According to the 2012 Legal Technology Survey Report, just 21% of responding lawyers reported using “the cloud.” The number one reason cited by those who don’t use it? A lack of familiarity with the technology. In this webinar, recorded December 18th, 2012, Ron Collins from Amicus Attorney explores the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing, how to get started, what sorts of questions to ask vendors, and how cloud computing relates to your professional responsibility obligations. Video courtesy of the ABA.
7th Circuit Overturns Illinois’ Ban on Conceal and Carry
Today the 7th Circuit overturned Illinois’ ban on carrying concealed weapons and gave the state Legislature 180 days to draft a law that would allow for state wide conceal and carry. Judge Posner, in his majority opinion, wrote:” The Supreme …
So You Wanna Be a Trial Attorney?
Ever since I began looking at law school I knew I wanted to be a trial lawyer. A litigator. Sure, teaching would be nice, mergers and acquisitions are interesting and challenging There are many areas of the law that are rewarding, …
Ten Things Law School Didn’t Teach Me About Practicing Law
My law school experience, I believe, was typical of thousands of current and former law students. I studied hard, read and briefed countless cases, took whatever practical skills courses were available at my school and for the most part learned …
College Grads Living at Home: Intimate Associate & 42 U.S.C. §1983
In 1983 actions petitioners who are parents may assert claims on behalf of their children if they can prove they have an “intimate association” with the child whose rights were allegedly deprived. The law, however, is murky in regards to …
Law Blogs Make Law Reviews Obsolete
Many students work tirelessly to make law review.I used to have a tee shirt that I loved to wear that read “Make Love, Not Law Review.” The joke was lost of many of my fellow law students. While in law …
More on Rule 212 and Deceased Party Deponents
As mentioned last week, the Illinois Supreme Court recently amended many of their rules. One major change has been an amendment to Rule 212 that controls the purposes for which discovery depositions are used. It is important to delineate for …
Attenuated Expert Testimony Should Be Inadmissible
In the majority of personal injury cases, treating physicians will often testify as experts regarding the current and future costs of treatment for a Plaintiff. While this is not out of the ordinary, the problem with these types of experts …
Death and Discovery Deps.
I recently began practicing in Chicago (took the bar this past July). During my first week of practice I found something amazing. If you filed a case in Illinois before 2011, and a party is deposed in a discovery deposition, …
Turning a Blind Eye to Convenience: Forum Non Conveniens and the Second Circuit’s Ignorance of the New York Convention
Figueiredo Ferraz E Engenharia de Projeto Ltda. v. Republic of Peru 2011 WL 6188497 INTRODUCTION In 2011, the Second Circuit took up the issue of Forum Non Conveniens in a case involving the enforcement of an arbitration award …