Garon, Jon M., Law Professor’s Desk Reference – Introduction and Table of Contents (June 11, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3865067 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3865067
“Law school faculty members are expected to be legal scholars,
effective teachers, and engaged institutional partners, but the
information essential to develop these skills has not been published in
one single source, until now. LAW PROFESSOR’S DESK REFERENCE provides
faculty members a foundation for student learning, effective teaching,
and student engagement. It offers strategies for teaching face-to-face,
online, and blended education. It provides a roadmap to help faculty
develop meaningful scholarship, and it addresses law school
administration, shared governance, academic freedom, hiring, tenure, and
accreditation. More than a reflection on legal education, the book
provides a “user’s manual” for the legal academy.”
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Taxation ruling TR 2007/9 describes the circumstances when an item used to create a particular
atmosphere or ambience in a consumer-facing environment, for example in a cafe,
restaurant, licensed club or hotel, constitutes an item of plant for the
purposes of determining whether a deduction is available under either Division
40 (for depreciating assets) or Division 43 (for capital works).
Think, for example, of a restaurant that has decorated its dining area as a medieval banquet hall. As part of the medieval theme, replicas of stone walls are constructed out of painted polystyrene and are fastened to the walls, as are themed lights that look like flaming torches.
The polystyrene walls and the themed lights do not form part of the structure of the building, but retain a separate visual identity with the sole purpose of creating an atmosphere or ambience to entice customers and add to their dining experience. Being so related to the restaurant's business, the Commissioner holds that the items come within the ordinary meaning of “plant” and are therefore deductible as such.
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- Client Portals: A Must-Have Service for Today’s Law Firms – Jim Calloway is Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program and co-author of the ABA books “How Good Lawyers Survive Bad Times” and “Winning Alternatives to the Billable Hour: Strategies That Work.” In this article he explains how beyond secure document sharing, client portals for law firms can serve as a “virtual lobby” for clients and potential clients.
- Research Data Curation and Management Bibliography – This bibliography by Charles W. Bailey, Jr., the publisher of Digital Scholarship and a noncommercial digital artist, includes over 800 selected English-language articles and books that are useful in understanding the curation of digital research data in academic and other research institutions.
- Postal banking could provide free accounts to 21 million Americans who don’t have access to a credit union or community bank – About a quarter of census tracts with a post office don’t have a community bank or credit union branch, suggesting postal banking could provide a financial lifeline to the millions of Americans without a bank account, according to our new research by Terri Friedline, University of Michigan and Ameya Pawar, University of Chicago.
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- Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, June 6, 2021 – Four highlights from this week: Two New Laws Restrict Police Use of DNA Search Method; On the Taxonomy and Evolution of Ransomware; Amazon’s Ring Finally Discloses Police Requests; and The Limits of Law and AI.
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Artificial Lawyer: “…As we all know (not news) lawyers are also increasingly engaged under Alternative Fee Arrangements (AFAs), particularly fixed fees, and certain areas of law are fiercely competitive, with clients consistently driving down prices, whilst maintaining expectations as to quality. See Richard Tromans’ article on 30 June on the rise of AFAs – AFAs Increase to 16.8% – Could Be Good News for Legal Tech. In this context efficiency is top of mind, particularly in departments such as banking and finance, corporate, and real estate. Statements such as ‘Efficiency – we’re not that kind of firm’ are now few and far between, although surprisingly are still uttered from time to time. It is not surprising that the conversation in these departments has moved from whether ‘To automate or not to automate?’ to questions such as ‘Show me the appropriate use cases?’ and ‘Which legal tech will bring the greatest efficiency to my process?’. It is also refreshing to note that for more progressive firms, efficiency is not the only driver when it comes to accelerating the pace of legal tech adoption. The Clarilis team works with law firms daily in this space to produce a customised Value Analysis report to help them quantify the potential impact of deep automation and consider, alongside efficiency, outcomes such as increased margin, higher recovery rates, and the financial and competitive benefits of liberating fee earners from the mundane. Intangible benefits such as better work/life balance and lawyer wellbeing can then become a natural by-product of automation which are, in themselves, key drivers of talent acquisition, development and retention…”