Legal News Roundup: March 28, 2016

30 March, 2016

Let’s take a look at this week in legal news. Utah becomes the first state with a white-collar criminal registry This week, Utah became the first state in the U.S. to create an online registry for felony white-collar criminals. The registry was approved by the Utah state legislature in 2015. It wil...

Legal Weed and Lawsuits: what marijuana decriminalization means for PI attorneys

24 March, 2016

We’re at 23 states and the District of Columbia, and counting. Even in stodgy and stone-cold-sober Utah a bill legalizing some form of medical marijuana nearly passed this week. Though there are fierce political holdouts, plenty of Committees of Concerned Parents, and sufficiently roused hellf...

Legal News Roundup: March 21, 2016

22 March, 2016

Let’s take a look at this week in legal news. Obama v Congress, TBD The most significant legal news of the week seems to be President Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Now the confirmation standoff begins between the Dem...

The Strength of Filevine

16 March, 2016

The world of legal tech is saturated with “case management” options. We’ve watched over the last few years as new challengers have started up, attracted a few users, and then failed. There are dozens of companies like these – case management startups that imagined taking a pi...

Unfreezing the Caveman Lawyer: Are you tech-savvy enough for Rule 1.1?

15 March, 2016

Look: nobody wants to feel like a numbskull or a has-been. You don’t want to wake up one day and realize you’re that crotchety greybeard frowning petulantly while the kids talk about their interweb you-tubes and their twitterings. But being competent isn’t just about your feelings....

Legal News Roundup: March 14, 2016

7 March, 2016

Let’s take a look at this week in legal news. Florida lawmakers amend death penalty law Governor Rick Scott signed a Florida bill into law revamping the state’s death penalty law. The state was forced to make changes based on a January Supreme Court ruling that the state’s capital case se...