Law 360
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
The U.S. Department of Justice appears to consider the first half of its three-year pilot program on compensation incentives and clawbacks to be proceeding successfully, so companies should expect prosecutors to emphasize the program and other compliance-related considerations early in investigations, say attorneys at Debevoise.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday that the official withdrawal of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) raises concerns over access to justice for victims of serious human rights abuses. After serving notice a year ago, the three countries officially left ECOWAS on January 29, 2025. On 28 January 2024, the three Sahel countries formally announced their departure from ECOWAS.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
“Federal Ruling Says State Courts Should Decide North Carolina Election Case; Three counts found an incumbent Democrat won a State Supreme Court race; But the Republican candidate is trying to nullify more than 60,000 votes”: Eduardo Medina of The New York Times has this report. And Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina reports that “ Federal judges rule on which court should hear NC GOP challenge of 65,000 votes.” You can access today’s
JURIST
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
China is infringing on Uyghurs’ right to freedom of movement by enforcing strict travel restrictions for those who travel, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Monday. While China has relaxed a ban on Uyghurs travelling outside of China, allowing Uyghurs to obtain passports, Yalkun Uluyol, HRW China researcher, states that “the Chinese government continues to deny Uyghurs their right to leave the country, restrict their speech and associations when abroad, and punish
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Former Locke Lord partner, Mark Scott, was convicted in 2019 on federal conspiracy to commit bank fraud and conspiracy to launder money charges. Last year, Scott was sentenced to 10 years in prison for his role in the $400 million cryptocurrency scheme and was ordered to turn over $392 million in assets. As with most convictions, Scott appealed. Yesterday, an appeals court upheld Scott’s conviction and sentence, rejecting Scott’s claims that he was unaware of the nature of the OneCoi
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Patently O
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
by Dennis Crouch The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office faces unprecedented challenges as recent executive directives force dramatic changes to its operations. I think that folks across the spectrum from right to left would agree that current changemaking at the White House is following a brutalist approach that treats all federal employees and agencies as interchangeable parts rather than recognizing their unique roles, specialized expertise, and operational requirements.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Even someone chronically online that tries to balance media consumption between terrifying governmental changes and celebrity content may not have followed all the minutiae of the dueling lawsuits between It Ends With Us co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. But… it *is* Hollywood’s hottest litigation with more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie, so even casual observers have probably developed deep opinions about the case(s).
Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Teddy Snyder | You're not writing in the 14th century, so stop trying to sound like a scrivener from 700 years ago. The post Whereas, I Keep Telling Lawyers to Stop Writing Like This appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
So much of the coverage on Pauline Newman’s ordeal with her court focuses on distractions from the heart of the matter: her age, her constant efforts to simply do her job, what have you. We should really be focused on the folks who keep filibustering and not good enough-ing her attempts to do her job. ABA Journal has coverage: Federal law does not permit a 97-year-old federal appeals judge to unseal documents about her suspension absent consent of the chief judge of her circuit, the U.S.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Yesterday, The ABA House of Delegates.at the 2025 ABA Midyear Meeting in Phoenix passed a resolution to help prosecutors trying to vacate wrongful convictions who come up against procedural obstacles or court skepticism. Resolution 503 urges federal, state, tribal and.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Former Biglaw Partner Loses Crypto Scam Appeal : Rough times. Appeal Court Sides With LSU For Now : Is this really the best use of their funds ? Keep It In The Courtroom : Judge is pissed over press release. It All Comes Back To Kimberly A. Moore : Let’s focus on the real reason this is still going on. Funding Disputes And Tweets : Karoline Leavitt’s tweets make it in to a legal filing.
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
A recent study by the Law Commission of England and Wales has resulted in proposed amendments to the Arbitration Act 1996 that include a default rule that an arbitration agreement will be governed by the law of England and Wales if the arbitration is seated in that territory. Given the importance of London as an arbitration center, this has implications for many international commercial contracts.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court justices oath-taking ceremony was the first broadcast live on television? Hint: The justice has some other noteworthy firsts to their name as well. See the answer on the next page. Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! Which Supreme Court justices oath-taking ceremony was the first broadcast live on television?
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LawSites
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
As I noted yesterday, over the weekend, OpenAI releasedDeep Research, an AI agent capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
After long years of looking askance at remote workers, the pandemic forced law firm managers to reconsider that stance. Now, contractors (including virtual and offshore staff) are just as common in the legal environment as anywhere else in the modern economy. We brought an expert in the space onto the Non-Eventcast podcast Brett Trembly , the co-founder and CEO of GetStaffedUp to talk over how lawyers can make the right choices about bringing on remote staff.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Federal law does not permit a 97-year-old federal appeals judge to unseal documents about her suspension absent consent of the chief judge of her circuit,…
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Properly setting up and managing IOLTA accounts helps prevent the risk of being disbarred and ensures your current and prospective clients can trust your firm with their funds throughout their case. However, between commingling prevention and client ledger/reconciliation management, the process can be confusing and cumbersomeespecially since your time is already limited.
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LawSites
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
SmartEsq, a legal technology startup founded by former Big Law and private equity veterans, announced its official launch today, introducing an AI-powered platform designed to streamline legal workflows for private investment funds.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
“Diminishing Returns: Is the Superstar Supreme Court Lawyer Overvalued? From ‘rookies’ to ‘superstars,’ a new draft study looking at the win rates of Supreme Court advocates based on their experience uncovers some surprising results.” Jimmy Hoover of The National Law Journal has this report.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Updated: A state appeals court stepped in after a judge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, issued a temporary restraining order that required Louisiana State University to…
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JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
We have previously discussed cases ( here , here , here , here , and here ) of professors being fired or suspended for using offensive terms such as the n-word in discussions or tests. I have generally argued that such usage is protected on free speech and academic freedom grounds. Now, a federal judge has ruled against Ohio State University (OSU) in an important case involving former OSU Professor Mark Sullivan, who used the n-word in a class on dealing with offensive terms.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
A town court judge in Rensselaer County, New York, has resigned after allegedly asserting that he should not serve on a grand jury because he is a judge, and he thinks that people who appear in his court are guilty.
LawSites
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Voting ends this Friday to pick the 15 legal tech startups that will get to compete in the ninth annual Startup Alley at ABA TECHSHOW in April.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
Climate change legal advocates are pointing to wildfires in Los Angeles, hurricanes in the Southeast and a regulation-averse presidential administration as evidence that local prosecutors should begin going after fossil fuel companies with criminal charges up to and including homicide.
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