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Not Again! Two More Cases, Just this Week, of Hallucinated Citations in Court Filings Leading to Sanctions

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Yet it happened again this week — and it happened not once, but in two separate cases, one in Missouri and the other in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. In the Massachusetts case, Smith v.

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To Surcharge or Not to Surcharge? We’re Here to Help Answer that Question.

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These rules may change with the emergence of new legislation or court cases. Some states prohibit surcharging entirely: Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico. States with special rules are: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas. Start accepting payments online!

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Pandemic-Related Legal Ethics Opinions: A Compendium

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Synopsis: Working from home has become the new normal, forcing law offices to transform themselves into a remote workforce overnight. Legal Ethics During the COVID-19 Pandemic , Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2020-300 (April 10, 2020). Issues addressed: Working remotely.

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Lunch Hour Legal Marketing Reboots with New Hosts Gyi Tsakalakis and Kelly Street

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Lunch Hour Legal Marketing originally launched in February 2015 as a webinar series for the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program (Mass LOMAP) to provide lawyers with a range of legal marketing topics, showcased in podcast format on Legal Talk Network.

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Working for a Plaintiff Firm vs. a Defense Firm

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Meet the Author Wendie Roberts is a Paralegal with The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. She is originally from Beverly, Massachusetts but currently resides in Ocala, Florida. Learn about the difference between public service and private practice.

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Path To Well-Being In Law Podcast: Episode 7 – Heidi Alexander

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This week on the Path to Well-Being in Law podcast, Bree and Chris continue their mission to highlight people doing important work in the space of lawyer well-being by welcoming Heidi Alexander. Heidi is Massachusetts’ first director of Supreme Judicial Court, standing committee on Lawyer Well-Being. Alexan…: Yeah.

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TechReport 2022: Practice Management

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The American Bar Association 2022 Legal technology Survey Reports of Law Office Technology and Technology Basics and Security are comprehensive analyses of how technology is utilized in firms, and what technologies (hardware and software) is used, as well as consumer satisfaction of these technologies. in Framingham, Massachusetts.