The Crime Report

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Nevertheless, a provision in the bail statutes that impedes efforts to reduce economic inequality managed to survive the 2019 reforms. In fact, judges may look beyond the statute to make bail decisions, representing another opportunity to “read into the statute” whether an individual is a risk to public safety.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 28, 2025

Considering the importance of settlement to patent cases, you would think that law firms would invest as much into training their less experienced attorneys on the set of skills necessary to achieve good client outcomes at settlement as they do in training up-and-coming litigators on how to take a deposition, for example.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 22, 2021

The gold standard of legal writing is that nearly every sentence in the brief has to have a citation, whether it’s to the evidence in the case, or to the legal precedent, statutes and regulations.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The new boundary lines include an exclusive economic zone, which is believed to contain deposits of oil and gas. However, under Article 36 of the Statute of the ICJ , all the member nations of the UN or any party which refers to it shall be bound by the judgment. This would affect bilateral ties and energy extraction in the region.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 31, 2025

HCCH Monthly Update: March 2025 Membership On 5 March 2025, Rwanda deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 92 nd Member of the HCCH. only after it deposits an instrument of ratification pursuant to Art. On the same day, Guatemala applied to become a Member of the HCCH. 31(2) of the Convention.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Second, courts will read federal statutes to abrogate that immunity only when they speak to the point “unequivocal[ly].” The Band’s argument is simple: the statute never mentions Indian tribes. Because it doesn’t mention Indian tribes, the Band contends that the statute does not unequivocally extend to them.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The committee has also began publishing transcripts from the depositions of those 70 witnesses. The report is the conclusion of the committee’s work, spanning July 2021 through this past week. In that time, the committee held nine public hearings and presented evidence from over 70 witnesses.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Following the announcement, the government of the Philippines deposited a written notification of withdrawal from the Rome Statute with the UN Secretary-General in March 2018. More concretely, the OTP enquired as to whether the alleged conduct of the PNP and its agents amounted to crimes against humanity under the Rome Statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 26, 2023

The Supreme Court has issued a number of decisions in recent years limiting the reach of the federal wire-fraud statute, which outlaws the use of “the wires” – including internet and phone lines – to commit fraud. The scheme involved the use of false advertisements to entice investors to deposit funds to purchase binary options.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2021

Warner Holding ) adopted what we would now call a clear-statement rule: that a statute authorizing injunctive relief would include “all inherent equitable powers” available to trial courts “[u]nless otherwise provided by statute.” The court extended the Porter rule in a 1960 decision ( Mitchell v.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Its patented AI examines legal documents and automatically finds and displays any citations to the factual source documents cited — such as exhibits, depositions or transcripts — as well as case law, statutes and regulations.

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Diane Drain

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The Writ of General Execution is delivered to the Civil Enforcement Division of the Sheriff’s Department along with an initial $200 fee deposit. The original $200 deposit delivered to the Sheriff with the Writ of General Execution will be credited against the $2,129.60, for a total remaining balance due of $1,929.60 LEGAL ANALYSIS.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 31, 2021

Several important developments relating to Membership and HCCH Conventions occurred during the meeting: Thailand deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 88 th Member of the HCCH. El Salvador applied to become a Member of the HCCH. More information on these developments is available here.

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CARET Legal

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Personal Injury Firms: Statute Reminders In personal injury firms , lawyers frequently have to send out statute of limitation reminders, which acts as the anchor date for these workflows. Send recurring reminders : Set up recurring statute of limitations reminders to go out 180, 150, and 30 days before expiration.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 29, 2021

On 19 January 2021 , Namibia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 8 7 th Member of the HCCH. To ensure continuity in their application following its withdrawal from the EU , the United Kingdom deposited these new instrument s of accession and ratification on 28 September 2020.

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CARET Legal

JULY 11, 2024

For example, a law firm failed to properly track the statute of limitations for a client’s discrimination claim. Coordinating with these various parties can be a logistical nightmare, particularly when trying to schedule meetings, depositions, or court appearances.

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The Record Xchange

JANUARY 17, 2020

In the case of court reporting, digital reporting is expanding from the courtroom into the deposition room. Since depositions represent as much as two-thirds of the total court reporting market, this is a significant moment in the adoption cycle. In a deposition setting, the recording solution must be portable and easily configured.

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Conflict of Laws

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Mongolia has now been invited to deposit an instrument of acceptance of the HCCH Statute to become a Member of the HCCH. On 4 December 2020, Mongolia was issued with a certificate confirming an affirmative vote in favour of its admission as a Member of the HCCH, following a six-month voting period which ended on 3 December 2020.

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LawSites

MARCH 11, 2024

Yet when Malamud and his organization Public.Resource.Org , sought to publish the official statutes of the state of Georgia, the state sued him , accusing him in its court filing of engaging in “terrorism.” In the United States, the law belongs to the people.” Or at least, the law should belong to the people.

