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18 March 2024 Foley & Lardner To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On December 18, 2023, the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (together, “the Agencies”) jointly released a significant revision and expansion to the federal Merger Guidelines (the …
Advocates in Conversation By Nate Mowry on Mar 18, 2024 at 5:38 pm In this video, Nate Mowry interviews Missouri Solicitor General Josh Devine. Devine represents his state and several individual challengers, who argue that the federal government’s efforts to influence content moderation by social media platforms violates the First Amendment. Recommended Citation:…
Image from Shutterstock. For the longest time, one of the staples of any courtroom has been the stenographer. Typing on a small machine that produced a seemingly random series of letters onto a small strip of paper about the same size as what cash registers use to produce receipts, being a court reporter required extensive…
‘Yessssss! This is awesome!’ One of the hardest barriers to abolishing the bar exam is the lack of easily articulable alternatives to the system. Thankfully, alternatives to memorizing Richard Freer’s civil procedure lectures or risking your fingerprints not being good enough to sit for the test are sprouting up. The most recent bloom comes from…
While ChatGPT and other “consumer grade” generative AI tools fail to meet the needs of legal users, AI still plays a powerful time-saving role in law firm workflows. AI represents a tremendous opportunity for legal professionals to scale up their work. Scott Kelly, senior manager at NetDocuments, spoke with Zack about PatternBuilder MAX, NetDocuments’ first…
It looks like a permanent Oregon cannabis license moratorium will finally take effect. I say “looks like” because key contingencies are still in play and, although things look promising, it could also get dicey as of March 31st— or even sooner. In this post, I’ll explain what’s going on with House Bill 4121, which is…
When you hear the terms manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide, it may be hard to distinguish between them. We Asked a Dallas homicide defense Lawyer Mick Mickelsen to help us understand. Under Texas law, there are four types of criminal homicide: capital murder, murder, manslaughter, and criminally negligent homicide. Both manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide involve the…
David Phillip Wilson is on Alabama’s death row having been convicted and sentenced for killing Dewey Walker during a 2004 burglary at Walker’s home. The prosecution argued that Walker was attacked when he resisted the attempt by Wilson and three others to take his customized van and collection of rare coins. On February 15, Wilson…
You’ve invested your time and expertise into resolving a client’s legal matter. You meticulously logged every billable minute, and you’ve promptly sent a detailed invoice. But weeks pass, and silence follows. Despite a couple of diligent follow-ups, the invoice eventually gets lost in the deluge of daily responsibilities. Sound all too familiar? You’re not alone—accounts…
Last week, in the first part of this two-part series, I talked about the “crime of domestic violence” ground of deportability for noncitizens and what role convictions of North Carolina offenses play in triggering that ground. This post covers immigration consequences of the “stalking” and “violation of protection orders” grounds of deportability. Stalking A conviction…