CARET Legal
JUNE 7, 2024
Balancing workloads effectively is crucial not only for the success of your firm but also for the well-being of your team. As the owner of a law firm, you are no stranger to the intense workloads that your litigation and corporate teams face on a daily basis. From managing complex cases to negotiating high-stakes transactions, your teams are constantly juggling a variety of tasks.
JURIST
JUNE 7, 2024
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed Thursday a District Court’s ruling to return books to a Texas public library after they were removed because of their viewpoint and content. This was a partial victory for the plaintiffs, as eight of the 17 banned books are to be returned to shelves. The Llano County Library in Texas removed 17 books in 2021 after the library received complaints about the books being too sexual to be in the children’s section.
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Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
The mask mandate opinion read like gibberish and now we might know why. The post Judge Took All-Expense Paid Luxury Retreat Before Anti-Masker Opinion appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
JUNE 7, 2024
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed Thursday that Germany will start deporting criminals from Afghanistan and Syria after a knife attack by an Afghan immigrant last week left one police officer dead and four more people injured, in a speech to the country’s parliament. Germany does not currently deport people to Afghanistan and Syria due to the humanitarian and security situations in those countries.
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Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
She urges the justice to recuse himself. The post Former Alito Clerk Flips On Old Boss Over Upside Down Flag appeared first on Above the Law.
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Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
Ed. note: This is the latest in the article series, Cybersecurity: Tips From the Trenches, by our friends at Sensei Enterprises, a boutique provider of IT, cybersecurity, and digital forensics services. The Rise of Deepfakes While lawyers have certainly been aware of deepfakes for years, everyone was fighting malware infections. As we constantly remind lawyers, the cybersecurity world […] The post Law Firms Gear Up To Battle Deepfakes appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 7, 2024
Share Justice Clarence Thomas revealed on Friday that conservative billionaire Harlan Crow paid for two trips in 2019, involving a hotel stay in Bali, Indonesia, and at a private club in Sonoma County, Calif. The news came as part of the justices’ annual financial disclosures , which are filed in mid-May and released in early June each year. The forms published online on Friday by the Administrative Office of the U.S.
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which has been targeting debt collection practices, survives a Supreme Court challenge. The post SCOTUS Deals a Blow to Medical Debt Collectors appeared first on MedCity News.
ABA Journal
JUNE 7, 2024
Then-Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was acting within the scope of her official duties when she allegedly questioned a lawyer’s legal abilities and bragged that she…
Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
Three years after an ‘angry mob’ made his life a living hell for shorting GameStop, Citron Research is betting against it again. The post Andrew Left: Glutton For Punishment appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
JUNE 7, 2024
Amnesty International (Amnesty) called on Thursday for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) de facto authorities to withdraw their forces from the Yemeni Women’s Union Center, which is the only women’s shelter in Aden. The STC took over the center in an attack on May 26. According to the human rights group, armed men, accompanied by women associated with the STC-backed Southern Women Union, forcibly entered the Yemeni Women’s Union center building in Aden.
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
The two realms are not interchangeable. The post Civil Litigators Cannot Usually Relate To Criminal Lawyers appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
JUNE 7, 2024
The Florida Supreme Court has ruled against the elected prosecutor in the Orlando, Florida, area in a challenge to her suspension from office by the…
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Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
Even One Of Alito's Former Clerks Flips On Him: Let's see if he listens to reason. Clarence Isn't The Only One Taking Expense Paid Trips: To be fair, she did clerk for him. Putting The Big In BigLaw: Norton Rose Fulbright is on the hunt for more attorneys ! Columbia Law Review Is On Strike: They demand total editorial independence. Now That's A Reason To Request Work From Home: Skadden has a bedbug issue.
Law 360
JUNE 7, 2024
Don't expect a swift resolution in the U.S. Department of Justice's case against Live Nation, but a long litigation, with the company likely to represent itself as the creator of a competitive ecosystem, and the government faced with explaining how the ticketing giant formed under its watch, say Thomas Kliebhan and Taylor Hixon at GRSM50.
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
That's. an outstanding gift. The post The Single Greatest Detail From The Supreme Court Financial Disclosures appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
JUNE 7, 2024
On Tuesday morning, seven Delaware state senators are set to open the first public round of debates on a fast-tracked Delaware General Corporation Law amendment package that would allow boards to cede some governance rights to big stockholders and Delaware Court oversight for some corporate actions to other jurisdictions.
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Uncover the secret to breaking language barriers and expanding your e-learning reach! This powerful use case reveals how Cesco Linguistic Services transformed 19 training modules for the Colorado Department of Early Childhood into culturally relevant courses in Arabic and Spanish—delivered on time and exceeding expectations. Learn how to localize your content seamlessly, avoid costly pitfalls, and connect with diverse audiences like never before.
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
Insights for deals attorneys from a recent CLE webinar. The post Anatomy Of A Winning Tech Rollout: Solving The ‘Pain Points’ appeared first on Above the Law.
OneLegal
JUNE 7, 2024
Explore the rise of alternative legal service providers in the industry and how traditional firms can adapt to stay competitive. The post Understanding alternative legal service providers appeared first on One Legal.
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
The week in appellate news. The post How Appealing Weekly Roundup appeared first on Above the Law.
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 7, 2024
Share Another in the line of remarkably trivial disputes the justices have chosen to resolve under the Bankrupty Code, Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. solved a technical question about when an entity is a “party in interest” under the statute, which gives it a right to “be heard on any issue” in a Chapter 11 proceeding. The case presents a dispute between a failed asbestos company and its principal insurer.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
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Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
Notes to my (legal) self. The post Happy National Doughnut Day appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
JUNE 7, 2024
“Retired judge David Tatel issues a stark warning about the Supreme Court; In a memoir, the retired D.C. Circuit judge reflects on his career and the high court, regret about initially hiding his blindness, and his love for his guide dog, Vixen”: Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post has this report. The post “Retired judge David Tatel issues a stark warning about the Supreme Court; In a memoir, the retired D.C.
Above The Law
JUNE 7, 2024
Estimates say cops kill 25-30 pet dogs a day. The post City Sued For $1 Million After Cop Murders A Tiny Dog For The Crime Of Being Lost appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
JUNE 7, 2024
“Fifth Circuit blocks religious-liberty training order in Southwest case; If forced to attend the Alliance Defending Freedom training, ‘The Southwest attorneys. would likely suffer a violation of their constitutional rights,’ the appeals court ruled”: Chris Geidner has this post at his Substack site about an unpublished order that a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S.
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