JURIST

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The Senate Finance Committee reported Wednesday that US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas did not repay a more than $200,000 loan for a vehicle purchase from 1999. Specifically, the committee’s memo stated the loan was $267,230 from Tony Welters, a friend of Thomas. The committee interviewed Welters and received a written note from 1999 by Thomas with the details of the loan and a check from 2000 for $20,042.23 from Thomas to Welters to pay off the first year’s interest of the lo

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

They mean business. The post 31 Blazers That Will Instantly Polish Off Any Outfit appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Pakistan Interim Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti issued a warning Thursday to “illegal immigrants” living in Pakistan to voluntarily leave the country by November 1 or risk potential arrest and deportation. Bugti said that the government has data about all those residing in the country without legal documentation, including several from neighboring Afghanistan and they must leave the country on their own by the final cut-off date to avoid being arrested and sent to detention centers

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Get to the Point! | Lawyers are notorious for adding suffix upon suffix to kill off perfectly serviceable action verbs to replace them with monsters: zombie nouns. The post Ditch the Zombie Nouns Starting This Halloween appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Icelandic women across the country, including Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir , participated in a nationwide strike Tuesday, demanding an end to gender inequality and discrimination. The event echoed the 1975 Icelandic Women’s Strike, with the Foreign Ministry stating: Today we repeat the event of the first full day women’s strike since 1975, marking the day when 90% of Icelandic women took the day off from both work and domestic duties, leading to pivotal change, including the w

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

It’s difficult for employers to work with multiple point solutions that target very specific populations, investors said during a panel discussion. Instead, many investors are more interested in platform-based solutions that support more people.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The new bar exam will come. Eventually. The post Change Comes Even Slower Than Expected For The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.

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Speaker: Anne Post, CEO North America, Xakia Technologies

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

First-generation law students with parents who never obtained a bachelor’s degree differ in some significant respects from classmates with at least one parent who completed…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The promised efficiency gains offered by these tools come with their own set of challenges, including doubts over result accuracy and concerns about client confidentiality. The post Balancing Legal Ethics With Rapid AI Innovation appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Two federal appeals judges confessed during oral arguments Tuesday that they weren’t familiar with a rock musician known for the 1977 song “Cat Scratch…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Law schools need to do more to assist these students. The post First-Generation Students Leave Law School With More Debt Than Their Classmates appeared first on Above the Law.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Ever since its founding in 2018, Steno has been on a mission to disrupt depositions. It started as a court reporting agency that also offered non-recourse financing of deposition costs, and then in 2020 launched Steno Connect , its own web-based video conferencing technology specifically built for remote depositions and exhibit handling. In the early days of the pandemic when the company developed Steno Connect, it did so to provide lawyers with an alternative to Zoom for depositions.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Law prof compensation has taken quite the hit. The post I Guess It *Doesn’t* Pay To Be A Law School Professor appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A Seattle lawyer is suggesting that a federal judge didn’t sign an order requiring him to pay more than $268,000 as a sanction for trying to file a fake “Saudi Sun” news article with a federal appeals court.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Charlie Adelson's murder trial gets underway. The post Trial Of Alleged Mastermind Behind Law Professor’s Murder Begins appeared first on Above the Law.

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Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Partners who choose an “activator approach” are more likely to be successful at business development, according to a new study called Unlocking the Secrets to…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Elon isn’t the only one with his eyes on the stars. Thank God. The post Will Howard Law Focus On The New Frontier? appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

“This conservative appeals court’s rulings are testing the Supreme Court; The 5th Circuit’s work is drawing more Supreme Court review this term than that of any other regional appeals court”: Robert Barnes and Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post have this report. The post “This conservative appeals court’s rulings are testing the Supreme Court; The 5th Circuit’s work is drawing more Supreme Court review this term than that of any other regional appeals court” appeared f

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Possessing a chutzpah-enhanced capacity to push the limits does not mean that a lawyer should use the aforementioned ability. The post Does The ‘Straight Face’ Argument Still Exist? appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

“Fifth Circuit’s Ho Calls on Judges to Embrace ‘Harsh Criticism’; Judge said courts should ‘get comfortable’ with criticism; Ho alleged ‘viewpoint discrimination’ against religious conservatives”: Jacqueline Thomsen of Bloomberg Law has this report. The post “Fifth Circuit’s Ho Calls on Judges to Embrace ‘Harsh Criticism’; Judge said courts should ‘get comfortable’ with criticism; Ho alleged ‘viewpoint discrimination’ against religious conservatives” appeared first on How

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

* Are firms going to start outsourcing associate training? An interesting concept! What if we had "schools" where prospective lawyers could learn the "law" before getting to the firm. We could call them "law schools." Meh. it'll never work. [ American Lawyer ] * Comprehensive breakdown of the average workday start and finish times at each UK firm. [ LegalCheek ] * In light of SBF's decision to take the stand , here are some past instances of high-profile white-collar defendants testifying on the

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 26, 2023

“Clarence Thomas loan report spurs new ethics criticism of US Supreme Court”: Andrew Chung and John Kruzel of Reuters have this report. The post “Clarence Thomas loan report spurs new ethics criticism of US Supreme Court” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Wouldn't it be nicer to work at a firm that's described as 'well-oiled machine' instead? The post Are You Working At A ‘Toxic’ Biglaw Firm? Survey Says… appeared first on Above the Law.

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