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

Above The Law

Around that time, courts in some states, including California and Utah, set up task forces to study amending their professional ethics rules to address the access to justice problem. And some of these firms based on their name alone suggests that they handle personal injury or product liability cases.

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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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Case Management Company Filevine Raises $108M Series D to Fuel Expansion

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Filevine , a Utah-based case management company founded in 2014 with an initial focus on litigation and personal injury law, has raised $108 million in a Series D funding round that it says will help fuel its expansion more deeply into big law, insurance defense, corporate, governmental, and nonprofit legal counsel teams.

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How Paralegals Can Avoid UPL

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This happens frequently at those initial client intake meetings for personal injury paralegals. For example, in Utah, the state bar association has Licensed Paralegal Practitioners who are permitted to supervise the execution of specific types of legal documents without the supervision of an attorney.

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I can't give you legal advice, but.

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Important to note, however, is that in Utah (where the above noted conversation took place), UPL is NOT a crime (and it's not a crime in other states - so, you gotta check your state to see what's what). Persons who receive UPL in Utah and/or believe someone has provided UPL can file a complaint with the Utah State Bar.

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Milestones, Startup that Automates Client Updates, Raises $2.1M Seed Round, Rebrands As Hona

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Leading the seed round in the Lehi, Utah, company are three investors: Y Combinator , Ludlow Ventures and Soma Capital. It primarily served law firms in areas such as personal injury, workers’ compensation and immigration, where cases are linear and have fairly standard milestones. What do you want to convey to them?'”

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94 Women Allege a Utah Doctor Sexually Assaulted Them. Here’s Why a Judge Threw Out Their Case.

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At 19 years old and about to be married, Stephanie Mateer went to an OB-GYN within walking distance of her student housing near Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Utah judges, however, have called it health care. As a group, the women are appealing the ruling to the Utah Supreme Court, which has agreed to hear the case.