A district judge has urged lawyers to be sensitive about casting allegations of mental illness against a party in their litigation strategy. The plea came in a rare postscript to a ruling on a custody tug-of-war between a split couple over their toddler son. District Judge Kathryn Thong said a lawyer should not claim that a spouse has a mental disorder to boost his own client's case, noting that a wife's mental condition in itself does not disqualify her right to care and control of the child. "Rather, it is the effect of such mental conditions and how it correlates to a child's welfare," said District Judge Thong. She added in judgment grounds earlier this month that if a party argues that...
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How Lawyers and Law Firms Are Using Microsoft Office 365 For a busy lawyer or a law firm, taking advantage of all the tools available to streamline and increase productivity is vital. Continuous innovations in cloud services and software geared towards handling various business services have paved the way for businesses across all industries to grow and succeed. For law firms, it’s becoming increasingly important to incorporate cloud computing into infrastructure and daily processes; Not only does this optimize day-to-day operations within the law firm, but it helps legal teams better support their clients. One important productivity tool the legal industry is beginning to use more is...
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Scott Bleier is a veteran member of Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton’s practice group and focuses on the representation of entrepreneurs, start-up and emerging growth companies, and venture capital investors. His specialties include corporate and securities law, private financings, and mergers and acquisitions. Scott is a frequent guest speaker on entrepreneurship, start-up companies, and financings, addressing audiences in venues as varied as at the Cambridge Innovation Center, Swissnex Boston, the MIT Enterprise Forum and the American Bar Association. He also regularly writes on topics relating to start-up companies and corporate law. LinkSquares sat down with Scott to get his...
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The 2020 Law Power 100 “Lawmaker.” Says it right there in the name, doesn’t it? There’s probably no industry more tied up in politics than law. Lawyers advise politicians. They lobby politicians. Many politicians are lawyers. The courts enforce the laws that our lawmakers pass. When lawmakers overstep their authority, the courts act as a check on our political process and strike down that law. And when lawmakers overstep their ethical obligations, lawyers are the ones who strike down those lawmakers too; former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, for instance, made a name for himself by sending some of the most powerful New York lawmakers to prison. In the era of President Donald Trump,...
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The firm: Miranda & Amado is a full-service Peruvian law firm with an international outlook. A market leader across a range of practice areas, it is renowned for its expert handling of highly sophisticated transactions and cross-border deals for a predominantly multinational clientele. This international experience has led to the team being instructed by clients to coordinate regional transactions in the role traditionally assumed by US firms; this is unique in Peru and rare among law firms across Latin America. Miranda & Amado covers all areas of the law while maintaining its boutique approach to highly sophisticated matters in sectors such as electricity, oil and gas, telecoms,...
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NPR Story When President Trump's defense team delivers its opening statement in the Senate impeachment trial next week, famed defense attorney Alan Dershowitz will have a starring role. But in an interview with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on Friday, he sought to make clear that his involvement is limited to arguing that the two articles of impeachment do not satisfy the constitutional criteria for removing the president from office. "I will not be involved in arguing the facts, nor will I be part of the defense team in the sense of strategy on the facts. My role is limited. I am doing precisely the same thing I would be doing had Hillary Clinton — who I voted for — been elected president and...
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Trump’s New Lawyer Starr Argued Against Privilege Claims One of the attorneys representing President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial will be very familiar to those who remember President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in the late 1990s: former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr. But in a new video unearthed on Friday, Starr can be seen making arguments during the Clinton impeachment that are quite detrimental now to Trump’s own defense. Republicans for the Rule of Law, an organization of anti-Trump conservatives, tweeted an old C-SPAN clip on Friday of Starr discussing Clinton and executive privilege. In the clip, a younger Starr told Congress: “The president and his administration...
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NEW YORK — Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan, who the company announced Thursday was placed on administrative leave, has fired back in a statement through her lawyer, saying: "What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told." The academy said late Thursday that its leader of just six months was put on leave following an allegation of misconduct by a senior leader at the organization — just 10 days before the 2020 Grammy Awards. But in a statement released Friday to The Associated Press, Dugan’s attorney Bryan Freedman said there’s more to the story. "What has been reported is not nearly the story that needs to be told. When our ability to speak is not restrained by a...
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Susan Justice Family & Personal Injury Lawyer The always brilliant Susan Justice is our Surrey family and personal injury lawyer. Her secret to success is her passion which goes deep in to the psychology of every relationship and every need of her clients. Her success as a lawyer speaks for itself. But perhaps more important is the way she has manages to change her clients’ vision of life and future: As a lawyer, Susan Justice has achieved the following: Major success rate in every interim application at both the Supreme and the Provincial Court; Over 90% success rate at settling her cases through mediation; Heavy community involvement such as being a committee member at the Surrey Board...
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Her Israeli critics have called her a traitor and devil's advocate for representing Palestinians facing terrorism charges in Israeli courts. She calls herself a "losing lawyer," losing case after case, defending Palestinian suspects for nearly five decades. Now the fiery Lea Tsemel, 75, is the subject of an award-winning documentary — and a target in the latest battle between Israel's liberal filmmakers and right-wing activists led by the country's nationalist culture minister. "There are threats, death threats at me, my family, my grandchildren... relating to the fact that I'm a Jew and I represent Arabs," Tsemel tells NPR from her east Jerusalem office, before rushing to the Supreme Court...
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