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Hundreds join contaminated drinking water lawsuit against US government

JURIST

As of Thursday, more than 100 people have joined a lawsuit against the US government concerning water contaminated with jet fuel. The post Hundreds join contaminated drinking water lawsuit against US government appeared first on JURIST - News. Approximately 9,715 households were affected by the spill.

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4 Facts to Know About Becoming a Legal Nurse Consultant

Blackstone Career Institute

4 Facts to Know About Becoming a Legal Nurse Consultant Are you a registered nurse (RN) who wants to have more flexibility and control over your life? Do you want to advance your career so that you can work remotely, schedule your work time, and set your personal salary requirements? Why Choose a Career as a Legal Nurse Consultant?

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LawNext Podcast: Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson on His Company’s $108M Raise and the Future of Practice Management

LawSites

Founded in 2014 with an original focus on litigation and personal injury law, the company has been steadily expanding its platform into other areas of law practice — including larger firms, insurance defense, corporate legal, and government — and it plans to use this funding to further fuel that expansion.

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That's gonna hurt

Legal Research is Easy

Of course, this is probably why states around the country have enacted things like Tort Claims Acts which are written in favor of government entities and whose sole purpose is to limit liability and protect government employees and the departments they work for. Sounds like a racket so you gotta stay on your toes.

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Is it Worth it to Become a Litigation Paralegal?

Paralegal Bootcamp

A litigation paralegal is a legal professional who provides vital support to attorneys who work in the area of litigation. Paralegals play an indispensable role in the legal process, handling things such as document review and analysis, legal research, drafting pleadings, and managing case files. What is a litigation paralegal?

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween of course remains a holiday seemingly designed for personal injury lawyers around the world and this year’s additions show why. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more.

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Australian Federal Court dismisses the novel duty of care previously found in Sharma: what does it mean for future climate litigation in Australia?

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

The Court found that the relationship relied on between the youth plaintiffs and the Minister lacked the closeness and directness that the common law demands before finding an applicant is entitled to a legal remedy against a party whose conduct has caused or may cause them harm. Background on the claim. 2022 Full Federal Court Decision.