... following article: Understanding "The Cloud": The Pros and Cons of Web-based Software for Attorneys If you've attended a technology CLE or read a technology publication over ... . SaaS has proven both popular and controversial among attorneys. While some have adopted it wholeheartedly and swear they'd never go back, ... Similarly, the security of your data is entirely in the hands of your vendor-a significant concern for attorneys. * Internet is a necessity. If your web connection goes down, you lose ...
July 3, 2009 09:20 pm
As car accident lawyers and tractor-trailer attorneys in Chicago are acutely aware, transportation accidents continue to take a huge toll on our society not only in Illinois, but nationwide. In November 2008, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ... Electronic On-Board Recorders to collect data on both driver Hours of Service and accident conditions. Our top Illinois car and truck accident lawyers support action to adopt the safety improvements listed on the NTSB's Most Wanted List.
July 3, 2009 06:27 am
... (Chicago Intellectual Property Law Blog) (Chicago Intellectual Property Law Blog) (Excess Copyright) (Copyfight) First public university, University of Kansas adopts open access policy (Intellectual Property Watch) Recent court decisions good news for US content owners: Jammie Thomas case ... RE/MAX International - RE/MAX files cybersquatting and trade mark infringement lawsuit against Las Vegas real estate agent Cristine Rosa Lefkowitz and her corporation C Rosa Inc (Las Vegas Trademark Attorney)
July 3, 2009 05:57 am
The North Carolina Supreme Court adopted yesterday a comprehensive overhaul of the North Carolina Rules of Civil Procedure. The new Rules will apply to cases appealed on or after October 1, 2009 ... addresses (Rules 26(g)(3) and 28(b)(8)). Out-Of-State Attorneys The revised Rules impose more oversight on lawyers admitted pro hac. The Record on ... attorney (Rule 9(a)(1)(n)). Furthermore, out of state attorneys intending to appear in the appellate courts must make a motion in order to do so (Rule 33(d)). ...
July 2, 2009 06:48 pm
... that the large, public company hired me to work on compliance matters. During my fifth year at the United States Attorney's Office (around 2003-2004), I received several calls from recruiters who were looking for prosecutors interested in taking in-house ... policies. Hotlines and robust compliance organizations theoretically would facilitate such voice. In sum, people would be deterred from wrongdoing, adopt nicer values and talk to each other more. What's not to like? More after the jump .... Of ...
July 2, 2009 09:28 am
... for solo practitioners to use "& Associates" in the law firm name. The Minnesota Lawyers Board of Professional Responsibility just adopted that rule in its new Opinion 20. The stated reason for the rule is that Rule 7.1 prohibits false and misleading statements and Rule 7. ... " in a firm name, the LBPR reasoned, is misleading if there are not more than two licenses attorneys in the firm. While recognizing that "Associates" has other meanings in general use, the term has come to have a specific ...
July 2, 2009 06:30 am

What is Arbitration?

(NJ Family Issues)
... v. White Storage & Retrieval Sys., Inc., 240 N.J. Super. 370, 374 (App. Div. 1990). In 2003, the Legislature adopted the Arbitration Act, which in most respects mirrors the Uniform Arbitration Act. L. 2003, c. 95. The Act, which exempts ... post, please visit this post to print it. This Blog/Blawg, NJ Family Issues, is managed by Paul G. Kostro, Esq., an attorney/lawyer/mediator. Legal and mediation services are offered to Polish-speaking and other clients in Union, Middlesex, Somerset, Essex, ...
July 2, 2009 05:12 am

Orrick Ends Lockstep

(Above the Law)
... for more information about the 2010 compensation structure. The WSJ Law Blog has this to say about future salaries at Orrick: Orrick will adopt a new comp schedule in 2010. The "custom" track lawyers will be paid some amount less than the "partner" track ... Track Associates As part of Orrick's continuing focus on reengineering its approach to legal work, the firm is creating Career Attorney and Legal Team Professional roles. These roles will enable the firm to leverage and expand the services and ...
July 1, 2009 12:54 pm
... name is listed on the birth certificate as the mother and the man's name is listed on the birth certificate as the father. With adoption of a child, parental rights are also well-settled. The man and the woman petition the court to adopt the ... - i.e. who will obtain legal rights to custody of a child - it is extremely important to seek the advice of an experienced attorney when contemplating assisted conception, third party reproduction, surrogacy, or other methods to create your family. For more ...
July 1, 2009 12:13 pm
... period of time. Later, some percentage will either choose or be encouraged by the firm to move to the "custom" track. Many "career attorney" track lawyers will be hired into that role. We caught up with Siobhan Handley, Orrick’s Managing Partner for ... not immediately altering its associate compensation scale, even for associates who are bumped off the partnership track. But Orrick will adopt a new comp schedule in 2010. The "custom" track lawyers will be paid some amount less than the "partner" ...
July 1, 2009 10:38 am

"Will Practice Make Perfect Lawyers?"

