Amnesty International on Thursday called for the application of universal jurisdiction against members of the Taliban accused of crimes under international law. Universal jurisdiction in this case would give any country the... Read more »
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently announced that Title VII plaintiffs are no longer required to plead an “ultimate employment decision” to properly allege a disparate treatment claim.... Read more »
Thanks to his reliance on ChatGPT for legal research and his filing “bogus judicial decisions” in federal court, lawyer Steven A. Schwartz has become the “I am not a cat” of the... Read more »
* Atlanta jail scheduled with the honor of holding a former president. Let’s see how this goes! [Reuters] * Former Biglaw attorney grabs himself an insider trading charge. What, law firm money... Read more »
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Wednesday, August 23, 2023 A federal court recently denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss an insured’s claim for declaratory relief. The insurer argued that the policyholder’s declaratory judgment... Read more »
A UN official expressed concern Wednesday over the recent wave of violence against justice officials in Ecuador. Margaret Satterthwaite, the UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, said that... Read more »
Forty-two attorneys in Goldberg Segalla’s Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse offices have been listed in the 2023 Upstate New York edition of Super Lawyers. The range of practice represented by these attorneys –... Read more »
The legal technology and law practice management company Clio has named Hemant Kashyap as its first chief product officer, a role in which he will oversee product strategy, development and execution, including... Read more »
These Questions Are So Next Season: Two July California bar taker’s tests were a little off. It’s What The Founding Fathers Would Want: Leonard Leo is facing legal trouble over one of... Read more »
Related Practices & Jurisdictions Wednesday, August 23, 2023 In affirming final written decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in two inter partes reviews (IPRs), the Court of Appeals for the Federal... Read more »