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Judge Greenlights Class Action Suit Against Tesla Alleging Systemic Racial Discrimination

Allwork

The workers allege that the company failed to address widespread racial discrimination and harassment at its Fremont factory, according to a report published by Reuters. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 and is being led by former assembly line worker Marcus Vaughn.

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Forecasts: 2017 the Year Corporations Embrace the Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

Based on the 2017 trends forecasts we've been reading, corporations are going to actively expand their use of contingent labor in 2017. The researchers predicted that by 2017, the share of "nontraditional" workers would grow to 25% contingent, 34% gray area, and 41% traditional workers.

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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

Success

Morales was released after 17 days, given a second chance through the DACA policy ( Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ) as well as a green card petition filed by her mother, who gained legal status in 2004 after marrying a U.S. In 2017, after years of lawyers, hearings and paperwork, Morales received her green card. So, I did.”.

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5 Important Marketing Trends for Legal Professionals

Small Business CEO

Legal professionals that stay on top of marketing trends and effectively use the latest strategies can get a leg up on all of the competition. Judging by the current climate and trends through the first half of 2017, there are some pretty clear themes to the changes in legal marketing.

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AI may boost productivity, but we are already becoming reliant on it, and that’s a problem

Workplace Insight

Generative AI, a powerful new technology, even shows promise in assisting with legal tasks like contract drafting. The original transformer model (2017) cost around $900 to train, while RoBERTa Large (2019) was $160,000. Google’s Gemini comes in even higher at $191 million. The US remains the global leader in AI.

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Bring out your to-do list! What form does yours take?

Office Dynamics

How many people use Excel, Outlook, sticky notes, legal pads, posters, whiteboards or even emails to themselves? Registration closes on April 10, 2017. I’ve always been interested in how they go about it, and what their lists actually look like. Is there some method that seems to work wonders for admins?” Learn more here.

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The Expanding High Skill Gig Economy

Small Business Labs

Key quote: "Three-quarters of law firms with more than 250 lawyers use contract attorneys, says a 2016 report from legal consultancy Altman Weil." Lawyers look at the current market, where law school graduates outnumber legal jobs, and see "a bidding war where they don't have too much leverage."

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