#lawyers — Public Fediverse posts

Paris Jackson scores $625K legal win against lawyers, gains more control over family assets

Paris Jackson scored a big win for her late father Michael Jackson’s estate after a Los Angeles judge…
#France #FR #Europe #EU #Paris #celebrities #celebritylawsuits #Entertainment #estates #lawyers #michaeljackson #ParisJackson
https://www.europesays.com/france/14603/

New York Times: All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I.-generated transcripts, which some video call apps allow users to turn on by default, preserve all sorts of things — offhand comments, quickly corrected statements, jokes — that humans would rarely write in the meeting minutes. And they show up in meetings that would […]

New York Times: All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I.-generated transcripts, which some video call apps allow users to turn on by default, preserve all sorts of things — offhand comments, quickly corrected statements, jokes — that humans would rarely write in the meeting minutes. And they show up in meetings that would […]

New York Times: All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I.-generated transcripts, which some video call apps allow users to turn on by default, preserve all sorts of things — offhand comments, quickly corrected statements, jokes — that humans would rarely write in the meeting minutes. And they show up in meetings that would […]

New York Times: All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I.-generated transcripts, which some video call apps allow users to turn on by default, preserve all sorts of things — offhand comments, quickly corrected statements, jokes — that humans would rarely write in the meeting minutes. And they show up in meetings that would […]

New York Times: All Those A.I. Note Takers? They’re Making Lawyers Very Nervous.. This link goes to a gift article. “A.I.-generated transcripts, which some video call apps allow users to turn on by default, preserve all sorts of things — offhand comments, quickly corrected statements, jokes — that humans would rarely write in the meeting minutes. And they show up in meetings that would […]

Via #LLRX Claude Legal Is Here, and It’s Worth a Closer Look 23 Apr 2026 With the recently launched #Claude #Legal #plugin, Nicole L. Black recommends to lawyers and legal professionals Claude’s #AI for tasks like document review and contract drafting. The Claude Legal plugin runs within Claude Cowork, a desktop app that you can download, and no specialized #legal #software subscription is required. #lawyers #law #attorneys https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/claude-legal-is-here-and-its-worth-a-closer-look/

via #LLRX - I Tested #Claude for #Word on Some Classic #Litigator Tasks. Over the past several days Rebecca Fordon has been digging into the Claude for Word add-in, and the headline finding surprised her. On document-intensive #legal work #citechecking, consistency review, Table of Authorities assembly it seems to need less supervision than either Claude on the web or #ClaudeCode. 4 tests bear that out with limits worth knowing. #lawyers #law #legalresearch #AI #microsoft https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/i-tested-claude-for-word-on-some-classic-litigator-tasks/

via #LLRX - Book Review – How To #AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work. 28 Apr 2026. In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are being produced at a rate that suggests at least some were written with hyperspeed AI. How To AI swims against the tide of fast, disposable books. Jerry Lawson recommends this book as a keeper. #bookreviews #lawyers #law #books #km https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/book-review-how-to-ai-cut-through-the-hype-master-the-basics-transform-your-work/

via #LLRX - Book Review – How To #AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work. 28 Apr 2026. In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are being produced at a rate that suggests at least some were written with hyperspeed AI. How To AI swims against the tide of fast, disposable books. Jerry Lawson recommends this book as a keeper. #bookreviews #lawyers #law #books #km https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/book-review-how-to-ai-cut-through-the-hype-master-the-basics-transform-your-work/

via #LLRX - Book Review – How To #AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work. 28 Apr 2026. In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are being produced at a rate that suggests at least some were written with hyperspeed AI. How To AI swims against the tide of fast, disposable books. Jerry Lawson recommends this book as a keeper. #bookreviews #lawyers #law #books #km https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/book-review-how-to-ai-cut-through-the-hype-master-the-basics-transform-your-work/

via #LLRX - Book Review – How To #AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work. 28 Apr 2026. In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are being produced at a rate that suggests at least some were written with hyperspeed AI. How To AI swims against the tide of fast, disposable books. Jerry Lawson recommends this book as a keeper. #bookreviews #lawyers #law #books #km https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/book-review-how-to-ai-cut-through-the-hype-master-the-basics-transform-your-work/

