Above The Law
MARCH 5, 2025
(Photo Illustration by Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) This week, Ill be attending and reporting on the South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference in Austin, Texas. SXSWor as some call it, South Byis a sprawling, nine-day event (13 if you include the education-focused portion) that blends technology, music, film, media, and culture into an immersive experience.
Attorney at Work
MARCH 5, 2025
Theres a growing talent gap in the legal industry. Gene Commander points to talent development and career advancement strategies that can propel midsize and smaller firms into the next decade. The post Law Firm Talent Development: Rebooting Career Advancement Strategies appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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JURIST
MARCH 5, 2025
Amnesty International called on Wednesday for an investigation into Israeli military attacks on health facilities during the Lebanon war and labeled them as war crimes. Amnesty International’s investigation focused on four Israeli attacks in Beirut between October 3 and 9, 2024, which killed 19 healthcare workers, wounded 11 more, and destroyed multiple ambulances and two medical facilities.
Above The Law
MARCH 5, 2025
(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it. A major part of thinking like a lawyer is knowing how to read — its the hunt for historical context and caselaw that can really get you!
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Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.
JURIST
MARCH 5, 2025
The US Supreme Court sided with the city and county of San Francisco on Tuesday in a dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), finding the EPA cannot penalize the city if water quality levels fall below the agency’s standards when the city is, under permit, discharging pollution, including sewage, into the Pacific Ocean. The court found that the EPA, under the Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA), was entitled to impose specific requirements on entities that discharge pollutants to
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JURIST
MARCH 5, 2025
The Law Commission of Ontario (LSO) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released a background report on the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) on the development of AI on Monday. The report serves as a follow-up review of the LSO and OHRC’s initial 2024 HRIA framework which was created as a tool to help AI developers adhere to human rights obligations by providing a standardized assessment form.
Above The Law
MARCH 5, 2025
The first time an engineer told me, You actually get it, I felt like Id earned a badge of honor. That comment didnt come out of nowhere. It was the result of months spent diving deep into the guts of their product, asking questions, breaking features on purpose, and learning as much as I could. Early in my career, I noticed my legal advice often stalled out.
JURIST
MARCH 5, 2025
UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders called on Wednesday for support for human rights defenders in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. UN expert Mary Lawlor recognized the deteriorating situation in the DRC. Lawlor claimed, “Human rights defenders in the eastern DRC are currently at extreme risk of reprisals for their human rights work” The Special Rapporteur also received information on M23 rebels’ plans to apprehend a list of human rights def
Above The Law
MARCH 5, 2025
Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Obviously, too soon to tell, but I think it could [push more firms to up their in-office attendance requirements]. I think everybody watches what their peers are doing. — Lauren Drake , a recruiter at Macrae, in comments given to the American Lawyer , on whether more Biglaw firms will revise their office attendance policies to mandate that attorneys spend four days each week working from the office.
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EvidenceProf Blog
MARCH 5, 2025
Yesterday, Cook County Judge Alfredo Maldonado "vacated the wrongful murder conviction of Illinois Innocence Project (IIP) client Jerry Herrington, dismissing all charges and fully exonerating him." Judge Maldonado's decision came in response to a united front by the IIP and.
CARET Legal
MARCH 5, 2025
Without the right tools, billing can prove an obstacle to addressing growing client demands and increasingly complex fee structures – stalling your firms growth trajectory. Managing multiple fee structures can get convoluted. Each fee model – whether its hourly rates, retainers , flat fees , or contingency agreements – presents its own set of challenges.
CosmoLex
MARCH 5, 2025
A law firms website should be a useful tool for building relationships with potential clients and highlighting the firm’s strengths. With so many choices listed in search results, its critical that your firm is easily found by those in search of legal help. Lawyer SEO can help maximize visibility and get your firm in front of the right people.
