Gender diversity is a bit deal in the law – don’t we all know it? – well, the answer is ‘No’, actually. Take the New York bar, for instance. The president of the New York Bar Association John S Kiernan said that progress was “incremental” in terms of gender and ethnic diversity. For the first
Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie – Bike ride, anyone? Electric bicycles – e-bikes – are quickly growing in popularity as technology improves and prices fall, and regulations are working to catch up. Currently, a patchwork of laws, regulations, and even definitions abound, confusing what types of bikes can be used where. Generally, e-bikes, which have
Falsification of trucking records is more common than you’d think – and it’s a threat to both safety and your bottom line. But what can you do about it? Most truckers – and most trucking companies – are honest. This piece is about the few bad apples that spoil the basket for everyone. The men
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Artificial intelligence is set to change the way the legal profession operates in a way that will revolutionize the profession. A recent ABA Journal article noted that “AI” is changing not only the way lawyers do business, but also how they think and how they interact with clients. It is a paradigm shift on how
Lane Neave – Significant changes were announced by the New Zealand Government earlier this month around the New Zealand Residence Programme (NZRP). Most noteworthy at the time of writing this article are the changes to the Skilled Migrant Category (SMC) and Parent Category resident visa policies. These changes will lead to a reduced number of
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LOS ANGELES – Former California State Senator Ronald S. Calderon was sentenced today to 3½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to a federal corruption charge and admitting that he accepted tens of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for performing official acts as a legislator. Ron Calderon, 59, of Montebello, received the
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Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and James P. O’Neill, the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), announced the arrest and filing of charges against DASHAWN HAWKINS, a/k/a “Jhonny Cash,” for narcotics dealing that resulted in the overdose death of a 29-year-old man. On October
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Attorneys and FBI investigators were in disagreement over the decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton over her private email server scandal with both FBI director James Comey and Attorney General Loretta Lynch coming in for stringent criticism. The Fox News reports indicated that those involved were demoralized by the decision made by Comey not to
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Kevin O’Keefe of Real Lawyers Have Blogs has written about the merits of Twitter for lawyers, pointing out what co-founder Jack Dorsey said about the network in an internal memo: Twitter is what’s happening, and what everyone is talking about (literally!). News and talk. We’re the people’s news network. People choose us for news because
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The Mexican judge who presided in several legal cases filed by lawyers for Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was shot and killed outside his home on Monday. The Judge, Vicente Antonio Bermudez Zacarias, 37, died after being shot in the head while jogging in Metepec, about 40 miles from Mexico City. Guzman is the notorious drug lord
