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Arizona’s Alternative Business Structure Program Improved Access To Justice For Tort Victims And Possibly Large Companies

Above The Law

Around that time, courts in some states, including California and Utah, set up task forces to study amending their professional ethics rules to address the access to justice problem. And some of these firms based on their name alone suggests that they handle personal injury or product liability cases.

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Three Supreme Court cases lead to California Lawyer of the Year honors

At the Lectern

The Daily Journal today named the recipients of its annual California Lawyer of the Year award. the court made things easier for undocumented children to obtain from California courts the findings federal law requires to apply for immigration relief that creates a pathway to permanent resident status. (2022) 13 Cal.5th 2022) 13 Cal.5th

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Why Electric Utilities Must Engage in Climate Resilience Planning

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

In our new report, Climate Risk in the Electricity Sector: Legal Obligations to Advance Climate Resilience Planning by Electric Utilities , we show that it is also legally required under state public utility law and tort law. It also puts electric utilities at risk of breaching their obligations under state public utility law and tort law.

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Smart Ways to Use ChatGPT at Your Law Practice—Without Getting into Hot Water

Rocket Matter

Save your team hours of work by using ChatGPT to generate the rough draft of any anticipated client intake documents, like onboarding materials, service agreements, and FAQs. Client intake prompts: Draft a welcome letter for a new client who is signing with my personal injury law firm.

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The History of Inmate Education

Blackstone Career Institute

Just three years later, 250 incarcerated people at San Quentin Federal Prison in California were enrolled in courses at the University of California. In 1913, 50 inmates at a federal prison in Leavenworth, Kansas were enrolled at the state’s Agricultural College.

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Managing Risk of Liability Stemming from Biometric Tech and Privacy Laws

InHouseOps

First, a California District Court approved Facebook’s $650,000,000 biometrics settlement. The Personal and Advertising Injury Coverage within general liability policies includes coverage for invasions of privacy. In February and early March, four major developments occurred regarding BIPA litigation.

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Spooky Torts: The 2021 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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