Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 5, 2021

Paralegals are essential to a personal injury law firm, whether for a solo practitioner or a large firm with many lawyers. Among other important paralegal skills, knowing the medicine allows the lawyers more time to practice law and bring in more clients. It can also save a lawyer time, which makes you invaluable to the lawyer.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 16, 2024

Among other things, that rule creates a private cause of action whenever a company omits material facts in connection with a securities transaction, if that omission would render any “statements made” by the company misleading. Only time, and the imagination of the lawyers who represent securities plaintiffs, will tell.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Westlaw Precision, says the company, will help lawyers conduct research more than twice as fast while also reducing the risk of missing relevant cases. Now, in addition to the traditional West Key Number System, Westlaw Precision is classifying cases by: issue outcome fact pattern motion type motion outcome cause of action party type.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 13, 2023

As relevant here, Section 11 includes a private cause of action in federal court if the statement includes any information that is materially false or misleading, at the behest of “any person acquiring such security.” Disclosure : Lawyers associated with SCOTUSblog are among the counsel to Fiyyaz Pirani in this case.

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LawSites

MARCH 21, 2024

In addition to the names of the parties and the jurisdiction, Ai.law asks you to provide: Causes of action. (If It should be unnecessary to say, but no lawyer should ever accept this output and file it with a court without first carefully reviewing and revising it. A description of the matter and chronology of events.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 31, 2021

However, the defendant/appellant challenged the jurisdiction of the Kastina State High Court to hear the case on the basis that the contract in issue was concluded in Yobe State, where it claimed the cause of action arose, which it argued was outside the jurisdiction of Kastina State.

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 20, 2021

As we perceive it, any potential cause of action for Decedent’s wrongful death was extinguished when he resolved his personal injury case during his lifetime by way of settlement. BirdDog Law also provides Tennessee lawyers with free access to user-friendly versions of the Tennessee rules of evidence and procedure.

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LawSites

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It means search results that better match not just the legal issue, but also the outcome, fact pattern, cause of action, motion type and outcome, party type, and area of law. “Now we are also classifying cases by issue outcome, fact pattern, motion type, motion outcome, cause of action, and party type. .

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Fourteen years ago this week, a federal judge in Seattle dismissed the class action complain t filed by two lawyers seeking to shut down the lawyer-rating site Avvo, which had launched five months earlier. Even I was a skeptic, writing upon Avvo’s launch that no numerical score can calculate the worth of a lawyer.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Fourteen years ago this week, a federal judge in Seattle dismissed the class action complain t filed by two lawyers seeking to shut down the lawyer-rating site Avvo, which had launched five months earlier. Even I was a skeptic, writing upon Avvo’s launch that no numerical score can calculate the worth of a lawyer.

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Patently O

JANUARY 4, 2024

Although plagiarism is not a cause of action, copyright infringement is – and that serves as the basis of the lawsuit here. Additionally, the Opinion emphasizes lawyers’ duties under other ethics rules regarding competence, diligence, candor to the tribunal, and avoidance of frivolous filings. Cannon , 789 N.W.2d

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

The anonymity would appear to protect them from the retaliation of lawyers and firms for bringing allegations against the school. John Doe is described as African American and Jane Doe is described as Asian American. They are seeking damages of not less than $150,000.

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Day on Torts

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Here, the issue was whether the pre-suit notice letter was sent by plaintiff “more than one year after the cause of action accrued and the one-year statute of limitations period began to run.”. Click on the link to see the book’s Table of Contents.

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LexForti

JUNE 13, 2023

Drafting the complaint: You need to draft a complaint specifying the facts necessary to establish your cause of action. As a consumer, you have the right to engage a lawyer to represent you. If you are dealing with a specific problem related to e-commerce purchases, please consult a lawyer or legal expert.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 22, 2023

Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the grounds, the case numbers, and causes of action, have been added. Case analyses have been aggregated under the country tags since 2022, so it is now easier to track down relevant cases, together with their information and analyses, in each country/region report.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

C) The cause of action is brought by the person injured by the criminal conduct against the party prosecuted for such conduct. I caution lawyers not to rely on this Court of Appeals decision at this time. iii) A grand jury; and. (C)

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 24, 2022

Each case has been reviewed and more details, such as the case numbers and causes of action, have been added. EB-5 Visa fraud judgments, but rejected the punitive damages awarded therein, echoing the same rule laid down in the 2021 Conference Summary.

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Patently O

MARCH 25, 2021

Many lawyers will be interested, even if not directly related to intellectual property. 2017) refocused attention on a required nexus between the the defendant’s contacts with the forum state and the cause of action. Note – this is a civil procedure case that I’ve been following. Dennis Crouch. Ford Motor Co.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2022

with a resounding “yes” and required that an individual held for interrogation must be informed – nay, warned — that they have the right to remain silent, consult with a lawyer, and have the lawyer with them during governmental interrogation. And though Miranda is not constitutionalized, it is a constitutional rule.

