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Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

Asian Legal Revivals: Lawyers in the Shadow of Empire (Chicago Series in Law and Society)

More than a decade ago, before globalization became a buzzword, Yves Dezalay and Bryant G. Garth established themselves as leading analysts of how that process has shaped the legal profession. Drawing upon the insights of Pierre Bourdieu, Asian Legal Revivals explores the increasing importance of the positions of the law and lawyers in South and Southeast Asia.             Dezalay and Garth argue that the current situation in many Asian countries can only be fully understood by looki

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National Road Show Reveals Australian Law Firms Eager to Leverage Efficiency Savings Enabled by BigHand 4.2 Digital Dictation in Competitive Legal Climate

National Road Show Reveals Australian Law Firms Eager to Leverage Efficiency Savings Enabled by BigHand 4.2 Digital Dictation in Competitive Legal Climate

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Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) December 13, 2011

BigHand, the market leading voice productivity software vendor in the global legal & professional services industry, has seen its most innovative and powerful new version BigHand 4.2 immediately adopted by law firms following its introduction to the Australian legal market at the recent national road show series entitled ‘The BigLeap’. The new features and enhancements have been developed in consultation with legal customers through a series of user groups, in order to improve secretarial efficiency and increase the usability of speech recognition for law firms. BigHand 4.2 is a significant step forward in making speech recognition accessible to all types of authors and for a much broader range of work.

Pam Grumetza, Senior Business Systems Analyst, Crown Law comments:

“Prior to attending the BigHand Road show, Crown Law Queensland was already in the process of upgrading to Bighand v4.1 with a special interest in mobility and speech recognition. After seeing the demonstration of the latest release we were so impressed with the additional features, especially the formatting functionality using speech recognition, we made a decision to upgrade straight to v4.2.”

BigHand 4.2 encourages firms to consider the business case for integrating smartphone usage and speech recognition software into their BigHand platform as a way of expediting document creation, lowering document production costs and freeing up secretaries to add greater value away from transcription. With the growing challenge of managing overhead costs and profit margins, firms are looking for ways to increase their efficiency and effectiveness in order to stay ahead of the competition.

Russell Seenan, IT Manager at Barry.Nillson noticed the competition moving away from other platforms to BigHand:

“The firm needed to find a replacement to its current digital dictation system, which was old and restrictive in the devices that we could use. During our research, we noticed a number firms switching from other platforms to BigHand. We were impressed with BigHand’s latest version, and after speaking to some of their existing clients it became clear that their product, support and professionalism was second-to-none.”

Top tier law firm Shine Lawyers have also chosen to upgrade to BigHand 4.2. Jeremy Collins, IT Manager comments:

“Shine Lawyers is upgrading to the latest version of BigHand to take advantage of the latest mobile integration, enabling us to leverage our existing smartphone fleet to introduce dictation services via a single mobile device. We are also looking forward to being able to better manage our Word Processing pool through the enhanced reporting modules.”

Sean Stephens, Sales Director, Asia-Pacific, BigHand comments, ‘’BigHand v4.2 is one of the most exciting and feature rich releases we have seen, especially around the area of speech recognition. The enhancements included come from extensive consultation with users through a series of customer focus groups. Our proofreading additions bring some of the most effective and efficient tools to the document assembly process, further improving secretarial efficiency and document turnaround times.’’

About BigHand

The BigHand Group supports over 142,000 professionals globally, across 1,300 organisations, and is based out of London, Chicago, Sydney and Toronto. BigHand is a Microsoft Gold Partner and Elite BlackBerry ISV Partner, and was voted winner of the Australasian Legal Business Magazine’s Dictation & Transcription ‘Service Provider of the Year 2010’ and ‘Dictation System of the Year’ at the 7th Annual Law Technology News (LTN) Awards 2009. Further info is available at http://www.bighand.com.au

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Celso Portiolli recebe coreógrafo e dançarina (Dandan) do cantor Latino, para a 1ª Eliminatória da promoção “Dança Kuduro” 04/09/2011

