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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

However, it’s essential to understand that the kind of litigation paralegal role you choose will influence your job satisfaction. This is because some paralegals might prefer a corporate setting as an in-house paralegal, while others might thrive in a law firm setting working in civil litigation or other commercial litigation.

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“Corners Were Being Cut”: Baldwin Shooting Already Has The Makings of a Blockbuster Tort Action

JonathanTurley

The fatal shooting at Bonanza Creek Ranch already has the makings of a blockbuster tort action. ” The question is not whether but when the first torts lawsuit will be filed. .” What is clear is that there is an abundance of evidence to support a tort action even at this early stage.

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Too Clever By Half: Why Public Nuisance is Again at the Heart of a Public Health Debate

JonathanTurley

Below is my column in the Wall Street Journal on the ongoing opioid litigation and an important ruling out of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Public nuisance was originally addressed in England by criminal laws against such offenses as obstructing “the King’s highways.” Yet it leaves the matter far from resolved.

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The Potter Verdict: Was The Jury Right But the Law Wrong on Culpable Negligence?

JonathanTurley

The case highlights the problem with criminalized negligence standards, particularly in these weapon confusion cases. The question is whether justice is truly served by applying criminal laws to acts of negligence by officers in these cases. There is a tendency to treat criminal law as the only way to address fatal tragedies.

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The History of Inmate Education

Blackstone Career Institute

Programs include Criminal Law , Civil Litigation , Interviewing & Investigating , Real Estate Law , Business & Corporate Law , Family Law , Personal Injury & Torts , Immigration Law , Wills, Trusts, & Estates , and Practical Bankruptcy.

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Louisiana Police Arrest Man In Staged Hit-And-Run Case

JonathanTurley

In torts, we often discuss strike suits and slip-and-fall actions designed to force settlements from litigation-wary companies. In Louisiana, police arrested a man, Arthur Bates Jr., 47, who they allege staged such an accident. The problem is that it was caught on videotape by the Tesla driver.

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The long conference’s relists

SCOTUSBlog

James King, then a college student, got into an altercation with plainclothes federal officers Todd Allen and Douglas Brownback because he says he thought they were criminals mugging him. King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. Criminal law We are now in the home stretch.

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