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Ninth Circuit Takes a Wrecking Ball to Internet Personal Jurisdiction Law–Briskin v. Shopify

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Let’s start with a tiny piece of good news. The majority says: “The parties agree among themselves that we need not develop an internet-specific standard for personal jurisdiction. We also agree.” No need for Internet exceptionalist rules. Yay! With that out of the way, bring on the tissues. Briskin made a purchase at an online retailer, IABMFG.

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Are Your Client-Firm Relationships at Risk Because of AI?

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By Kathryn Lye, Definely. While the dynamics between in-house legal teams and their panel firms have been steady for a long time, the acceleration of.

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Midsized Law Firms Increasingly See AI and Interconnected Technology as Critical for Future Success, New Survey Finds

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An overwhelming 87% of professionals in midsized law firms view investing in cutting-edge technology as critical for their firm’s future, with expectations for AI’s value growing significantly, according to the 2025 US Midsize Law Firm Priorities Report, released today by law practice management company Actionstep. The report, which surveyed 264 U.S.

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ILTA Launches GenAI Guide for eDiscovery

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The International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) has launched a Generative AI Guide to accompany the previously released Active Learning Best Practice Guide, providing litigators in.

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Fresh Out of School: How to Become an Expert Paralegal

Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

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Eve Says Its New AI Reasoning Mode Can Perform Senior-Level Work for Plaintiffs’ Lawyers

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Eve, an AI platform for plaintiffs’ law firms, is today introducing an AI Reasoning Mode that it says can perform complex legal analysis through sophisticated step-by-step reasoning capabilities, on a par with a senior-level lawyer.

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Administrative and Regulatory Law: What’s New in 2025

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Administrative and regulatory law should be an active area of legal practice in 2025, as the courts and the federal executive make changes to agency regulatory authority. Here’s a synopsis of the attorney’s role in administrative law and what one might expect in the coming year. Basics of administrative law In the United States, legislative bodies pass laws.

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Inside Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration–npr.org

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Elissa Nadworny In an escalation of the back-and-forth between Harvard University and the Trump administration, the school has filed a lawsuit against the federal government. In it, Harvard argues the government’s actions, including freezing more than $2.2 billion in federal funding, violate the First Amendment and don’t follow legal procedures. “The consequences of the government’s overreach will be severe and long-lasting,” reads a letter by Alan M.

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Aiming for Accuracy, Group Launches Legal AI Adoption Index; Invites Law Firms and Legal Teams to Self-Report

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A newly launched independent initiative aims to develop an accurate, holistic and transparent index of AI adoption among law firms, in-house legal departments, and individual legal professionals.

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Read Conservative Judge’s Full Opinion Rebuking Trump Administration Over Abrego Garcia Case–time.com

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by TIME Staff A federal appeals court issued a unanimous decision on Thursday rejecting an appeal by the Trump Administration after a district court judge ordered sworn testimony from officials over their refusal to comply with her previous Supreme Court-affirmed order for the Administration to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia an El Salvadoran national who was living in Maryland with his U.S. citizen wife and U.S. citizen children and whom the Administration previously admitted to m

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