Conan O’Brien may have been “legally prohibited from being funny on television,” but thanks to TBS he’ll be back on the air very soon. Conan and Andy Richter stop by Google’s Mountain View, CA headquarters for a morning of hilarity. This event took place on May 5, 2010. Conan Christopher O’Brien is an American television host and comedian. He served as host of Late Night with Conan O’Brien from 1993 to 2009, followed by The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien from 2009 to 2010. Prior to his hosting career, O’Brien was a writer for Saturday Night Live and the animated series The Simpsons. www.youtube.com teamcoco.com

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Distinctly Oklahoma Magazine Recognizes Hunsucker Legal Group

Distinctly Oklahoma Magazine Recognizes Hunsucker Legal Group

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (PRWEB) October 08, 2011

Oklahoma DUI Attorney John Hunsucker is featured in the October 2011 issue of Distinctly Oklahoma as one of Oklahoma City Metro’s Top Lawyers for 2011. These top lawyers were rated by other Judges and lawyers and chosen for their highest level of ethical standards and legal ability.

“The Hunsucker Legal Group strives to deliver the highest level of legal ability to every client that chooses us to be their guardian through the legal system” says John Hunsucker, Managing Partner. “We have spent many hours and countless dollars on training at the local and national level to ensure that when we walk into the courtroom, we know more about the science of DUI than the prosecutor, the Judge, and the police officer.” Due to this high level of training, John is called upon frequently to teach other lawyers, regionally and nationally, the science of DUI defense. John and his attorneys handle in excess of 200 DUI cases a year and have a successful track record.

John is a certified Instructor in the administration of the Field Sobriety Testing and is Drug Recognition Evaluation trained. John owns and is a certified operator of Oklahoma City’s only privately owned Intoxilyzer 8000 (one of only 10 in defense attorney’s hands in the country).

     Nationally recognized for his DUI knowledge and successful DUI defense tactics, John has appeared as a legal expert on local and national TV, newspaper and radio including TruTV’s “In Session with Lisa Bloom” and “Open Court with Ashleigh Banfield”. Additionally, John has taught DUI Defense locally, nationally and in Canada to other attorneys and judges,

    Co-author of Oklahoma DUI Defense, The Law and Practice, The Oklahoma DUI Survival Guide, 2ed as well as 9 other books on DUI defense, John has more DUI Defense materials published than any other attorney in Oklahoma. John has also testified twice before the Oklahoma State House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Safety on DUI issues.

    John is a Director of the Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, a Fellow with the Litigation Council of America, and the State Delegate ( one of fifty) and Member of the National College for DUI Defense.

For more information, visit Oklahoma DUI Lawyer, or

John Hunsucker

Hunsucker Legal Group

One North Hudson Ave, Ste 700

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

405-231-5600

1-888-DUI-ARREST

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The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. Adds New Staff Member

The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. Adds New Staff Member

Plainfield, NJ (PRWEB) January 9, 2007

The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. will be expanding its staff, Founder Aretha Gaskin announced today. Melanie Gaskin, an administrative professional with wide corporate experience joined the company on January 8, 2007. Aretha Gaskin and Melanie Gaskin are sisters.

The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. will now offer a combined level of law firm and executive administrative expertise that will rival much larger firms. “I’m thrilled to partner with Melanie in giving even more service to our clients,” said Aretha Gaskin. “Melanie brings a wealth of corporate expertise that will enable us to widen our scope, we anticipate a very productive 2007.”

A retainer agreement with The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. offers attorneys (and non-legal professionals) access to full administrative services, including document production, bookkeeping, meeting management and more, without the need for staff hiring and brick-and-mortar expenses. In addition, The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. is well-equipped with the very latest in today’s technology. “I believe we can be an essential tool for today’s lawyer,” says Aretha Gaskin. “We provide a way for the legal (or non-legal) professional to run his or her office from anywhere at any time, coordinated by two committed and fully experienced professionals.”

The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc. can always be reached for consultation and discussion of services.

For more information please contact:

Aretha Gaskin

The Virtual Legal Assistant, Inc.

P.O. Box 2844

Plainfield, NJ 07062

Tel: 908-757-3300

Fax: 908-372-2573

http://www.tvlai.com

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Legal Advantage Provides Coverage Against Home Closings that Fall Through or Are Delayed

Legal Advantage Provides Coverage Against Home Closings that Fall Through or Are Delayed

Wellesley Hills, MA (PRWEB) September 07, 2011

Legal Advantage Real Estate, an Attorney-owned and operated Real Estate Services Company, today announces the first-of-its kind plan in the United States to protect home buyers and sellers against closings that fall through or are delayed.

