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What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

Attorney at Work

Most lawyers are familiar with Rule 5.4 In a nutshell, it says that lawyers must own law firms. The purpose is supposedly to prevent nonlawyers from interfering with a lawyer’s independent and professional judgment. California, Michigan, North Carolina and Washington, D.C., of the Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

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The Citing Slavery Project

C|M|LAW Library

The Citing Slavery Project is the brainchild of Justin Simard , an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University College of Law. 79 (2020)) “Judges cite slavery to explicate the law of contracts, property, evidence, civil procedure, criminal procedure, statutory interpretation, torts, and many other fields.

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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

Patently O

bankruptcy, class action, trademark, securities, and tort litigation, to the tune of $50 to $100 billion in investments annually. [10] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. ” Amer.

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Pennsylvania Woman Killed By Roommate’s Three Pit Bulls

JonathanTurley

We have previously discussed animal liability in torts. It is often said the every dog gets one free bite in American torts. However, the “one free bite rule” is a commonly misunderstood torts doctrine — suggesting that you are not subject to strict liability until after the first time your dog bites someone.

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 18: Janet Stearns

ALPS

I’ll give you the official introduction to Janet, but from a personal standpoint, Janet and I have been sort of on the front lines of working in this area, gosh, Janet, I don’t know, six, seven years starting back with the ABA’s Commission on Lawyer’s Assistance Programs. Janet has been a true leader in that space.

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Bluebook Rule 10.7.1&The Citing Slavery Project

C|M|LAW Library

91 (1855) (enslaved person at issue) The rule was influenced by lobbying of Michigan State University law professor Justin Simard who is the founder of the Citing Slavery Project. In citing slavery, lawyers thus demonstrate a myopic historical perspective that creates legal harms and reveals the ethical limitations of their profession.

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Whitmer Defends Democratic Rep Over Violent Rhetoric As Other Democrats Seek diGenova’s Disbarment For His Comments

JonathanTurley

Yet, in Michigan, Gov. The Michigan Attorney General has condemned both Johnson as well as those who threatened her in the past. She was referring to the highly publicized voter-fraud hearing with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani and having someone close to her contract Covid-19. Gretchen Whitmer and other Democrats have defended Rep.

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