JURIST
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Russia’s Duma voted on a bill to de-ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban (CTBT) Treaty in the bill’s first reading in the State Duma on Tuesday. Members of Russia’s State Duma unanimously adopted the bill withdrawing Russia from the CTBT. Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said the Duma could consider the bill by October 19.
LawSites
OCTOBER 17, 2023
When the legal research companies vLex and Fastcase announced their merger in April , they promised the deal would fuel new opportunities for the development of generative AI for legal research. By creating the world’s largest global legal research library, spanning more than 1 billion documents from more than 110 countries, they said, they would have the legal industry’s ultimate large language model.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
This is judge speak for ‘get someone else to do it.’ The post Even The Judge Doesn’t Want To Deal With The Elon v. Wachtell Spat appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 17, 2023
When I was a kid growing up in the 1980s and 1990s, the name “Unabomber” would frequently come up in adult conversations. Like a distant relative I never met, I would try to imagine his physical appearance and always pictured a man in a long black trench coat clutching a metal suitcase that happened to contain a labyrinth of multicolored wiring on the inside.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Aliza Shatzman, president and founder of The Legal Accountability Project, a nonprofit aimed at ensuring that law clerks have positive clerkship experiences, discusses her work in judicial accountability. The post 3 Questions For A Law Clerk Turned Advocate For Judicial Accountability (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The Top 20 'Best Value' law schools. The post The Law Schools That Provide The ‘Most Value’ For Students (2023) appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Nikia Gray, the executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, is asking legal employers to “stand firm” on their commitment to diversity, equity…
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
What is taking the Supreme Court so long to do what's necessary and adopt its own ethical code of conduct? The post Amy Coney Barrett States The Obvious: Supreme Court Ethics Code Is A ‘Good Idea’ appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“Newman Hints She Could Sit on District Court While Sidelined”: Michael Shapiro of Bloomberg Law has this report. The American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law has posted online a video titled “ A Talk With Judge Pauline Newman.” The post “Newman Hints She Could Sit on District Court While Sidelined” appeared first on How Appealing.
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Do you know that 40% of U.S. Legal Departments now have a formal legal intake process? With that in mind, where does your legal department stand today? Many legal teams still struggle with a flood of incoming requests, leaving everyone overwhelmed and frustrated. Implementing a formal legal intake process can seem like an obstacle between the business and the legal department, but it doesn’t have to be!
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Once it clicks that Rage Against The Machine did all that shining a light for their fans to then complain they 'went woke,' consciousness raising might not be enough. The post Enough With The Diversity ‘Consciousness Raising.’ Let’s See Some Action appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“Justice Barrett Calls for Supreme Court to Adopt an Ethics Code; In a wide-ranging interview at the University of Minnesota that was disrupted temporarily by demonstrators, the justice said that ethics rules would help with greater public transparency”: Abbie VanSickle of The New York Times has this report. John Fritze of USA Today has an article headlined “ ‘Good idea.’ Justice Amy Coney Barrett signals support for a Supreme Court ethics code; ‘There is no l
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
They're going to the mattresses for diversity. The post After Being Threatened With Litigation, These Biglaw Firms Are Ready To Fight For Their Diversity Programs appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“Trump’s Appeal of Judge Tanya Chutkan’s Gag Order Will Fail”: Robert Katzberg has this Jurisprudence essay online at Slate. The post “Trump’s Appeal of Judge Tanya Chutkan’s Gag Order Will Fail” appeared first on How Appealing.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Filings are way up. The post Data Breach Class Actions Are Really Having A Moment appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“Supreme Court won’t step in to save NC law that punished secret recordings”: Adam Wagner of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. The post “Supreme Court won’t step in to save NC law that punished secret recordings” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The deal seems to be getting met with a collective shoulder shrug in the U.K. The post What Do Magic Circle Partners Think Of The A&O Shearman Merger? Not Much… appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“India’s Top Court Rejects Gay Marriage, While Voicing Sympathy; Though it expanded the definition of discrimination, the ruling was a sharp setback for petitioners seeking a landmark victory on marriage equality”: Sameer Yasir and Alex Travelli of The New York Times have this report. You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of India at this link.
Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The devil works hard, but these major corporations work harder. The post Those Fast-Fashion ‘Dupes’ Are Slowing The Progression Of Small, Independent Brands appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“UK Supreme Court appoints female justice and admits diversity concerns; Lady Justice Simler set to be only the fifth female judge in the court’s modern history”: Suzi Ring of Financial Times has this report. The post “UK Supreme Court appoints female justice and admits diversity concerns; Lady Justice Simler set to be only the fifth female judge in the court’s modern history” appeared first on How Appealing.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Andrew Dick, co-founder of the Legal Innovators Network, weighs in on a ‘complement to CLOC.’ The post Why One Legal Ops Group Is Keeping It Small appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
OCTOBER 17, 2023
“In new Supreme Court filings, battle lines are drawn in the fight over Wisconsin’s elections maps”: Jessie Opoien of The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has this report. The post “In new Supreme Court filings, battle lines are drawn in the fight over Wisconsin’s elections maps” appeared first on How Appealing.
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Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Insights from new research based on interviews with 350 top in-house litigators. The post How Businesses Are Extracting Greater Value From Claims, Judgments, And Unenforced Awards appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Even if Washington state's tax on capital gains is truly an excise tax, as the state Supreme Court has ruled, the tax gives the state uncharted powers and threatens principles of federalism, an array of business and anti-tax groups told the U.S. Supreme Court.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 17, 2023
We invited Megan Sheehan, who runs a family law practice with her mom (!), onto the Non-Eventcast. The post Modern Family: How To Update A Traditional Family Law Practice appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
OCTOBER 17, 2023
A California state judge on Tuesday granted Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz's request to send to arbitration a dispute with X Corp. over $90 million in legal fees tied to the fight over Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter.
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