Sunday, November 14

Attorney facts

Contract attorney,

for car accidents,
A contract attorney works on legal cases on a contract basis. Such work is generally of a temporary nature, often with no guaranteed employment term.
A contract attorney is
An attorney temporarily hired by the law office for a specific job or period. When the job or period is finished, the relationship is over.
—Brent D. Rope,.....

Alcohol exclusion laws,

cts,
Alcohol exclusion laws permit insurance companies to deny claims associated with the consumption of alcohol. They were passed in the 1940s in the United States to discourage people from drinking alcoholic beverages and to save insurance companies money from alcohol-related claims. It was believed that people would be less likely to drive while impaired or intoxicated if insurance companies could deny medical payments or other claims associated with any injuries associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Thirty-six states currently allow alcohol exclusions in health care insurance policies via either explicit exclusions or implicit exclusions determines by legal precedence. A growing number of states are overturning their alcohol exclusion laws, currently Fourteen States plus the District of Columbia prohibit insur,........

Auto insurance,

cts,
Vehicle insurance (also known as auto insurance, car insurance, or motor insurance) is insurance purchased for cars, trucks, and other vehicles. Its primary use is to provide protection against losses incurred as a result of traffic accidents and against liability that could be incurred in an accident.

Public policy

In many jurisdictions it is compulsory to have vehicle insurance before using or keeping a motor vehicle on public roads. Most jurisdi,.....


Auto insurance risk selection,

facts,
Auto insurance risk selection is the process by which vehicle insurers determine whether or not to insure an individual and what insurance premium to charge. Depending on the jurisdiction, the insurance premium can be either mandated by the government or determined by the insurance company in accordance to a framework of regulations set by the government. Often, the insurer will have more freedom to set the price on physical damage coverages than on mandatory liability coverages.
When the premium is not mandated by the government, it is usually derived from the calculations of an actu,........

Avocats Sans Frontières,




Avocats Sans Frontières
Avocats Sans Frontières logo
TypeNon-profit
NGO
Founded1992
LocationBrussels, Belgium
Key peopleFrancesca Boniotti, Executive Director
Hafida Talhaoui, President of the Board of Directors
Area servedJustice
FocusHuman rights
MethodField interventions, providing access to justice, legal aid and legal assistance
Employeesmore than 130 full time staff world-wide
MottoJustice for a fairer world.
Websitewww.asf.be
Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF), also known as Advocaten Zonder Grenzen (AdZG) is an international non-governmental organization contributing to the creation of fair and equitable societies, in which the law and its institutions serve the most vulnerable groups and individuals. ASF aims to realize this objective through field interventions in the areas of access to justice, legal aid and legal assistance before both national and international jurisdictions such as the International Criminal Court.
ASF has field offices in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor, Rwanda and Uganda and projects in Israel, the Palestinian Territories and Nepal. The organization also works on thema












Attorney fees,

iscount,
Attorney fees (note that the use of the word 'attorney' connotes lawyers broadly: solicitors and barristers) are the costs of legal representation that an attorney's client or a party to a lawsuit incurs. Attorney's fees are assessed in a number of ways, usually set by contract in advance of the representation, including by billable hours, flat fees, or contingent fees. Attorneys who voluntarily accept work on behalf of indigent clients often work pro bono.
An upfront fee paid to a lawyer is called a retainer. Money within the retainer is often used to "buy" a certain amount of work. Some contracts provide that when the money from the retain,.........


Extended coverage,

Extended coverage is a term used in the property insurance business. All insurance policies have exclusions - specific causes of loss (also called "perils") that are not covered by the insurance company. An Extended coverage endorsement(EC) was a common extension of property insurance beyond coverage for fire and lightning. Extended coverage added insurance against loss by the perils of windstorm, hail, explosion, civil commotion, riot and rio,......


Family purpose doctrine,

In law, the family purpose doctrine is a rule that holds the owner of an automobile liable for damages to others while a member of the family is driving the vehicle, regardless of whether or not the owner gave permission. The underlying theory is that the vehicle is owned for family purposes.
In the US, this is primarily a state-level rule with considerable variation in its,........






California voters split on greenhouse gas law,

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Most Californians say global warming is a serious issue but are split on an upcoming ballot measure about the state's pioneering climate law, a poll indicates.