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Day on Torts

MAY 5, 2021

The Court therefore held that the statute at issue did not create a private right of action for plaintiff to pursue. In this opinion, the Tennessee Supreme Court goes through a detailed analysis of whether a statute creates a private right of action. He or she may also wish to read Tenn. 1-3-119, the statute discussing the issue.

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SAV Paralegal Services

OCTOBER 30, 2021

considerations together left no space for hiring lawyers and most people prefer to start litigation on their own. . They may help you to structure your pleading correctly, outlining the cause of action or relying on defence in a clear and precise language that is understandable for the Judge.

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Day on Torts

MAY 11, 2022

The Court explained: Claimant’s complaint filed in the Claims Commission is a separate and independent action from the complaint against the other parties filed in circuit court. BirdDog Law also provides Tennessee lawyers with free access to user-friendly versions of the Tennessee rules of evidence and procedure.

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Day on Torts

MARCH 22, 2022

Justifiable reliance is an essential component of a cause of action for negligent misrepresentation, and until the justifiable reliance element is established, there is no negligent misrepresentation.” internal citation omitted). internal citation omitted). Click on the link to see the book’s Table of Contents.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Constitution’s “dormant Commerce Clause” Code of Civil Procedure section 351 , which tolls the statute of limitations for an action against a person who, “after the cause of action accrues, departs from the State.” The court granted review in People v. 328), which restricts probation terms.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Menell* who took on the pro bono task of assembling and managing a fabulous team of leading lawyers to create the Trade Secret Case Management Judicial Guide. This produces three interrelated quandaries at the outset of trade secret case: Do the pleadings adequately set forth a cause of action under the familiar Twombly and Iqbal standards?

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Day on Torts

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It amounted to more than mere denials of the plaintiff’s cause of action and sought affirmative relief under the TPPA including attorney fees and sanctions. The TPPA itself explains that the statutory scheme provides a substantive remedy. internal citations and quotations omitted).

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

Magistrate Judge Donna Ryu denied motions from both parties, admonishing both the plaintiffs’ and the city’s lawyers for using administrative procedures to raise substantive issues, CBS News reports. In the ongoing case challenging San Francisco’s clearing of homeless encampments, U.S.

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LawSites

JANUARY 4, 2023

As I reported here in November , the law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has sued Xcential for misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and other causes of action. Instead, we heard from Akin’s lawyers. This is Stodder’s perspective on the lawsuit. Here comes Goliath.

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Conflict of Laws

JANUARY 15, 2023

For example, service may be permitted for a proceeding based on a cause of action arising in Australia (item 1), or where the defendant has submitted to the jurisdiction (item 19). That rule set out pigeonholes or connecting factors that are familiar grounds of direct jurisdiction.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The court noted a number of decisions limiting CDA immunity including a decision by Judge Easterbrook of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, who wrote in Chicago Lawyers’ Comm. For Civil Rights Under Law, Inc. Craigslist, Inc. , 3d 666, 670 (7th Cir. America Online, Inc., 3d 327, 330-31 (4th Cir.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Finally, I consider what courts and lawyers in other jurisdictions might learn from the Smith decision. Under New Zealand law, such arguments should be struck out only if they “disclose[] no reasonably arguable cause of action”. I then preview the significant barriers that Smith still faces.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 19, 2021

This is because – in the language commonly employed in private international law -there would be no real and substantial connection between the cause of action and the jurisdiction of Nigeria and therefore no special reason to justify the exercise of the court’s long arm jurisdiction. Olayiwola (2005) LPELR-806 (SC). [14]

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

First, as many scholars have previously observed, historical analysis rarely gives determinate answers to questions about what the founding generation thought, intended, or understood – even when that analysis is done by professional historians rather than by lawyers and judges. But because he worked for Texas, he had no cause of action.

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The Fashion Law

APRIL 23, 2021

Lawyers for Reggiani did not deny that their client had inquired about the cost of a hitman and that she “had loudly broadcast her desire to see her ex-husband dead.” However, “without evidence, the crime went unsolved for nearly two years” That is, until a “tip-off led to her arrest in 1997, along with four others, including the hitman.”.

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Strictly Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Cybersecurity incidents are often the precursor to investigations and possible enforcement actions by state attorneys general or the FTC. These incidents can also lead to private causes of action (or even a class action) typically by consumers whose information was compromised or improperly used or disclosed.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

Petitioner Anibal Canales argues he received ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase of his trial when his lawyer failed to introduce significant mitigating evidence, and that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit failed to appropriately reweigh the aggravating factors against the mitigating ones. Pivotal Software v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. The retailer filed a motion for partial summary judgment as to plaintiffs’ cause of action for failure to warn. Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes.

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