JURIST

JANUARY 29, 2025

This occurred following a lawsuit issued by Italian lawyer Luigi Li Gotti. The ICC accused Almasri of crimes against humanity and war crimes, specifically of imprisonment, murder, torture, outrages upon personal dignity, and sexual violence under Articles 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute. Li Gotti stated he filed the lawsuit out of dignity.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 5, 2021

Paralegals are essential to a personal injury law firm, whether for a solo practitioner or a large firm with many lawyers. Among other important paralegal skills, knowing the medicine allows the lawyers more time to practice law and bring in more clients. It can also save a lawyer time, which makes you invaluable to the lawyer.

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LegalReader

APRIL 28, 2022

The statute of limitations is a significant part of the law surrounding personal injury claims.

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A People's Choice

OCTOBER 13, 2020

To read the complete article, please click on the link Changing Property Division in a California Divorce Agreement – Requirements and Statute on Limitations This post appeared first on A People's Choice - Legal Documents - Without the Lawyers.

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JULY 7, 2021

While the standard statute of limitations for personal injury cases in Florida is four years, certain factors can extend the deadline or effectively pause the timer.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

In keeping with this mission, the Justia Portal offers free access to statutes from all 50 states, cases from federal courts and the highest state courts, legal guides, and more! Additionally, Justia Law Schools helps prospective law students (and those already studying to become lawyers) gather information on U.S.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The legal field is no stranger to AI; leading companies have been using it for decades in our legal research platform, and likewise, lawyers have been benefitting from it. For legal research, accuracy, consistency, and speed do matter but none of them offers a single indicator of success.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2022

McDonough , a case about retroactive disability benefits for veterans who failed to apply for those benefits within the one-year window prescribed by a federal statute. 5110(b)(1) is a statute of limitations to determine whether the Irwin presumption, which allows for equitable tolling, applies. Thus, the presumption should not apply.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2023

The opinion provides analogies including “a lawyer who rounds up her hours from 2.9 ” The Court claims that applying the interpretation of the statute advanced by the government, these people would be subject to serve at least two years in federal prison.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

” The statute at issue before the court is Title 47, section 230(c) of the US Code , which was originally passed under section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The statute broadly shields online platforms from liability for content posted to the platform by its users. “The goal is to thread the needle.”

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 27, 2021

“Lawyers say ditching old typeface is a breach of human writes”: Jonathan Ames of The Times (UK) has an article that begins, “Lawyers and legal academics glory in debating the minutiae of statute and case law but it is a typeface that has now got their blood boiling.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

What you do need to know are a few important things about every one of those personal injury files: What is the statute of limitations date for each one? If the law firm accepted the case before the statute of limitations period expired, it could result in a finding of legal malpractice. This does not have to be formally either.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MAY 8, 2024

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. John Kerry, then U.S.

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Attorney at Work

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Focusing on a narrow niche is the foothold that many lawyers use to gain traction. Many lawyers fear that a narrow focus will limit opportunities. Is less stressful because you know the basics (the procedures, the statutes) cold. My experience is not unique. Focus on serving someone. Others will follow.

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Above The Law

MARCH 5, 2025

(Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images) One of the quickest lessons you pick up in law school is that the path to knowing the law doesn’t end at finding a line in the Constitution or a statute and reading it aloud to anyone who would hear it.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 26, 2022

In most cases, the client has probably never had to hire a lawyer or file a case in court. They must also maintain a working knowledge of the legal specifics of different forms of injury and their relevant statutes of limitations. The lawyer(s) at the firm can help guide you on the law while you guide them on the medicine.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The DOJ monitors will be lawyers from the department’s civil rights division who will be able to initiate civil action in the event that the right to vote is infringed. The monitors are able to bring actions under the Voting Rights Act, the National Voter Registration Act, and other statutes protecting the right to vote.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

As society shifts and the need for lawyers to work faster and smarter grows, it becomes increasingly important that lawyers are able to nurture partnerships with freelance paralegals and legal assistants. For one, legal assistants focus solely on administrative work, clearing up time for lawyers to focus on other tasks.

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LegalReader

APRIL 29, 2022

In some situations, the time limit for filing personal injury claims can be extended.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2024

At the same time, it required the improvement of a unified database and search engine for proceedings of war crimes, education and training about war crimes for judges, and support for lawyers. Therefore, the publication instructed judges to use the statute merely as an additional documentation for qualification under domestic law.