California's sweeping global warming law requires greenhouse gas emissions by power plants, factories and vehicles be slashed to 1990 levels by the end of the decade, but Proposition 23 on the November ballot would suspend the 2006 law until the state's unemployment rate drops to 5.5 percent for an entire year, USA Today reported.

The state's unemployment is currently more,......

Human rights, 

Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled". Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human. Human rights are thus conceived in a universalist and egalitarian fashion. Such entitlements can exist as shared norms of actual human moralities, as justified moral norms or natural rights supported by strong reasons, or as legal rights either at a national level or within international law. However, there is no consensus as to the precise nature of what in particular should or should not be regarded as a human right in any of the preceding senses, and the abstract concept of human rights has been a subject of intense philosophical debate and criticism.
The modern conception of human rights develope,....


How get Legal aid in the United States,


Legal aid in the United States appeared as early as the 1870s, but for the most part, the US legal aid system remained piecemeal and underfunded until well into the 20th century.

History





legal clinic office suite at Suffolk University Law School
In the early 1960s a new model for legal services emerged. Foundatio,.......
Information 
and Enforcement
System is a 
system used, in the 
United 
States, by,.....



Lawyer,

Lawyer profile,



Lawyer
Honoré Daumier 018.jpg
19th century painting of lawyers,
by French artist Honoré Daumier
Occupation
NamesAttorney, counselor (counsel), solicitor, barrister, advocate
TypeProfession
Activity sectorsLaw, business
Description
CompetenciesAnalytical skills
Critical thinking skills
Knowledge of the law
Proficiency in legal researchand legal writing
Education requiredsee Professional requirements
Fields of employmentCourtsgovernmentprivate sectorNGOslegal aid
Related jobsJudgeProsecutorLaw clerk,Law professor
Average salarysee Earnings and compensation

The lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political and social authority, and deliver justice. Working as a lawyer involves the practical application of abstract legal theories and knowledge to solve specific individualized problems, or to advance the interests of those who retain (i.e., hire) lawyers to perform legal services.
The role of the lawyer varies significantly across legal jurisdictions, and so it can be treated here in only the most general terms. 


Terminology

In practice, legal jurisdictions exercise their right to determine who is recognized as being a lawyer; as a result, the meaning of the term "lawyer" may vary from place to place.
In Australia the word "lawyer" is used to refer to both barristers and solicitors (whether in private practice or practising as corporate in-house counsel).
In Canada, the word "lawyer" only refers to individuals who have been called to the bar or have qualified as civil law notaries in the province of Quebec. Common law lawyers in Canada may also be known as "barristers and solicitors", but should not be referred to as "attorneys", since that term has a different meaning in Canadian usage. However, in Quebec, civil law advocates (or avocats in French) often call themselves "attorney" and sometimes "barrister and solicitor".
In England and Wales, "lawyer" is used loosely to refer to a broad variety of law-trained persons. It includes practitioners such as barristers, solicito,........


Legal advice,



In the common law, legal advice is the giving of a formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law by an officer of the court (such as solicitor or barrister), ordinarily in exchange for financial or other tangible compensation. Advice given without remuneration is normally referred to as being pro bono publico (in the public good), or colloquially, pro bono.
Legal advice is distinguished from legal information which is the reiteration of legal fact. Legal information can be conveyed by a parking meter, sign or by other forms of notice such as a warning by a law enforcement officer. Printed legal materials, such as directions and how-to manuals, are generally not considered legal advice. Accordingly, directions on how to fill in a motion form and other court documents do not constitute legal advice. On the other hand, application of legal rules and principles to a specific set of facts is almost always held to constit,.........

Legal clinic,

Legal clinic facts,
A legal clinic (also law clinic or law school clinic) is a law school program providing hands-on-legal experience to law school students and services to various clients. Clinics are usually directed by clinical professors. Legal clinics typically do pro bono work in a particular area, providing free legal services to clients.
Students typically provide assistance with research, drafting legal arguments, and meeting with clients. In many cases, one of the clinic's professors will show up for oral argument before the Court. However, many jurisdictions have "student practice" rules that allow law-clinic students to appear and argue in court.
Types of activity

The clinics may include variet,.........

