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One of my most deeply contrarian beliefs is that lawyers would be better served completely ditching Word. Not for “Microsoft is evil” reasons but for “Word’s UX is fundamentally distracting for almost all legal tasks” reasons.
https://social.coop/@luis_in_brief/114832592372242578

#law #LawyersOfMastodon

Right now Marcy Wheeler, @emptywheel is talking about #CIPA, #nationalsecurity, #geofence Walt #Nauta, TFG's hairspray & his upcoming trials & machinations to derail them.
Plus the latest on #JudgeCannon filings vs #Jacksmith.
Finally, the civil war era laws to hurt women in AZ.
Listen live at http://nicolesandler.com, or https://youtu.be/0llHlfsd-Us @nicolesandler http://emptywheel.net
@GottaLaff #LawyersofMastodon #USpol #Trump #Cannon

.When Barb McQuade was on on the @nicolesandler show Nicole asked about Trump's threats to judges. Barb said Trump KNOWS his followers will act. What I wanted to know WHY are there so few arrests of the people making threats? I wanted to know more about what's behind Law Enforcement's "Reluctance to Investigate" (Which was a headline from a section in chapter 5 in her book, Attack From Within. ) https://www.youtube.com/live/HsKNqidhLUY?si=6fcvPbnCa8KSltqw&t=1619
#ThreatsOfViolence #Trump #Threats #LawyersOfMastodon

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#LawFedi #LawyersOfMastodon #LegalAssistant #AdminLife

Police on Long Island responded Thursday morning to a bomb threat at the home of Judge Arthur #Engoron

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/bomb-threat-targeted-home-judge-trumps-civil-fraud-trial-rcna133416

New Question for @Teri_Kanefield #LawyersOfMastodon

After the case is decided, does the #GagOrder still apply to #Trump?
What if #Trump attacks #JudgeEngoron AFTER the trial is over while the case is on appeal?

Does the appellate judge need to set new pretrial conditions Trump has to abide by about not threatening people?
#BombThreat #SWATTING

And convince me that professional development isn't a money grab... #lawfedi #inhousecounsel #LawyersOfMastodon

Question for @Teri_Kanefield
What can the Judge do if she sees threats to witnesses on #TruthSocial?
Can the Judge issue a narrowly tailored protective order against #Trump? If #TFG threatens witnesses on social media, can #JackSmith then add new charges for #WitnessTampering? #JusticeMatters

I sent this to Glenn Kirschner on #Twitter #X because he's not here, but this is a question for #LawyersOfMastodon & my #ContentModeration friends about #SocialMedia

If someone lies under oath to the Grand Jury when can we find out if they were lying? At trial, months later?
I asked this question to @BarbMcQuade of the #SistersInLawPodcast on #Threads since they decided it's #BrandSafe to post there.
On the podcast she talked about #JaredKurshner testifying under oath before the #GrandJury. If Jared lied & it can be proved, who brings the perjury charges?
She probably won't answer, so could the #LawyersOfMastodon answer? @emptywheel
#JackSmith #Jan6th

@fenriswitch I’m afraid I have no legal expertise so I can’t really advise you on this. Perhaps other #WritersOfMastodon can help or even #LawyersOfMastodon 😁 (Boosts welcome to expand coverage of Fediverse)

Attention lawyers and law professors: I’ve been talking with my students about time management, and I want to ask you a question. When you have a task that requires hours of thinking—reading, writing, researching, editing, etc.—when do you do that work? What impediments do you face and how do you overcome them?

#law #lawprofs #legalprofession #lawyers #LawyersOfMastodon please consider boosting to get a good conversation going! Thx!

Are firms shrinking their summer classes? In-house departments still doing interns?
Asking for a mentee.
#inhouse #LawyersOfMastodon

Yikes, with my identity recently being used and my identity theft situation plz confirm before trusting anything from just my name. I am still working on this, and I will keep everyone posted. 🙏 with the documents online, this will be fun postings. Any lawyers here are greatly appreciated for Input #opensourcelaw #law #lawyers #LawyersOfMastodon

UK Public law question for you on new year's day:

If you could get your MP to pass a single law in 2023 that would impact the constitution or another important public or administrative law area, what would that law be?

Please comment.

#publiclaw @law #law #lawfedi #LawyersOfMastodon #UK #unitedkingdom #constitutionallaw #parliament

UK Public law question for you on new year's day:

If you could get your MP to pass a single law in 2023 that would impact the constitution or another important public or administrative law area, what would that law be?

Please comment.

#publiclaw @law #law #lawfedi #LawyersOfMastodon #UK #unitedkingdom #constitutionallaw #parliament

Question for #LawyersOfMastodon do you use “pleaded” or “pled” or both? #lawyers #law #lawtalk

So #Twitter / #ElonMusk has decided to block links to other major social media networks (Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Post and Nostr) and aggregators (linktr.ee and lnk.bio). Presumably to stem the mass exodus. This strikes me as incredibly poorly thought out.

First problem, Twitter doesn’t exist in a vacuum, the competing social media networks can simply respond in kind. If #Meta was to block links to Twitter, that would be far more detrimental to Twitter than Meta. As Meta has many (many) more users and offers many more services than just asynchronous following. Meta would also not be seen as the aggressor, rather whatever they do will be viewed as a response to absurd conduct by Twitter.

Second problem, this just encourages users to leave. It dares users to make their final tweet a link to their other social media profiles.

Third problem, cross-site discoverability has long been a mainstay of social media. This would again seem to discourage participation in Twitter. If individuals/organizations are effectively prohibited from building their cross-the-web brand on Twitter, why waste time posting to/engaging on Twitter?

Forth problem, what about all the existing users with links? Are users grandfathered in, or will Twitter mass suspend a significant percentage of their non-bot userbase?

Fifth problem, Twitter is not blocking Gab nor Parler. Format-wise (i.e. microblog) they are very close to Twitter. While the disparity is unusual, I’m not convinced that it’s politically motivated (since Truth Social IS blocked). Maybe because Elon doesn’t see those two are real competitors? What’s stopping someone from creating a Gab/Parler account that only serves as a link aggregator to their other social media sites?

Lastly, I’ll let the #LawyersOfMastodon debate over possible legal issues with this. Though I’m confident there will be lots of lawyers racking up the hours this holiday.

Congrats #Elon, you’ve once again shot yourself in the foot. You’re found a way to both further encourage the exodus from Twitter, while simultaneously further discouraging new signups.

https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/social-platforms-policy

Did you know that Missouri honors medical cannabis cards from other states? If you have a legit card in your home state it should be good in Missouri, although with the passage of Amendment 3 on Tuesday any person 21 or older can possess up to 3 ounces of cannabis for their personal use.
#cannabis #medicalmarijuana #legalize #161 #1312 #criminaldefenselawyer #lawyerstories #lawyersofinstagram #druglawyer #lawyersofmastodon #amendment3 #freeallprisoners #1312overture