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APRIL 25, 2025

Woodpecker (now integrated into MyCase as Advanced Document Automation) was a go-to for simple legal document automation, especially if you worked out of Microsoft Word. Well stick with calling it Woodpecker here – since thats still how most people know it. But heres the catch: Some found its features too basic as their needs grew. Others didnt want to be tied to MyCases full practice management platform just to use document automation.

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APRIL 25, 2025

Amnesty International condemned Thursday the Dominican Republic’s new health protocol that requires migrants to provide documentation and pay fees to access public health services. The group argued that the new protocol is discriminatory and may violate international human rights standards. On April 6, the government announced a new health protocol consisting of 15 migration measures.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 25, 2025

“Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan arrested by federal authorities at Courthouse”: Daniel Bice of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has an article that begins, “Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested April 25 by federal authorities who are investigating whether she tried to help an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest after he appeared in her courtroom last week, officials confirmed.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

Lawyers are taught that they should exploit every advantage possible to serve a clients interests. Indeed, some might argue that a lawyers duty of diligence requires that an attorney take every step that will advance a clients position even if this might unfairly impact other stakeholders to a dispute. However, lawyers may feel they cannot exploit certain advantages in good conscience since it would be unfair to other parties and may hurt long-term relationships with other lawyers or stakeholder

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Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.

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APRIL 25, 2025

“This Supreme Court case could stall the charter school movement; A Catholic school in Oklahoma wants to join the states charter program; Charter advocates, beware”: Columnist George F. Will has this essay online at The Washington Post. And online at The Atlantic, Adam Laats has an essay titled “ Oklahoma Is Asking the Supreme Court to Ignore History; The Founders had disagreements about the role of religion in Americas public schools, but there was always one line they would n

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 25, 2025

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has relisted for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. The Supreme Court made short work of two of last weeks first-time relists. The court granted review in United States Postal Service v. Konan to determine whether the Federal Tort Claims Act provision exempting claims arising from the loss or miscarriage of letters or postal matter extends to claims that the Post Office deliberately ref

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

If youre a lawyer and a parent, chances are youve wondered maybe more than once Is this career path still working for me? Our panel at this years MothersEsquire Conference , Managing Career Choices , taking place May 89 in Louisville, KY, is tackling that very question. This session is an invitation to rethink what success looks like in the legal profession and how to design a career that aligns with your life, not just your law degree.

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APRIL 25, 2025

“Michigan Supreme Court won’t intervene in divorced couple’s dispute over frozen embryo”: Craig Mauger of The Detroit News has this report. And Rose White of MLive.com reports that “ Divorced Michigan couples fight over frozen embryo wont be decided by high court.” You can access today’s order of the Supreme Court of Michigan , and the opinion concurring therein, at this link.

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EvidenceProf Blog

APRIL 25, 2025

Police officers are entitled to "qualified immunity" unless their conduct violates clearly established federal law. In Love v. Grashorn, 2025 WL 1162842 (10th Cir. 2025), a police officer tried to claim that there was no clearly established law preventing him.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

Do you like prestige? Of course you do. Is there really a law student who doesnt? That being said, if youre like the majority of your colleagues and youd like to embark upon one of the most prestigious career paths available to recent law school graduates, then youll probably want to compete for an elite federal clerkship. Some law schools, of course, are better than others when it comes to getting their graduates a leg up on the competition for one of these coveted jobs — but which ones?

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CARET Legal

APRIL 25, 2025

Firms that manage consistent billing, accurate time tracking, and reliable financial systems well can respond more effectively to rising costs and shifting caseloads. Financial problems rarely make a loud entrance. Most start quietly – a reconciliation delay here, a missed invoice there. Delays in the account reconciliation process can lead to financial issues, causing minor problems to snowball over time.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

I chat with Peter Bruland , a Senior Managing Associate at Sidley, who is set to argue before the Supreme Court! Discover his inspiring journey from law school to tackling crucial, high-stakes legal issues. Dont miss this captivating episode filled with insights into Supreme Court advocacy and the balance between pro bono work and career development.

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2025

A former general counsel for Webster Bank received a four-year sentence behind bars after he pled guilty to embezzling $7.4 million. Meanwhile,regulators who oversee data privacy enforcement in California, Colorado and Oregon are pushing for companies to be more responsive and open to investigative inquiries. These are some of the stories in corporate legal news you may have missed in the past week.

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LawSites

APRIL 25, 2025

At a time when legal doomsayers have been predicting the imminent replacement of junior associates by AI legal assistants, the law school graduating class of 2024 has delivered a contrary verdict: Human lawyers aren’t going anywhere just yet.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! According to the 2025-26 U.S. News Rankings, which law school got top marks for its legal writing program? Hint: This state-funded law school was founded in 1884. See the answer on the next page. The post The Law School With Top Writing Chops appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 25, 2025

“Chuck Schumer’s Filibuster Flop: What if Senate Democrats had shown some restraint?” Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

Immigration lawyers outside Massachusetts are also receiving notices to self-deport, despite their U.S. citizenship.

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APRIL 25, 2025

“Moot, Wrong, and Irrelevant”: You can access today’s new episode of the “Divided Argument” podcast via this link.

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2025

A $452 million trade secrets jury award for Insulet Corp. has been cut to $59.4 million by a Massachusetts federal judge who said the reduction is necessary to avoid double recovery and to comply with the law, following a trend where courts have reduced large jury awards in trade secret cases.

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APRIL 25, 2025

“SCOTUSblog, Welcome to The Dispatch”: You can access the new episode of the “Advisory Opinions” podcast via this link.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

The sale includes Boeings digital flight planning tools Jeppesen, Foreflight, AerData and OzRunways, though the company will retain core digital capabilities" as part of the deal with private equity firm Thoma Bravo.

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APRIL 25, 2025

“Government Notices to Migrants Fall Short of Due Process, Legal Experts Say; Venezuelan migrants were given English-only notices with limited time to file court challenges, according to a newly unsealed declaration”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this news analysis.

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ABA Journal

APRIL 25, 2025

The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 25, 2025

“At Supreme Court, charter schools trapped in tug-of-war between church and state; The Supreme Courts review of an Oklahoma charter school could drastically change public education in the U.S.” Kelsey Reichmann of Courthouse News Service has this report.

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Law 360

APRIL 25, 2025

A class of millions of health insurance premium payors asked a California federal judge Friday to greenlight an eleventh-hour $228.5 million settlement resolving their long-running claims that hospital chain Sutter Health drives up costs by pushing all-or-nothing network deals on insurers.

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