No-fault insurance,

In its broadest sense, "no-fault insurance" is a term used to describe any type of insurance contract under which insureds are indemnified for losses by their own insurance company, regardless of fault in the incident generating losses. In this sense, it is no different from first-party coverage. However, the term no-fault is most commonly used in the context of state/provincial automobile insurance laws in the United States, Canada, and Australia, in which a policyholder (and his/her passengers) are not only reimbursed by the policyholder’s own insurance company without proof of fault, but also restricted in the right to seek recovery through the civil-justice system for losses caus,.....

Public auto insurance,

The Public auto insurance is a government owned and operated system of automobile insurance operated in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec. According to studies by the Consumers' Association of Canada, rates charged for auto insurance in these four provinces are lower than in provinces that use a private auto insurance system. In Quebec public auto insurance is limited to coverage of personal injuries while damage to property is covered by private insurers. Saskatchewan has the oldest public auto insurance system with Saskatchewan Government Insurance being founded in 1945. Manitoba Public Insurance was created in 1971 followed by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia in 1973 and the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec in 1977.
Other provinces have considered introducing a public auto insurance system. The Ontario New Democratic Party won the 1990 provin,........


public defender,

A public defender is a licensed attorney, assigned to represent people who are charged with a crime and who desire legal representation but who cannot afford to hire a privately retained attorney.
Different jurisdictions use different approaches to providing legal counsel for criminal defendants too poor to hire a private attorney. Under the federal system and most common among the states is through a publicly funde,....

Robert W. Wood (attorney),


Robert W. Wood (born July 5, 1955 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a San Francisco tax attorney. He is notable as the published author of many books and articles related to tax law. He practices tax law at Wood & Porter.
Wood is often rated as one of the nation’s premier experts in tax law, especially as it pertains to the taxation of damage awards. He was called “he preeminent authority for tax practitioners”by Tax Notes and a “nationally renowned expert on the taxation of legal awards” by the United States Tax Court.

Wood received his bachelor’s degree in 1976 from Humboldt State University and his law degree in 1979 from University of Chicago. In 1981-82 he was an instructor at UC Hastings.



Rule of law,

implementation
The rule of law is a legal maxim according to which no one is immune to the law.
While the rule of law has been described as "an exceedingly elusive notion" giving rise to a "rampant divergence of understandings", a dichotomy can be identified between two principal conceptions of the rule of law: a formalist or "thin" and a substantive or "thick" definition of the rule of law. Formalist definitions of the rule of law do not make a judgement about the "justness" of law itself, but define specific procedural attributes that a legal framework must have in order to be in compliance with the rule of law. Substantive conceptions of the rule of law go beyond this and include certain substantive rights that are said to be based on, or deriv,....

Usage based insurance,

facts

Usage based insurance, also known as pay as you drive (or PAYD) is a type of automobile insurance whereby the costs of motor insurance are dependent upon type of vehicle used, measured against Time, Distance and Place.

This differs from traditio,..........



A vehicle breakdown is the operational failure of a motor vehicle in such a way that the underlying problem prevents the vehicle from being operated at all, or impedes the vehicle's operation so much, that it is very difficult or nearly impossible, or dangerous to operate, or else at risk of causing further damage to the vehicle. Vehicle breakdowns can occur for a large number of reasons. Depending 
 An Overheated Vauxhall Carlton stopped 
on Tottenham Court Road, London


Omnibus clause,

An omnibus clause is a clause that provides or includes all residuary not specifically mentioned.



On the Set of Law & Order: Los Angeles,

Law & Order: Los Angeles,
While visiting the new Law & Order: Los Angeles set, Christopher Misiano (Executive Producer) and René Balcer (Executive Producer) gave Allie Is Wired a wonderful view of what this new series is about and how viewers will feel at home with each and every episode.

Even if you don’t live in the City of Angels, the realness that the cast and directors will bring to you, will keep you coming back for more.


The cast includes: Skeet Ulrich (Detective Rex Winters), Rachel Ticotin (Lieutenant Arleen Gonzales),Corey Stoll (Detective Tomas “T.J.” Jaruszalski), Alfred Molina (Deputy DA Ricardo Morales), Regina Hall (Deputy DA Evelyn Price), Terrence Howard (Deputy DA Jonah “Joe” Dekker), Peter Coyote (District Attorney Hardin) and Megan Boone (Deputy DA Lauren Stanton)

Executive Producer Christopher Misiano expresses that the original Law & Order “the mother ship” will be strongly felt within each episode. But, you will definitely see the upbeat pace the new cast has set.

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