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April 19, 2022

Morning Docket: 04.19.22 - Above the LawAbove the Law - Above the Law

* Sovereignty denied: The Supreme Court decides to not rule on the Penobscot Nation’s control of their river. [AP] * Hating from outside the club: Judge green lights suit to prevent Marjorie Taylor Greene from holding office again. [Common Dreams] * Harvard Law prof gives legal argument for how a barrel of Russia’s food is worth twenty of Ukraine’s. [MSNBC] * You can’t fire me in a way that m...
April 19, 2022

Hennessey Digital Releases 2022 Law Firm Response Time Study, Findings Reveal Gaps in Intake Process that Could Cost Law Firms Millions in Potential Revenue - Yahoo Finance

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA / ACCESSWIRE / April 19, 2022 / Lawyers are leaving millions of dollars of revenue from potential cases on the table, a new study on law firm responsiveness from digital marketing agency Hennessey Digital reveals. For the second-consecutive year, Hennessey Digital, the digital marketing agency of choice for the legal industry, has conducted its Law Firm Response Time study...
April 19, 2022

Pranks and propaganda: Russian laws against 'fake news' target Ukrainians and the opposition, not pro-Putin pranksters - The Conversation

Russian pranksters and anti-free speech advocates Vladimir “Vovan” Kuznetsov, left, and Alexei “Lexus” Stolyarov in Moscow in 2016. Stanislav Budnitsky does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment. When they launched their war o...
April 19, 2022

City of Albuquerque keeps law requiring labor agreements on city projects - KRQE News 13

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The City of Albuquerque is keeping a law meant to make sure workers on city projects are making fair wages. Trade workers and union leaders packed the council chambers Monday, pleading with the council to keep the ordinance passed in December. The ordinance requires contractors to have labor agreements in place if they are working on city projects worth more than $1...
April 19, 2022

SimpleLegal Spotlights Law Firm Diversity With Transformative Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tracking and Reporting Solution - GlobeNewswire

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SimpleLegal, a subsidiary of Onit, today introduced Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Tracking and Reporting, an end-to-end solution for legal departments seeking metrics to support their outside law firms in reaching their shared diversity objectives. DE&I Tracking and Reporting uses standardized diversity criteria, influ...
April 19, 2022

Fresno man serving 26 years for rape could leave prison sooner under new California law - Fresno Bee

A convicted Fresno rapist could have his 26-year sentence reduced under a new California law aimed at criminal justice reform and prison crowding. Senate Bill 567 became effective on Jan. 1 and not only affects current cases but can also be applied to those already convicted like Ernesto Olivas of Fresno. A jury in 2019 found Olivas guilty of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation and false ...
April 19, 2022

SimpleLegal Spotlights Law Firm Diversity With Transformative Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Tracking and Reporting Solution - Yahoo Finance

SimpleLegal Legal departments now have a simple, more accurate way to standardize and leverage diversity data and trend reports to influence law firm sourcing decisions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SimpleLegal, a subsidiary of Onit, today introduced Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Tracking and Reporting, an end-to-end solution for legal departments seek...
April 19, 2022

EDITORIAL: Reasonable law gives law enforcement a fighting chance against ghost guns - Kankakee Daily Journal

EDITORIAL: Reasonable law gives law enforcement a fighting chance against ghost guns  Kankakee Daily Journal
April 19, 2022

Murder charge tossed under Alabama 'Stand Your Ground' law - wvua23.com

Murder charge tossed under Alabama 'Stand Your Ground' law  wvua23.com
April 19, 2022

Opinion: California law forcing companies to diversify boards was working - The Mercury News

The Apple logo is seen at the entrance of an Apple store in Washington, DC, on Sept. 14, 2021. Apple Corp. used the word diverse or diversity 70 times in its most recent proxy statement, compared with 20 times a year earlier. It also added a section near the beginning touting its board diversity: California has become the focus of a battle over how companies should address the lack of diversi...