Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

These are the schools that will help make sure you can pay your rent on time! The post What Are The Returns On That Law School Degree? appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 26, 2024

Susan Cohodes | I am ready to be friends with my new role as less than a full-time lawyer. The post The Most Important Thing About Being a Less-Than-Full-Time Lawyer appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2024

Amnesty International issued a joint statement along with other human rights groups on Tuesday urging Lebanese authorities to end unlawful practices against Syrian refugees. These practices include torture, unlawful deportations, and ill-treatment of Syrian refugees, which run contrary to their international obligations. According to Amnesty, Syrian refugees in Lebanon have faced increasing hostility, from arbitrary arrests to summary deportations.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

Supreme Court conservatives explain how -- hypothetically -- if one of them took a bunch of gifts under the table that's not really so bad, is it? The post If You’ve Appreciated The Service You’ve Received, Consider Tipping Your Supreme Court Justices! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2024

The Denmark government reached a momentous agreement on Monday with the parties in the green tripartite to impose a tax on carbon dioxide emissions resulting from livestock. The parties included Agriculture & Food, Denmark’s Nature Conservation Association, Food Federation NNF, Dansk Metal, Dansk Industry and KL. The Agreement on a Green Denmark introduces several long-term plans for the reconstruction and development of climate, environment, and agriculture in Denmark, aiming at reduc

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2024

The European Union’s border and coast guard agency (Frontex) and the Republic of Serbia signed a cooperation agreement that facilitates increased cooperation and enhanced border management operations on Tuesday. This new agreement sets out to replace the current framework introduced in 2021 and finalizes negotiations that began in May 2023. As per the Commission’s press release , the agreement will allow Frontex to “carry out joint operations and deploy the European Border an

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

Share On Wednesday, June 26, we will be live blogging as the court releases opinions in one or more argued cases from the current term. Click here for a list of FAQs about opinion announcements. The post Announcement of opinions for Wednesday, June 26 appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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JUNE 26, 2024

The limitations of ERP systems are becoming increasingly apparent and many firms are switching to legal practice management platforms. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have long been touted as the one-size-fits-all solution for managing business processes. But, for large law firms, the limitations of ERP systems are becoming increasingly apparent, and many are switching to legal practice management platforms.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

The American Hospital Association sent letters to the Senate and House urging them to support legislation that would prevent the CMS from enforcing its final rule on minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities. The organization argued that the mandate could lead nursing homes to reduce capacity or close altogether. The post AHA Urges Congress to Stop CMS from Enforcing Minimum Staffing Requirements for Nursing Homes appeared first on MedCity News.

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LLRX

JUNE 26, 2024

Jordan Awan, Assistant Professor of Statistics, Purdue University explains how machine learning has pushed the boundaries in several fields, including personalized medicine, self-driving cars and customized advertisements. Research has shown, however, that these systems memorize aspects of the data they were trained with in order to learn patterns, which raises concerns for privacy.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

The legal profession is remarkably adaptive to changes. The post AI May Not Reduce The Number Of Lawyers Anytime Soon appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 26, 2024

As the 2024 campaign cycle unfolds, campaign strategists, pollsters and political scientists have been closely watching independent voters. Professor of Political Science Julio Borquez addresses why it appears that independents are important – including to political science scholars like himself.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

Congratulations! The post Oldest Fully Online Law School Plans To Add Full-Time JD Program appeared first on Above the Law.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 26, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that a federal anti-bribery law does not make it a crime for state and local officials to accept a gratuity for acts that they have already taken. Writing for a six-justice majority, Justice Brett Kavanaugh explained that state and local governments already regulate gifts to officials, and so the federal law “does not supplement those state and local rules by subjecting 19 million state and local officials to up to 10 years in federal prison for accepti

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

The best of a sorry bunch. The post Justice Amy Coney Barrett For The Win appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2024

The Supreme Court of Brazil ruled Tuesday to decriminalise possession of marijuana for personal use by a majority vote. The nation’s highest court , in its official announcement expounding on the specifics of the session, stated that the judges also reached a consensus to dedicate an amount of money from the National Anti-Drug Fund that would be allocated to educational campaigns aimed at younger people, which would provide information about the harms of drug use.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

Sweatshirt? $5 Cash? What’s The Difference? : Kavanaugh can’t see the difference, but Jackson sure can. Sign Of Good News : Opinion leak could be good news for Idahoan’s healthcare. Californians Are Getting A New Full-Time Option : California bar blesses Purdue’s online full time option. Place Your Guesses! : What’s next from the Supreme Court ? The post Can’t Be Bribery If You’re Paid After!

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2024

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Tuesday called on Iraqi Kurdish authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release Syrian journalist, Sleman Ahmed. Ahmed has been detained for eight months and is facing a charge of espionage under acts of endangering the national security of the Kurdistan Region. He has already faced restrictions accessing legal representation since his arrest and is due to stand trial on June 30.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

It is interesting to note that a constitutional challenge to a tax law even made it this far. The post Supreme Court Upholds Tax On Unrealized Income While Avoiding The Wealth Tax Question appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2024

Aynsley Genga is JURIST’s senior Kenya correspondent. She filed this report from Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon local time (EAT). On Tuesday, Kenya entered its second week of protests against the controversial Finance Bill 2024. People from various counties such as Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu, Nyeri, Tana River and even Turkana decided to come together and protest against the proposed legislation.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

MDLs are all the rage. The post Seems Like Everything Is A Multidistrict Litigation These Days appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 26, 2024

“Corruption Law Allows Gifts to State and Local Officials, Supreme Court Rules; The court, which has limited the sweep of several anti-corruption laws, distinguished after-the-fact rewards from before-the-fact bribes”: Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak of The New York Times have this report.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

Perception is reality when it comes to billing rates. The post Biglaw Partner Slammed By Judge For 50 Percent Rate Hike appeared first on Above the Law.

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JUNE 26, 2024

“The Supreme Court Steps Back From the Edge”: Linda Greenhouse has this guest essay online at The New York Times.

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Above The Law

JUNE 26, 2024

Biglaw firms continue to push forward when it comes to diversity. The post The 2024 Biglaw Diversity Scorecard: ‘Subdued’ Progress Amid A War On DEI appeared first on Above the Law.

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