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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.

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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.

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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.

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Climate Litigation Chart Updates – November 2016

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. climate litigation charts. Climate Litigation Chart (Update #92): FEATURED CASE. Arizona Board of Regents , No. and non-U.S. C20134963 (Ariz.

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Houston Man Arrested As Police Continue Search For Missing Tiger

JonathanTurley

He is facing both criminal and potential tort liability for the tiger incident. On the tort side, Cuevas is liable for any injuries caused by a wild animal in his possession. However, possession for roaming animals has been litigated. Cuevas’ bond now is revoked.

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Palin v. NYT: New Evidence Suggests the New York Times Ignored Internal Objections to Palin Editorial

JonathanTurley

The trial began with the introduction of evidence that the New York Times editorial board ignored internal objections to publishing the 2017 column linking Palin to the 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona in which then-U.S. In order to prevail, a litigant must show either actual knowledge of its falsity or a reckless disregard of the truth.

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The long conference’s relists

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King sued them under the Federal Tort Claims Act and under Bivens v. The district court then invoked nonmutual offensive collateral estoppel to preclude du Pont from disputing key issues involving duty, breach, and foreseeability in other cases in the multidistrict litigation. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Thornell v.

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