Tuesday, July 31, 2018

How can we fight to reduce bias? 6th Circuit judge shares her thoughts (podcast)

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Studies have shown that implicit bias is something that affects everyone to some degree. So what steps can legal professionals at all ranks take to…



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How Nixon used a law firm stint to resurrect his political career and win the presidency (podcast)

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After losing both the 1960 presidential election and the 1962 California governor’s race, Richard Milhous Nixon vowed at a press conference: “You won’t have Nixon…



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FBI overestimated the number of encrypted phones while arguing for workarounds

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The FBI has admitted that it overestimated—by potentially 550 percent, sources say—the number of cellphones investigators cannot access due to encryption. The miscount was…



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Immigrant children begin appearing in court without lawyers or parents

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Most immigrants facing deportation wouldn’t climb onto a table during their court hearings. But then again, most 3-year-olds don’t go to court without parents or…



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Cartoon Caption: Can these lawyer mice navigate this a-‘maze’-ing Hall of Justice?

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Will justice be found at the end of the maze for these lawyer mice? Send us your best caption for this month’s cartoon. The winner…



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Tuesday, July 3, 2018

BAE Systems Technology Solution and Services, Inc. v. Republic of Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration

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(United States Fourth Circuit) – Affirming the district court’s grant of a declaratory judgment to the plaintiff that it hadn’t breached any contractual agreement with Korea, but refusing a permanent injunction barring Korea from suing them in Korean courts in a contract suit between a US defense contractor and Korea in a complex set of exchanges involved in upgrading the country’s fighter planes.



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D’Amico Dry Limited v. Primera Maritime Limited

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(United States Second Circuit) – Vacating and remanding a case that had been dismissed after bench trial for lack of subject matter jurisdiction involving an English court’s judgment pertaining to freight derivative contracts because it qualified as an admiralty jurisdiction due to the agreement’s principal objective to further the plaintiff’s shipping business.



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Nielsen Contracting, Inc. v. Applied Underwriters, Inc.

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(California Court of Appeal) – Affirming the trial court’s determination that the arbitration provision and delegation clause in a contract entitled the Reinsurance Participation Agreement between a company and entities the plaintiff alleged fraudulently provided workers’ compensation policies that were illegal and contained unconscionable terms was unlawful and void because the court did not err in determining that the provisions were not enforceable.



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APB Realty, Inc. v. Georgia-Pacific, LLC

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(United States First Circuit) – Vacating the judgment and remanding a case in which the proposed deal for the purchase of 88 rail freight cars resulted in claims for breach of contract because the complaint adequately established the basis for the suit.



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Tindell v. Murphy

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(California Court of Appeal) – Affirming the grant of demurrer without leave to amend and a motion for summary judgment to defendants in the case of the alleged failure to disclose defects in the sale of a manufactured home that the purchasers were subsequently unable to refinance as it was not modular because the allegations in the complaint were contradicted by its exhibits, which described the house as a manufactured home.



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