via #LLRX - Book Review – How To #AI: Cut Through The Hype. Master The Basics. Transform Your Work. 28 Apr 2026. In the current publishing cycle, books about AI are being produced at a rate that suggests at least some were written with hyperspeed AI. How To AI swims against the tide of fast, disposable books. Jerry Lawson recommends this book as a keeper. #bookreviews #lawyers #law #books #km https://www.llrx.com/2026/04/book-review-how-to-ai-cut-through-the-hype-master-the-basics-transform-your-work/

in my 4 decades of online life, i go where these people go:
#astronomers especially #NASA
#infosec & #hackers
#scientists especially epidemiologists, especially² #COVID19 #researchers
#lawyers
#DIY & #FLOSS
#bike riders
#musicians and #DJs cuz they’re curators by default
#photographers
#gardeners
#LGBTQIA+ esp trans folks
#disability activists
#sexWorkers
#metereology & #climate activists
#historians
#foodies

these people not only know what's newsworthy. they’re often the news.
🧵…

‘Landmark’ Antitrust Ruling Finds Live Nation and Ticketmaster Operating as Exploitative Monopoly

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/landmark-antitrust-ruling-finds-live-nation-and-ticketmaster-operating-as-exploitative-monopoly/

Thomas McGuane on Decency and Feral Charm

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.newyorker.com/books/this-week-in-fiction/thomas-mcguane-on-decency-and-feral-charm

#Copilot Is 'For Entertainment Purposes Only,' According To #Microsoft 's #ToS

#AI skeptics aren't the only ones warning users not to unthinkingly trust models' outputs -- that's what the AI companies say themselves in their terms of service. … "Copilot is for entertainment purposes only," the company warned. "It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don't rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk."
#artificialintelligence #lawyers

https://slashdot.org/story/26/04/06/046228/copilot-is-for-entertainment-purposes-only-according-to-microsofts-tos?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Using AI in a legal context is perfectly defensible. Not following up and not performing due diligence is lazy and derelict. This extends to any serious endeavour.

https://www.whro.org/2026-04-03/penalties-stack-up-as-ai-spreads-through-the-legal-system

#philosophy #law #legal #ai #negligence #lazy #duediligence #performance #article #npr #lawyers #lawschool #attorneys #authoship #responsibility #accountability #references #citations #writing #publishing

Gizmodo: Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases. “A court in Oregon has issued a fine of $10,000 to an attorney who submitted a legal brief with citations and quotes hallucinated by AI, according to a new report from the Oregonian. It’s the highest fine yet for citing fake cases in the state and would have been higher, but the judges offered some leniency, according to […]

The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

#LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

#LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

#LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

#LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

The proposal takes aim ​at the actions of #bar associations & similar professional organizations, not government entities, that investigate alleged ⁠#unethical conduct by #lawyers & consider actions such as #disbarment, which involves revoking a #license to practice #law [cuz, yeah, sane humans believe Rudolph Giuliani should still have legal authority /s].

#LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #ABA #Federalism #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

Because it's in the #news lately with a couple things, in case anyone doesn't understand...

The reason why #prosecutors (and on some level #defense #lawyers) are not supposed to have ulterior motivations for or against any of the involved parties is because, while they are supposed to argue the case to the best of their ability, their primary obligation is to the #law and the #judicial process. A prosecutor is not, for example, supposed to find ways to get around the #defendent's right to defend themself, especially not by witholding evidence as the #DA did in the Rust movie set shooting accident case. Yes, there is oversight, and yes, there are consequences including being disbarred, but the first line of defense against misconduct is that lawyers are supposed to avoid getting themselves into cases where they might be tempted to break the law.

Yes, they break this all the time, but this is how it's supposed to work.

If you see something about a #prosecutor being biased against a defendent, that's why.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo (Korean: 이상한 변호사 우영우) is a 2022 South Korean television series starring Park Eun-bin in the title role, along with Kang Tae-oh and Kang Ki-young. It follows Woo Young-woo, an autistic female rookie attorney hired by a major law firm in Seoul. Because she is different from her neurotypical peers, her manner of communication is seen by them as odd, awkward, and blunt. With each legal case and through her intelligence and photographic memory, she becomes an increasingly competent attorney and earns recognition from other legal professionals and appreciation from her clients.