A Real Estate Closing being delayed or falling through is every buyer or sellers nightmare, and rightfully so. Lost jobs, shaky financing, jittery sellers, and lenders unable or unwilling to close the loan are making delayed and canceled home sales more and more common.

During these turbulent times, Lenders are unable to close loans at the last minute because of lack of funds, last-minute underwriting conditions or simply because they just close up shop, leaving the Buyers and Sellers stuck and vulnerable to lawsuits and financial costs.

According to MortgageDaily.com, more than 225 mortgage lenders failed during the last year, along with a 400% increase in bank failures. These loans could not close and the Buyer and Seller were left in deep trouble.

When a Lender cannot close as promised, the Buyer may be liable to the Seller for their deposit. Legal Advantage will Protect them. When the Buyer needs a place to live in the meantime and incurs additional moving costs, Legal Advantage will Protect them. When a Seller changes their mind and won’t sell and the Buyer needs legal assistance, Legal Advantage will Protect them. Simply put, when the deal falls through, because of the lender, the realtor, the buyer or the seller…. Legal Advantage will protect the damaged party.

“Many Sellers and Buyers are anxious until the Closing is completed, they are fearful that something will cause the deal to fall thru. Not only do they lose their dream home or money they were expecting, but now they have the added financial costs – legal fees, moving expenses, lodging and bridge financing. Deals collapse and they are delayed….all the time…rarely does a week go by when my clients are not impacted by a closing problem that exposes them to real financial risk or hardship.”, said Howard S. Gold, president and founder of Legal Advantage Real Estate and a practicing Real Estate Attorney and licensed Real Estate Agent.

According to Jeffrey Simon, Owner of Sales Approach Real Estate, closings get delayed or fall through for no reason and every reason, and “having this product available to my clients is essential to giving them peace-of-mind during the stressful period before a home closing. The Home Closing Protection Plan is just what the doctor ordered.”

Legal Advantage Real Estate’s Home Closing Protection plan offers peace-of-mind to Sellers and Buyers.

Home Buyers or Sellers (or thru their Realtors, Escrow Agents, Attorneys or Lenders) can purchase protection immediately for $ 189.00 by visiting homeclosingprotectionplan.com

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doeLEGAL Partners with Duff & Phelps to Enhance Legal Enterprise Collaboration and Spend Management Solutions for Corporate Legal Departments

doeLEGAL Partners with Duff & Phelps to Enhance Legal Enterprise Collaboration and Spend Management Solutions for Corporate Legal Departments

Wilmington, DE (PRWEB) April 12, 2011

doeLEGAL, LLC., a cutting-edge provider of legal spend management and electronic invoicing solutions for the corporate legal marketplace, today announced a preferred partnership with financial advisory and investment banking firm Duff & Phelps to help implement doeLEGAL’s legal spend management solution, ASCENT, at corporate legal departments in the US and internationally.

The partnership intends to join Duff & Phelps’ deep and broad experience in legal management consulting with doeLEGAL’s next generation legal spend management technology to better assist law departments that use the ASCENT solution. The combined competencies of doeLEGAL and Duff & Phelps will provide access to best-in-class law department consulting services, as well as next generation legal spend management and legal enterprise collaboration technology. Duff & Phelps services include strategic planning, process improvement, software implementation services and other offerings that complement doeLEGAL’s suite of products and services.

“We strongly believe that there are law departments that require the expertise that Duff & Phelps’ can deliver in order to make full use of our technology,” said Jeff Hodge, executive director, corporate for doeLEGAL. “This partnership provides best-in-class change management and implementation services that can only be delivered by strong, experienced consultants who are independent and who work with us to optimize implementations for our clients. doeLEGAL has a strong preference for working with the best and brightest and Duff & Phelps consultants have proven time and again, as we have at doeLEGAL, to exceed their client’s expectations”

While not all legal spend management and legal enterprise collaboration clients will choose to engage with consultants as part of their projects, industry experience has proven that the most successful legal department projects have benefited from a vendor’s partnering with consultant expertise.

