Attorney at Work
AUGUST 22, 2024
Sally Schmidt | Asking good follow-up questions and prompting a conversation is the path to new business. The post Ask, Don’t Tell: The Power of Questions in Winning New Business appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
JURIST
AUGUST 22, 2024
The Paris Court of Appeals rejected Thursday an appeal to hold Monsanto and fourteen other agrochemical firms for their role in producing Agent Orange for the US armed forces, citing legal immunity from prosecution as they worked at the order of a sovereign government, according to local media. Agent Orange is a mixture of equal parts of two herbicides, 2,4,5-T, and 2,4-D which contain the highly toxic TCDD/dioxin which have been known to cause major health problems and deformities for those w
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LDA PRO
AUGUST 22, 2024
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JURIST
AUGUST 22, 2024
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed a lawsuit against the city of Medford, Oregon, on Tuesday, alleging that the city’s law enforcement authorities have been surveilling and illegally gathering information on the complainants for years. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of two local organizations and an individual activist.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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EvidenceProf Blog
AUGUST 22, 2024
New England Law | Boston invites applications from candidates for assistant professor positions to begin in the fall 2025 semester.We seek to hire individuals who are interested in teaching foundational courses, particularly Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Property, and Torts, and.
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HowAppealing
AUGUST 22, 2024
“Justice Gorsuch’s book of fish tales; A new book by the Supreme Court conservative begs the question: Does having all the facts matter?” Columnist Ruth Marcus has this essay online at The Washington Post.
JURIST
AUGUST 22, 2024
The appellate division of the Seoul Central District Court ordered on Thursday that the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel pay 100 million won to the four children of a Korean citizen who was a victim of forced labor in Japan during the Second World War, local media reported. The Seoul court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs who are the descendants of a South Korean national.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 22, 2024
“Justice Department signals plan to salvage obstruction charges in some Jan. 6 cases; Prosecutors still see a path to conviction for some defendants, even while dropping the charge in other cases following a Supreme Court ruling”: Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein of Politico have this report.
JURIST
AUGUST 22, 2024
The human rights organization Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) criticized Mexico’s judicial reform on Tuesday, describing it as a “setback for human rights.” The government launched the judicial reform in February of this year. The changes proposed by the government include the reduction of ministers of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation from eleven to nine members and plans to elect ministers, judges, and magistrates through popular vote by 2025.
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LawSites
AUGUST 22, 2024
Spellbook, the company that introduced the first generative AI copilot for contract drafting and review in 2022, today launched what it says is the first AI agent for law, capable of planning and executing complex, multi-step workflows.
Above The Law
AUGUST 22, 2024
There was a little bit of movement in the rankings this year. The post The Law Schools Whose Professors Have The Most Scholarly Impact (2024) appeared first on Above the Law.
LawSites
AUGUST 22, 2024
The chief executive officer of law practice management company CARET left that role on her accord and remains a member of the company’s board of directors, the company says. Earlier this week, Law.
Patently O
AUGUST 22, 2024
by Dennis Crouch Roku, Inc. has asked the Supreme Court to review 2024 Federal Circuit decision affirming the US International Trade Commission’s (ITC) finding of a Section 337 violation based on infringement of a TV-remote patent owned by Universal Electronics, Inc. (UEI). US10593196 (method of configuring user interfaces on home theater devices to control other appliances).
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LawSites
AUGUST 22, 2024
As I wrote here earlier this month, tomorrow was the scheduled start date for the trial in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence, in which TR is alleging that the now-shuttered legal research startup ROSS violated its copyrights by stealing content from Westlaw to build its own product.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 22, 2024
The signs of a retired lawyer’s decline were subtle at first. Sometimes he was at a loss for words. His “dad jokes,” delivered as a volunteer at a Veterans Affairs medical center, started sounding rehearsed. His behavior changed.
Above The Law
AUGUST 22, 2024
Sorry, associates, but 'that’s their prerogative.' The post Biglaw Partners Can, Will Make Associates Do Whatever They Want: Industry Expert appeared first on Above the Law.
HowAppealing
AUGUST 22, 2024
“Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’ returns with a vengeance”: John Fritze and Devan Cole of CNN have this report.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 22, 2024
This Court is coming for civil rights, and this state AG is having none of it. The post Michigan AG Has Strong Message For Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 22, 2024
Women lawyers still lag behind their male counterparts in leadership positions, according to Law360 Pulse's 2024 Women in Law Report. Women make up 40.
Above The Law
AUGUST 22, 2024
The law amends the state’s “certificate of need” system, which allows existing hospitals and other health facilities to block would-be competitors’ plans to expand by arguing there’s insufficient need for their services. The post Bipartisan Effort Paves Way for Reviving Shuttered Hospitals in Georgia appeared first on MedCity News.
Law 360
AUGUST 22, 2024
A split Sixth Circuit panel Thursday revived a lawsuit filed against a Coca-Cola bottling company by an employee who failed a drug test, finding a genuine dispute exists over whether the man voluntarily waived his rights to sue for racial discrimination and retaliation when he signed a "last chance" agreement.
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Above The Law
AUGUST 22, 2024
For all the talk about waiting to hear his Jackson Hole talk, folks are sure during a lot of leveraging. The post Investors Seem Pretty, Pretty Confident About What Jay Powell’s Gonna Say This Week appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
AUGUST 22, 2024
Two groups of patients can continue their lawsuits in Connecticut state court against GlaxoSmithKline LLC, Pfizer Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis US LLC, a judge has ruled, refusing to immediately truncate novel tort claims that seek to connect generic versions of Zantac with cancer.
Above The Law
AUGUST 22, 2024
How often does this option get clicked? The post Court Website Asks Users If They’re Presently Dead appeared first on Above the Law.
Law 360
AUGUST 22, 2024
Golf can positively affect your personal and professional life well beyond the final putt, and it’s helped enrich my legal practice by improving my ability to build lasting relationships, study and apply the rules, face adversity with grace, and maintain my mental and physical well-being, says Adam Kelly at Venable.
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