March, 2021

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ACLU requests documents on artificial intelligence from national security agencies

JURIST

Following the release of a report on the future of artificial intelligence (AI) in government, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said Friday that they have filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request in order to gather details about how national security and intelligence agencies are using AI in ways that may violate people’s civil rights.

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Supreme Court of Oregon Holds a 10-2 or 11-1 "Not Guilty" Vote is a "Not Guilty" Verdict and Not a Hung Jury

EvidenceProf Blog

In Ramos v. Louisiana, the Supreme Court held that "if the Sixth Amendment’s right to a jury trial requires a unanimous verdict to support a conviction in federal court, it requires no less in state court." Before, this opinion, a.

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With Protections Expiring, Millions are in Danger of Losing Their Home

Diane Drain

With Protections Expiring, Millions are in Danger of Losing Their Home. by: Jann Swanson Mortgage News Daily, Mar 2 2021, 9:17AM (Reprint for education purposes only). What happens to homeowners and landlords when the federal, state, and local protections put in place during the pandemic go away? The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is warning that the answer is hanging in the balance.

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Senate Judiciary holds hearing on “dark money” and Supreme Court

SCOTUSBlog

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has been talking about anonymous political donations and the Supreme Court for a long time. Now, Whitehouse is using his new position as the chair of a key Senate subcommittee to bring more attention to the issue. The senator on Wednesday held. The post Senate Judiciary holds hearing on “dark money” and Supreme Court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Trial Prep: What Attorneys Really Want (And How to Deliver It)

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.

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Priority Claims in US Applications

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch. The vast majority of US non-provisional patent applications (utility) claim some form of priority relationship back to a previously filed patent document. The chart below shows the percentage of applications that assert these various forms of priority claims. Note that continuation applications have continued to rise while provisional applications show a plateau.

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Federal court dismisses Oregon lawsuit challenging Native American water rights

JURIST

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit on Friday brought by Oregon ranchers which would have prevented the Klamath Tribes from exercising their water rights when they interfere with Oregon ranchers’ irrigation. The district court originally dismissed the ranchers’ lawsuit for lack of standing under Article III of the US Constitution and ruled that the Klamath Tribes’ water rights, pursuant to a treaty made in 1864, s

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Southern District of Mississippi Rejects Reptile Theory Evidence

EvidenceProf Blog

Reptile strategy has taken the plaintiffs' bar by storm. The Reptile theory asserts that you can prevail at trial by speaking to, and scaring, the primitive part of jurors' brains, the part of the brain they share with reptiles. The.

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Misused Common Legal Terms: Don’t Make These Mistakes

My Paralegal Place

Misusing a word can be embarrassing (looking at you, person who says “irregardless“) but misusing common legal terms when you work in the legal industry can actually harm your career. This is especially true if you are applying for a new job in the legal profession, whether it be an […]. The post Misused Common Legal Terms: Don’t Make These Mistakes appeared first on.

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Amid March Madness, antitrust dispute over college athlete compensation comes to the court

SCOTUSBlog

This weekend the National Collegiate Athletic Association will host its storied “Final Four” to determine the champions of the men’s and women’s Division I basketball tournaments. But first the NCAA will be in a different high court on Wednesday: the U.S. Supreme Court, which will. The post Amid March Madness, antitrust dispute over college athlete compensation comes to the court appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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5 SaaS Renewal Best Practices (That Actually Work!) for Retaining Customers & Improving Renewals

The Process Street

Every 28 days, a lovely Hermes delivery-person brings a crate of the world’s finest craft beer to my house. But if it were up to me, I wouldn’t receive these beer boxes at all. In early 2020, I tried to unsubscribe from [REDACTED] — a monthly beer subscription company — as I felt it was an unnecessary expense. I soon realized, though, that unsubscribing would be a Herculean task.

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Cybersecurity Tips for Lawyers Working Remotely

MyCase

It’s been nearly a year since the start of the pandemic. Shortly after its arrival, quarantines and shutdowns followed in many areas of the country, causing many law firms to shift to a remote workforce. With that sudden and unexpected transition to remote work, lawyers began to increasingly rely on cloud-based technologies in order to ensure that they could continue to represent their clients no matter where they happened to be working on any given day.

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Cuba passes animal welfare law amid pressure from activists

JURIST

The Cuban government has passed a long-awaited animal welfare law after decades of ignoring citizens’ demands for animal rights legislation. The Animal Welfare Bill requires state agencies and animal welfare organizations to uphold duties concerning animal physical and mental health while prohibiting all forms of animal abuse, which carries fines up to 7,000 pesos.

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The problem of Amazon Basics

Patently O

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this situation that is rampant in the industry. [link]. This video might be a good starting point for a course on intellectual property law. — Dennis Crouch (@patentlyo) March 3, 2021.

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Paralegal Power Move: Your Guide to Getting the Tech Tools That Maximize Your Time

Your time is valuable—and you know the right technology could help you do even more. From document management to client communication, modern tools can transform how you track deadlines, manage cases, and support your legal team. This practical playbook shows you how to: Compare and evaluate technology vendors Understand all costs and ROI potential Build a compelling presentation Handle common objections Pitch your solution like a pro Created by legal technology experts who understand how pivota

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Why Paralegals Should Understand A.I. and Analytics in Today’s Legal Field

My Paralegal Place

As a licensed attorney and technology enthusiast who is immersed in A.I., I found it interesting when my 65-year-old mother came out of retirement as an English professor to work as a paralegal in a law firm for the first time. Like many today, my mother was curious on how […]. The post Why Paralegals Should Understand A.I. and Analytics in Today’s Legal Field appeared first on.

