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The Best Free Legal Research Tools

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High-quality legal research is a necessity for all law firms—after all, finding the right precedent or statute could give you the edge to win your case. We accepted legal research tools as a costly-but-necessary expense for law firms. It offers advanced search capabilities, case analysis, and document management.

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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

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. 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

It is hornbook law that secondary liability of all kinds requires proof that direct infringement is occurring. 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. 94-1476 , at 61 (1976). 3d 1146 (9th Cir.