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China human rights lawyer in deteriorating health after hunger strike in arbitrary detention

JURIST

Xu , a key figure in China’s New Citizens’ Movement, has been held since February 2020, following his involvement in a meeting of activists and lawyers advocating for government transparency and civil rights. Human rights advocates have condemned the charges as politically motivated and designed to silence dissent.

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Shell wins appeal in landmark Netherlands climate case

JURIST

The company’s legal team asserted that setting binding targets should be a matter for policymakers, not the judiciary, and the responsibility for achieving climate goals should be shared between governments, businesses, and consumers. The court cited the company’s duty of care to mitigate climate change risks.

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Five Ways to Make Meetings Matter

Attorney at Work

Making meetings effective and productive is no easy feat — especially in the age of Zoom. To be effective, meetings need to engage the talents of the people involved, work to achieve the group’s specific goals for the moment — and do so in a way that’s contextually sensitive to the world around it. Bad Meetings Are Not Inevitable.

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How to meet the challenges of legal matter management for in-house teams

LawVu

Where and how we work has become a worldwide conundrum in recent years, and in-house legal teams are discovering that like most other industries, they are expected to do more with less in both human and financial terms. For in-house teams, this includes managing requests, projects, documents, deadlines, communications, billing, and workflows.

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UNICEF denounces extreme violence against children in the DRC

JURIST

In September 2023, UNICEF Representative in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Grant Leaity recalled meeting a pair of orphaned one-year-old twins suffering from severe acute malnutrition. Since insecurity in the region blocks aid teams from reaching many areas, thousands remain without protection or essential services.

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Everything You Need to Know About Billable Hours

Paralegal Bootcamp

1 Billing your time can be stressful if you’re not meeting your firm’s annual quota…or it can be rewarding if you’re exceeding that quota and your bonus is based on that metric. Attorneys typically track hours spent on client tasks, with a goal to meet or exceed the firm’s annual requirement.

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5 Tips for Making the Transition to Virtual Law Firm Status

Attorney at Work

The latter can be especially useful for meeting with clients when you would rather not meet online, or you could rent an office exclusively for ad hoc meetings. Note: While you could meet clients at a public location, I do not recommend that: You would not have a reasonable expectation of privacy during your discussion.

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