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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved. The full paper can be accessed here.

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The Power of Paralegal Mentors – An Interview with Ashley Stasiewich

Paralegal Bootcamp

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. This is what she wrote: Ann, I’ve been an avid listener of your podcast and attended a Lunch Learn a long time ago when you were based out of New York.

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Conflict-Checking Software For Law Firms: The Value of Full-Text Search

MyCase

According to the New York City Bar Association’s Professional Ethics Committee, a conflict-checking system is a process “by which proposed engagements are checked against current and previous engagements.” . Allows lawyers to communicate with others in the firm who have relevant information.

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Decoding International Arbitration

InHouseOps

Ours are not just lawyers. In fact, we include such language in the award because in the New York Convention, for example, the US has taken a reservation to that treaty that it will enforce the awards based on reciprocity. So it has to be in a New York Convention country. Some are scientists. Some are PhDs.

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Restitution, medical malpractice, and a capital appeal

SCOTUSBlog

The question is how such laws should be considered when state-law disputes are brought in federal court under diversity of citizenship jurisdiction because the dispute involves citizens of different states. In such cases, the rule is that federal courts apply state substantive law and federal procedural law.

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HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository Update

Conflict of Laws

“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cuniberti, Gilles.

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Update: HCCH 2019 Judgments Convention Repository

Conflict of Laws

“The 2005 Hague Choice of Court and the 2019 Hague Judgments Conventions versus the New York Convention – Rivals, Alternatives or Something Else?”, The Value of a New Judgments Convention for U.S. Litigants”, New York University Law Review 94 (2019), pp 1210-1243. Coco, Sarah E. Cong, Junqi. Kasem, Rouzana.