http://law.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-16T09:19:30Z Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/20/law-day-2012-planning-guide-available-law-day-is-may-1.htm <p>Is your law firm or local bar association making plans to commemorate Law Day this year? Law Day is on May 1st every year. The theme for Law Day 2012 is "No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom," emphasizing the importance of the courts and their role in ensuring access to justice for all. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/20/law-day-2012-planning-guide-available-law-day-is-may-1.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/20/law-day-2012-planning-guide-available-law-day-is-may-1.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:59:58 +0000 2012-02-20T08:59:58Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/16/bringing-sick-kids-to-work-at-your-law-office.htm <p>Lawyers who are also parents are quite familiar with how easily their plans for the day can be derailed. A call from the day care announcing that your child has a fever means you have to pick up your child and figure out what to do with him or her for the rest of the day. This is particularly difficult if it happens when you are running up against an important deadline. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/16/bringing-sick-kids-to-work-at-your-law-office.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/16/bringing-sick-kids-to-work-at-your-law-office.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:19:30 +0000 2012-02-16T09:19:30Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/08/bankruptcy-filings-dropped-significantly-in-calendar-year-2011.htm <p>Last year around this time <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2011/02/15/bankruptcy-filings-continued-to-rise-in-2010.htm">we discussed the rise in bankruptcy filings in 2010</a>. In that report, the best that could be said was that bankruptcy filings increased but not by as much as they had in the previous year. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/08/bankruptcy-filings-dropped-significantly-in-calendar-year-2011.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/08/bankruptcy-filings-dropped-significantly-in-calendar-year-2011.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:49:45 +0000 2012-02-08T12:49:45Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/08/social-media-in-the-courtroom-juror-social-media-posts-can-help-with-jury-selection-but-also-can-cause-overturned-verdicts-and-new-trials.htm <p>Social media in the courtroom is an issue of growing importance. As more and more jurors are carrying cell phones with access to the internet and to their favorite social media sites like <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=https://twitter.com/#!/AbtLawPractice">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=https://www.facebook.com/pages/Aboutcom-Law-Practice-Management/124580730949557">Facebook</a>, courts are having to deal with the complications that arise from jurors engaging in improper conduct with their tweets and posts. Information about jurors available through their social media accounts has also become extremely valuable when conducting voir dire. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/08/social-media-in-the-courtroom-juror-social-media-posts-can-help-with-jury-selection-but-also-can-cause-overturned-verdicts-and-new-trials.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/02/08/social-media-in-the-courtroom-juror-social-media-posts-can-help-with-jury-selection-but-also-can-cause-overturned-verdicts-and-new-trials.htm Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:16:04 +0000 2012-02-08T12:16:04Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/31/attorney-merchant-accounts-credit-card-processing-systems-for-lawyers-and-law-firms.htm <p>Does your law firm use an attorney merchant account to accept credit card payments? Many lawyers are hesitant to get involved with accepting credit card payments. Some are concerned about getting locked into contracts or monthly service fees, while others worry about ethical issues over credit card fees and IOLTA trust accounts. Some attorneys don't want to take credit card payments simply because they think it makes them seem like an ordinary store rather than a professional law office, while others fear taking a credit card payment only to have it charged back later. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/31/attorney-merchant-accounts-credit-card-processing-systems-for-lawyers-and-law-firms.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/31/attorney-merchant-accounts-credit-card-processing-systems-for-lawyers-and-law-firms.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:44:00 +0000 2012-01-31T16:44:00Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/30/free-aba-trial-membership-try-out-aba-membership-for-free.htm <p>Have you considered joining the American Bar Association (ABA), but aren't sure whether it would benefit your law practice? The ABA now offers a simple solution: try your membership for free. The ABA is offering a promotional free trial membership, along with a free trial membership in one of the ABA specialty sections. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/30/free-aba-trial-membership-try-out-aba-membership-for-free.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/30/free-aba-trial-membership-try-out-aba-membership-for-free.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:20:43 +0000 2012-01-30T23:20:43Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/27/legal-outsourcing-services-directory-added.htm <p>Has your firm considered legal outsourcing, also known as <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/od/lawpracticemanagement/a/Legal-Outsourcing.htm">legal process outsourcing</a>? If so, take a look at our new <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/od/legaloutsourcing/tp/Legal-Outsourcing-Services-Directory.htm">Legal Outsourcing Services Directory</a> with links to some of the more popular providers of outsourced legal services. You would be surprised at how much your efficiency can go up using outside contractors to assist with your firm's legal work. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/27/legal-outsourcing-services-directory-added.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/27/legal-outsourcing-services-directory-added.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:52:54 +0000 2012-01-27T08:52:54Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/26/should-lawyers-sue-to-remove-negative-online-reviews.htm <p>A Dallas law firm has filed a lawsuit against "Ben Doe" for $50,000 so they can subpoena his identity from Google, and thereby attempt to force removal of his negative online review of their law firm. According to an article called <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://mobile.www.law.com/jsp/lawtechnologynews/PubArticleLTN.jsp?id=1202538624990&#038;Dallas_Firm_Sues_Doe_Defendant_Over_Online_Review&#038;slreturn=1">Dallas Firm Sues 'Doe' Defendant Over Online Review</a>, the firm is upset over an anonymous online review that said, "Bad experience with this firm. Don't trust the fake online reviews here." They claim the review is defamatory and that they do not believe the anonymous reviewer was even a client of the firm. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/26/should-lawyers-sue-to-remove-negative-online-reviews.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/26/should-lawyers-sue-to-remove-negative-online-reviews.htm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:28:15 +0000 2012-01-26T09:28:15Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/25/rocket-matter-announces-upgrade-to-document-assembly-and-unlimited-custom-fields.htm <p>Rocket Matter, an online cloud computing system for law practice management, announced that their system has now been upgraded to include document assembly, unlimited custom fields, and other product improvements. According to the announcement, attorneys now have access to software that can instantly create new legal documents, store them, and bill for them. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/25/rocket-matter-announces-upgrade-to-document-assembly-and-unlimited-custom-fields.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/25/rocket-matter-announces-upgrade-to-document-assembly-and-unlimited-custom-fields.htm Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:23:14 +0000 2012-01-25T09:23:14Z http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/24/congressional-record-ipad-app-library-of-congress-releases-ipad-app-for-reading-the-daily-congressional-record.htm <p>The Library of Congress has released an iPad app that allows users to read the daily Congressional Record for free on their iPad devices. The current version of the app contains editions of the Congressional Record from January 4, 1995 up to the present. It contains the debates, proceedings, and activities of Congress, published in four sections: House of Representatives, Senate, Extension of Remarks, and Daily Digest. </p>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/24/congressional-record-ipad-app-library-of-congress-releases-ipad-app-for-reading-the-daily-congressional-record.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://law.about.com/b/2012/01/24/congressional-record-ipad-app-library-of-congress-releases-ipad-app-for-reading-the-daily-congressional-record.htm Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:48:58 +0000 2012-01-24T22:48:58Z