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Lawyers Shouldn’t Be Afraid To Concede Weaker Points At Oral Arguments

Above The Law

(Image via Getty) People generally understand that lawyers often need to take extreme — perhaps unreasonable — positions to advocate for clients.Of Image via Getty) People generally understand that lawyers often need to take extreme — perhaps unreasonable — positions to advocate for clients.Of

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Understanding the cause of action in California legal proceedings

OneLegal

Understanding how CoAs operate is important for lawyers to understand. The post Understanding the cause of action in California legal proceedings appeared first on One Legal. Read our article for a comprehensive breakdown and get up to speed.

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Journalists and lawyers sue CIA for spying on them while visiting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

JURIST

A group of journalists and lawyers sued the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Monday for illegally spying on them and violating their Fourth Amendment rights under the US Constitution while visiting Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. The complaint sets forth a cause of action arising from the CIA’s Fourth Amendment violations.

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Cause of Action? Personal Injury 101

LegalReader

Each state has their own laws about how long from the date of the accident you have to file your personal injury suit.

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Westlaw Precision: Next-Generation Legal Research With a Human Touch

Attorney at Work

Westlaw Precision, says the company, will help lawyers conduct research more than twice as fast while also reducing the risk of missing relevant cases. Now, in addition to the traditional West Key Number System, Westlaw Precision is classifying cases by: issue outcome fact pattern motion type motion outcome cause of action party type.

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Do Lawyers Make Simple Things Difficult?

InHouseBlog

Many lawyers come out of law school not knowing the practice of law but only the theory, and that theoretical underpinning can wreak havoc for some. Even looking at uneven pavement or a pothole gets some lawyers thinking of the potentially liable parties and the causes of action that could be asserted. Are we windbags?

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Man exonerated in assassination of Malcolm X seeks $40M from NYC

JURIST

Aziz’s lawyers have filed six causes of action against the city, demanded a jury trial and requested at least USD 40 million in compensatory damages. Aziz and his family was immense and irreparable” and that he spent 55 years with the “stain” of being Malcolm X’s killer on his name.