This article affirms what we've been teaching at our SuperConferences: "Answer: The Internet and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) "Question: What two powerful forces are generating a whole new world of liability for companies and their directors and officers? "It is unlikely that this answer-and-question combo will ever appear on the popular TV quiz show 'Jeopardy.' But the...
What a change! "The Supreme Court on Wednesday adopted a historic rule change that will allow lawyers to cite so-called unpublished opinions in federal courts starting next year. The new rule takes effect unless Congress countermands it before Dec. 1. "The justices' vote represents a major milestone in the long-running debate over unpublished opinions, the sometimes-cursory dispositions...
Good work by this Atlanta firm & kudos for a paralegal: "Kilpatrick Stockton LLP announces the firm’s third annual pro bono awards to recognize outstanding contributions to the firm’s pro bono efforts. The awards highlight a second record-breaking year for the firm, with more than 27,500 pro bono hours in 2005, a value of $8.2 million.“'Pro bono is an essential element of the...
Good article from Law.com about what not to do: "'So, I'd really like it if you could say this ...' "If you've just said that to your expert witness, you've just made his blood boil. And that's probably not going to be very good for your case. As engineer Steven Murray, Ph.D., of Exponent Failure Analysis Associates in Menlo Park, Calif., says, 'Our job is not to support a lawyer's...
Now this is a MOST interesting article from Legal Marketing Technology: "Wikis. Topping the 'heard about them, not sure what they are' list are wikis — Web sites to which anyone can add content or revise what already is there. 'It’s like Word on the Web,' said Steve Rubel, senior vice president of CooperKatz & Co., a public relations firm in New York, speaking at the Beyond Blogs...
Another helpful research tip from The Virtual Chase: "The Missouri State Highway Patrol makes available unofficial copies of accident reports for the past 10 days for free. For an annual fee, businesses and organizations may subscribe to the Crash Reports dB, which provides access to reports back to January 2004. The free service makes reports available by date only."
More law firm merger news, this time in Philadelphia: "Pittsburgh-based Thorp Reed & Armstrong is in merger talks with Cincinnati's largest law firm, 280-attorney Dinsmore & Shohl. "While the talks have yet to produce even a letter of intent, Dinsmore & Shohl managing partner Clifford A. Roe said both firms are general service firms and a good fit for a merger. "'We're...
That such a bad thing could happen because of an error! "Nobody listened to Longino Acero as he insisted over and over that he never had molested a child. "Instead, one public defender after another told Acero he had no defense for failing to register as a sex offender and no choice but to plead guilty. "Acero was the victim of a simple, but critical, clerical error that occurred...
Hey, this book sounds like a good read! "Professional poker players, paralegals, Parisians, Persians and Michael Eisner all star in April's new paperbacks. Here is our list of original paperbacks and reprints. "'Family and Other Accidents' by Shari Goldhagen (Broadway): This eloquent debut novel tells the tale of two brothers: Jack Reed, who has returned to Cleveland to look after his...
News about paralegal utilization from New Dehli, India: "Participants at the first National Convention of Paralegals organised here by the Indian Institute of Paralegal Studies (IIPLS) demanded that paralegals be appointed to assist institutions, including Gram Sabhas, Vigilance Committees under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act, the National Legal...