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The Clock is Ticking: How to Miss Fewer Court Deadlines

Attorney at Work

A Tennessee lawyer was suspended and put on probation after failing to file a personal injury case. The firm had filed a voluntary dismissal back in 2014. While the lawyer had every intention of refiling within one year, that date was stored only in his memory.

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Your Constitutional Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure? It Ends at the Border

TechLaw Crossroads

The Facts Malik is an immigration lawyer (surprise, surprise) who often travels outside the US. Based on this language, the Supreme Court unanimously held in 2014 that a person’s cell phone can‘t be seized unless a Judge signs a search warrant. Even the fact that an immigration lawyer was targeted is concerning.

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Your Constitutional Protection Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure? It Ends at the Border

Legal Tech Monitor

The Facts Malik is an immigration lawyer (surprise, surprise) who often travels outside the US. Based on this language, the Supreme Court unanimously held in 2014 that a person’s cell phone can‘t be seized unless a Judge signs a search warrant. Even the fact that an immigration lawyer was targeted is concerning.

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Practice Management Company Paradigm Acquires Immigration Case Management Software LollyLaw

LawSites

The acquisition adds immigration software to Paradigm’s portfolio of law practice products that already includes the practice management platforms PracticePanther , Bill4Time and MerusCase ; the payments platform Headnote ; and the legal accounting software TrustBooks , which it just acquired in February.

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What We’ve Learned from Senators and Justices on Legal Talk Network

Legal Talk Network

I support the notion that every country has its own sovereignty and has its own boundaries, but I do not support investing billions of dollars on unnecessary barriers and structures, such as our fence on the southern border, that I think all experts have concluded has not really effectively deterred immigration.

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5 Compelling Attorney Bios That Win Clients (and How to Emulate Them)

Lawmatics

Instead of focusing on credentials, Brooks shares an engaging story about personally experiencing a painful slip and fall injury in 2014. It notes her memberships in American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), Hispanic bar associations, her appointment to the NM Access to Justice Commission, and honors like Top 100 Lawyers.