JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in the cases O’Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier and Lindke v. Freed on Tuesday regarding whether public officials blocking constituents on personal social media accounts used for some public purposes amounts to state action under the First Amendment of the US Constitution. O’Connor-Ratcliff began in 2014 when two school board members created social media accounts for their political campaigns and continued to use those accounts after winning their respe

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

First Amendment is HARD! The post Tennessee Prosecutors Shocked To Discover That Shitposting Is Not A Crime. Not Even When It’s About Cops! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The UN Human Rights office Tuesday concluded that the October 5 missile strike in Hroza, Ukraine was launched by Russia. The strike, which was labeled the deadliest since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, killed 59 people in the small village of Hroza. At the time of the attack, Moscow denied that it was intentionally targeting civilians. However, the UN launched an inquiry into the missile strike, which yielded the findings published on Tuesday.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 31, 2023

2023 Legal Trends Report introduces a new metric for monitoring your firm's cash flow. The post Lockup: A New Metric to Monitor Law Firm Cash Flow appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

US District Judge Alia Moses of the Western District of Texas granted a temporary restraining order to Texas and enjoined the federal government from interfering with Texas’s fencing at the U.S.-Mexico border. The suit was brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. As part of Operation Lone Star , the Texas Military Department has deployed concertina wire fencing to deter illegal crossings at the Texas-Mexico border.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The German Constitutional Court on Tuesday ruled a law allowing double jeopardy in criminal cases where new evidence was available was unconstitutional. In the majority decision, the justices found a fundamental right that “no person may be punished more than once for the same offense.” The decision centered on Section 362 of the German Criminal Code.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The first of four Zoom sessions is on November 1. The post Colorado Donor-Conceived Person Protection Law Opens Public Comments On Proposed Rules appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Venezuela’s Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ) suspended the results of the country’s opposition primary elections and disqualified three candidates from running for office, according to a Monday decision on the TSJ website. The decision cites the “unconstitutional and illegal acts of the National Primary Commission” as justifying the suspension of “all the effects of the different phases of the electoral process conducted by the National Primary Commission.” T

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LawSites

OCTOBER 31, 2023

 On Oct. 9, during the Clio Cloud Conference in Nashville, the law practice management company Clio released the 2023 edition of its annual Legal Trends Report. Since it was first published in 2016, the report has established itself as a benchmark of the state of law practice and technology adoption among smaller law firms. Among the findings in this year’s report were two pieces of particularly good news: Law firms have seen a remarkable increase in productivity in the years since that first

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Police in Paris, France shot and seriously wounded an unarmed woman Tuesday after commuters reported that she was making threats at a train station and shouting Jihadist slogans. Olivier Veran, a spokesperson for the French government said in a statement that police pulled the woman aside, and asked her to calm down and show her hands. “What happened then was that law enforcement officers had no option but to open fire on this woman, given the danger of the situation,” Veran said.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Several senators wrote a letter to the Biden Administration asking for action that ensures coverage of over-the-counter birth control without the need for a prescription. The letter was led by Senators Patty Murray (D-Washington), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Ron Wyden (D-Oregon).

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 31, 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 31, 2023

The firm knew of these plans since last week. The post Stroock To Dissolve, Close Its Doors After Nearly 150 Years In Business appeared first on Above the Law.

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

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JURIST

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Hong Kong’s District Court on Monday sentenced four former student leaders of the University of Hong Kong’s student union to two years in prison over incitement to wound with intent, according to the Hong Kong Free Press. The four former student leaders—Kinson Cheung, Chris Todorovski, Charles Kwok and Anthony Yung— pleaded guilty to the charge on September 11.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Have you got what it takes to top the winners of years past? The post ATL’s 14th Annual Legally Themed Halloween Costume Contest appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 31, 2023

“A Small Fish and an Uncollected Fee Add Up to Big-Government Challenge at the Supreme Court; Herring fishermen and anti-regulation groups seek to overturn the ‘Chevron’ precedent that lets federal agencies interpret unclear statutes”: Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News has this report. The post “A Small Fish and an Uncollected Fee Add Up to Big-Government Challenge at the Supreme Court; Herring fishermen and anti-regulation groups seek to overturn the ‘Chevron̵

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The efforts of people like Edith G. Tolchin in helping to tell the important stories of female inventors over time are crucial for helping to increase the number of patents held by women. The post 3 Questions For Advocates For Women Inventors (Part I) 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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OCTOBER 31, 2023

“Too conservative for the Supreme Court? The nation’s most right-leaning appeals court draws scrutiny. Is a federal appeals court in Louisiana ‘testing the boundary’ of the conservative legal movement or just reflecting where the Supreme Court is moving the law?” John Fritze of USA Today has this report. The post “Too conservative for the Supreme Court?

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The list really does go on. The post Does The Constitution Let Ron DeSantis Block Me On Twitter? Or Mike Johnson? Or… appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 31, 2023

“$23,500 in Coins to Pay a Settlement? Judge Says Keep the Change and Try Again. A Colorado judge ordered a welding company to use a check or other conventional method to pay a settlement after it tried to deliver 6,500 pounds in coins.” Amanda Holpuch of The New York Times has this report. The post “$23,500 in Coins to Pay a Settlement?

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

Spooky! The post ChatGPT? More Like Edgar Allan Esquire appeared first on Above the Law.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

“The Supreme Court seems stumped by two cases about free speech online; The justices appear to have no idea when they should get involved with online disputes between government officials and their constituents”: Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox. The post “The Supreme Court seems stumped by two cases about free speech online; The justices appear to have no idea when they should get involved with online disputes between government officials and their constituents”

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 31, 2023

There's a law about that. The post The Laws Restricting Halloween Celebrations appeared first on Above the Law.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 31, 2023

“Supreme Court Weighs When Officials May Block Citizens on Social Media; The justices struggled to distinguish private conduct, which is not subject to the First Amendment, from state action, which is”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. Ann E. Marimow of The Washington Post reports that “ High court struggles on whether officials may block social media critics; The Supreme Court will decide several cases this term that impact the future of free speech on social

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Law 360

OCTOBER 31, 2023

A Third Circuit judge said Tuesday she was "skeptical" of whether plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation could show proof that Merck's shingles vaccine caused the disease, scrutinizing a district judge's ask for scientific evidence from the plaintiffs prior to dismissing the cases.

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