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LawSites

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In traditional legal research, the user enters a query and gets a response in the form of a long list of cases, statutes and other resources. As of today’s launch, the AI research tool draws only from primary law materials in Westlaw, such as cases, statutes and regulations.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 9, 2021

Defendant signed both his own name and plaintiff’s name on the check, then deposited the proceeds into a joint account he shared with his then wife. Further, the trial court found that plaintiff had satisfied the elements of fraudulent concealment such that the three-year statute of limitations was tolled and the case was not time-barred.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 2, 2021

On 1 July 2021, Mongolia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 89th Member of the HCCH. Membership. More information is available here. Conventions & Instruments . On 3 July 2021, the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention entered into force for Jamaica. It currently has 120 Contracting Parties.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Federal Circuit’s fudging of the rule makes some practical sense – the statute appears to make the issuance of the cancellation certificate a ministerial process with its “Director shall” language. And yet, fudging the rules in a way that undermines due process is troubling. Garr , 66 U.S. Pritchard , 23 L.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Traditionally, the United States (and Great Britain), unlike most countries, have conditioned copyright protection on formalities like putting a copyright notice (©) on the work, depositing a copy with the Library of Congress, and (of importance here) registering the work with the Register ([sic] – not the Registrar) of Copyrights.

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Day on Torts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

During plaintiff’s deposition, he stated that defendant had “done what she had to do” and “acknowledged that he did not think she had done anything wrong.” Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, citing plaintiff’s own deposition as evidence. Defendant was allegedly injured during the accident and filed this negligence suit.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Conventions & Instruments On 6 October 2023, Rwanda deposited its instrument of accession to the HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention and applied to become a Member of the HCCH. With the accession of Rwanda, the 1961 Apostille Convention now has 126 Contracting Parties.

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Conflict of Laws

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On 9 September 2021, Honduras deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 90 th Member of the HCCH. Membership. More information is available here. Conventions & Instruments. On 1 September 2021, the HCCH 1993 Adoption Convention entered into force for Niger. More information is available here.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 10, 2022

Several important developments relating to Membership and HCCH Conventions occurred during the meeting: El Salvador deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 91 st Member of the HCCH. The Convention will enter into force for the Philippines further to the deposit of its instrument of ratification.

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Patently O

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We do this through various required disclosures as well as requests for documents & admissions, depositions & interrogatories. The 4th Circuit noted a second problem–the statute provides discretionary authority (“the district court … may order …”), and here discretion was properly denied.

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LettersBlogatory

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Defense Base Act is a federal statute that gives a worker’s compensation-like benefit to employees of US government and military contractors injured at work overseas. Can the witness testify remotely at an evidentiary hearing, rather than simply at a deposition held in advance of the hearing? KBR Government Operations.

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Patently O

MARCH 28, 2024

The Motivation to Combine: In patent law, the “motivation to combine” doctrine plays a central role in determining whether a claimed invention is obvious under our guiding statute, 35 U.S.C. § This principle also applies to expert depositions that take place after the service of the reply and declaration. What happened?

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LawTechnologyToday

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

We have a discovery schedule requiring depositions to be completed by next week, however, we are requesting an adjournment of one month due to an illness. Not only is this a good idea for exhibits, but it could also be used to links to decisions, statutes, and other legal resources or authorities. Hyperlinks Are Not Just for Exhibits.

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Day on Torts

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Because the TPPA is a relatively new statute, it has not been interpreted in many opinions. This ruling was affirmed in part and reversed in part on appeal. The TPPA, Tenn. Code Ann. § 20-17-101 et seq., Accordingly, dismissal of the defamation claim was reversed. Dismissal of the false light claim was therefore affirmed.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In support of its motion, the State pointed to deposition testimony that the structure in question was “funky,” was not something the State would have used at any point, and was available to consumers. Based on the evidence presented, the trial court granted summary judgment to the State, and the Court of Appeals affirmed.

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ALPS

JULY 7, 2022

Another reason for doing so is the doctrine of continuous representation, which can result in the tolling of the statute of limitations in malpractice cases. You don’t want to create an opportunity for clients to assume you will continue to look out for their legal interests going forward if that’s not your intent.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Some specific examples of what it sought to promote, as set out in the decision, included: that a bank is “offering certificates of deposit with rates up to 2.5 He argued that the decision went too far; as the Commission did not need to determine that the statute prohibited the test proposed by the licensee.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Below is my Fox.com column on the upcoming deposition of Hunter Biden and the speculation on which Hunter will appear: the business genius, the blacked-out junkie, or the hunted son. The Justice Department has allowed felonies to lapse against Hunter, but these would be new potential charges with new dates under the statute of limitation.

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