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Law School Canons: Ford – The New Personal Jurisdiction Quick Reference Guide

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He authors a series linking law school canonical cases with intellectual property counterparts. Crouch [1] diligently placed Ford on our class’s radar as the midterm approached, and I was crossing my fingers every day to hope that my new Civil Procedure book wasn’t going to become outdated less than six months after I bought it.

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Justices will consider equitable tolling for a veteran suffering from PTSD

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Arellano appealed, requesting that the timetable in the controlling statute, 38 U.S.C. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, unanimously found that equitable tolling is not available to Arellano, but was split on whether the statute could be equitably tolled. In Irwin v. A remand is not, therefore, necessary.

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ABA Ethics Opinion on Virtual Law Practice:

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By David Hricik, Mercer Law School. The abstract of the opinion states: The ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct permit virtual practice, which is technologically enabled law practice beyond the traditional brick-and-mortar law firm.1 If you follow their guidance, you, in a sense, start off in safe harbor.

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A tax deadline missed by one day leads to a showdown over equity, jurisdiction – and grammar

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It will also add to the court’s precedent on the interaction between the law of equity and the technicalities of federal statutes. Partly because of the circuit split and partly because of the statute’s lack of clarity, this could be a close case. Department of Veterans Affairs. How can the presumption be rebutted?

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Master Legal Writing Skills: Tips, Techniques, and Essential Training Courses

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This author believes that IRAC is more of a legal writing structure for law school than in practice. Citing case law, statutes, and other authoritative sources strengthens your position. Edit Diligently Diligent editing is a non-negotiable step in legal writing. Why is this?

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Giustizia consensuale No 2/2023: Abstracts

Conflict of Laws

While prior legislation contained limited references to criminal mediation – prohibiting it in gender violence cases and allowing it in juvenile justice – the subsequent implementation of the Victims’ Statute in 2015 explicitly mentioned the incorporation of restorative justice mechanisms into the criminal field. and Melissa A.

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The Impact of AI for Lawyers: Benefits and Challenges

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By employing tools like natural language processing and machine learning, legal professionals can use AI to analyze documents with a meticulous eye, spotting nuances and patterns that might escape even the most diligent of human reviews. Moreover, as artificial intelligence for lawyers evolves, so must the legal curriculum.