Well, this sounds like good news for lots of firms: "'With the internationalization of the practice of law and the growing importance of e-discovery, our clients in law firms and corporate legal departments face escalating demands for translation of foreign language data,' said Ken Clark, chief operations officer at 1-800-Translate. 'We've answered this challenge by developing a proprietary...
Good, practical "COMMUNITY paralegals and community workers took a tour of the court and family court on the final day of the Family Law Act and Family Court training on Friday. "The training workshop was organised by the Fiji Women's Rights Movement and the Pacific Regional Rights Resource Team and ended on Friday after five days."
For those interested in taking a paralegal certification exam, check out this comparison prepared by NALS. The chart looks at exams offered by:NALS, the association for legal professionalsNational Association for Legal Assistants (NALA)National Federation of Paralegal Associations, Inc. (NFPA)And read this Utah Bar Journal article to learn "Why Paralegal Certification Counts":...
Let's hear it for teamwork! "Topping off another year of exceptional results on the intellectual property front, Irell & Manella LLP's Morgan Chu has been named the Number 1 Intellectual Property lawyer in the U.S. by Chambers & Partners. "Mr. Chu was among only 19 American lawyers singled out by Chambers as being the top practitioners in their respective fields. Long recognized...
Good news for Indiana residents: "The associate of science degree in paralegal studies offered by Clarion University is coming to the Indiana University Northpointe Regional Campus beginning with the Fall 2006 semester. “'This is a new initiative with IUP,' said Dr. Art Acton, assistant vice president for academic affairs at Clarion University. 'The general education courses will be taken...
Do you know about your firm or company policy? "According to a new study, about a third of big companies in the United States and Britain hire employees to read and analyze outbound e-mail as they seek to guard against legal, financial or regulatory risk. "More than a third of U.S. companies surveyed also said their business was hurt by the exposure of sensitive or embarrassing...
Planning to protect data & business documents in wake of 2005 storms: "The fear of losing everything on its computer system drove Locke Liddell & Sapp to spend more than $300,000 so the information on its computers is stored on a nightly basis, said David F. Taylor, who was the law firm's administrative partner and is now head of the corporate section. That way, if the Houston office...
So said Patricia Glaser, a name partner at embattled Christensen Glaser when talking about a recent raise for associates: "Two Los Angeles law firms recently raised their first-year associate salaries while facing key partner departures and a federal criminal probe into whether lawyers engaged in illegal wiretapping. "Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger, whose top...
Gotta like it when people fight silly fees: "Like most controversies, the debate over the much-despised FLREA or RAT Act, as named by its critics (short for Recreation Access Tax), has ended up in the courtroom. One hiker's refusal to pay a $5 fee to park along a road through a national forest could bring the entire national fee-charging program crashing down. "But that didn't stop...