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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. The Massachusetts case did involve a lawyer, as well as the lawyer’s associate and two recent law school graduates not yet admitted to practice. In the Massachusetts case, Smith v.

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Pandemic-Related Legal Ethics Opinions: A Compendium

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Synopsis: Working from home has become the new normal, forcing law offices to transform themselves into a remote workforce overnight. Legal Ethics During the COVID-19 Pandemic , Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers. Pennsylvania Bar Association Formal Opinion 2020-300 (April 10, 2020). Issues addressed: Working remotely.

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Lawyer Tech Tips: Collaboration Tools

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Alexander (@heidialexander) is Massachusetts’ first director of the Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being, helping lawyers achieve a healthy and productive balance of work, personal life and health. I encourage a color-temperature controlled light ring or panel light to make sure you’re pleasingly illuminated.

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Lunch Hour Legal Marketing Reboots with New Hosts Gyi Tsakalakis and Kelly Street

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Lunch Hour Legal Marketing originally launched in February 2015 as a webinar series for the Massachusetts Law Office Management Assistance Program (Mass LOMAP) to provide lawyers with a range of legal marketing topics, showcased in podcast format on Legal Talk Network.

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Working for a Plaintiff Firm vs. a Defense Firm

Paralegal Bootcamp

Meet the Author Wendie Roberts is a Paralegal with The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin. She is originally from Beverly, Massachusetts but currently resides in Ocala, Florida. Learn about the difference between public service and private practice.

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To Surcharge or Not to Surcharge? We’re Here to Help Answer that Question.

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These rules may change with the emergence of new legislation or court cases. Some states prohibit surcharging entirely: Massachusetts, Maine, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico. States with special rules are: Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, and Texas. Start accepting payments online!

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10 Best Small Law Firm Websites

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Our list of the 10 best law firm websites is designed to give lawyers inspiration to update an existing website or create a new one. Denelle Law, LLC If you live in or frequent Massachusetts and Rhode Island often, you may have heard of Denelle Law, LLC. Lets take a look!