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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

Attorney at Work

Attorneys should never think of their clients as merchandise. The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. The attorney-client relationship is personal and confidential, and the client’s choice of attorneys in civil cases is near absolute.” Again, see ABA Formal Op.

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Morning Docket: 10.20.23

Above The Law

[ Reuters ] * Supreme Court mulling Missouri's gun law which "reads like it was drafted by a member of the John Birch Society after a night of heavy drinking." [ Vox ] * Some clients are pushing firms to get on the AI bandwagon. Law360 ] * Kirkland unveils new tech tool for funds attorneys. appeared first on Above the Law.

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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. In fairness, the Missouri case involved a pro se litigant, not a lawyer, but that pro se litigant claimed to have gotten the citations from a lawyer he hired through the internet. ” Smith v.

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Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing

Attorney at Work

Whether a lawyer is engaged to draft a will or defend an alleged crime, a written agreement spelling out the work to be done, the consideration to be paid, and the timing of both is a wise practice. The post Ethical Considerations for Flat Fee Billing appeared first on Attorney at Work. 91-2 & Formal Advisory Opinion No.

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Are you Smarter than a Law Student? (Civil Procedure Edition)

Patently O

One note, Dryson’s attorneys believes that it has a good claim of Patent Infringement against all three parties, but the Unfair Competition claim would only be filed against two of the defendants. To this end, Amaxon hired an attorney (Crunch) to opine on whether the knock-off version infringed anyone’s intellectual property rights.

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2020 Patent Exam – Are you Smarter than a 2L?

Patently O

At the University of Missouri , my patent law class is practice based – with students drafting claims, rejecting claims, responding to office actions, and participating in a patent law moot court competition. Raymond has suggested to his attorney that he would like to add a claim limitation directed to a titanium head.

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Win More Clients by Using Document Automation Differently

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For example, if you are an estate planning attorney, perhaps you build a simple “power of attorney” generator that takes your local courts’ free form and automates it for users. And if you think they hand-drafted all 75,000 arbitration requests –- think again. He’s an attorney licensed to practice in California since 2011.