I enjoyed this show very much and would totally recommend watching it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_Attorney_Woo

#TVseries #lawyers #autism #bingewatching #korean #Woo #attorney #extraordinaryAttorneyWoo #Whales

#SecretAllies

#DemocracyDocket with #MarcElias

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jvpdsMH0s2s&pp=ygUQZGVtb2NyYWN5IGRvY2tldA%3D%3D

#oppositionmovement #USLaw #law #lawyers

#tech #techbillionaires #billionairesSUCK

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨#WAKEUP: This bitch, Trump , wait for it ...Listen Exoutez Esucha... WANTS to STEAL BALLOTS!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

The stuff in #FultonCounty #Georgia is a practise-run for the #Midterms2026 !!!

BOMBSHELL: Trump executes plan to SEIZE BALLOTS

#BrianTylerCohen with #MarcElias (of #DemocracyDocket)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T5LAMKdMdd0

#NaziUSA #VoterSuppression #Missouri #Fascism #ElectionStealing #Law #USLaw #lawyers

PR Newswire: New Non-Profit Launches First-Ever Public Database Documenting Executive Branch Attorneys’ Conduct (PRESS RELEASE). “GLOW – Government Lawyers Oversight Watchdog is creating a comprehensive resource intended to increase public access to information about how government lawyers have conducted themselves, to champion policies that strengthen government lawyers’ ethics and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/11/pr-newswire-new-non-profit-launches-first-ever-public-database-documenting-executive-branch-attorneys-conduct/

Saw this first from a Bleat-sky post—lawyering appearing for the DOJ in U.S. v. Letitia James filed a bad PDF and was given instructions on how to file a proper one—but wanted to dig a bit more into it. If you search for "pdf" and "notice of error" in the doc descriptions, you can see plenty (wrong form, bad PDFs, etc.). Makes me wonder how many cases have issues and why the fillable/non-fillable form issue seems so common.

https://www.courtlistener.com/?type=r&q=&type=r&order_by=score%20desc&description=%22notice%20of%20error%22%20pdf

#AccessToJustice #Lawyers #Courts

#Brazil’s overburdened #judicialsystem is turning to #AI to improve #efficiency, with #judges using AI to close cases faster and #lawyers using it to open them. While AI has helped #reducebacklogs and #streamlineprocesses, concerns remain about its potential to #increaselitigation and the risk of “#hallucinations” or #falseinformation. https://restofworld.org/2025/brazil-ai-courts-lawsuits/?eicker.news #tech #media #news

Trump Slapped With Emergency Filing #AbregoGarcia #lawyers say #Trump officials—including #PamBondi, #KristiNoem, and Trump himself—are smearing him with false, #inflammatory claims that taint the jury pool and violate court rules. They argue these partisan attacks destroy the presumption of #innocence and threaten his right to a fair trial. Read the motion and memorandum https://substack.com/redirect/de088735-8028-44d2-98b4-7ef516cf91c8?j=eyJ1IjoiMjJ5NTBrIn0.oP2fUcNw-EU7zklYEMRQBh9oi2VHOHvW3ElcPQqG6aE #courts #law #legal #ruleoflaw #dueprocess #democracy #constitution

Preparing to teach legal research and writing for the first time in awhile. I'm not a Bluebook fan but, with a new edition, updated my tab system from the last edition I used heavily and upped my color game! The system is a money spinner for elite law schools. So glad to see Illinois' lenient citation approach. I'm hoping to help shift students to the free Indigo Book (https://indigobook.github.io/) and plug public domain citation formats.

#Lawyers #LawLibraries #AccessToJustice

https://www.alojapan.com/1339483/nintendo-games-wont-appear-at-japanese-speedrunning-charity-event-after-company-warns-organizers/ Nintendo games won’t appear at Japanese speedrunning charity event, after company warns organizers #benchmarks #charitable #Charity #GamesDoneQuick #GDQ #GraphicsCard #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #laptop #lawsuit #lawyers #Livestream #Livestreaming #netbook #news #NintendoGames #notebook #processor #reports #review #reviews #RTA #speedrun #speedrunner #speedrunners #speedrunning #SuperMario64 #test #tests #titles #ZeldaGames

https://www.alojapan.com/1339483/nintendo-games-wont-appear-at-japanese-speedrunning-charity-event-after-company-warns-organizers/ Nintendo games won’t appear at Japanese speedrunning charity event, after company warns organizers #benchmarks #charitable #Charity #GamesDoneQuick #GDQ #GraphicsCard #Japan #JapanNews #Japanese #JapaneseNews #laptop #lawsuit #lawyers #Livestream #Livestreaming #netbook #news #NintendoGames #notebook #processor #reports #review #reviews #RTA #speedrun #speedrunner #speedrunners #speedrunning #SuperMario64 #test #tests #titles #ZeldaGames

Feds Criminalize Aiding #Protests Against #ICE

The #Trump administration is targeting nonviolent acts like identifying masked agents and handing out #PPE in support of LA’s #AntiICE movement.

