Archive for April, 2011

This is the first case to be heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, established October 1, 1981 pursuant to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980, P.L. 96-452, 94 Stat. 1995, and this opinion is the first to be published by the Eleventh Circuit. Under...
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All I know is that 4,000 billable hours per year is a lot of hours. “The fee request includes one $925/hour attorney who claims to have billed over 28,000 hours in seven years, including a 28.5-hour day.” Center for Class Action Fairness
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Tabletlegal, a site run by Josh Barrett, has a great list of apps. He recently was a presenter at the ABA’s Techshow.
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I wonder what would happen to tax law practice if we returned to the original income tax form? 1913 United States Income Tax Form
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order regarding professionalism(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
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Have fun.“
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It was much shorter than the current 500-plus page monstrosity known as the 19th edition. Original Bluebook(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
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Judge Painter would like to share with you some thoughts on writing. I suggest you follow his advice. Legal Writing 201(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script"); s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();
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