Home Daily News Lawyer pasted more than 1,000 words into… Trials & Litigation By Debra Cassens Weiss Posted June 13, 2018, 7:05 am CDT Alzay/Shutterstock.com. An Illinois lawyer takes umbrage at the suggestion he lifted more than 1,000 words from two articles for his brief opposing dismissal of a lawsuit. “Go pound sand,” lawyer Robert Hanlon of Woodstock, Illinois, told the Northwest Herald when asked for comment. “I’m not dignifying that.” The newspaper reports that opposing lawyers suspected something was amiss when they noticed that Hanlon’s writing style changed on the fourth page of the brief. A Google search revealed copy was lifted from two articles. One of the articles, written by three Foley & Lardner lawyers in 2011, is about the standard for injunctive relief in Illinois. The other article, written by Jenner & Block, is from a “Practice Series” primer on temporary restraining orders. The Herald published … [Read more...] about Lawyer pasted more than 1,000 words into his legal brief without attribution, opposing lawyers say
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Vietnam-Cambodia joint committee on border affairs meets in Hanoi The Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Cambodia witness the signing of a mintues of the meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting in Hanoi A meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Committee on Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting took place in Hanoi from March 29-31. The Vietnamese side was led by Le Hoai Trung, Deputy Minister and Chairman of the National Boundary Commission under the Foreign Ministry, while the Cambodian side was headed by Var Kim Hong, Senior Minister in charge of border affairs. At the meeting, the two sides affirmed highest determination and efforts to complete 84 percent of the border demarcation and marker planting and legalise the accomplishment. In this spirit, the two sides reviewed the implementation of the work over the past time and agreed to put forth orientations, plans and roadmap, measures to carry out the work in the … [Read more...] about Government News In Brief
‘Thank you, Lord’: The painful — and legal — path one refugee family took to Buffalo
She collapsed to her knees in prayer, just as she did amid war back in Africa, just as she did in her modest new apartment in Buffalo. This time, though, Micheline Kwanda Makila dropped to the hard tile floor of the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, where her prayers of the past 19 months would soon be answered. Glass doors slid open, and Makila's 24-year-old daughter, Agath Mwamini, walked through, beaming. Mother and daughter met in an embrace and fell to the floor as two brothers and two sisters and a very proud father screamed in delight. "Thank you, Jesus! Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Father!" Micheline, 47, cried as family members started singing a hymn. This joyous scene played out 11 days ago, reuniting the family of Albert Makila Mangapi and finally bringing it peace. That scene also brought an end to a saga that illustrates how difficult and time-consuming the vetting process has always been for refugees who want to come to America, even before Donald Trump became … [Read more...] about ‘Thank you, Lord’: The painful — and legal — path one refugee family took to Buffalo
NYU gets $20M for global legal studies program
Home Daily News NYU gets $20M for global legal studies program Law Schools By Stephanie Francis Ward Posted April 4, 2018, 4:17 pm CDT Frank Guarini, an attorney and real estate investor who served as a New Jersey congressman, has donated $20 million to New York University School of Law. The money creates a global legal studies program, the Jersey Journal reports, which will be called the Guarini Institute for Global Legal Studies. On Wednesday, the center hosted a conversation between U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Albie Sachs, a former justice of the South African Constitutional Court, according to a NYU Law press release. “Our increasingly international world needs lawyers who can meet the complex challenges presented by a changing global and technological landscape,” the 93-year-old Guarini said in a press release. The institute will support a global fellows program and the scholarship of the law school’s international faculty. Guarini graduated … [Read more...] about NYU gets $20M for global legal studies program
Call for Papers: NLUJA, Assam; For Its 3rd Edition of News Letter of Centre For Child Rights
Share Tweet Plus One Pin It Email Print By: Manav Malhotra April 1, 2018 8:03 pm Change Font Size Centre for Child Rights, National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam invites submissions on issues of child rights for its 3rd edition of News Letter of Centre for Child Rights. ‘News Letter’ of Centre for Child Rights, till its last edition use to highlight the key activities undertaken by the Centre and write-ups on critical issues of child rights and child protection. Who can apply? Academicians, judges, practitioners, civil society activists, research scholars and students across the globe Submission Categories: Research Articles: Between 750 to 2000 words Notes/Comments: Between 750 to 1500 words Case Comments: Between 1000 to 2000 words Book Review: Word limit is between 1000 to 2000 words Submission Guidelines: Submissions must be emailed at [email protected] along with a covering letter addressed to Ms. Gitanjali Ghosh, Assistant … [Read more...] about Call for Papers: NLUJA, Assam; For Its 3rd Edition of News Letter of Centre For Child Rights