JURIST
MARCH 27, 2025
UNICEF warned on Wednesday that approximately 825,000 children are trapped by escalating violence and severe food shortages in Sudan’s North Darfur region. The UN agency called for their urgent protection alongside immediate humanitarian access. The dire warning comes as clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensify.
HowAppealing
MARCH 27, 2025
“Superior Court Gives Cold Reception to Popular Argument Against Pa.’s Consent by Registration Law; The court held that the defendant failed to identify any binding case law demonstrating grounds for such differing opinions; ‘While it is true enough that Justice Alitos concurrence provides a window into the workings of that jurists mind,’ the court ruled, ‘concurring opinions have no legal effect and, therefore, are not binding on any court”: Aleeza Furman of
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JURIST
MARCH 27, 2025
Poland’s Council of Ministers adopted a regulation on Thursday suspending the right to asylum applications for migrants arriving from Belarus. The regulation will implement a 60-day restriction on the right to asylum on the border with Belarus. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced that the regulation will come into force immediately. This regulation comes into force amidst international critique of Poland’s developing migration legislation.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 27, 2025
Lack of caregiver support and career opportunities are the top reasons women leave their law firms. What can firms do? The post Leveraging Agile Career Strategies to Retain Women Lawyers appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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JURIST
MARCH 27, 2025
The South Korean government’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission admitted on Wednesday that the government had violated fundamental human rights in the intercountry adoption process due to a lack of a proper legislative framework, oversight, and adherence to administrative procedures. The government’s findings are based on an intensive investigation that involved gathering information and conducting interviews with relevant individuals.
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JURIST
MARCH 27, 2025
Amnesty International condemned Thursday the “systematic attack” on the rights of Baloch activists in Pakistan. The organization called for the immediate release of detained protesters, including prominent human rights defenders Dr. Mahrang Baloch, Sammi Deen Baloch, and Bebarg Zehri, and demanded a thorough investigation into the police violence during a March 21 protest in Quetta.
Above The Law
MARCH 27, 2025
How well are law departments and law firms working together today? What are the biggest challenges to collaboration? What emerging skills are becoming critical must-haves? As the AI era reshapes the work of law firms and law departments alike, Above the Law and our friends at iManage are looking for insights from both private practice law firms and the clients they serve.
JURIST
MARCH 27, 2025
The National Jury of Elections (JNE) issued on Tuesday deadlines for authorities to resign, and deadlines for high-ranking officials planning to run for office in the 2026 General Elections. JNE issued a series of resolutions to address potential challenges that may arise due to a surplus of General Election candidates. JNE stated in its resolutions that approximately 10,000 candidates representing 41 registered political parties planned to run in the upcoming 2026 elections, compared to just ov
Patently O
MARCH 27, 2025
by Dennis Crouch In a significant decision, the Federal Circuit has established a more rigorous test for determining when a published patent application claiming priority to a provisional application can be considered prior art as of its provisional filing date. In re Riggs , Case No. 2022-1945 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 24, 2025). The case is decided under pre-AIA 102(e), and so it is not entirely clear whether the same law applies post-AIA.
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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw
MARCH 27, 2025
Last week, building electrification secured an important victory in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. In Association of Contracting Plumbers of The City of New York, Inc. et al v. City of New York , plumbing and building trade groups challenged New York Citys Local Law 154 of 2021 , a piece of legislation that prohibits fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings.
CaseFleet
MARCH 27, 2025
A recent study, Better Call GPT: Comparing Large Language Models Against Lawyers , has made waves in the legal and AI communities, revealing that advanced Large Language Models (LLMs) may be on the verge of disrupting traditional legal contract review. The study benchmarks LLMs against junior lawyers and legal process outsourcers (LPOs) to determine whether AI can outperform humans in accuracy, speed, and cost-efficiency.
Above The Law
MARCH 27, 2025
Col. Rich Kniseley said the current plan is to set up a new Space Force working capital fund for buying commercial SATCOM, initially worth about $120 million, on Oct. 1.
EvidenceProf Blog
MARCH 27, 2025
In a first, the Supreme Court of Oklahoma has suspended a prosecutor who spied on jury deliberations in a murder trial? So, what happened? Let's look at Tuesday's opinion of the court in State ex rel. Oklahoma Bar Association v.
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Above The Law
MARCH 27, 2025
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Conflict of Laws
MARCH 27, 2025
Published on behalf of the IJI, Den Haag In the heart of The Hague, a critical institution of international legal knowledge faces an existential threat. The International Juridical Institute (IJI) (translated in English to mean the Hague Institute for Private International Law), a venerable organization with a century-long history of providing essential legal guidance, stands on the brink of liquidation due to declining government support.
HowAppealing
MARCH 27, 2025
“At a Time When Lawyers Feared Defending Government Enemies, One Law Firm Stood Up; A scrappy law firm decided to represent federal workers accused of disloyalty and survived to become a legal behemoth”: Clay Risen has this article online at Politico Magazine.
Law 360
MARCH 27, 2025
An abrupt pause in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act enforcement has created tension between clients eager to resolve investigations and their attorneys, who are having trouble reaching decision-makers at the U.S. Department of Justice and are more inclined to await further guidance from the government.
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HowAppealing
MARCH 27, 2025
“Judicial Rebels: How Dissenting Judges Wage Law’s Quiet Battles — And When the Supreme Court Listens; Dissents in courts of appeals are understudied but have dramatic impact on the legal landscape; This is an analysis of these dissents since the start of 2024.” Adam Feldman has this post at his “Legalytics” Substack site.
At the Lectern
MARCH 27, 2025
The Supreme Court did not accept any cases for briefing, oral argument, and opinion at yesterday’s conference, the third conference in a row without a straight grant. There hasn’t been a straight grant since February 26. There also weren’t many highlights, but here are some. Racial Justice Act grant-and-transfer The court granted a district attorney’s petition for review in People v.
HowAppealing
MARCH 27, 2025
“Arizona’s Supreme Court ‘cowgirl’ would’ve hated today’s politics; Sandra Day O’Connor believed in public service and worried about political attacks on the Supreme Court — for good reason”: Scott Bales has this essay online at The Arizona Republic.
ABA Journal
MARCH 27, 2025
An Oklahoma lawyer has been suspended for six months for watching real-time jury deliberations on a monitor in a murder case that he prosecuted.
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L4SB
MARCH 27, 2025
If you’re starting your own business or thinking of converting to a more flexible structure, forming a Limited Liability Company (LLC) might be your first step. An LLC can protect.
ABA Journal
MARCH 27, 2025
An Indiana judge has been accused in an ethics complaint of failing to recognize appropriate ethical boundaries and making injudicious statements to litigants and defendants.
Law 360
MARCH 27, 2025
The Federal Trade Commission urged a Washington federal court to make several Amazon executives hand over an accounting of their assets and liabilities, saying the financial information was essential for determining civil penalties in its lawsuit accusing the e-commerce giant of trapping consumers into renewing Prime subscriptions.
iHire
MARCH 27, 2025
Do you have to pay interns? Learn what laws require, why paying interns matters, and how much you should pay an intern with insights from iHires HR expert Chrisanne Bowden.
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Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!
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