Here's a twist: While many paralegals aggressively seek to expand their assignments, a New York lawyer gets disbarred for overusing his paralegals and running afoul of ethics violations. According to…
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Halleleujah! Rarely do law firms or corporations acknowledge contribution of paralegals when a major case is won. Paralegals may work until midnight for months giving up weekends, holidays and birthdays…
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Practically every day, in one legal publication or another, you're going to read about how the billable hour will eventually meet its demise. Whether this occurs in the next 10-20…
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Finally, a firm that is honest about what it's doing. Only, I'm not so sure this is good news for paralegals. It may be good news for graduate students in…
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Now here's an interesting situation: Brian Valery, a paralegal working for Anderson, Kill, a pretty large firm in Washington, D.C. ups and decides he's going to tell his colleagues and…
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Paralegals exist in third world countries and are often the heroes of the villages. A fascinating article in The New Nation, illustrates just how important paralegals are to one village…
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You can't get away from the news: the legal market is beginning to slow quite dramatically. Especially hard hit have been paralegals and attorneys working in the securities, finance and…
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With the doom and gloom news about slow growth and possible recession swirling around us, there appears to be a light at the end of the tunnel. Wait! It's not…
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Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. Or, maybe it's happened and we just don't know about it. A dispute between Sullivan & Cromwell and e-discovery vendor, Electronic…
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It’s not unusual for a firm to use tough tactics when litigating a case. But tough tactics cost Patricia Dillman, (a litigation support manager who came up through the ranks…
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