EvidenceProf Blog
MAY 13, 2021
Today, Judge Sylvester Cox granted the motion of Keith Davis Jr. for a new trial (Download Motion for new trial). Amelia McDonell-Parry covered Keith's case on the Undisclosed podcast. Keith's case is far too complicated to cover in a single.
JURIST
MAY 9, 2021
The South Carolina House of Representatives passed a bill Friday that would enable convicted individuals to elect for execution by firing squad, rather than electrocution or lethal injection. The bill passed by a vote of 66-43 and requires that, if an individual waives his right to choose, execution will be administered by electrocution. A similar bill passed the South Carolina Senate in March by a 32-11 vote.
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Paralegal Bootcamp
MAY 13, 2021
7 C’s of Paralegal Communication Skills. Communication skills are important if you want to have a successful paralegal career. A paralegal’s day is filled with drafting motions, writing summaries, discussing the project status with an attorney, corresponding by email, telephone calls to clients and vendors, taking notes, or writing memos – the list is endless.
The Crime Report
MAY 14, 2021
Aug. 9 will mark the seventh anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo., as well as the opening of a new phase in the national movement for police reform. Police body-worn cameras (BWCs) became an immediate and central feature in that effort, with a growing number of police agencies making them available to rank-and-file officers. Less than five months after Brown’s death, then-President Barack Obama pledged $75 million for the purchase of 50,000 BWCs.
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Patently O
MAY 11, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. On May 11, 2021, the USPTO issued US Patent Number 11,000,000. Eleven million. Don’t forget that the office has issued another 1,000,000 design+plant patents and an additional 10,000 patents from 1791 to 1836 before the current numbering system was established. I was a junior in college at Princeton when Patent No. 5,500,000 issued to John Feagin covering a zip-tie method for suturing.
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Hoban Law Group
MAY 10, 2021
Remember this date: February 12th, 2020. This was the day New Leaf Data Services, LLC filed a federal complaint in the District of Connecticut against PanXchange, Inc. 1 for trademark infringement regarding each other’s use of the words “Hemp Benchmarks” in connection with hemp commodity data services. While New Leaf Data Services’ complaint makes several claims for relief, for the purpose of this examination we’ll focus on the federal trademark infringement claim.
The Crime Report
MAY 11, 2021
Crime-prevention policies that focus on young persons’ quality of life could effectively lower crime rates more effectively than the incapacitation and deterrence of current youth offenders, according to a report published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. “It’s time we shifted focus from stopping bad guys to helping kids be good guys,” said William Spelman of the Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, and an author of the report.
LawSites
MAY 10, 2021
Last August, Arizona became the first state to eliminate the ban on non-lawyer ownership of law firms. In ordering that change, as well as a package of additional reforms, the Arizona Supreme Court acted on the recommendations of a task force that had called for fundamental changes in the regulation of legal services, all with the goal of enhancing access to justice.
JURIST
MAY 12, 2021
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found Tuesday that a racist slur used by a former military officer was protected speech under the First Amendment. In November 2018, former military officer Jules Bartow was shopping at the Quantico Marine Corps Exchange when he used a racist slur that generally seemed aimed at either an African American employee or an African American man in civilian clothes.
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The Fashion Law
MAY 11, 2021
Your favorite social media influencer could be connecting you to illicit and potentially dangerous products. You read that correctly. A growing number of influencers are using their social media accounts to promote counterfeits online, with these self-proclaimed “dupe influencers” generating millions of views, likes, and shares by way of content that facilitates – sometimes proudly – the advertisement and sale of counterfeit goods on platforms like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
LegalReader
MAY 13, 2021
Snapchat has begun to make policy changes following a class action lawsuit that was filed after an Oregon boy’s suicide. According to FOX12, the 73-page lawsuit was filed earlier this week against Snapchat, YOLO, and LMK, on behalf of Kristin Bride, and the Tyler Clementi Foundation. The latter organization is an anti-cyberbullying group. Kristin Bride’s.
LawSites
MAY 13, 2021
Ninety-two percent of law firms worldwide say they were completely or somewhat prepared for full-scale remote work at the pandemic’s onset, a survey released this morning finds. Even so, most firms plan to increase their budgets for technology and process software and adopt more cloud-based technologies, the survey reports. Published for the fourth consecutive year by Aderant , a global provider of business management software for law firms, the Business of Law and Legal Technology Survey
JURIST
MAY 14, 2021
British legislators introduced a bill on Wednesday to recognize animals as sentient beings, setting the stage for new reforms under the government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare. Some of the proposals include prohibitions on the live shipment of animals and bans against shark fins, ivory, and the import of hunting trophies from endangered animals.
