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FEBRUARY 7, 2025
This week, I have been experimenting with Deep Research, the AI agent OpenAI released on Sunday that it says is capable of completing multi-step research tasks and synthesizing large amounts of online information.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, and 21 other states, sued New York Thursday over a new law requiring fossil fuel companies to contribute seventy-five billion dollars to a fund to pay for damages caused by climate change. McCuskey alleged that Congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce through the Commerce Clause , and some matters are better regulated by a uniform approach, rather than left to the states.
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Attorney at Work
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Jay Harrington | Here are three steps lawyers and law firms can focus on to better align with CLOs' priorities. The post What the 2025 ACC Chief Legal Officer Survey Tells Us About Retaining and Winning More Business appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. One of the things Im thinking about, were turning down some really great people. People who I would have admitted last year are getting wait-listed and denied this year. There will be some very high quality candidates who arent getting into any law school this yearbut the caliber of law students in this incoming class is going to be very high and really, really strong at all schools across the board. — Sarah Zearfoss , senior assi
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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.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor honored with UofL School of Law’s Brandeis Medal”: Killian Baarlaer of The Louisville Courier Journal has this report. And Bruce Schreiner of The Associated Press has reports headlined “ Sotomayor is asked about lower trust in Supreme Court. She points to pace of overturned precedents ” and “ Justice Sotomayor renews her opposition to the courts ruling that ex-presidents have broad immunity.
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HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“Wake court to hear arguments in GOP challenge of 65,000 votes in NC Supreme Court election”: Kyle Ingram of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina has this report. The Carolina Journal reports that “ Riggs, elections board signal plans to take ballot dispute back to federal court.” And in commentary, at NC Newsline, Gunther Peck has an essay titled “ Documenting the damage of Judge Jefferson Griffins Supreme Court election challenge; Research shows that
My Shingle
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Understanding Your Rights and Exploring Law Firm Ownership Less than one month into a new administration, federal attorneys are facing unprecedented disruption to their careers. The recent return to the office directives, fork in the road resignation offers and transfers to different departments have left many federal attorneys feeling demoralized and confused about what the… The post FREE WEBINAR!
CARET Legal
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Predictive analytics is changing the way law firms prepare for litigation, offering advanced insights that enable firms to go into litigation with confidence. Civil litigation is as much a battle of preparation as it is a battle of strategy. Staying ahead often means predicting your opponents moves before they even make them. Gaining insight into patterns, behaviors, and strategies used by opposing counsel can mean the difference between successful litigation and being caught off guard.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
"The world really is looking to us on this," said Lauryn Williams, former chief of staff in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Industrial Base Policy.
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EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Similar to its federal counterpart, Oregon Rule of Evidence 703 provides that The facts or data in the particular case upon which an expert bases an opinion or inference may be those perceived by or made known to the expert.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
by Dennis Crouch One of the most perplexing aspects of patent eligibility doctrine involves the role of preemption - the concern that patents might lock up basic tools of scientific and technological work in ways that limit individual liberty and or that may unduly block fundamental progress. The Supreme Court has repeatedly emphasized that these preemption concerns "undergird" and "drive" the judicially created exceptions to patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. 101.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
General counsel will be scrutinizing their companies' DEI policies after U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi directed the U.S. Department of Justice to probe and penalize illegal diversity policies in the private and public sectors. Outside the DOJ, legal professionals, including in-house attorneys, reported high job satisfaction in a recent survey, likely leading to lower turnover.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election”: Eric H. Holder Jr. has this guest essay online at The New York Times.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
How can lawyers harness AI and automation to scale their firms and optimize efficiency? “You have to create your own rules; if not, other people will make rules for you,” says Sam Mollaei, a lawyer and entrepreneur. In a recent episode of “Be That Lawyer,” Sam joins host Steve Fretzin to explore the game-changing role of AI, automation, and strategic focus in building a high-performing law firm.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“ Bruen Was Right”: Law professor J. Joel Alicea has posted this article at SSRN.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Ed. Note: Welcome to our daily feature Trivia Question of the Day! The National Basketball Players Association recently hired David Kelly as its General Counsel. Kelly worked in the front office of which NBA team which won multiple titles during Kellys tenure before this new role? Hint: Kelly also has a musical career as a rapper under the name Capital D.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“Ohio Northern sues professor for having the audacity to defend his rights in court; After terminating Scott Gerber without telling him why, Ohio Northern University filed a lawsuit to shut him up”: Zach Greenberg has this post online at the website of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
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Law 360
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The Second Circuit on Friday ruled that an in-house attorney for a publicly traded company under federal investigation in New York must turn over communications as part of a grand jury investigation under the crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“Legal battle continues over North Carolina Supreme Court election; More than three months after Election Day, the race for North Carolina Supreme Court associate justice still isnt over as a heated legal battle continues in state court”: Sydney Haulenbeek of Courthouse News Service has this report.
OneLegal
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Learn about how firms use legal AI tools, from back-office efficiency to substantive practice, as firms cautiously embrace Gen AI. The post Legal AI tools: How firms are using them in their workflows appeared first on One Legal.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
“Steve Wynn asks U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider historic press freedom ruling”: Richard N. Velotta of The Las Vegas Review-Journal has this report. You can access the petition for writ of certiorari at this link.
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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?
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Ed. note : Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. One of the things Im thinking about, were turning down some really great people. People who I would have admitted last year are getting wait-listed and denied this year. There will be some very high quality candidates who arent getting into any law school this yearbut the caliber of law students in this incoming class is going to be very high and really, really strong at all schools across the board. — Sarah Zearfoss , senior assi
Law 360
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
A group of objectors urged the Ninth Circuit on Friday to vacate Meta Platform Inc.'s $725 million settlement resolving privacy claims over the Cambridge Analytica data harvesting scandal, arguing the trial judge failed to fully consider the minimum $250 billion statutory damages award that could have been awarded if class counsel won at trial.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
Washington Democrats are adding a fifth stage for confessions under a new law. If passed, examination, confession, absolution, and penance will be followed by arrest. The blatantly unconstitutional legislation would target priests who learn of any “reasonable” basis to believe that a child “has suffered abuse or neglect.” Putting aside the obvious violation of the sanctity of the confessional, it presents a novel problem for priests if they both encourage the faithful to
Law 360
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that its acting director will review and could rescind the agency's recent order subjecting Google's payment arm to supervision, securing a pause of the tech giant's lawsuit against the order.
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