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Day on Torts

AUGUST 10, 2022

Where defendant governmental entity did not own the park where plaintiff was injured, and plaintiff was attending a concert in the park when she fell, summary judgment based on both the GTLA and Recreational Use Statute was affirmed. The Court next turned to whether summary judgment was appropriate under the Recreational Use Statutes.

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ALPS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

I wanted to share this because I have been cautioning lawyers to never shoot from the hip for years, and yet many still do. It is just too easy for lawyers to find themselves in situations where they feel compelled to take that quick shot, if you will. Some almost on a daily basis. Perhaps a few examples are in order.

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JURIST

AUGUST 10, 2021

” To succeed in its claim of crimes against humanity, APIB must establish under Article 7 of the Rome Statute that Bolsonaro’s policies constitute a systematic attack directed at Brazil’s indigenous peoples with the effect of extermination, persecution, or inhumane acts causing serious injury to physical or mental health.

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JURIST

MARCH 5, 2024

The hearing allows prosecutors to present their case in court, where a defense lawyer will represent Kony if he does not appear. If the charges are confirmed, the case can only proceed to trial if Kony is present before the Trial Chamber.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 24, 2022

Where plaintiff filed a products liability claim based on a hip replacement device she had received, but her hip replacement occurred more than ten years before her suit was filed, dismissal based on the statute of repose was affirmed. The statute of repose for products liability cases is a hard line with very limited exceptions.

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CARET Legal

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

AI-powered tools can now sift through vast amounts of legal data in a fraction of the time it would take a human, to identify relevant cases, statutes, and precedents with remarkable accuracy. In 2025, these technologies will revolutionize legal research, document review, and case predictions. But the impact of AI goes beyond just speed.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 6, 2023

Supreme Court narrowed the scope of a federal aggravated identity theft statute. Because the crux of Durbin’s overbilling was inflating the value of services actually provided, and the patient’s means of identification was an ancillary part of the Medicaid billing process, the statute was not violated. In Durbin v.

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LawSites

JULY 27, 2022

But the California Senate has effectively shut down those working groups with a bill ( AB-2958 ), which is still pending, that would prevent any California State Bar committee from recommending any changes to the rules that only lawyers can own legal practices or deliver legal services. Listening as the chief justice answers my question.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

United States the Court held that in order to convict someone under the statute, the government must prove both that a defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to a category of persons prohibited from possessing firearms. Two years ago in Rehaif v.

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Intelligize Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The dissenting duo said the SEC is using Section 13(b)(2)(B) as its “own Swiss Army statute — a multi-use tool handy for compelling companies to adopt and adhere to policies and procedures that the Commission deems good corporate practice.” (In Peirce and Mark T. Uyeda in a November 14 statement railed against the Charter settlement.

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LLRX

OCTOBER 31, 2023

researchers and lawyers. There are no codified statutes or well-organized case law of the types familiar to most U.S. Jerry Lawson’s experience as a military and civil service lawyer are the foundation for a series of articles he is writing on a timely topic with potentially significant global repercussions. researchers.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Ukrainian law students and young lawyers are reporting for JURIST on developments in and affecting Ukraine. Although neither Ukraine nor the Russian Federation ratified the Rome Statute–the treaty that established the ICC–the Court can still investigate the crimes committed on Ukrainian territory. However, there is another way.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2022

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on developments and legal issues arising as the country defends itself against Russian invasion. ’ According to Article 86 of the Rome Statute, states must ‘cooperate fully with the Court in its investigation and prosecution of crimes within the Court’s jurisdiction’.

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Attorney at Work

JUNE 24, 2022

Using a letter of closure at the end of client engagements varies greatly from firm to firm — and at times among lawyers within the same firm. They may feel that they have finally found their family attorney or their business lawyer. Or, “Most of our work is for repeat clients and we’re certainly not about to say goodbye to them.”

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2022

Law students and young lawyers in Ukraine are filing for JURIST on the latest developments in that country as it defends itself against Russian invasion. Here, Kyiv-based lawyer and University of Pittsburgh LLM graduate Yaroslav Pavliuk reports. Ukraine has not yet become a State Party to the Rome Statute of the ICC.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This article delves into the essential purpose of legal writing , emphasizing its importance, exploring various types, and presenting effective strategies for lawyers. Effective legal writing enhances a lawyer’s ability to persuade judges, clients, and peers, directly impacting the outcomes of cases.

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Attorney at Work

JANUARY 25, 2022

Read the actual statute or opinion. When you see information in a secondary source, such as a newsletter, make sure to check the primary source before reporting to your clients and prospects.

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