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The Best Free Legal Research Tools

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A legal research tool is software designed to help legal professionals efficiently find and analyze legal information, such as statutes, case law, and legal journals. It offers advanced search capabilities, case analysis, and document management. What is a legal research tool?

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Leaving Your Firm? Aim for a Joint Notice to Clients

Attorney at Work

2007-300 points out that while the Model Rules are silent about notification timing, the prudent approach is to not notify clients until the firm has been informed, “absent circumstances that would compromise the interests of the client.” Conduct 4-5.8(c)(1) Similarly, the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Joint Ethics Op.

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Marking the Retirement of Jerry Larkin, Who Led the ARDC With Exceptional Foresight, Integrity, and ‘Irish Wit’

Legal Tech Monitor

Milestone case law in Illinois professional responsibility for lawyers After joining the ARDC as staff counsel, Larkin quickly assumed more responsibility, serving as Senior Counsel, Chief Counsel, Assistant Administrator, and then Deputy Administrator from 1988 until he was appointed Administrator in 2007. Indeed, Althea K.

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Ninth Circuit Reaffirms the “Server Test” for Direct Infringement of the Public Display Right — Hunley v. Instagram, LLC (Guest Blog Post)

Eric Goldman

The legislative history also expressed an intent to retain existing case law on vicarious liability of a principal for the acts of its agents, including independent contractors. As a result, a rich body of case law has developed distinguishing direct liability from secondary liability. 94-1476 , at 61 (1976).