JURIST
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) denied Friday Amazon’s effort to limit mail voting in its Alabama union representation election, allowing 6,000 employees to begin voting Monday on whether to unionize. In November 2020, the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union (RWDSU) filed for an election at the Bessemer, Alabama Amazon fulfillment center, which has about 6,200 hourly employees.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Packing the Supreme Court, or increasing the number of justices on its bench, has been rare in American history. Certainly the majority party has traditionally viewed it as risky: Change the size of the court now, only to have members of the opposing party do. The post Debate over court packing continues appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
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Paralegal.edu
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
On February 20, 2021, at 10:00 AM Central, Center for Advanced Legal Studies will hold its 67th Commencement Ceremony for graduates of its paralegal programs. This will be the second straight commencement ceremony held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Just over 5 months ago graduation was held virtually as well and 103 paralegal credentials were conferred.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 614(b) states that "[t]he court may examine a witness regardless of who calls the witness.
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JURIST
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Five nonprofit legal service organizations sued the presiding judge of the Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, seeking to prevent the court system from compelling in-person court appearances for traffic and unlawful detainer hearings. The lawsuit, filed by Public Counsel and other legal service groups, asserts that Presiding Judge Kevin Brazile’s order requiring in-person appearances violates attorneys’ and litigants’ constitutional rights.
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Paralegal.edu
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
UPDATE: Due to severe weather in the Houston area, the Graduation Live Stream has been postponed to February 27th. On February 27, 2021, at 10:00 AM Central, Center for Advanced Legal Studies will hold its 67th Commencement Ceremony for graduates of its paralegal programs. This will be the second straight commencement ceremony held virtually due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, South Dakota Rule of Evidence 19-19-406 states that Evidence of a person's habit or an organization's routine practice may be admitted to prove that on a particular occasion the person or organization acted in accordance.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Scotland’s Court of Session dismissed a case Friday suggesting that Scotland could hold another independence referendum without the approval of the UK. The case, brought by Martin Keatings, a staunch advocate for Scottish independence, was a long-shot effort to overturn the 2014 referendum, when Scots voted to stay in the UK by a 55-percent majority.
NCBA Law Practice Management Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
Lawyers like to practice law; they don’t like to create content. Unfortunatel y, that’s a big deal when it comes to marketing. Because it’s harder for content to resonate with potential clients when lawyers ar en’t building it themselves, using their expertise. Lawyers who focus on content, however, can crush their competition, in part by reduc ing marketing overhead significantly.
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
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Patently O
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Chudik v. Hirshfeld (Fed. Cir. 2021). Chudik filed his patent application back in 2006. After receiving a final rejection back in 2010, Chudik filed a request for continued examination (RCE). At that point the examiner withdrew the prior rejection, but then rejected the claims on an alternative ground. Chukik appealed to the PTAB, but the Board did not get a chance to hear the case.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, Pennsylvania Rule of Evidencee 801(a)-(c) state the following: (a) Statement. ‘‘Statement’’ means a person’s oral assertion, written assertion, or nonverbal conduct, if the person intended it as an assertion. (b) Declarant. ‘‘Declarant’’ means the person.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
US President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday that includes sanctions on Myanmar military officials and their business interests for directing and carrying out the February 1 coup. In the order, Biden stated that “the situation in and in relation to Burma, and in particular the February 1, 2021, coup … constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.” The executive order approves sanctions on not only
LawTechnologyToday
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Technology holds power for all kinds of businesses. Law firms, especially, are areas where tech holds vast potential to revolutionize everything. From administrative tasks to remote work, technology helps staff members optimize their responsibilities and increase the firm’s profitability. Too often, law firms lose money in subtle ways. If lawyers and consultants don’t keep track of time with clients, for instance, they may lose billable time and the profitability of the firm will decrease.
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The Process Street
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
“ Processes underpin business capabilities, and capabilities underpin strategy execution.” – Pearl Zhu , Digital Capability: Building Legal Like Capability Into Business Competency. A 2018 survey by BPTrends found that 93% of the organizations studied engaged in multiple process improvement projects. This is because business processes are the life-blood of your organization.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 803(1) provides an exception to the rule against hearsay for A statement describing or explaining an event or condition, made while or immediately after the declarant perceived it. Meanwhile, California's counterpart is much narrower. California's contemporaneous.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
Three local and foreign human rights organizations reported Tuesday that attacks on rights defenders and civil society organizations in Venezuela have increased by 157% since 2019. The Human Rights Office of the Archdiocese of Caracas, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders , and COFAVIC , a human rights non-governmental organization (NGO), published the report.
Patently O
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
by Dennis Crouch. cxLoyalty, Inc. v. Maritz ( Fed. Cir. 2021 ). Maritz is in the business of designing employee incentive plans and other reward programs. The company’s U.S. Patent No. 7,134,087 claims a computer system for using “award points” to purchase goods at a regular store by using a “shadow credit card.” cxLoyalty is a competitor — focusing primarily on customer loyalty.
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LawTechnologyToday
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Modern technology can be an incredible resource for the legal profession, but it’s far from a panacea. Discrimination lawyers would likely be the first to point out that there’s a dark side to today’s tech, too. Discriminatory practices can quickly overshadow all the benefits. Lawyers don’t need to become modern-day Luddites, waging war on technology, but they should be aware of its shortcomings.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) states the following: (1) Prohibited Testimony or Other Evidence. During an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify about any statement made or incident that occurred during the.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
During an event Tuesday, President of the United Republic of Tanzania John Magufuli appealed to the country’s judiciary to make court judgments more accessible to the people of Tanzania by publishing them in Kiswahili (also known as Swahili) rather than English. Magufuli argued that writing court judgments in English rather than Kiswahili “ deprives citizens of their rights” and creates additional charges, such as paying for an interpretation.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
The Supreme Court on Thursday night ruled that the execution of an Alabama man must remain on hold unless the state allows the man, Willie Smith III, to have his pastor by his side in the execution chamber. The justices rejected a request by the. The post Court won’t allow Alabama execution without a pastor appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
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LawTechnologyToday
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Legal document review is often viewed as the most expensive part of eDiscovery, and many attorneys believe that there’s no way around it. If you hold that belief too, then I have good news for you: Document review doesn’t have to come with such a high price tag. It’s likely that many of the costs in your current “document review” process stem from costs that can be vastly reduced or even avoided entirely.
EvidenceProf Blog
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
Pursuant to the Confrontation Clause, In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right.to be confronted with the witnesses against him. Courts, however, have interpreted the Supreme Court's opinion in Maryland v. Craig, as creating an exception to the.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Tensions mounted in Myanmar early Friday morning Myanmar time as multiple reports circulated of protestors and opponents of the February 1 military coup being arrested on the street and in their homes after midnight. Many protesting doctors and members of the Myanmar Union Election Commission were said to have been taken into custody.
Gravel2Gavel
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
By Emily K. Bias and Josh D. Morton. The “Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/NSPS Land Title Surveys” is a document jointly promulgated by the American Land Title Association (ALTA), representing the title insurance industry, and the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS), representing professional land surveyors, which describes the uniform minimum standards with which surveyors must comply when preparing a survey to be used by a title insurance company for the purpose of
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