At its annual Clio Cloud Conference today, the law practice management company Clio released the 2022 edition of its annual Legal Trends Report – its seventh year of the report.

It finds that law firms are seeing an average 10% increase in the growth of new business, but that their fees are 3% below where they should be given recent trends in inflation.

It also finds a profession grappling with work-life balance, as many lawyers are changing jobs in search of work-life balance and 49% say they would rather work from home.

“The past two years have fundamentally changed how lawyers define the role of work in their lives,” said Jack Newton, Clio’s founder and CEO. “The challenge for every law firm is to meet the expectations of clients and employees while balancing business objectives in a fluctuating economy.

“Technology is enabling much-needed flexibility for today’s lawyers, and this

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On October 7, 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order (Order) on Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities. This marks the latest step towards the new EU-US Data Privacy Framework (Framework), a replacement for the defunct EU-US Privacy Shield (Privacy Shield).

The next stage in the process is for the European Commission (EC), with input from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), to assess the Order and Regulations issued by the Attorney General (Regulations) and determine whether they form a sufficient basis for issuing an adequate decision. This process is likely to take several months, during which time businesses must continue to rely on alternative data transfer mechanisms.

Background

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) restricts how companies may transfer personal data outside the European Union (EU). The EC can adopt adequacy decisions in relation to particular countries, international organizations, or sectors if it considers that they provide

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LDP_Button_300x250 (1)Ed. note: This post by longtime ATL contributor Brian Cuban is aimed at informing our audience of the invaluable online peer-to-peer support group for legal professionals, The Lawyers Depression Project.  Over the coming months, we will continue to highlight and promote LDP as a community service for our audience.

The Lawyers Depression Project (LDP) started off with a handful of participants meeting virtually a few times a month to talk about coping with mental health while practicing law. Since then, it has grown into a worldwide community of over 900 members, with weekly peer support meetings and other resources like an online forum for lawyers, legal admin and support staff, and law students to connect with each other.

I was so moved by LDP’s commitment to wellness in the legal profession that I became a member of the LDP Board of Directors. As someone who has long been

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CASE PREVIEW


By Amy Howe

on Oct 10, 2022
at 3:40 pm

close-up photo of pig in a pen

California wants to ensure that pork products sold in the state come from humanely raised pigs, but the pork industry argues that the state law is unconstitutional. (Robert Crow via Shutterstock)

In 2018, California voters approved Proposition 12, a ballot initiative that its supporters describe as the country’s strongest law to protect farm animals. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in a challenge to the constitutionality of the law. The challengers, two groups that represent farmers and pork producers, contend that the law “will transform the pork industry nationwide,” while California and its supporters insist that the impact will be more limited. And both sides of the dispute contend that a ruling for the other side will have legal implications far beyond animal welfare.

Proposition 12 bars the sale in California of uncooked pork products

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  • Industry groups appeal ruling that backed California law
  • At issue is Commerce Clause US constitutional provision

WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court is set to hear arguments on Tuesday in an industry challenge to the constitutionality of a California animal welfare law in a case that could undermine the power of states to regulate a range of issues within their own borders.

The National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation are appealing a lower court’s decision to throw out their lawsuit seeking to invalidate a 2018 ballot initiative passed by voters barring sales in California of pork, veal and eggs from animals whose confinement failed to meet minimum space requirements.

The pork industry has defended the size of the cages used at pig farms as humane and necessary for animal safety. Animal rights groups have said some pork producers confine mother pigs in cages

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