Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Gray Robinson | Try these techniques to shut down your warrior brain and practice law from a calmer and easier place. The post Calming a Lawyer’s Warrior Brain appeared first on Attorney at Work.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Imprisoned Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was transferred to a maximum security prison in Siberia and placed in a tiny “punishment cell,” his lawyer Vadim Prokhorov said in a Sunday Facebook post. According to Prokhorov, Kara-Murza was moved to IK-6, a maximum-security penal colony in Omsk. The post shares information from a letter penned by Kaza-Murza detailing his transfer to Omsk, which he recalls to have taken less than three weeks total.
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Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
‘Commercial data, commercial processing is not classified. It does not matter that the DoD wishes it were,’ said Barbara Golf, special advisor to Space Systems Command. The post Pentagon Plans To Transfer ‘High Accuracy’ Space Tracking Data To Commerce appeared first on Above the Law.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A crowd of 40,000 Spaniards took to the streets of Madrid Sunday to protest the possible plans to grant amnesty to Catalans who face legal trouble for their roles in the separatist bid six years ago, according to Spanish news site EFE. The crowd held Spanish national flags and displayed signs, with some describing Sanchez as a “traitor.” The Catalan independence movement is a social and political movement which seeks the independence of the Catalonia region from Spain.
Speaker: David Worrell, CFO, Author & Speaker
Your financial statements hold powerful insights—but are you truly paying attention? Many finance professionals focus on the income statement while overlooking key signals hidden in the balance sheet and cash flow statement. Understanding these numbers can unlock smarter decision-making, uncover risks, and drive long-term success. Join David Worrell, accomplished CFO, finance expert, and author, for an engaging, nontraditional take on reading financial statements.
LawSites
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
It has been a while since I have written about the copyright lawsuit by legal research giant Thomson Reuters against the no-shuttered legal research startup Ross Intelligence, in which TR alleges that Ross stole copyright content from Westlaw to build its own completing legal research product. But today, the judge overseeing the case, 3 rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Stephanos Bibas, sitting by designation in the U.S.
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ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A special master overseeing opioid litigation is resisting a request to step down after he mistakenly sent lawyers a “reply all” email with private notes…
LawSites
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
eDiscovery Assistant , a legal research platform for e-discovery case law and resources, is today introducing AI-generated case law summaries. The feature uses ChatGPT to deliver one-paragraph summaries of court decisions, with the goal of enabling legal professionals to more quickly gauge the relevance and implications of a decision. “By incorporating AI-generated summaries, we’re providing our users with immediate insights, ensuring they don’t have to wade through extensive decisio
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The Illinois Supreme Court has disciplined or accepted the resignation of several lawyers and two former judges in a series of orders Sept. 21.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson announced Monday that the PCG removed a floating barrier allegedly placed by China near the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea. This comes days after the PCG claimed that China had placed the floating barrier to prevent Philippine fishermen from accessing fishing grounds near the shoal, which is protected by an international arbitral agreement.
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Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The state bar is expected to rake in an extra $7.4 million annually. The post It Just Got More Expensive To Try To Become A California Attorney appeared first on Above the Law.
LawSites
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
AffiniPay , the parent company of law practice management company MyCase , has sold off the legal accounting software Soluno to another law practice management company, Actionstep , in what the New Zealand-based Actionstep says is an important milestone for its expansion into the U.S. and Canadian markets. MyCase acquired the cloud-based Soluno in 2021, saying at the time that it would leverage Soluno’s expertise to develop full-featured accounting natively within the MyCase platform.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Gavin Newsom asserts that federal judge may have no regard for human life. and the judge's track record seems to back that up. The post Jonathan Turley Defends Honor Of Judge Under Investigation For Handcuffing A Crying Child appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
It seems that not a day goes by without a new generative artificial intelligence, or GAI, software announcement in the legal technology space.
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
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
What matters most to summer associates? Here are the Top 10 firms. The post The Best Biglaw Firms, Ranked By Summer Associates (2023) appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 25, 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.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
'Jurors heard too much about my client's motive' might not be the slam dunk new trial argument he thinks. The post Alex Murdaugh Lawyer Seeks New Trial On Grounds That Jury Heard Too Much Evidence appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
A judge in Garfield County, Oklahoma, has stopped hearing cases after his arrest in an alleged shooting spree and road-rage incident in Austin, Texas, on…
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Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Imagine being unemployed over a "That's what she said" joke.among other things. The post Iowa Lawyer’s ‘Rhetorical Hyperbole’ Could Land Him 60 Day Suspension appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Ari Kaplan recently spoke with David Perla, the co-chief operating officer at Burford Capital, a litigation funding company and a leading provider of legal finance.
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
The Supreme Court’s recent summer decision in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana, et al. v. Talevski has raised the stakes for nursing homes by ruling that private litigants may bring civil claims against facilities to recover damages for violations of certain provisions of the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act (FNHRA). This decision provides powerful incentives for nursing homes and other facilities subject to the FNHRA to enhance their monitoring and compliance processes.
LLRX
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Hallucinations in generative AI are not a new topic. If you watch the news at all (or read the front page of the New York Times), you’ve heard of the two New York attorneys who used ChatGPT to create fake cases entire cases and then submitted them to the court. After that case, which resulted in a media frenzy and (somewhat mild) court sanctions, many attorneys are wary of using generative AI for legal research.
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Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Let’s look at the benefits and challenges of using trained AI models to instantly generate contextually appropriate legal documents. The post Exploring AI’s Role In Legal Drafting: Can AI End The Blank Page Curse? appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
“Views from the High Court: Justice Elena Kagan on ethics, originalism, faith and the free exchange of ideas.” Margaret Fosmoe of Notre Dame Magazine has this report. In earlier coverage, Ariane de Vogue of CNN reported that “ Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan talks ethics and her relationship with the chief justice.” And Josh Gerstein of Politico reported that “ Kagan hopes Supreme Court’s ideological divide on precedent isn’t permanent; The justice said it would b
Above The Law
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
With email etiquette like this, you'd think he had gone to Columbia The post Special Master Should Have Kept His ‘Reply All’ In The Drafts appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
“A Supreme Court case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law; The Supreme Court hears a civil rights case straight out of a right-wing fever dream”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. The post “A Supreme Court case about hotel websites could blow up much of US civil rights law; The Supreme Court hears a civil rights case straight out of a right-wing fever dream” appeared first on How Appealing.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
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