FLORIDA BILLS PUSH FOR LICENSING, DEFINITION OF PARALEGALS Companion bills in the Florida Legislature are currently under consideration to make Florida the first state in the country to…
Impressed with this letter to the editor by a paralegal student about a new Indiana license plate (published in The Journal Gazette): "The pending lawsuit regarding the ‘In God We…
ABC News finds another person involved in the growing D.C. Madam scandal: "A legal secretary at one of Washington’s most prominent and well-connected law firms, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer &…
Only in the brand-new world of user-managed online politics could news like this be reported: "The manager of an unofficial Barack Obama MySpace page tells MTV News how the campaign…
Hmmm, I’m sure someone could nominate lawyers "worthy" of this "honor" in other states. But check out the "competition" in this Village Voice article: "’With so many jerks working as…
A compilation of legal & factual issues surrounding this tragic event has been posted on Legal Blog Watch by lawyer & blogger Carolyn Elefant: "As our nation continues to mourn…
All politics aside, this is not the kind of testimony you want to hear from a witness on your side! Here’s the opinion of the New York Times: "If Attorney…
So, you think those embarrassing emails sent to the computer’s trash can are truly deleted, right? Uh, no: "If Karl Rove or other White House staffers tried to delete sensitive…
Very interesting op-ed in the NY Times from author & lawyer Scott Turow, all about how advances in forensic technology may also impact statutes of limitations. He raises some intriguing…
I hate news like this about paralegals. Innocent until proven guilty, of course….: "A Ware County paralegal was released on $20,000 bail Tuesday after pleading not guilty to federal charges…