(Stark County Law Library Blog)
... of the matter is that for most associates, hands-on work consists largely of document review. With apprenticeship programs, staff attorneys assume responsibility for document review, while full associates focus on training. Moreover, back in the boom years, ... of contract language... If you're interested in a game-changing training program, the first thing you'd do is adopt a style guide for contract drafting. That's something I discussed in this January 2009 blog post. Your only real choice would ...
July 1, 2009 10:02 am

Commentary on the California Hearing

(StandDown Texas Project)
... , the people of this state appear to support the idea of the death penalty, but to be dubious about its application. No doubt the work of attorneys Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld and their New York-based Innocence Project, which has relied on DNA testing ... . The hearing comes after three years of legal challenges and three years without executions in California. If the rules are adopted and more pending legal challenges are resolved quickly, executions could resume as soon as 2010. But only four ...
July 1, 2009 08:54 am

News Coverage of the California Hearing

(StandDown Texas Project)
... to deliver their criticism of the state's execution procedure. Some 250 people filled the auditorium a short walk from the Capitol. Attorneys for Stockton's Michael Angelo Morales prompted the hearing, winning a ruling on appeal last year to make the state put its lethal injection procedure up for public comment before adopting it. Morales is the next California prisoner in line for execution. Paul Elias' AP report is via the San Francisco Chronicle as, " ...
July 1, 2009 08:37 am

Intersting development in Georgia State case

(Scholarly Communications @ Duke)
... as citing practices that seemed outside even the broad scope of the Georgia policy. Earlier this year, the Georgia Regents adopted a new copyright policy after a select committee reviewed and entirely rewrote the older one. The ... its predecessor to reflecting policies around electronic course content that are common on many campuses. After this new policy was adopted, attorneys for GSU filed a motion for a "protective order" which would state that only information about electronic course content ...
July 1, 2009 05:15 am
... would save taxpayers millions of dollars annually on incarceration costs, have been held up for the past year. In April, the State of New York, one of the earliest adopters of mandatory minimums for drug sentencing known as the "Rockefeller laws," repealed some of the stricter sentencing guidelines of that legislation. New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine, the Attorney General, New Jersey prison officials and prosecutors have backed a measure that ...
July 1, 2009 05:00 am
... which specified violations may result in adverse actions taken against registrations; requires Financial Services Commission to adopt rules relating to disciplinary guidelines & temporary disqualification; authorizes OFR to apply to court for specified orders; specifies additional investigation & enforcement authority of AG; authorizes AG to recover costs & attorney fees; authorizes OFR use of such information in prosecution actions; increases amount of specified administrative fines ...
June 30, 2009 11:37 pm
... "Vinny the Body" Santoro. Frank describes himself as "Preacher's Wife (on leave), Adoptive Parent, CPA, Libertarian, Musician, Amateur Theologian, Muckraker, Instrument Rated Pilot, ... you do with it? Either buy a share in a flying club or start our next adoption, depending on who opened the mail. 16. Biggest tax newsmaker: Obama nominees, UBS ... Mom (Angela) Getting to Know You Tuesday: Sheryl Schuff Getting to Know You Tuesday: Kelly Phillips Obituary: William M. Goldstein, Philadelphia Tax Attorney ...
June 30, 2009 06:57 pm
... a great employee motivational treat to me, but New York paralegal Karen Coots, employed by attorney Frank Como in Waverly, gets to bring her Greyhound Star to work every day. ... used to have a Black Lab named Molly that came into the office with him. Coots adopted Star from Keystone Greyhounds. Star isn't the only "legal hound" in the area. Coots' friend Debby Moore adopted two Greyhounds and coincidentally gave them legal names: Legal Lawyer and Motion to Strike. The Daily Review article doesn't ...
June 30, 2009 05:53 pm

Illinois Motorcycle Accident Analysis

(Chicago Accident Law Blog)
Illinois motorcycle accident attorneys should always be creative when analyzing the potential areas of recovery for their clients. According to the U.S. Dept. of Transportation (DOT) there were 7.1 million motorcycles on the road in the ... , much less a motorcycle that was described in testimony as the fastest production motorcycle available. Section 390 of the Restatement of Torts (Second) was adopted in Illinois by the court in Small v. St. Francis Hospital, 220 Ill. App. 3d 537, 542, 581 N.E. 2d ...
June 30, 2009 05:31 pm
... 4000(a)(1) of 'prosecuting enforcement actions.'" Returning to the facts of the case before it, the Court concluded that because the Attorney General had requested information in lieu of a subpoena - rather than, for example, filing a lawsuit or obtaining a ... izarre.' The Court must decide only whether the construction adopted by the agency is unambiguously foreclosed by the statute's text." As a result of the Court's decision, state attorneys general throughout the country may now seek to enforce ...
June 30, 2009 03:12 pm
 
 

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