InHouseBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Tom Fishburne started drawing cartoons on the backs of Harvard Business School cases. His cartoons have grown by word of mouth to reach 200,000 business readers each week and have been featured by the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, and the New York Times. He draws many concepts from his experience in the business world: “A friend told me recently that if she listened to her lawyers on a new product launch, the packaging would be blank.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Lawyer and human rights defender Nasrin Sotoudeh was arrested in Iran on Sunday after attending the funeral of Armita Geravand, a teenager who died on Saturday after a month in intensive care due to brain injuries allegedly inflicted by Iran’s morality police. Geravand was said to have encountered the morality police when she was found not wearing a hijab at a metro station on October 1.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Local prosecutors hold enormous power over the outcomes of criminal cases. Their decisions – whether to file a case, what charges to bring, what dispositions to offer, and what sentences to seek – impact the lives of individuals and their communities every day. Yet, for decades, little has been known about the inner workings of prosecutor’s offices, as elected prosecutors’ historical resistance to data and transparency has shielded them from accountability both internally and externally.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Around 400 migrants and refugees staged a protest on Sunday at the Acadia port of Rhodes. Protesters attempted to prevent the departure of the ferry “Nissos Chicos” by standing on its ramp. After hours of police negotiation, the boat left without them. They demanded to be taken off the island and either transported to the mainland or to proper accommodation as there are no reception facilities on the island, the Greek coastguard told AFP.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law, is calling on campus officials across the country to denounce “blatant…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The vast majority of healthcare data isn’t used because it’s difficult to work with, according to Beth Andrews, chief digital health officer of life sciences and healthcare at Dell Technologies. Andrews made these comments during a session at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health conference.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The president of the International Criminal Court (ICC) presented the court’s annual report Monday to the UN General Assembly. The address took place 25 years after the original signing of the Rome Statute and outlined one of the court’s “most active periods since its establishment.” The ICC president, Judge Piotr Hofmański, summarised the evolution of the court and how it managed to turn the “abstract concepts of the Rome Statute into a tangible reality.” How

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Between our phones and the multitudes of video cameras, it's difficult to avoid detection. The post There’s No More Getting Away With Murder appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A law student who tracked lawyers from the disbanded law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf found little evidence that the stigma was a “scarlet letter” harming…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Value-based care and data are areas to be excited about in the employee benefits space, executives shared during a panel discussion at the MedCity News INVEST Digital Health conference.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

More than 30 partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan are joining Hogan Lovells, a number that amounts to more than half of Stroock's partnership.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

A deer decided to take an uninvited tour of the Michigan law library. The post Oh Deer! Animal Crashes Through Window To Roam Michigan Law School appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Monday morning issued orders from the justices’ private conference last week. The justices did not add any new cases to their merits docket for the 2023-24 term, and they did not act on several of the high-profile petitions for review that they considered on Friday. The justices denied review in one case that they had considered at four consecutive conferences, despite Justice Sonia Sotomayor noting in a written statement that the case “presents a consequential statuto

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The future does not seem bright for this firm. The post The End May Be Near As Stroock Loses More Than Half Its Partners To Hogan Lovells appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Polsinelli asserts that a former partner didn’t make allegations of sexual harassment until after the law firm decided to fire her for “lackluster performance.

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OneLegal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

How much is jury duty pay in California? Courts have started paying jurors $100 a day for their jury duty. Should this program be expanded? The post How much is jury duty pay in California? appeared first on One Legal.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The High Court division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court on Monday commuted the death sentence of seven militants to life imprisonment for their involvement in an attack on a cafe in 2016. This reduction in sentence comes seven years after the defendants were sentenced to death. On July 1, 2016, the seven militants carried out an attack on the Holey Artisan Cafe in Dhaka.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Stroock Partners Go The Way Of Hogan Lovells: Will Stroock recover ? Polsinelli Moves To Compel Arbitration In Sexual Harassment Dispute: Those hiring clauses put in work ! Even The Fauna Want In On A T14: Is that Bambi with a Bluebook ? Can You Imagine Just Making Over 200k?!: Where are the special bonuses !? Winston & Strawn Is Next Up: Will this suit change diversity initiatives ?

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 30, 2023

After 13 years and 170 episodes, Asked and Answered host Stephanie Francis Ward is hanging up her headphones and switching off her mic.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

No special bonuses? Come on, someone please throw these associates more cash for their hard work! The post For How Much Biglaw Associates Are Billing, They Aren’t Expecting Anything Special This Bonus Season appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Pa. Jury Awards Nearly $1B in Defective Seatbelt Case; ‘This will continue and you have the power to make it stop,’ Wesley Ball, of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, told the jury”: Max Mitchell of The Legal Intelligencer has this report. The post “Pa. Jury Awards Nearly $1B in Defective Seatbelt Case; ‘This will continue and you have the power to make it stop,’ Wesley Ball, of Kaster Lynch Farrar & Ball, told the jury” appeared first on How App

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Judge Ho talks tough after spending a year whining about critics. The post Judges Should Get Comfortable ‘Harsh Criticism,’ Says Federal Judge Who Throws Epic Hissy Fits Over Student Criticism appeared first on Above the Law.

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OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Springfield judge appointed to fill Missouri Supreme Court vacancy”: Kelly Dereuck of The Springfield News-Leader has this report. And Kelton Turner of The Missouri Times reports that “ Governor Parson appoints Ginger Gooch to Missouri Supreme Court.” Today, the Office of Missouri Governor Michael L. Parson issued a news release titled “ Governor Parson Appoints The Honorable Ginger Gooch as Missouri Supreme Court Judge.” The post “Springfield judge app

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The firm denies the allegations of their former partner. The post Biglaw Firm Fires Back After Discrimination Lawsuit appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“US Supreme Court signals it will side with Alabama after police seized women’s cars”: Howard Koplowitz of Alabama Media Group has this report. And in commentary, online at Slate, Jay Willis has a Jurisprudence essay titled “ SCOTUS Considers How Easy It Should Be for Police to Steal People’s Property; This case could have life-changing consequences for people caught up in the legal system who haven’t actually been convicted, or even accused, of a crime.” The post “

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