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The Critical Role of Lawyers and Bar Associations in Achieving Net Zero

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

Lawyers, bar associations, and law societies have an important but not fully recognized role to play in achieving the net zero goal in the Paris Agreement. Climate Change as an Increasingly Common Feature of Law Practice Climate change is no longer an issue of concern only to environmental and energy lawyers. John Kerry, then U.S.

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No exception to products liability statute of repose for latent disease or fraudulent concealment.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff filed a products liability claim based on a hip replacement device she had received, but her hip replacement occurred more than ten years before her suit was filed, dismissal based on the statute of repose was affirmed. The statute of repose for products liability cases is a hard line with very limited exceptions.

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Summary judgment based on GTLA and Recreational Use Statute affirmed.

Day on Torts

Where defendant governmental entity did not own the park where plaintiff was injured, and plaintiff was attending a concert in the park when she fell, summary judgment based on both the GTLA and Recreational Use Statute was affirmed. The Court next turned to whether summary judgment was appropriate under the Recreational Use Statutes.

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Traffic accident involving Florida girl leads to Medicaid-reimbursement dispute

SCOTUSBlog

Marstiller presents a straightforward question of statutory interpretation, addressing whether a state Medicaid program can take funds a Medicaid beneficiary receives in a tort settlement from a third party that injured the beneficiary. The question now is how much of the total settlement Florida can recover.

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Justices to review novel bankruptcy maneuver in public harms litigation

SCOTUSBlog

Bankruptcy and its special powers are being used to compensate for what some court filings call the “ failure ” of tort litigation to efficiently and fully resolve all pending claims. Although the statute formally allows for only pre-trial consolidation, 99% of cases consolidated into MDL settle. Trustee argues is different.

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How to Become a Certified Paralegal

Blackstone Career Institute

Paralegals, also called legal assistants, help lawyers do their jobs by preparing for trials, hearings, and proceedings. Since lawyers must go through such an extensive educational process, many people falsely assume that the same is true for certified paralegals. Paralegals are an integral part of the justice system.

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Legal Malpractice Claim Filed More than One Year after BPR Complaint was Untimely.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff had filed complaints with the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) complaining of the same allegations that allegedly supported her legal malpractice claim, and those BPR complaints were filed more than one year before the legal malpractice suit was filed, summary judgment based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.