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Last October, during its annual Clio Cloud Conference, the law practice management company Clio announced its plan to roll out an e-filing service, called Clio File, during 2024, starting with Texas, which would make it the first law practice management platform with built-in e-filing. Today, it delivered on that promise, launching Clio File for e-filing in Texas courts….
(Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. They’ll be sorry. There could be reasons people would wish to pull out, either they are not getting the business of otherwise. But I think we have a phrase that says talent follows money. — Former Hong Kong justice…
(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) On June 26, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in Murthy v. Missouri, AKA “the jawboning case.” It was a withering smackdown of the Fifth Circuit, authored by Justice Barrett and containing a mini-lecture on STANDING: HOW DOES IT GO. The case was an appeal from an order by District…
In a case decided earlier this month, the Court of Appeals overturned the defendant’s conviction for kidnapping when the evidence showed only an unsuccessful carjacking. See State v. Andrews, No. COA23-675 (N.C. Ct. App. July 2, 2024). Given the particular facts of the case – the defendant threatened the victim with a firearm, the victim…
Books can catch students up on what they need to know for practice, but putting that knowledge to the test in a law clinic is one of the best learning experiences law school has to offer. High Point University Kenneth F. Kahn School of Law will soon be making its debut and is focused on…
In this episode, I chat with Peter Bronstein, a radio show host and founder of Legal Stepz. Peter shares why he became a lawyer, driven by a desire for fairness, and narrates his journey from in-house counsel to successful independent practice. Discover compelling stories of his career highs, advice for aspiring lawyers, and insights on…
(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Rudy Giuliani’s having a rough ride in bankruptcy court as he tries to avoid cashing the $148 million check his mouth wrote to Atlanta poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss. It seems he’s committed to doing the full “Alex Jones,” only faster and with even less success. Like the…
(Photo by ERIN SCHAFF/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) In the Grand Theft Auto video game series, you can usually carjack a fighter jet just as easily as a Tercel by walking up to it and pushing a button. In reality, carjacking is a violent crime made more dangerous than most muggings by the additional uncertainty posed…
Last week, as most of us prepared for the holiday weekend, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse and Ron Wyden fired off a joint letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland formally requesting a Special Counsel “to investigate possible violations of federal ethics and tax laws by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Clarence Thomas.” We all thought he…
As Good As It Gets is not as good as its Oscar haul would suggest, but as a haunting precautionary warning, its titular line ranks up there with “all glory is fleeting” or “never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.” It can be read as a call to forfeit your…