LawSites
MARCH 5, 2025
Just last week, I wrote about a first-of-its-kind benchmarking study of legal AI tools, and now comes another, much-different study, that is also the first of its kind.
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.
Conflict of Laws
MARCH 5, 2025
A new paper by Michael Green , A Plea for Private International Law (Conflict of Laws) , was recently published as an Essay in the Notre Dame Law Review Reflection. Michael argues that although private international law is increasingly important in our interconnected world, it has fallen out of favor at top U.S. law schools. To quote from the Essay: Private international law has not lost its jurisprudential import.
HowAppealing
MARCH 5, 2025
“The Most Important Election of 2025: The April 1 race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court could tilt the U.S. House to Democrats.” Collin Levy will have this op-ed in Thursday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
LawSites
MARCH 5, 2025
“My dear Miss Glory, the Robots are not people. Mechanically they are more perfect than we are; they have an enormously developed intelligence, but they have no soul.” With that quote from R.U.R. (Rossum’s Universal Robots), a 1920 science fiction play by Czech writer Karel apek, U.S. District Judge Kai N.
HowAppealing
MARCH 5, 2025
“Mexico Deserves Its Day in Court Against US Gunmakers; The Supreme Court should let the countrys lawsuit proceed because, in this case, firearm manufacturers fall outside the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act”: Noah Feldman has this essay online at Bloomberg Opinion.
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Analyzing contract trends with manual contract management is like sifting through a pile of papers in a dimly lit room, trying to find clues manually. Advanced CLM software’s contract data analytics, on the other hand, is like having an AI-based, intelligent magnifying glass that not only highlights key clues but also connects the dots for you. With innovative, AI-powered contract data analytics, you can solve the mystery of trends faster and with greater accuracy, making informed decisions base
Law 360
MARCH 5, 2025
Technology giant Broadcom blasted a patent infringement lawsuit filed by Netflix over five software patents Broadcom contends are invalid and urged a federal California court to toss the litigation, calling it a "meritless retaliatory case" meant to distract from Netflix's "rampant infringement of patents owned by Broadcom-related entities.
HowAppealing
MARCH 5, 2025
“Why Harvard Law Is Losing Black Students: A year after the Supreme Court banned race-based admissions, the law schools first-year Black student enrollment plummeted — with repercussions way beyond the classroom.” Janet Lorin of Bloomberg News has this report.
Law 360
MARCH 5, 2025
The Competition and Markets Authority said Wednesday it has cleared Synopsys' planned $35 billion acquisition of fellow U.S. software company Ansys under certain divestiture and monitoring conditions.
HowAppealing
MARCH 5, 2025
“Don’t Give Up on the Courts; No matter what MAGA says”: Reynolds Holding has this post at his “Better Judgment” Substack site.
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?
Patently O
MARCH 5, 2025
by Dennis Crouch The PTAB Bar Association has issued an urgent plea to Congressional leaders and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick advocating for stability at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board amid significant disruptions at the USPTO. [Letter to Congress][Letter to Lutnick]. Meanwhile, Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart recently addressed the patent community at Gene & Rene Quinn's IPWatchdog LIVE 2025 event, offering reassurances about the Office's operations despite ongoing challenges.
HowAppealing
MARCH 5, 2025
Programming note: I will be arguing the final case scheduled for oral argument today before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania , and there are five argued cases ahead of mine. As a result, additional posts will not appear here until tonight. The audio of today’s oral arguments will be streamed live on YouTube.
ABA Journal
MARCH 5, 2025
Two Baker & Hostetler lawyers wont be able to represent a compounding pharmacy in a lawsuit against the U.S.
Law Prose
MARCH 5, 2025
Step one in becoming a strong writer is to become a strong reader. We recommend that you undertake a concerted effort to read the best expository writing of our day. You might well start with the nonfiction pieces in Harpers , The New Yorker , and The Atlantic. Its a matter of upgrading your understanding of how effective exposition worksespecially exposition of difficult subjects.
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