Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to boardroom reality, and if youre an in-house lawyer, chances are youre grappling with its implications already. The rise of Generative AI and Agentic AI isnt just reshaping industries; its creating legal and ethical questions that demand attention. What exactly are these two AI categories, and why does it matter for your role?
JURIST
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
European Parliament’s Trkiye rapporteur, Nacho Sanchez Amor, expressed concern on Monday that persistent human rights violations and democratic regression in Trkiye are receiving diminished criticism from the European Union (EU) due to Ankara’s perceived shift away from its candidacy for EU membership. Amor highlighted the EU’s waning focus on Trkiye’s accession process, suggesting that Brussels and Ankara have deprioritized this agenda.
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SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a group of Virginia drivers challenging a state motor vehicle law was not entitled to reimbursement of their attorneys fees even though a federal district court issued an order in their favor that temporarily prohibited the state from enforcing the law and the states legislature repealed the law. By a vote of 7-2, the court held that the drivers are not prevailing parties for purposes of a federal law that allows the winners in some civil rights case
JURIST
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Council of the European Union (EU) released on Monday another package imposing sanctions on individuals and entities accused of enabling Russia’s indiscriminate attacks on Ukraine, marking the 16th sanction package since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The updated sanction package now lists an additional 48 individuals and 35 new entities, raising the total number of sanctioned individuals and entities to approximately 2,400.
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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.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Prospective law students, current law students, and law school alumni are eagerly awaiting the release of the 2025 U.S. News Law School Rankings, which usually occurs sometime in March. Will U.S. News dare to change its rankings methodology yet again? We suppose well have to wait and see but what if we told you that we had an admissions-based preview of those rankings?
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Last week, I presented Part I of my written interview with Lindzee Barrera, a former Division I college golfer turned entrepreneur. That column presented her answer to the first of my three questions and focused on the current state of play for Lindzee and her company, Birdie Girl , on the trademark litigation front. What follows are Lindzees answers to my remaining two questions.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Amnesty International and several civil society organizations jointly released a petition on Monday addressed to the National Assembly of Kenya, urging the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations to acknowledge and end abductions and renditions in Kenya. Petitioners recalled that in November 2024, prominent Ugandan opposition figure and former presidential candidate for the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) political party Kizza Besigye was abducted in Nairobi, Keny
Intelligize Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
As the days when China was the United States largest trading partner seem further away than ever, a new report from Intelligize explores the trade war that has roiled geopolitical stability for more than seven years and shows no signs of abating anytime soon. The report notes the opening salvo in the dispute in 2018 when the U.S. set tariffs on solar panels and washing machines, greatly affecting China.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The son of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu jailed for espionage called for his father’s release on Monday at a National Press Club event where he denounced his father’s conviction as the Chinese government’s crackdown on press freedom. Dong Yuyu’s son, Dong Yifu, has called on Japanese authorities in Washington to assist, emphasizing that his father did not commit espionage during his meetings with diplomats.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Committing to expose yourself to both the elements and Jeff Probst for weeks and yet we all know that Biglaw is still more dehumanizing. That’s the takeaway from this this interview with upcoming contestant Kyle Fraser, an attorney from Virginia who was asked by Entertainment Weekly to decide on a brutal punishment for themselves if they end up being voted out first.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Rights organizations, on Tuesday, called on the European Commission to fulfill its legal obligation to monitor EU-funded migration facilities to ensure that human rights are respected, criticizing the automatic detention of migrants upon arrival at the Greece-operated Samos Closed Controlled Access Center (CCAC), including children traveling alone. Authorities at Samos CCAC allegedly subject migrants to unlawful detention through the systematic use of arbitrary restriction of freedom orders whic
Patently O
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
by Dennis Crouch February 2025 has brought unprecedented changes to the USPTO as part of the broader Republican transformation of the Federal Government. This post highlights six key developments affecting the US patent systems: Leadership exodus following early retirement incentives; Billionaire influences on USPTO operations; New examiner productivity reporting requirements and surveillance concerns; Uncertainty surrounding the USPTO Director nomination; Impacts of return-to-office mandates on
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Yesterday, the Ninth Circuit upheld the fraud convictions for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. For those unfamiliar with Holmes and Theranos, the opening to the Ninth Circuit's opinion lays out the facts pretty well: [O]ne tiny drop changes everything. That was.
