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WASHINGTON – The Judicial Conference is proposing the first set of revised bankruptcy forms for individual filers in more than two decades.
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Read More »Store hit with $716.5M verdict for selling alcohol to teen
A small firm attorney has won a massive $716.5 million verdict against a convenience store for selling alcohol to a teenager who plowed into another vehicle, killing its occupant.
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Read More »The ethics of ‘ghostwriting’ for pro se litigants
Massachusetts recently joined other states in allowing lawyers to undertake what's known as "limited assistance representations." This highlights the issue of lawyers "ghostwriting" for purportedly pro se litigants - and there is a major mismatch between bars' and courts' attitudes on this issue, according to Lawyers USA Columnist Thomas Spahn.
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Read More »Do-it-yourself divorcers get online aid
Courts around the country seek to help unrepresented litigants
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Read More »Negotiating with the pro se litigant
It’s a common problem that can put attorneys on slippery ethical ground: How do you negotiate with the pro se adversary? The situation is akin to being a 200-pound high school football player challenged to a brawl by a 120-pound ...
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