Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 279: Quick Tips -- Retaking the Bar Exam After Failing
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Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we're discussing how to approach preparing to retake the bar after failing the first time, or even multiple times. We talk about some common reasons why people fail the bar...more
Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re talking about California's surprising recent decision to outsource the development of part of the next bar exam to Kaplan. In this episode, we discuss: >Recap of...more
As summer winds down, ComDiv practitioners no doubt will soon be gearing up for the upcoming fall and winter months. Time again to trade in your flip-flops for legal pads. The year-end push will soon be upon us....more
Following in the footsteps of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the state bars of California, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania, the American Bar Association has weighed in on attorneys' ethical use of...more
It was great to read MSBA Leads the Way in Advocating for Judicial and Attorney Security | Maryland State Bar Association (July 30, 2024), written by the MSBA President, Raphael J. Santini....more
This blog post is the third in a series on common ethical challenges that arise while preparing for and conducting depositions. Insurers and large corporate legal departments are sophisticated consumers of legal services, but...more
On July 1, 2024, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania joined twenty-three other states in adopting Uniform Commercial Code Article 12 and the accompanying amendments to the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code....more
All lawyers understand that they have an ethical obligation to protect client confidential information from prying eyes, whether in a locked file cabinet, on a cloud storage device, or passing through the networks of...more
The New York State Bar Association Tax Section (the “NYSBA”) has asked the government to provide guidance on the procedure for filing a protective return in respect of withholding tax in response to YA Global Investments, LP...more
The number of bar associations that have issued AI ethics guidance continues to grow, with NJ being the most recent. In its May 2024 report (Report), the NJ Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and the Law made a number of...more
One interesting aspect of the New York State Bar Association’s recent review of the ethical and legal issues raised by artificial intelligence in the practice of law was its suggestion that now might not be the best time to...more
On May 7, 2024 the North Carolina Court of Appeals issued thirty-three published opinions There’s a lot to chew on here. Here’s my summary of a few of the more interesting or unusual cases. Warren v. Cielo...more
The New York State Bar Association last month published a set of guidelines for the ethical use of artificial intelligence technologies in practice of law. The guidelines, which were included in a task force report, did not...more
Generative AI has made the headlines for over a year now. What is this new technology? What can it do? How can it help in business? Is it safe? Is it ethical? These are all common questions observed in articles, blogs,...more
Incivility during contentious depositions is not a new topic for this blog. While the available evidence indicates that professionalism toward legal adversaries is on the rise, the topic of overbearing behavior during...more
In a lightning-fast response to the recent ruling in West Palm Beach Firefighters’ Pension Fund v. Moelis & Co., the Delaware State Bar Association’s Council of the Corporate Law Section has proposed an amendment to the...more
On March 28, 2024, the Council of the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) approved proposed amendments to the Delaware General Corporation Law (DGCL) in order to align the DGCL’s provisions...more
The NY State Bar Association (NYSBA) Task Force on Artificial Intelligence has issued a nearly 80 page report (Report) and recommendations on the legal, social and ethical impact of artificial intelligence (AI) and generative...more
During the New York State Bar Association IP Section Annual Meeting on January 17, 2024, Kilpatrick’s Tony Glosson spearheaded the “Cybersecurity/Data Privacy” panel with fellow speaker Sharfy Salek of LexisNexis® Risk...more
In an age when nearly everyone carries on their person a tiny recording device in the form of a smartphone, the question of whether it is lawful to surreptitiously record conversations with others comes up often. One never...more
“I fear that AI may replace humans altogether. If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life that outperforms humans,” warned Stephen Hawking...more
It seems Florida’s lawyers are determined to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to the use of artificial intelligence tools in the practice of law. On Jan. 19, The Florida Bar’s Board of Governors published new guidance on...more
The Business Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association was active this past year in proposing certain changes to the North Carolina Business Corporation Act. Below is a summary of the amendments that were adopted this...more
The California General Corporation Law providers that the corporate existence begins upon filing of the articles. Cal. Corp. Code § 200(c). However, some California corporations have been birthed without the filing of...more