NCBA Law Practice Management Blog

MARCH 22, 2024

That’s especially true for litigation firms, which take direction from court rules and judges about when and how things get done. Most attorneys should probably be ruled by their calendars, with law practices running on deadlines.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

Federal Rule of Evidence 408(a) provides that Evidence of the following is not admissible — on behalf of any party — either to prove or disprove the validity or amount of a disputed claim or to impeach by a prior.

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Patently O

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] litigation finance boom of the past 20 years—as has been widely reported, private equity now undergirds huge swaths of U.S. Guest post by Jonathan Stroud. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MARCH 3, 2025

Shes putting her legal assistant career on pause to hike the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. Personal Injury Paralegal Boot Camp As a personal injury paralegal, you have an important role in the pre-litigation phase of your claim files. But this adventure is about so much more than hiking.

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ABA Journal

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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Law 360

AUGUST 10, 2023

Supreme Court refused Thursday to drop a case over whether a disabled person who "tests" hotel websites for federal disability law violations has standing to sue, after the plaintiff said she wanted to withdraw the case because she feared her attorney's suspension could distract from the merits of her litigation.

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The IP Law Blog

JUNE 1, 2023

Kewalramani), the Central District of California denied Defendant Netflix’s attempts to compel Plaintiff GoTV Streaming to provide documents and further information as to the source of the litigation funding that GoTV received in conjunction with the patent litigation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

APRIL 9, 2024

In a transformative moment for European and global climate litigation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled today that the state has a positive duty to adopt, and effectively implement in practice, regulations and measures capable of mitigating the existing and potentially irreversible future effects of climate change.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 23, 2024

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 14, 2025

The main substantive debate in which the justices engaged was whether the voluntary dismissal of the original case was the kind of final proceeding to which Rule 60(b) would apply. It took Roberts 10 separate questions to elicit that admission!

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Conflict of Laws

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

The impressive monograph, just shy of 200 pages, takes a comprehensive look at the role of overriding mandatory rules in international commercial litigation and arbitration, using Korea as a vantage point.

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ABA Journal

MAY 16, 2024

It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue. The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Preparing a deposition summary can be time-consuming for a litigation paralegal and costly to the client. For a typical 200-page deposition transcript, it can take a litigation paralegal more than 8 hours to summarize one deposition transcript. Advance Your Litigation Skills. Fast-Track Friday Tip. About the Author.

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LegalReader

JUNE 21, 2022

The amount of damages may be lowered if the defendant caused the victim's injuries but the victim failed to follow the doctor's advice.

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Open Law Lab

JANUARY 8, 2021

We can break down two main research questions about measuring the quality of justice in different types of court formats: Do litigants in virtual vs. in-person hearings have more Procedural Justice? These results should not be taken as proof that all virtual hearings will cause less procedural or substantive justice for litigants.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 22, 2023

The Federal Arbitration Act gives the defendant the right to an immediate (“interlocutory”) appeal, but it says nothing about a stay of litigation in the district court. The post Justices debate propriety of litigation in trial courts while defendants are on appeal seeking arbitration appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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InHouseOps

JULY 30, 2021

We have a very large corporate portfolio, mainly insurance companies, energy, pharmaceutical, and medical companies that have large need for litigation and/ or things like claims on the insurance side. What’s happened as a result is that organizations are seeing less pressure on their litigation calendar.

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JURIST

JULY 31, 2023

Lovedale Mangwana, litigant for the nation’s ruling political party Zanu-PFF, contended that Kasukuwere was outside of Zimbabwe for the past 18 months and was ineligible to be on the ballot for the upcoming August 23 elections.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

AUGUST 26, 2022

If you’re like I was when I was working for a big commercial litigation firm, I assumed that since the public called personal injury attorneys the “ambulance chasers,” then personal injury paralegals were paralegals who worked for the ambulance chasers, and I never really thought much about it. Listen to the podcast episode.