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Justices reject immigrant’s bid to seek relief from deportation

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court on Thursday issued its opinion in Pereida v. Wilkinson, a case about whether an immigrant living in the country without authorization can seek relief from deportation for a minor crime. The court ruled 5-3 that because the noncitizen bears the burden to. The post Justices reject immigrant’s bid to seek relief from deportation appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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How to Build a Successful Go-to-Market Strategy

The Process Street

A go-to-market (GTM) strategy is the way in which a company brings a product or service to market. No matter how good your idea is, you need a go-to-market strategy. Why? Because statistically speaking, your business is more likely to fail than succeed. In fact, if you’re a startup, your chance of failure is a dreary 90%. That’s not to say that your idea isn’t a brilliant one, or that you haven’t got what it takes to bring it to market.

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Compliance, Cybersecurity, & Productivity: Three Priorities for Hybrid Law Firms

LawTechnologyToday

Large scale remote work entered the legal sector as a reactionary response to a global pandemic, and it’s now part of a new normal that’s redefining the professional landscape. According to the 2021 Report on the State of the Legal Market by Thomson Reuters and Georgetown Law, the number of lawyers and staff wanting to work remotely at least one day a week has doubled in the past year.

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Case Study: Maximize Client Compensation by Unlocking the Power of Diminished Value

Your auto accident clients don’t realize that they have lost value in their vehicle because the insurance company covered their repairs and gave them a rental to drive until their vehicle was “brand new.” When they realize that loss in value is when they go to trade or sell their car.

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Federal appeals court rules Uber cannot force arbitration of disability discrimination claims

JURIST

The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Wednesday that Uber Technologies, Inc. (Uber) cannot force plaintiffs to arbitrate their disability discrimination claims. The plaintiffs include motorized-wheelchair users from the Pittsburgh area and the Pittsburghers for Public Trust, which is a non-profit organization that aims to make “transportation … available and accessible to all, including people with limited mobility.” The plaintiffs alleged that Uber discriminated

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Make Sure your Patent Application is “DIRECTED TO” a Specific Technological Solution

Patently O

Enco Systems, Inc. v. DaVincia, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2021) [ ENCO ]. Judge Stephen Limbaugh (E.D. Mo.) sided with the accused infringer DaVincia– holding that the claims of ENCO’s U.S. Patent No. 7,047,191 are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 as directed to an abstract idea. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed. U.S. Patent No. 7,047,191 claims a method of providing captioning in an audio-visual signal using speech-to-text processing.

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More people are applying to law schools, and those with top LSAT scores are also increasing

ABA Journal

Securing a spot at a top law school could become more difficult this year, as more people with high scores on the Law School Admission…

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Divided court issues bright-line ruling on Fourth Amendment seizures

SCOTUSBlog

Against a backdrop of increasing national attention to police violence, the Supreme Court on Thursday issued an opinion in a closely watched criminal-procedure case that clarifies the meaning of the term “seizure.” The Fourth Amendment provides important constitutional limits on abusive policing. These protections take. The post Divided court issues bright-line ruling on Fourth Amendment seizures appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Enhance Your Legal Document Translations with The Ultimate Comprehensive Checklist

Are you a paralegal professional aiming to elevate your practice and ensure impeccable translation of every legal document you handle? Cesco’s Legal Document Translation Checklist is your ultimate guide to achieving excellence. Learn how to prepare for translation by identifying your audience and selecting qualified translators. Simplify and review documents to ensure clarity and consistency.

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Review: Dennis Kennedy’s Successful Innovation Outcomes in Law

LLRX

Jerry Lawson is a lawyer, speaker, author, advisor and leader in the field of legal technology. If you are looking to get better results from your organization, whether a law firm or other legal organization, Lawson believes you can’t do better than letting Dennis Kennedy's recent book be your guide.

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Women of Legal Tech: Someera Khokhar

LawTechnologyToday

The Legal Technology Resource Center ’s Women of Legal Tech initiative is intended to encourage diversity and celebrate women in legal technology. This initiative launched in 2015 with a list of innovators and leaders in legal technology and with this year’s additions, that list now includes 132 talented and influential women leaders. Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021.

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Hamburg archbishop resigns following landmark report on abuse in German Catholic churches

JURIST

Archbishop of Hamburg Stefan Hesse offered to resign Friday after allegations that he mishandled sexual abuse cases appeared in a lengthy report on abuse in the Archdiocese of Cologne. Professor Bjorn Gercke, who compiled the 800-page study, said it identifies more than 200 perpetrators and more than 300 victims of abuse from 1975 to 2018. In a statement , Hesse commended Gercke for compiling the report and said it has allowed him to see his own actions in a new light.

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Texas is Big: Albright did not Abuse Discretion in Moving Case from Midland to Waco.

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch. In re True Chemical Solutions, LLC ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). This is another mandamus petition out of Judge Albright’s courtroom — this time denied. The patentee True Chem filed the declaratory-judgment lawsuit against PCC in the Midland division of W.D.Tex. back in 2018, before Judge Albright joined the bench. In 2019 the case was reassigned to Judge Albright who conducted some of the proceedings in his Waco courtroom.

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Transforming eDiscovery: Document Summarization, Sentiment Analysis, And Chatbots Take Center Stage

A Synergistic Approach to eDiscovery In the space of eDiscovery, the convergence of document summarization, sentiment analysis, and chatbots represents a significant change in how legal professionals navigate and manage electronic information. These technologies not only expedite the review process but also empower legal teams with deeper insights into the emotional context and key information within electronic documents.