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Will the effects of the coronavirus allow you to avoid contractual obligations?

Briefings, New Zealand Law News, Power Law / March 10, 2020

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Bell Gully – The first months of 2020 have seen the new coronavirus, COVID-19, grow in its scale and impact, including in New Zealand. The World Health Organisation has declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, and New Zealand has activated its pandemic response plan. The commercial impacts are likely to be significant, with the

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Personal Injury Law: How To Determine Whether Your Personal Injury Case Will Go To Trial

Briefings, Personal Injury Attorney / March 9, 2020

>> How many personal injury trials proceed to trial? >> Multiple stages of personal injury trial >> Different attorneys for different stages of trial >> When to accept an offer or file a complaint Dan Drucker* For many people involved in personal injury claims they believe the outcome of a claim will go one of

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Telemedicine and the Coronavirus Crisis: Key Legal Issues for Providers to Consider

Briefings / March 7, 2020

Jones Day The Situation: As the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, telemedicine platforms are ideally situated to coordinate care and minimize exposure, while advancing access to care. The Action: Federal and state laws and regulations have progressed in recent years to accommodate greater adoption and use of telemedicine services. Looking Ahead: Providers

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Federal Crime – What Is It and What Are The Legal Consequences?

Briefings, Briefings / March 4, 2020

Federal crime refers to those acts that are made criminal or illegal by federal law and prosecuted in federal courts. Most federal crimes are listed in Title 18 of the United States Code. Some examples of federal crime are gang activity that affects interstate commerce, conspiracy to commit offense or defraud the United States, solicitation

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Am I Allowed to Drive on a Hardship License?

Briefings, Briefings / March 4, 2020

If you have lost your driver’s license as the result of an OUI conviction, or perhaps as the result of some type of alternate deal that you reached with the courts, then you may be able to apply for a hardship license that will give you restricted driving privileges for a period of time so

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How Does Malpractice Insurance Work?

Briefings, Briefings / March 3, 2020

Elliott Kanter*Medical malpractice suits are brought before a court or settled outside of court when a plaintiff was injured due to a healthcare professional’s recklessness or negligence. The person they injured was under their care, and they had both a legal and moral obligation to ensure their patient would be protected. And they are to

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4 Common Diversity Challenges Faced by Law Firms and the Creative Solutions They Need

Briefings, Law Firm Management, Law Firm Marketing, Lawyers / March 2, 2020

Law firms face four key diversity challenges but there are creative ways to meet them

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Public Transportation Accidents and Liability

Briefings, Press Releases / February 25, 2020

Most metropolitan areas in the United States are fortunate to have several public transportation options. From city buses, to subways, to light rail trains—if you work in the city or are just looking to get around, you can probably find a way to make it happen using public transportation. As great as these options are,

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Alternative Fee Arrangements for Lawyers – Explained

Briefings, Law Firm Management, Law Firm Marketing, Law Firms, New Zealand Law News / January 31, 2020

BrightFlag – Hourly billing has been the dominant financial model for the legal profession for generations. But more and more in-house legal teams are exploring the potential of alternative fee arrangements (AFAs) when engaging outside counsel. Why? Well, for starters: Hourly billing models (implicitly and/or explicitly) incentivize law firms to increase the time, staff, and

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Partner expulsion case offers lessons to LLP firms and their partners

Briefings, Law Firm Management, Law Firm Marketing, Law Firms, UK Law / January 29, 2020

Kingsley Napley – Just before Christmas, the High Court ruled on a dispute regarding the expulsion of a partner from one of the Big Four under the firm’s 2017 LLP Agreement (LLPA). The case Joseph v Deloitte NSE LLP concerned a challenge from David Joseph, a Swiss-based partner at Deloitte, to a decision by the firm to

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