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UMKC School of Law Wins National Patent Application Drafting Competition

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Patent and Trademark Office announced the winner of this year’s National Patent Application Drafting Competition (NPADC), the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. By Chris Holman Last week the U. The competition is scored on the basis of the patent application and an oral presentation before a panel of three judges.

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Illinois governor signs law prohibiting book bans in public libraries

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Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias helped draft this legislation, stating , “This scourge of censorship has a chilling effect on our democracy. States continue to pursue book bans, with librarians from Missouri recently suing the state over its public library ban on “ sexually explicit materials.”

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State secrets and the constitutionality of the male-only draft

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National Coalition for Men presents the question whether the government may lawfully limit draft registration to men. Goldberg upheld male-only draft registration because women at that time were categorically prohibited from serving in the armed forces in combat roles. Louis, Missouri , 20-391. relisted after the Dec.

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Morning Docket: 10.20.23

Above The Law

Reuters ] * Supreme Court mulling Missouri's gun law which "reads like it was drafted by a member of the John Birch Society after a night of heavy drinking." [ Vox ] * Some clients are pushing firms to get on the AI bandwagon. by suing NYU Law Review for discriminating against white men. Legaltech News ] The post Morning Docket: 10.20.23

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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

Attorney at Work

The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. 99-414 for more details and suggestions on drafting the notice to clients. Be sure to examine your own jurisdiction’s rules, ethics opinions, and case law, and look for any templates that may help you draft your notice.

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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

LawSites

Yet it happened again this week — and it happened not once, but in two separate cases, one in Missouri and the other in Massachusetts. In fairness, the Missouri case involved a pro se litigant, not a lawyer, but that pro se litigant claimed to have gotten the citations from a lawyer he hired through the internet.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

Whether a lawyer is engaged to draft a will or defend an alleged crime, a written agreement spelling out the work to be done, the consideration to be paid, and the timing of both is a wise practice. Nevertheless, lawyers do not work for free and the Model Rules of Professional Conduct provide that lawyers are entitled to earned compensation.