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LawVu
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
Tauranga, 26 February 2025 LawVu, the leading legal workspace for in-house legal teams, has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming legal spend management and e-billing with significant new investments and innovations. At LawVu weve always had a commitment to continuous innovation and delivering industry-leading features that address the real challenges of modern legal teams, said Sam Kidd, Co-founder and CEO of LawVu.
ABA Journal
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The New Mexico Supreme Court has overturned a womans 2022 murder conviction and barred a retrial because of severe and pervasive prosecutorial misconduct, exacerbated by…
Rocket Matter
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The post Digital Transformation for Law Firms: A Guide to Modernizing Your Practice appeared first on Rocket Matter. Learn how big tech has changed the legal industry Free Guide The Small Firms Guide to Big Tech While any change in how you operate your law office can feel overwhelming, theres never been a better time to start migrating your office structures online.
Conflict of Laws
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Mexican Academy of Private International and Comparative Law ( AMEDIP ) is holding a webinar on Thursday 27 February 2025 at 14:30 (Mexico City time CST), 21:30 (CET time). The topic of the webinar is Private International Law in the Inter-American system: A glance in the light of the 50 anniversary of the CIDIP and will be presented by OAS Director Dante Negro (in Spanish).
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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?
LawSites
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
You may have heard the news earlier this month that attorneys at plaintiffs law firm Morgan & Morgan the 42nd largest U.S. law firm by headcount were facing sanctions over their submission of court filings containing fake legal cases generated by artificial intelligence. Now, the Wyoming federal judge presiding over the case, U.S.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
“Jones Day Resolves Ex-Associates’ Parental Leave Bias Suit; Apparent settlement comes after judge ruled trial was needed; Couple said eight weeks less leave for new fathers was biased”: Patrick Dorrian of Bloomberg Law has this report.
Law 360
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The Delaware Supreme Court's recent Maffei v. Palkon ruling regarding TripAdvisor's proposed reincorporation to Nevada potentially signals a turning point in the trend of expanding the protections from Kahn v. M&F Worldwide to other types of transactions, says Andrew J. Haile at Elon University.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
“Jury should hear words of accused Kavanaugh assassination plotter, feds say; Nicholas Roskes attorneys earlier requested that his statements and other evidence be tossed from the case”: Dan Morse of The Washington Post has this report.
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Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The contract negotiation process between providers and payers is now more complex than ever, according to Baptist Health CEO Michael Mayo. In an interview, he spoke about his health systems recent protracted negotiation with Florida Blue which required months of preparation, external consultants, and even a task force of board members. The post The New Reality of Hospital-Payer Contracts: How Baptist Health Negotiated with Florida Blue appeared first on MedCity News.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
“Justice Dept.s No. 2 Targets Old Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor; The forceful approach that Emil Bove III has taken toward the Southern District of New York underscores his own fraught relationship with the office that gave him the expertise to do so”: Adam Goldman, Glenn Thrush, Benjamin Weiser, Maggie Haberman, and Michael S. Schmidt of The New York Times have this report.
Above The Law
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
The February administration of the California bar exam is so broken that they’re offering a free July test to everyone who fails. This comes after they already offered refunds to everyone struggling with the catastrophic launch of the new exam structure that takes the test outside the NCBE monopoly and uses Kaplan prepared questions for a test administered by Meazure Learning.
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 25, 2025
“Her claim of anti-straight bias could upend discrimination law; The Supreme Court will hear a case that could unleash a wave of workplace bias claims by Whites, men and people who are straight”: Justin Jouvenal and Taylor Telford of The Washington Post have this report.
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