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For years, there’s been a popular sentiment that the absence of economies of scale made ediscovery impractical for small law firms, especially those with infrequent cases. While that may have been a legitimate argument in the past, the hard truth is that ediscovery has become more necessary to these firms’ success, not less. To reconcile these two realities, small law firms will need to find ...

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announces a new voter registration system on Jan. 19, 2022. (WRDW) ATLANTA - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is for the first time endorsing a separate agency hiring election investigators. The plan will overlap what the Republican says is his own underfunded investigation unit. House Speaker David Ralston and Gov. Brian Kemp have be...

(Reuters) - The American Bar Association will require law schools to educate students about bias, racism and cross-cultural competency, possibly as soon as the next academic year. The ABA’s House of Delegates on Monday approved changes to its law school accreditation standards, including a mandate that law schools provide bias training when students began their legal studies and at least once...

State House News Service and The Patriot Ledger QUINCY – Federal, state and local officials gathered in Quincy on Monday morning to celebrate the infrastructure law passed by Congress last year and the billions of dollars Massachusetts stands to use on projects such as a new MBTA bus depot at the site of the former Lowe's home improvement store. Officials said replacing the 104-year-old Quin...

LWV at Iowa Capitol. (RI photo) The League of Women Voters of Iowa led a coalition of groups that have collected 5000 signatures on petitions asking the Republican-led legislature to repeal recent election law changes. The coalition is asking Republican lawmakers to restore a longer period of early voting and get rid of restrictions that limit who may help older Iowans cast an absentee ballot...

Only 30 states in the U.S. have a law in place to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in organ transplants. (Only 30 states in the U.S. have a law in place to protect people with disabilities from discrimination in organ transplants.) MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Daniel’s law is a law in Texas that prohibits people with certain disabilities from being discriminated against medical...

A new ordinance says anyone entering a restricted abatement area could be charged with a misdemeanor or fined. (GV Wire/Johnny Soto) A new coalition of homeless advocates plans to take legal action against the city of Fresno and a new ordinance members say places unnecessary restrictions on advocates working to help the homeless living in encampments. Melissa Montalvo The California Divide C...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia ordinance that requires gun owners to tell police when a firearm has been lost or stolen was ruled illegal Monday by a state court, with one of the judges who voted to throw out the law lamenting that their ruling would put people’s lives at risk. A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel ruled unanimously against the city law and issued a permanent injuncti...

Demonstrators march past a police precinct during a rally for Amir Locke on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Minneapolis. Hundreds of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis after body cam footage released by the Minneapolis Police Department showed an officer shoot and kill Locke during a no-knock warrant. Christian Monterrosa/AP Photo No-knock warrants are being reevaluated in Minnesota...

ABA President Reginald Turner addressed the ABA House of Delegates during the last day of the 2022 ABA Midyear Meeting. The meeting was held remotely because of coronavirus concerns. While ABA President Reginald M. Turner remains hopeful the sun is rising on the rule of law, he told the ABA House of Delegates on Monday that “storm clouds increasingly appear on the landscape.” These clouds inc...