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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

Paralegal Bootcamp

In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. I use a pre-litigation checklist for new legal assistants in our personal injury practice. Laurie is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972. Meet the Author.

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The Pros and Cons of Going Solo vs. Large Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

In litigation, for example, in a large firm, as a litigation paralegal , you may perform only discovery tasks whereas, in a small firm, you may be handling case intakes, case management, writing demands, filing lawsuits, performing discovery, legal research, motion practice, and trial practice. That will serve you best in the end.

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Court explores continued private enforcement of spending clause enactments

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Kagan and Kavanaugh shifted to when administrative remedies preclude private judicial enforcement, with Kagan suggesting a presumption in favor of Section 1983 absent “incompatibility,” a conflict or tension between administrative remedies and private litigation. Arguments of the State of Indiana. William Hennessy). Rebuttal of HHC.

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Spooky Torts: The 2022 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. However, my students and I often discuss the remarkably wide range of torts that comes with All Hallow’s Eve.

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What This Paralegal Has Learned After Working With Attorneys for 40 Years

Paralegal Bootcamp

ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? If you are new (or fairly new) to litigation, this free guide will help you get a handle on your cases and be able to anticipate what the attorney needs before they ask for it. Laurie Fields is a transplanted Midwesterner from Indiana to the Arizona desert in 1972. Meet the Author.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 List of Litigation Horrors

JonathanTurley

Here is my annual list of Halloween torts and crimes. Halloween has everything for a torts-filled holiday: battery, trespass, defamation, nuisance, product liability and more. A tort action for intentional infliction of emotional distress is likely to fail. The next scary moment is likely to be in the form of a torts complaint.

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Indianapolis Police Officer Sues NFL For Defamation in Anti-Racism Campaign

JonathanTurley

There is an interesting lawsuit out of Indiana where Indianapolis Metro Police Department Officer De’Joure Mercer is suing the National Football League (NFL) for defamation after the NFL claimed that his shooting of an African American man was due to “systemic racism.” Screenshot from federal complaint.

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