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The Best Free Legal Research Tools

Clio

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

The Missouri Supreme Court emphasized this point in its landmark case In the Matter of Cupples. The attorney-client relationship is personal and confidential, and the client’s choice of attorneys in civil cases is near absolute.” For instance, Ohio Supreme Court Ethics Op. They cannot be bought, sold, or traded.

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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. Supreme Court. As a result, a rich body of case law has developed distinguishing direct liability from secondary liability.

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

Legal Tech Monitor

When Jerome “Jerry” Larkin joined the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) in 1978, he had just graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law, spent eight years in the Catholic seminary system, and knew he wanted to dedicate his career to public service. He was a gentleman in dealings with his opponents.

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