Attorney at Work
AUGUST 7, 2022
Some lawyers always seem fearful of increasing legal fees — recession or no recession, crisis or no crisis. If you are wondering whether to raise your hourly rates or fixed fees, my advice — with very limited exceptions — is to go for it. Clients are never as price-sensitive as you think. The Two Biggest Reasons Lawyers Are Afraid to Raise Legal Fees.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 10, 2022
After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade , nearly every woman, particularly women of reproductive age, is anxious about the future, as many states move to ban abortion. But one group that is often forgotten, yet quite possibly is the most vulnerable , comprises incarcerated women. Nationally, there are 58,000 women pregnant behind bars. Put another way, roughly 3 percent of female admissions to U.S. jails are pregnant people, according to a 2020 study.
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JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
US President Joe Biden Tuesday signed the CHIPS Act of 2022 , which provides $52 billion to boost the US domestic semiconductor industry. The act authorizes the expenditure of more than $200 billion to promote domestic semiconductor production. However, only $52 billion is immediately appropriated as a result of Biden signing the bill. The act also establishes a US Treasury fund to carry out its provisions.
Above The Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
There’s no question that some of these private judge will be wiping off reputational mud based on what’s been revealed in the Girardi investigation. The post Pushing Private Judging Out Of The Shadows? appeared first on Above the Law.
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
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Attorney at Work
AUGUST 11, 2022
Eloquent speakers understand that in every setting, every minute should be informing, perhaps delighting, your audience. Every lawyer needs to speak with colleagues, clients and prospects. Litigators need to address the court and sometimes jurors. Some lawyers give formal presentations. To develop eloquence for these situations, understand what eloquence is.
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JURIST
AUGUST 11, 2022
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has initiated proceedings towards making new rules regulating consumer data privacy, the board announced Thursday. The commission, led by Chair Lina Khan, released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR), outlining a plan to create nationwide data privacy regulations and investigate “unfair and deceptive” data practices to which many consumers are unaware of, including the collection, monetization and surveillance of consumer data.
Above The Law
AUGUST 8, 2022
An expert industry observer said CVS Health’s move into primary care is both offensive and defensive, but perhaps more importantly a natural evolution of a company with such a large healthcare footprint.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 12, 2022
Federal probation officer. Photo courtesy CJUSJobs. The nation’s probation and parole systems tether millions of Americans to a strategy that has failed to deliver its promised results of reducing incarceration and recidivism, says a research study published in the Annual Review of Criminology of the American Society of Criminology (ASC). . An analysis of carceral, supervision and crime data from 50 states between 1980 and 2019 reveals that despite a decline in the number of people under commu
ABA Journal
AUGUST 8, 2022
Lawyers in New York will have to take at least a one-hour cybersecurity course as part of their continuing legal education requirements beginning in July…
Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA
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JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
Canadian law students are reporting for JURIST on national and international developments in and affecting Canada. Mélanie Cantin is JURIST’s Chief Correspondent for Canada and a 2L at the University of Ottawa. On Saturday, the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial government declared a state of emergency due to what are being called the province’s worst forest fires since 1961.
Above The Law
AUGUST 9, 2022
I've heard of wanting to be a fly on the wall, but a Roomba on the floor? The post They’ve Got You Mapped From A To Z: Amazon’s Acquisition Sets Off Antitrust Radars appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 8, 2022
Nationwide, shootings are down four percent this year compared to the same time last year, with murders in big cities down three percent, potentially making this the first year since 2018 in which the numbers fell in the U.S. reports the New York Times, While the decline is small, it contradicts the stories of dramatically rising crime, murder, and mass shootings that have dominated headlines for the last two years.
ABA Journal
AUGUST 8, 2022
Because of a mistaken cellphone revelation, the Houston lawyer representing Infowars host Alex Jones in a Texas defamation lawsuit could have exposed himself to malpractice…
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JURIST
AUGUST 6, 2022
Thomas Connally Jr. of West Virginia was Friday sentenced by US District Judge Paula Xinis to 37 months in prison for sending threatening emails to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Chief Medical Advisor to the president. . Connally admitted in a plea deal to sending emails threatening Fauci and his family anonymously using ProtonMail, an end-to-end encrypted email service.
Above The Law
AUGUST 11, 2022
If the Reviser were alive today, maybe we'd give him qualified immunity for all the lives he's ruined. The post Police Can Legally Set You On Fire Because Someone In The 1800s Made A Copying Error appeared first on Above the Law.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 8, 2022
In the spring of 2015, an experienced nurse started work in the forensic unit of the New Hampshire State Prison for Men. She expected her clients would have two characteristics: they would be male, and they would all have been sentenced by a court to the prison. That is not what she found. When she observed a woman incarcerated in the men’s prison, the nurse asked what she was doing there.
LegalReader
AUGUST 11, 2022
It was not until a third EPA report was released in 1984 and news of the base’s toxic water went public that action was finally taken to limit exposure to the deadly substances.
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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.
JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
A US district judge Tuesday spared Igor Dvorskiy, a former test administrator involved in a large-scale college admissions and testing bribery scheme, a prison sentence because he helped prosecutors build cases against others involved in the scheme. Dvorskiy pled guilty to accepting nearly $200,000 in bribes from parents to inflate their children’s standardized exam scores for college.
Above The Law
AUGUST 9, 2022
Yes, Yes, Yes: The FBI took a tour of Mar-A-Lago. The Nerve: This federal judge's conditions on retirement are out of pocket. Judge Wants Biglaw Attorney To Pay Up: Like from his own bank account and stuff. Some Top-Notch Conspiracy Theory Here: Of Amazon's proposed acquisition of iRobot. The Biglaw Firms: Keeping women satisfied. . The post Did The FBI Raid Somewhere Or Something?
OilandGasLawyer
AUGUST 12, 2022
In 1860, at the age of 60, Joseph Glidden invented barbed wire. He patented it the next year and sold the patent in 1876 to a company named Washburn and Moen, retaining a royalty that made him one of the richest men in the US. John Warne Gates was born in Chicago in 1855. After several failed business, Gates became a salesman for Washburn and Moen. They gave him Texas as his sales territory.
LegalReader
AUGUST 12, 2022
An effective strategy may increase your sales and get you better revenues. If you desire to streamline your operations and ensure better returns, you have to be consistent in your operations. .
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
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JURIST
AUGUST 10, 2022
Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx announced Tuesday that Cook County judges vacated 7 murder charges because of a former Chicago detective’s misconduct in investigating the cases. The individuals were exonerated after the Foxx chose not to oppose legal challenges to their convictions. An eighth individual’s conviction, which Foxx is no longer defending, is still under judicial review.
Above The Law
AUGUST 10, 2022
Facing consequences for the Ukraine war might do Russians some good. The post Ban Russian Tourists From Western Countries appeared first on Above the Law.
Broadcast Law Blog
AUGUST 7, 2022
Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. Both the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the FCC released public notices, available here and here , alerting broadcasters and cable companies that they recently became aware of certain vulnerabilities in EAS encoder/decoder devices which, if not updated to most recent software ve
LegalReader
AUGUST 10, 2022
An attorney for Bryant's widow claims that Los Angeles County has employed "scorched-earth discovery tactics" to pressure her and her loved ones into abandoning their lawsuit.
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