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HowAppealing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Cert Petition Defends Partial Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals”: Maggie Gardner and Cara Maines have this post at the “Transnational Litigation Blog.” ” The post “Cert Petition Defends Partial Forum Non Conveniens Dismissals” appeared first on How Appealing.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As this litigation moves forward, we again call on the federal government to dismantle the watchlist.” The suit, filed by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on behalf of Khairullah and multiple other plaintiffs, alleges that the FTSD is discriminatory, targeting mainly Muslims.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The most important role of a litigation paralegal during a trial is to organize and manage the evidence throughout the trial prep phase and in the courtroom. ARE YOU NEW TO LITIGATION? You can fast-track your career with our 3-Step Roadmap to Manage Cases Like a Rockstar Litigation Paralegal! Keep Learning.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

APRIL 29, 2021

If your profession includes anything related to litigation (paralegal, attorney, support staff, technology person, project manager, etc.), Let’s answer that question for others who are just joining the profession or jumping into the litigation practice from another specialty. Ediscovery is Constantly Changing.

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LawSites

JANUARY 26, 2022

A new product uses historical data, artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to value cases and predict outcomes in automobile warranty litigation, with the goal of helping manufacturers resolve Lemon Law and warranty claims more accurately, more quickly, and at lower cost.

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Conflict of Laws

JUNE 6, 2021

The University of Szeged Faculty of Law and the ELKH Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Legal Studies are organizing an international online conference: “ Cross-Border Litigation in Central-Europe: EU Private International Law before National Courts”. The project’s research output will be published by Kluwer International.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

One of the essential job responsibilities for a personal injury paralegal is to put together high-quality demand packages to help promote the pre-litigation settlement of personal injury claims. Unfortunately, we all know that more times than not, many cases end up going into litigation.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2025

Meanwhile, the process of updating the Czech Climate Protection Policy, the main national document regarding climate protection, was halted due to this years elections. This blog post discusses the case and its implications for future climate litigation and policy in Czechia. The main reason was the collective nature of the EU NDC.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Litigation against major corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters has proven extremely tough. The decision ultimately concerns whether Smith’s main claim in public nuisance amounts to a “reasonably arguable cause of action”. 1] See Common Law Claims, Sabin Center Climate Change Litigation Database (accessed Feb.

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FDA Law Blog

MAY 17, 2022

HP&M) seeks to add a 2nd to 5th year associate to its enforcement and litigation team. Attorney’s Offices, DEA, or Main Justice, including responding to administrative and criminal subpoenas; Conducting internal investigations; Representing FDA-regulated entities and DEA registrants in administrative hearings and federal courts; and.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 25, 2022

The duties of a paralegal revolve around three main tasks. A program in criminal justice is a common choice because this exposes students at an early stage to a range of law-related subject matter. At the same time, this develops a range of skills needed for them to succeed in public defense. Let’s take a closer look below.

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LexForti

JANUARY 21, 2022

This article discusses the scope and growth of litigation finance in India. Concept of Litigation Finance. In other words, the third party has a vested interest in the outcome of judicial or arbitral adjudication but is a stranger to the litigant’s claim itself. Legal Evolution of Third Party Litigation Funding in India.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 30, 2021

Coming into Tuesday’s argument, the main themes in the parties’ briefs centered on approaches to statutory interpretation. The post Justices and litigants spar over whether renewable-fuel law creates a “funnel” or a “safety valve” appeared first on SCOTUSblog. They have two months before the end of the term to try to find one.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

What About Litigation and Enforcement Risk? For those who fear the specter of extensive litigation relating to disclosures under the climate disclosure rule, the Sabin Center / CCSI report finds that unlikely. Private litigation over climate disclosure is likely to face significant legal obstacles.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 23, 2022

Written by Adrian Cordina , PhD researcher at Erasmus School of Law, project member of the Vici project ‘Affordable Access to Justice ’ which deals with costs and funding of civil litigation, financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1) Conference ‘ The Future Regulation of Third-Party Funding in Europe ’.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The last few days saw two major developments in international rights-based climate litigation, with the adoption of a new resolution by the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and a long-awaited decision on a climate case by the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Recent Developments on rights-based climate litigation.

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LawSites

JUNE 23, 2021

It conducted surveys for each of the three main legal information library types: academic, firm/corporate, and government. They also play roles in marketing (55.8%), business development (52.7%), management (50.0%), litigation (44.2%), professional development (38.9%), and information technology (32.7%).

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 7, 2023

The seminars (currently being accredited by the Milan Bar Council) can be followed both face-to-face and remotely, on the MS Teams platform.

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