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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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Off-Duty Oregon Cop Avoids Arrest After Harassing Family Over BLM Flag 

The Crime Report

When the second officer responded to the family’s 911 call and recognized the man as a fellow off-duty officer, instead of arresting him, he simply drove him home, reports the Washington Post. Teets was arrested and charged with criminal mischief and disorderly conduct last year.

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Court grapples with how to handle company’s lawsuit against union that went on strike

SCOTUSBlog

To recap briefly, this case concerns whether the Washington Supreme Court properly dismissed a tort action by Glacier Northwest, a concrete mixing company, arising out of a strike by the Teamsters. Chief Justice John Roberts offered a hypothetical to test this distinction.

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No civil liability for sharing truthful information about matter of public concern.

Day on Torts

Plaintiffs next attempted to rely on a case from Washington to support the assertion that defendant’s distribution of the photos was outrageous. This case is an important read for anyone litigating a tort case involving a matter of public concern. Summary judgment was therefore affirmed.

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Shuttered Legal Analytics Company Gavelytics Is Acquired By Recently Launched Analytics Company Pre/Dicta

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Rabinowitz is a lawyer who practiced as an associate in Sidley LLP’s Supreme Court & Appellate and Mass Tort Litigation groups. Department of Justice; general counsel to a Washington, D.C. Later, he served as a trial attorney for the U.S.

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Police Suggest Possible Charges for Those Who Filmed Rape on Train

JonathanTurley

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. We also discussed a torts case involving a delay in calling police, but that case involved people who were deemed partially responsible for a death. In torts, there is no duty to rescue rule. Cf: Restatement, Torts, § 322. French, 104 Pa.

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New Judicial Analytics Product Predicts Motion Outcomes with Claimed 86.7% Accuracy

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Is the judge influenced by the prestige of the firm, the law schools of the lawyers, their political affiliations, or the nature of the company? Rabinowitz is a lawyer who practiced as an associate in Sidley LLP’s Supreme Court & Appellate and Mass Tort Litigation groups. Later, he served as a trial attorney for the U.S.