Akela Lacy
July 23 2025

Excerpt: " 'Roving patrols' operating without reasonable suspicion and denying access to #lawyers violated the Fourth and the Fifth Amendments, the judge wrote. 'What the federal government would have this Court believe — in the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case — is that none of this is actually happening.'

"Now, those accused of helping the anti-ICE movement are facing prosecution or investigation. Earlier this month, a federal grand jury indicted a man after he handed out #FaceShields to people protesting ICE in Los Angeles two days after President Donald Trump deployed the #NationalGuard.

"#AlejandroOrellana, 29, pleaded not guilty to a charge of conspiracy to aid and abet civil disorders. According to a grand jury indictment, the face shields were 'advertised as designed to protect from chemical splashes and flying debris.'

" 'Alejandro Orellana’s arrest for distributing supplies is an outrageous violation of #CivilRights and should be a wakeup call to people everywhere,' said California attorney Thomas Harvey.

" 'This appears to be a targeted, political attack on resistance to a military incursion on our communities,' Harvey said. 'Distributing supplies to protesters is not a crime. It’s a critical role to help keep people safe — especially in the face of some of the most violent police repression I’ve seen since the #Ferguson uprising.' "

https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/feds-criminalize-protests-masked-ice/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/sQii5

#ACAB #CriminalizingProtest #CriminalizingDissent #CivilRightsViolations #Authoritarianism #USPol #WeKeepOurselvesSafe #WeKeepEachOtherSafe

#Volunteers flock to #ImmigrationCourts to support #migrants arrested in the hallways

By MARTHA BELLISLE, CEDAR ATTANASIO and COLLEEN SLEVIN
Updated 8:38 AM EDT, July 20, 2025

SEATTLE (AP) — "After a Seattle immigration judge dismissed the deportation case against a Colombian man — exposing him to expedited removal — three people sat with him in the back of the courtroom, taking his car keys for #SafeKeeping, helping him memorize phone numbers and gathering the names of family members who needed to be notified.

"When Judge Brett Parchert asked why they were doing that in court, the volunteers said Immigration and Custom Enforcement officers were outside the door, waiting to take the man into custody, so this was their only chance to help him get his things in order. '#ICE is in the waiting room?' the judge asked.

"As the #MassDeportation campaign of President Donald #Trump focuses on cities and states led by Democrats and unleashes fear among asylum-seekers and immigrants, their legal defenders sued this week, seeking class-action protections against the arrests outside immigration court hearings. Meanwhile, these volunteers are taking action.

"A diverse group — #FaithLeaders, #CollegeStudents, #grandmothers, #retired #lawyers and #professors — has been showing up at immigration courts across the nation to escort immigrants at risk of being detained for deportation by masked ICE officials. They’re giving families moral and logistical support, and bearing witness as the people are taken away.

"The #NorthwestImmigrantRightsProject was inundated by so many community members wanting to help that they made a volunteer training video, created '#KnowYourRights' sheets in several languages and started a Google sheet where people sign up for shifts, said Stephanie Gai, a staff attorney with the Seattle-based legal services non-profit.

" 'We could not do it without them,' Gai said. 'Some volunteers request time off work so they can come in and help.'

"Robby Rohr, a retired non-profit director said she volunteers regularly.

" 'Being here makes people feel they are remembered and recognized,' she said 'It’s such a bureaucratic and confusing process. We try to help them through it.' "

Read more:
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-court-arrests-ice-bd145fae56c0d493ba52418cc66ef3b7

FMI about #NWIPR:
https://www.nwirp.org/

#ResistICE #USPol #BuildingCommunity #NoHumanIsIllegal #WeKeepOurselvesSafe #WeKeepEachOtherSafe

The TX #Democrat had given #BillMoyers a summer job in his #Senate office in 1954 when Moyers was in college. [how most #lawyers get started—E.G., my (Nonilex) dad after his 2nd yr of #law school, worked for then-General #Shriver’s nascent #HeadStart program].

