Okay, who hasn't 'regifted' once or twice (or more)? But please follow the "12 rules for regifting": "There are only three reasons you might be reading this column: You think 'regifting' is totally tacky, but you secretly hope there might be a polite way to get rid of that hideous scarf your Aunt Edna gave you. You're a chronic regifter and you need some new ideas to get you...
Cases like this undoubtedly supported the fight to regulate paralegals in Canada: "It was a dream payday for Brampton, Ont., paralegal Vince Chiarelli: He made $1,800 for just two hours of work. "But for his client, Pamela Elliot, that contract with Mr. Chiarelli would represent her lowest point in a year of sheer hell. "Having already lost her husband and her job, the 39-year-old...
Must-read post on the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog: "William Ross, a professor at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Ala., calls it 'the perfect crime.' NYU legal ethics guru Stephen Gillers says there’s a 'general consensus' that the practice is on the upswing. The practice? Law-firm billing fraud, and the WSJ’s Nathan Koppel takes a look at the issue...
So, an organization sends a document to another without deleting the doc's metadata. And then it complains about that data being acessed! "When Florida Bar president-elect Henry Coxe III brought up metadata mining to the Bar's board of governors, some board members conceded they had never heard of the practice. "Coxe himself had only recently become aware that electronic documents could...
A BIG no-no! Read all the details from Legal Times: "There are plenty of ways for young lawyers to get their foot in the door at a blue-chip firm: Have a connection to a partner, clerk for a federal judge, play a role in a high-profile case. Then there are the more creative approaches. "Gregory Hawn, an associate at the Washington, D.C., office of Bracewell & Giuliani, is accused of...
Yes, this article, Paralegals make mark in insurance scams of the year, comes from Canada & fraudulent activity happens in all fields, but it's still a big disappointment to see news like this: One elaborate scheme saw a paralegal recruit people to file claims for phantom injuries sustained in supposed car crashes, while another paralegal tricked a client into allowing him to negotiate an...