Above The Law

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Michael Lissner's work with FLP has led to well-deserved public recognition. The post 3 Questions For A Court Access Crusader (Part I) appeared first on Above the Law.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

by Dennis Crouch OpenAI’s new patent pledge promises to use their patents only for defensive purposes, as long as other parties do not assert claims against them or engage in harmful activities. The move echoes Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s 2014 declaration that “all our patent … belong to you” – a pledge that garnered significant attention but left many questions unanswered.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Sign up for this CLE-eligible webinar from our friends at iManage and learn best practices on how your firm can leverage AI to achieve faster results. The post The Emerging AI Use Cases For Law Firms appeared first on Above the Law.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Former New Jersey lawyers who are disbarred will in most cases be allowed to apply for reinstatement after five years, the New Jersey Supreme Court…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When planning for retirement, you have to consider the long game. The post More Young Associates Should Contribute To 401(k) Plans appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

CMMC 2.0 introduced a third-party assessment dependent on contractor's CUI capacity. The post CMMC 2.0 Final Rule Released: New Compliance Standards Set To Begin Next Year appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

For Ohio voters, there's only one choice here. The post Supreme Court Candidate Calls Out Opponent’s Busted Textualism appeared first on Above the Law.

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Attorney at Work

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Keli Maire | Working in eDiscovery is a pressure cooker. With the right approach, burnout can be managed and averted. The post Managing eDiscovery Teams and Rampant Burnout appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Congratulations to prospective law students in Alaska, who will soon be able to study law in their home state. The post The Only State In America Without A Physical Law School Will Be Getting One Soon appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on Thursday revealed that the recent armed clashes between Ethiopian government forces and the Fano militia exposed thousands of Sudanese refugees in the Amhara region to major risks, including killing and forced deportation, which violate international humanitarian law. HRW urged Ethiopian authorities and the international community to take all necessary measures to put an end to these violations and provide adequate assistance to refugees.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 15, 2024

In the latest episode of our video series How It Works, we bring you a demonstration of Briefpoint, a solution that uses artificial intelligence to draft discovery responses and discovery requests in litigation. With Briefpoint, a lawyer simply uploads a PDF document and it generates the appropriate discovery requests or response.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to stop the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be killed by lethal injection in Texas Thursday night for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter, Nikki. Prosecutors had argued that Nikki suffered from shaken baby syndrome, a diagnosis for certain brain injuries that has since been questioned.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Abortion pill case continues and the GOP can't stop shooting itself in the foot. The post GOP AGs Argue States Have Compelling Interest In Getting Teen Girls Pregnant! appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily halted the execution of Robert Roberson, who was scheduled to be put to death that evening for the 2002 death of his two-year-old daughter. The court’s ruling comes in response to an unprecedented move by the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence, which had subpoenaed Roberson to testify before it on October 21.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 13, 2024

When UnitedLex this week announced the sudden departure of James Schellhase from his position as chief executive officer, it seemed a mystery, since he had just celebrated his one-year anniversary in that role and had even just been on my LawNext podcast to reflect on that year — an interview suggested by the company.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday sent a challenge to a Pennsylvania law barring people 18- to 20-years-old from carrying guns back to the lower courts for another look in light of last term’s decision in United States v. Rahimi , in which the justices attempted to provide guidance for courts reviewing Second Amendment challenges to restrictions on gun rights.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

When you clicked 'accept' you agreed to a new courthouse. The post Elon Musk Changes X Terms To Push All Disputes Toward Tesla-Investor Federal Judge appeared first on Above the Law.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 15, 2024

On Tuesday, Human Rights Watch released a report detailing its findings into the death of Alejandro Muyshondt. The former security advisor to both the government of El Salvador and President Nayib Bukele died this February while in custody following drug trafficking charges in August of last year. Muyshondt was supposedly subject to an enforced disappearance before his death was reported.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 15, 2024

descrybe.ai, a free legal research platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide enhanced access to the law, today rolled out a major upgrade that includes a redesign of its platform, more nuanced and accurate search results, summaries of judicial opinions in Spanish as well as English, and simplified, plain-language summaries in both English and Spanish.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 15, 2024

A judge in Putnam County, Tennessee, has received a public reprimand for accepting a guilty plea and imposing restitution in a case involving damage to…

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 18, 2024

States are poised to receive $42.5 billion in broadband grants thanks to the 2021 infrastructure bill. While a lot of this money will be going to the usual entrenched monopoly incumbents, a lot of it is also going to a growing list of popular cooperatives, municipalities, and city-owned utilities to expand affordable fiber. This Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) program is going […] The post Trump’s Likely FCC Boss, Brendan Carr, Tries To Undermine Popular Infrastructure Bill B

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Three tobacco companies proposed on Thursday to pay $32.5 billion to settle legal claims in Canada, stemming from decades of disputes. The proposal remains subject to further negotiation and court approval. A mediator, appointed by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to coordinate the tobacco-related claims and facilitate the negotiations, filed the proposed settlement arrangement.

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LawSites

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Law Insider, a company that provides what it says is the world’s largest public contracts database, has acquired oneNDA, developer of an open source contract standard for non-disclosure agreements that has been downloaded by thousands of organizations throughout the world. Through the acquisition, the oneNDA.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Share San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu discusses City and County of San Francisco v. EPA , in which the court is considering whether the Environmental Protection Agency violates the Clean Water Act when it imposes generic prohibitions in a permit for a city’s water discharges, without specifying explicit standards for discharges.  The post San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu on the city’s Clean Water Act case appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 16, 2024

He joins a handful of other Black lawyers who are successfully leading Am Law 200 firms. The post Top Biglaw Firm Names Its First Black Firmwide Managing Partner appeared first on Above the Law.

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