Moyers arrived on Capitol Hill &, w/o even unpacking his bags, worked through the night addressing 275k envelopes using a foot-operated “addressograph” machine. By the end of the summer, he was handling Johnson’s personal correspondence.

… AP: “#ICE officers have in recent days deported the Cuban-born mother of a 1-year-old girl — separating them indefinitely — and three children ages 2, 4 and 7 who are US citizens along with their #Honduran born mothers. #Lawyers in the cases described how the women were arrested at routine check-ins at ICE offices, given virtually no opportunity to speak with lawyers or their family members and then #deported within 3 days or less.” The 4 year old has a rare form of #cancer. #democracy

#LawSchool #Attorneys

#GeorgetownLawSchool, my alma mater, is stepping up to try to help previously employed federal #lawyers who have been laid off due to the draconian actions of the #SpaceNazi & #DOGE . . .

https://view.advmail.georgetown.edu/?qs=e5c68a9e2977eb051e0675f00e5624e825609e68c503236c85dbc10c3d2955af8759588877bbd424b974bde0a456b44537bbe435b97d5b76c2b290443b395e68271e11810ecb9d93f650e875f268b8d2

"The target of the administration’s campaign is a stratum of society that’s sometimes called the #ProfessionalManagerialClass, or the #PMC, although there’s not one universal moniker that #MAGA applies to the group it is now crushing. That group includes society’s knowledge workers, its cognitive elite, the winners of the tournament that is the American meritocracy. It covers not only #lawyers, university administrators, and #professors, but also #consultants, investment #bankers, #scientists, #journalists, and other white-collar workers who have prospered in the information age.

Back in the 1990s, as the group began to emerge in its current form, the liberal economics commentator Robert Reich hailed its members as “symbolic analysts”—people who identify and solve problems by thinking through ideas rather than via physical labor. A decade later, the urbanist Richard Florida put forth an even more triumphalist term: the “#creativeclass.” That is, its members had the academic training to master the complexities of a globalized economy, the intellectual skills to conquer the digital world."
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-waging-war-professional-class/682409/?gift=hVZeG3M9DnxL4CekrWGK3-h3gdyrK22tbt8Qkwl4sX4

Question, my dad told me about this program called the people's law school where they will teach you how to be a lawyer, have you go through law school, and while doing law school, have you volunteer at a lawfirm helping those who are low income receive legal representation. Does anyone know about this? #Law, #LawSchool, #Lawyers

Any #lawyers on here? My dad just wrote a book. "Raising the Bar, The Mentor Guidebook for New Lawyers." It would be a great addition to any law firm's library.

Check it out!
https://www.raisingthebarguidebook.com/

CC: @LeftistLawyer

#law #bookstodon #lawbooks #UofR #lawschool

Within the ABA Criminal Justice Section, there is a group dedicated to studying sentencing, correctional institutions and the experiences of incarcerated people.

#paralegals #paralegal #paralegallife #lawfirm #legal #paralegalproblems #attorney #legalassistant #lawyers #law #paralegaljobs #lawfirms #paralegalservices #lawyer #paralegalsrock #cldpmarksmith #marksmithcldp

Within the ABA Criminal Justice Section, there is a group dedicated to studying sentencing, correctional institutions and the experiences of incarcerated people.

#paralegals #paralegal #paralegallife #lawfirm #legal #paralegalproblems #attorney #legalassistant #lawyers #law #paralegaljobs #lawfirms #paralegalservices #lawyer #paralegalsrock #cldpmarksmith #marksmithcldp

Within the ABA Criminal Justice Section, there is a group dedicated to studying sentencing, correctional institutions and the experiences of incarcerated people.

#paralegals #paralegal #paralegallife #lawfirm #legal #paralegalproblems #attorney #legalassistant #lawyers #law #paralegaljobs #lawfirms #paralegalservices #lawyer #paralegalsrock #cldpmarksmith #marksmithcldp

#funny #humor #lol #lawyers #star_trek #personal_injury_law

#funny #humor #lol #lawyers #star_trek #personal_injury_law

#funny #humor #lol #lawyers #star_trek #personal_injury_law