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Vucetovic, plaintiffs-appellants v. Epsom Downs Inc., defendant-respondent
City Property Owners Not Liable to Pedestrians Hurt After Tripping on Tree Wells in Front of PropertyDaily Decision Service Alert: Vol. 18, No. 249 ? December 30, 2009
Daily decision alert.Percentage of Minority Lawyers at Austin Firms Increases -- Slightly
The percentage of minority lawyers hired by Austin, Texas' 26 largest law firms edged up this year, but the numbers still are too low, two minority attorney groups say. Of the 1,211 lawyers employed by the 26 firms, 119 -- or 9.8 percent -- are African-American, Hispanic, Asian or Native American, according to a "report card" issued July 16 by the Austin Black Lawyers Association and the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin.Hospitals Fear Privacy Claims Over Medical Records
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is raising new legal fears for health care providers concerning privacy suits. Labor and employment attorneys are concerned that courts have begun to let plaintiffs use HIPAA standards to prove liability in privacy suits, even though the law doesn't currently provide a private right of action. And a new federal crackdown on HIPAA violators is also causing concerns for health care providers.Immigration Bar Weighs Bush Proposal
Immigration lawyers across the country got a first taste of what's sure to be a surge of interest from potential clients Wednesday following President Bush's call to ease restrictions on undocumented foreign workers. The proposal would provide temporary legal status to an estimated 8 million people in the United States. Attorneys are now busy analyzing the few details available and trying to gauge the plan's effect on the relatively small immigration bar.Claimed 'Illegal Purpose' Dooms Enforcement of Pact Between Lawyer and Investigator
An attorney who allegedly hired an investigator to locate and solicit accident victims, then failed to pay the investigator's finder's fee, has successfully moved to dismiss the investigator's suit for non-payment on the grounds of illegality. In dismissing the suit, a New York appellate panel said the agreement between an attorney and a nonlawyer to split fees was illegal, and held that "a party to an illegal contract cannot ask a court of law to help him carry out his illegal object."Creating a Culture of Compliance
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