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The Crime Report
MAY 10, 2021
Photo by G20Voices. In the wake of recent events, communities have been quick to attack law enforcement officers, for what they believe is an unwarranted use of force. They argue that hard and fast rules are the only way to curtail such behavior. However, police departments often reject the argument, saying you cannot regulate the use of force in fluid, unpredictable circumstances where an officer’s life may be in danger.
Above The Law
MAY 13, 2021
The Entitlement Was Strong: Justice Scalia threw a fit when his kids didn’t get into their choice of school. Preet Knows What’s Up: At least. we hope he’s right about this. Back To The Office Made Easy: At Baker McKenzie. Lockstep Compensation : Now at Holland & Knight.
LawSites
MAY 11, 2021
The pandemic has made it more essential than ever before for law firms to accept electronic payments. Clients who now pay everything else online have no appetite for lawyers who require paper payments. Plus, law firms that accept e-payments get paid faster and increase their collections, studies suggest. Against this backdrop, the practice management platform Bill4Time is today unveiling built-in electronic payments, enabling a law firm’s clients to view invoices online and make full or pa
JURIST
MAY 10, 2021
The Archdiocese of Wisconsin filed suit Friday against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC), alleging that the department’s COVID-19 policy restricting ministers’ access to prisoners violates state law. To address COVID-19 concerns, the Wisconsin DOC adopted a policy temporarily suspending all visits. This blanket ban also prevents all volunteer religious ministers from visiting inmates.
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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.
The Crime Report
MAY 12, 2021
In 1986, the Surgeon General released a report entitled The Health Consequences of Involuntary Smoking , concluding that secondhand smoke was a major health risk to nonsmokers. Since then, the research linking secondhand smoke to a host of health ills, including heart disease, lung cancer, and childhood asthma, has become even more robust. Current estimates are that it causes the premature death s of 41,000 adults and more than 400 infants each year.
Above The Law
MAY 10, 2021
Religious fear and hatred of nonbelievers is real, the question is whether legal mechanisms exist that nonbelievers can utilize to defend themselves. .
LawSites
MAY 12, 2021
Two non-profit pilot programs won approval this week under Utah’s regulatory sandbox to provide non-lawyer legal assistance to individuals with medical debt. These are only the second and third non-profit projects to be approved to participate in the sandbox and the first in the nation to empower non-lawyers go give limited-scope legal advice about medical debt, according to Stacy Butler , director of the Innovation for Justice Program at the University of Arizona James E.
JURIST
MAY 14, 2021
A group of South Korean fisheries filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government on Thursday over plans to release radioactive wastewater from the decommissioned Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. Three of the plant’s nuclear reactors melted down after a 2011 earthquake and tsunami caused the cooling systems to fail. The explosions forced almost 160,000 people to evacuate.
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LawTechnologyToday
MAY 10, 2021
For the contemporary lawyer, legal automation is playing an increasingly integral role. In fact, according to the International Legal Technology Association’s 2019 Technology Survey, automation was among the top three technologies that respondents said would be a “major factor in the legal technology profession” moving forward. The importance of automation – document automation, in particular – should come as no surprise.
Intelligize Blog
MAY 13, 2021
BlackRock has for years been one of the most outspoken voices pushing public companies to act as responsible corporate citizens. In a bombshell letter to corporate leaders in 2018, founder Larry Fink described a new point of emphasis in how the world’s largest institutional investor would evaluate companies. In it, he said: “To prosper over […].
LawSites
MAY 13, 2021
For lawyers looking to build their books of business, there is gold to be found in the biographies of corporate counsel. A shared law school or employment connection from the past can mean a foot in the door today. Lawyers’ ability to find and act on those connections just got a significant boost with today’s release by Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory of a major upgrade and enhancement of its Corporate Counsel Profiler.
JURIST
MAY 13, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – One of JURIST’s Myanmar law student correspondents reflects on Eid, the Muslim “ Feast of Breaking the Fast” that comes at the end of Ramadan: Today, our Muslim friends celebrate Eid Mubarak. Normally, they would wear new clothes, share food and celebrate with their family, relatives and friends. My Muslim friends say they won’t celebrate Eid this year because they sincerely feel that they should not celebrate anything during the funeral of family
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