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Civil procedurein the United States. In American civil procedure, the work-product doctrine protects materials prepared in anticipation of litigation from discovery by opposing counsel. [1] It is also known as the work-product rule, the work-product immunity, the work-product exception, and the work-product privilege, though there is debate ...
An attorney's business card, 1895 Eugène Chigot, post impressionist painter, business card 1890s A business card from Richard Nixon's first Congressional campaign, in 1946 Front and back sides of a business card in Vietnam, 2008 A Oscar Friedheim card cutting and scoring machine from 1889, capable of producing up to 100,000 visiting and business cards a day
Private attorney general. A private attorney general or public interest lawyer is an informal term originating in common law jurisdictions for a private attorney who brings a lawsuit claiming it to be in the public interest, i.e., benefiting the general public and not just the plaintiff, on behalf of a citizen or group of citizens. [1] [2] The ...
Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Steve Womack (R-Ark.) expressed concern that today’s lawmakers are setting bad examples for the next generation of American leaders, in a Sunday joint interview.
Legal advertising is advertising by lawyers ( attorneys ), solicitors and law firms. [1] Legal marketing is a broader term referring to advertising and other practices, including client relations, social media, and public relations. [2] It's a type of marketing undertaken by law firms, lawyers (attorneys) and solicitors that aims to promote the ...
Corporate Credit Cards. Small Business Credit Cards. Availability. For larger, established businesses often with revenue of $1 million+. For small companies, sole proprietors, freelance workers ...
A bar association is a professional association of lawyers as generally organized in countries following the Anglo-American types of jurisprudence. [1] The word bar is derived from the old English/European custom of using a physical railing to separate the area in which court business is done from the viewing area for the general public.
Ambulance chasing, also known as barratry, is an American term which refers to a lawyer soliciting for clients at a disaster site. The term "ambulance chasing" comes from the stereotype of lawyers who follow ambulances to the emergency room to find clients. [1] ". Ambulance chaser" is used as a derogatory term for a personal injury lawyer.
Interest on Lawyers' Trust Accounts ( IOLTA) [1] is a method of raising money for charitable purposes, primarily the provision of civil legal services to indigent persons, through the use of interest earned on certain lawyer trust accounts. [2] The establishment of IOLTA in the United States followed changes to federal banking laws [3] passed ...
Making false statements (18 U.S.C. § 1001) is the common name for the United States federal process crime laid out in Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code, which generally prohibits knowingly and willfully making false or fraudulent statements, or concealing information, in "any matter within the jurisdiction" of the federal government of the United States, even by merely ...