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Job Hunting During Coronavirus – 5 Ways to Get Hired

Paralegal.edu

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every business across the U.S. and globally, dramatically changing the recruiting and hiring landscape. The long-term impacts on the workforce are unknown, but it is still possible to conduct a successful job search. Here are five ways you can thrive during this crisis and get hired.

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Adjustment Bureau: It’s Time to Look at Your Expenses

NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

As the coronavirus pande mic continues to force business shutdowns and social distancing , some law firms will be forced to make hard choices about staffing and continued business operations. But, all law firms should now start looking at expenses, to see whether they can reduce their overhead – at least over the next quarter. An easy place to start is with subscription services.

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How common is age discrimination?

JayS.Rothman&Associates

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 made it illegal for employers to harass or discriminate against employees because of their age. However, despite the more than 50 years since this act was passed, employees in the later years of their career still experience discriminatory practices. How common is this form of discrimination? Age discrimination can take many forms.

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Georgia On Our Minds: Annotations Authored by Legislators Not Eligible for Copyright Protection

Trademark & Copyright Law

On April 27, the Supreme Court took us on a stroll down memory lane in its decision in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., referring us back to its very first copyright case and revisiting the government edicts doctrine for the first time in more than a century. The Court, applying logic from Wheaton v. Peters , along with Banks v. Manchester , and Callaghan v.

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Research: The Anatomy of a Legal Brief

Why does it take 20-40 hrs. to create a compliant legal brief? TypeLaw analyzed 10,000+ briefs to determine the anatomy of the average brief—how many words, paragraphs, citations to the record, and more. See the research results in this infographic.

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A Statistical Analysis of Dateline - TV Show Legal trends 2015 - 2019

CaseFleet

Dateline on NBC has been on the air for nearly three decades and has become one of America’s favorite sources for true crime and real-world legal drama. Across the country, millions have tuned in weekly for years in order to learn the details of crimes, ranging from spouse murder to elaborate bank robbery schemes, that are often stranger than fiction.

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How common is age discrimination?

JayS.Rothman&Associates

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 made it illegal for employers to harass or discriminate against employees because of their age. However, despite the more than 50 years since this act was passed, employees in the later years of their career still experience discriminatory practices. How common is this form of discrimination? Age discrimination can take many forms.

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What Does Probate Mean?

A People's Choice

Probate is a scary-sounding word, but the probate process is not that scary. You might think that you have to answer all sorts of prying questions and pay for expensive legal counsel to collect your inheritance. Probate also has a reputation for being a place for estranged family members to say terrible things about each other, like a never-ending divorce under the specter of death.

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In Texas, Paving Industry Saddles Up for COVID-Related Delays

Vanguard

Tuesday, May 5, 2020. It was in late March that workers for Lone Star Paving needed to bring an attorney’s letter to the job site to avoid a citation and potential arrest. As Lone Star’s General Counsel Josh Condon tells it, there was a bit of the old Wild West in Texas in the wake of several stay-at-home orders issued by cities and counties. Part of the issue, Condon says, was confusion.