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

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According to the 2019 Task Force on the Delivery of Legal Services report which recommended the creation of the ABS program, there is a decline in the representation of individuals in the people law sector. Specifically the lack of legal services for low-income individuals and rural communities.

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What’s New in Law Firm Ownership?

Attorney at Work

Utah is in the early stages of a seven-year “regulatory sandbox” pilot program to conduct its own experiment with alternative business structures. It is a realistic prediction that we’ll live in a world where thousands of estate planning lawyers work for Fidelity, and hedge funds run the most significant plaintiff tort outfits.

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The Evolving Legal Landscape for Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the United States

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a tort claim), the maximum amount of damages recoverable as compensatory damages is per person and not per occurrence. Utah , Illinois and Colorado also put in place fees for permits prior to the commencement of sequestration activities, and for the operation of sequestration itself. States have proposed funds as well for fees levied.

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LawNext Podcast: Filevine CEO Ryan Anderson on His Company’s $108M Raise and the Future of Practice Management

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Last week, Filevine , the Utah-based case management company, raised $108 million in a Series D funding round. Before starting Filevine, Anderson was a founding partner at a western-states law firm focused on personal injury, mass torts and employment class-actions.

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Mixed Messages from the ABA, As It ‘Reaffirms’ Rule Against Nonlawyer Ownership while also Encouraging Innovation

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Just two weeks earlier, Utah had approved sweeping changes in legal services regulation that that allowed non-traditional legal services providers. Two years ago, Arizona became the first state to completely eliminate the prohibition. Other states continue to study the issue.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court said the laws’ provision for criminal or tort liability for advising, encouraging, or soliciting persons participating in a riot to acts of force or violence was overbroad and vague. The court also found that Mann’s lawsuit did not constitute state action and therefore dismissed the writer’s constitutional tort claim.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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Circuit to hold the cases in abeyance was to allow the federal district for the District of Columbia to resolve cases challenging NHTSA’s action that raise similar legal issues. The court found that the plaintiff, who did not allege any legally cognizable relationship with the community college, had failed to allege Article III standing.