The latest is a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit striking down key provisions of the law passed after the Bruen decision. New York Democratic Gov.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

The pandemic ushered in an unforeseen and rapid transition to remote work, and many law firms were wholly unprepared for the reality of running a law practice with a dispersed workforce. Of course, out of necessity, most midsize law firms adapted and implemented technologies that allowed lawyers and law firm staff to work from home.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

The pandemic ushered in an unforeseen and rapid transition to remote work, and many law firms were wholly unprepared for the reality of running a law practice with a dispersed workforce. Of course, out of necessity, most midsize law firms adapted and implemented technologies that allowed lawyers and law firm staff to work from home.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Headquarters: New York, N.Y. We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. Target customer: Medium to large firms, particularly those in the 100-200 range of Am Law’s rankings.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 30, 2020

As with the lawyers arrested in New York, such an attack shows a fundamental rejection of the role of reporters. In a way, it is the most extreme form of new advocacy for reporters. This was reportedly her second arrest connected to a Black Lives Matter protest.

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LawSites

JANUARY 31, 2022

Our new software helps lawyers organize their inboxes, track documents and deadlines, and collaborate with colleagues. Lawyers are running matters with email, which is wholly inadequate to meet the complex demands of current workflow. Built by lawyers for lawyers. Law should be easily accessible.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. This is what she wrote: Ann, I’ve been an avid listener of your podcast and attended a Lunch Learn a long time ago when you were based out of New York.

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LawTechnologyToday

MARCH 1, 2022

Our new software helps lawyers organize their inboxes, track documents and deadlines, and collaborate with colleagues. Lawyers are running matters with email, which is wholly inadequate to meet the complex demands of current workflow. Built by lawyers for lawyers. Law should be easily accessible.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2021

He was finally apprehended in Suffolk County, Long Island, according the New York Post. His lawyer was asking for $50,000 bail. The New York Post reports that Newson is a reputed member of the Edgemere Crew gang. What is surprising is the fact that he was out after an arrest in February without bail.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 8, 2022

Such a criminal law would be ripe for abuse and would create a chilling effect that would be positively glacial. We have seen other Democratic leaders use the criminal process in similarly reckless fashions. This country has a long history of election fraud from Tammany Hall in New York to the Daley machine in Chicago.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Michael McCoy, 54, was left blind in one eye and, according to the New York Post, McKnight tried to convince him that he had shot himself while he was sleeping. The shooting took place five years after McCoy was cleared in the shooting of her former husband in the groin.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 15, 2022

There is a bizarre political controversy out of Colorado that may raise some interesting defamation and criminal law questions. Perhaps our Colorado lawyers can correct me if I am reading this wrong). In New York Times v. Both the Colorado GOP and Rep.

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LawSites

JANUARY 17, 2022

Headquarters: New York, N.Y. We help lawyers make evidence-based decisions about the venues they choose and the arguments they make by focusing on the jurisprudence of the judges and courts they interact with. Target customer: Medium to large firms, particularly those in the 100-200 range of Am Law’s rankings.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

His lawyer, Michael Elliott, insists that he was on his way to surrender to police when he was picked up. ” It appears that D may stand for Deandre and the lawyer believes that D is involved in the illegal exotic animal trade. The punishment is a misdemeanor charge and fines of $500 to $2,000.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 5, 2022

We previously discussed the cases of attorneys Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, who were accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into an occupied police vehicle in New York. The plea deal by the Justice Department is a breathtaking reduction in the charges and expected sentencing of the two lawyers.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

We recently discussed how figures like New York Times columnist Tom Friedman calling on people to move to Georgia to rig the vote in favor of a Democratic takeover of the Senate. Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer. What is more disconcerting is that lawyers are alleged to be involved in such efforts.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The link between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and criminal behavior is rarely acknowledged as a mitigating factor in U.S. jurisprudence , says a New York Law School Legal Studies Research Paper. . According to the New York Law School study, racial minorities are more likely to have FAS. Race and FAS.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades. When it was instituted, there was overt classism in the legal system: you’re basically only going to have a lawyer if you can afford one.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

We previously discussed the case of two New York attorneys (Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman) who joined in violent protests in New York, including firebombing a police vehicle. The Biden Justice Department later gave the two lawyers an astonishingly generous plea deal that avoided long prison sentences.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

In New York Times v. Two justices have indicated that they might be open to the idea of revisiting New York Times v. Notably, the media, including the New York Times and CNN , have lost key court battles in defamation cases. Those cases also could bring a new review of the public figure standard.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The law further states “The duty to notify a person or agency under this section is met if a person notifies or attempts to provide such notice by telephone or any other means as soon as reasonably possible.”. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. The charge was later dismissed.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2024

Below is my column in The Hill on the expanding role of Kevin Morris and the expanding number of roles that he now claims to be playing from lawyer to producer to donor to friend. It is increasingly hard to determine what Morris was at any given moment: Democratic donor, lawyer, friend. Here is the column: “Who was the real me?

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Share More than 80 amicus briefs were filed in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen , the major Second Amendment challenge to a New York law that requires people to show “proper cause” for a license to carry a concealed handgun in public. Amicus briefs supporting New York.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 31, 2021

continues to rage in Washington as Gaetz alleges a conspiracy to extort $25 million and the New York Times has reported an investigation into his traveling across state lines with a minor for sex. The other party is reportedly former Justice Department lawyer David McGee, currently with the law firm Beggs & Lane.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 12, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the conviction of Hunter Biden in Delaware and how his nullification strategy may have backfired. As discussed below, empathy can turn into insult when jurors are given patently implausible theories by the defense.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 4, 2022

Thus, The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN and other media faced the embarrassing prospect of an indictment based on a story they previously suggested was either a nonstory or Russian disinformation. Nothing concentrates the mind as much as a looming indictment.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2024

The New York Post has created a stir in Washington with its report that a whistleblower claims that the CIA reportedly blocked federal investigators from interviewing Kevin Morris, the entertainment lawyer who has subsidized the expenses and bought the art of Hunter Biden.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

If a court finds such a status, he would be subject to a higher standard of proof under New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Reader’s Digest Association , 443 U.S. 157, 168 (1979).

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2023

Below is my column in the New York Post on the expanding scandal surrounding the Hunter Biden investigation. The reason for his change at Justice, according to the New York Times? Dan Goldman of New York). Those pesky whistleblowers. Then the case became anything but a laughing matter for Democrats.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Below is my column in the New York Post on the increasing use of Hunter Biden’s history of addiction as a defense or excuse for his conduct as possible charges are reportedly under consideration in Delaware. The use of the addiction defense omits a few salient points in the record of influence peddling by Hunter Biden.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

I concluded that generative AI could enhance efficiency for public interest lawyers, enabling them to serve more clients effectively. The committee explained that generally speaking, New York lawyers “shall not advance or guarantee financial assistance to the client.” So does it?

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Below is my column in the New York Post on the sudden guilty plea from Hunter Biden in his federal tax case. None of this explains the logic of Hunter’s criminal defense strategy. A legal one-man game of chicken is certainly engrossing to watch, but leaves most lawyers wincing rather than flinching as the spectacle unfolds.

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