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

Above The Law

Also, there was concern that venture capitalists or tech startups would use this opportunity to set up business structures where lawyers professional judgment would be compromised despite promises otherwise. And some of these firms based on their name alone suggests that they handle personal injury or product liability cases.

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Mentoring New Legal Assistants

Paralegal Bootcamp

In my own defense, the last 25 years of my career has been dedicated to one attorney as a contracted tort litigation paralegal. Many new lawyers find that it’s one thing to acquire a law degree, but another to practice law. I use a pre-litigation checklist for new legal assistants in our personal injury practice.

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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 paper recognized attorneys in 15 cases. Three of the cases resulted in Supreme Court opinions. One of the three CLAY award Supreme Court decisions is Guardianship of Saul H. 2022) 13 Cal.5th ” In Saul H. ,

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Filevine Unveils AI-Driven Immigration Forms, Accounting Integration with Oracle NetSuite, and A Broad Vision for AI

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The feature was developed by Filevine’s Legal Futurists team, a group of data scientists, lawyers and IT professionals who operate as a sort of skunkworks within the company. Filevine’s customers include many personal injury, mass tort and insurance defense firms, as well as general mid-sized firms and corporate legal departments.

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

Rocket Matter

By streamlining tasks, including marketing and client communications (which any lawyer knows can take up more time than expected), law firms that leverage AI can increase their profitability and productivity. Get free guide How to Master Your Law Firm’s Time and Billing Lawyers have a heavy workload.

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That's gonna hurt

Legal Research is Easy

Of course, this is probably why states around the country have enacted things like Tort Claims Acts which are written in favor of government entities and whose sole purpose is to limit liability and protect government employees and the departments they work for. Sounds like a racket so you gotta stay on your toes.

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Launching Today: Clarra, A Cloud Case Management Platform Designed for Docket-Driven Litigation Firms

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When San Francisco lawyer Todd Schneider’s litigation firm, Schneider Wallace , became frustrated with its options for case management software — finding existing products to be antiquated, inflexible, and better suited to transactional practices — the firm decided to build its own.