“Duff & Phelps looks forward to working closely with our colleagues at doeLEGAL to develop and implement the most effective and customized solutions for our clients,” said Louann Barnett, a managing director at Duff & Phelps. “We are very pleased to have been selected as doeLEGAL’s preferred implementation and change management partner, as there is tremendous synergy between our technology skills and commitment to service.”

For more information, please contact doeLEGAL at 302-798-7500 or e-mail info(at)doelegal(dot)com.

About doeLEGAL

doeLEGAL is a cutting edge provider and innovator of cloud-based legal enterprise collaboration solutions for the legal industry. Our suite of end-to-end collaborative software and services for corporate legal departments and law firms includes electronic invoice processing, legal spend and matter management, litigation support and electronic discovery. doeLEGAL serves small, medium and large Global Fortune 500 corporate legal departments as well as law firms in more than 35 countries. Established over four decades ago, doeLEGAL has built an impeccable reputation and takes pride in providing state-of-the-art technology offered at an excellent price point to clients who value and depend on exceptional service. Visit doeLEGAL at http://www.doeLEGAL.com.

About Duff & Phelps

As a leading global provider of financial advisory and investment banking services, Duff & Phelps balances analytical skills, deep market insight and independence to help clients make sound decisions. The firm provides expertise in the areas of valuation, transactions, financial restructuring, alternative assets, disputes and taxation, with more than 1,000 employees serving clients from offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Investment banking services in the United States are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC. Investment banking services in the United Kingdom and Germany are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities Ltd. Duff & Phelps Securities Ltd. is authorized and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Investment banking services in France are provided by Duff & Phelps SAS. For more information, visit http://www.duffandphelps.com. (NYSE: DUF)

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Legal Zoom National Survey Shows Increasing Number of Americans with Living Wills, But Three out of Four Remain Unprotected

Legal Zoom National Survey Shows Increasing Number of Americans with Living Wills, But Three out of Four Remain Unprotected

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 14, 2007

LegalZoom.com, the nation’s number one online legal document preparation service, today announced the results of its third national survey on Living Wills, a legal document that allows individuals to decide whether or not to be kept on life support if one is permanently unconscious or in a coma. Conducted by InsightExpress, the survey on Living Wills sampled 1000 adults 18+ (margin of error +/- 3.09 percent) nationwide.

According to the Legal Zoom 2007 survey results, 25.2 percent of respondents had prepared a Living Will, up from 22.1 percent in 2005 and 20.7 percent in 2004.

The 2007 Legal Zoom survey also showed an increase in the number of people who noted the importance of preparing a Living Will: 46.1 percent in 2007 compared to 42.3 percent in 2005. Likewise, those that indicated that having a Living Will was “not important at all” declined from 23.7 percent in 2005 to 21.4 percent in 2007. There was also a 27 percent decrease in the number of people who “never even thought about creating a Living Will”: 32.8 percent this year versus 45.2 percent in 2005.

“It’s great that more Americans are making Living Wills and that more people are aware of the importance of this legal document,” noted attorney Robert Shapiro, co-founder of LegalZoom.com. “The value of preparing a Living Will cannot be overstated, particularly in preventing family and legal disputes if a patient cannot convey his or her wishes regarding life support. Unfortunately, three out of four Americans still haven’t prepared a Living Will.”

Among respondents who considered making a Living Will but still haven’t, the main reasons for their lack of action were “don’t have the time” (13.1 percent), “price” (12 percent) and “trust their spouse with their medical decisions” (17.5 percent).

When asked what prompted respondents to consider preparing a Living Will, more than one out of every five (19.6 percent) cited their own illnesses or an ill friend or family member as the main factor in their decision.

“Many people don’t think about these issues until it’s too late,” noted Brian Liu, Chairman of LegalZoom.com. “The truth of the matter is that medical emergencies can happen at any time, without notice. These days, preparing a Living Will can be inexpensive and relatively uncomplicated, and it allows people to have the peace of mind of knowing that their wishes will be carried out.”

For more information about Living Wills, please go to: http://www.legalzoom.com/

About LegalZoom.com

Legal Zoom is the nation’s number one online legal document service. Co-founded by attorney Robert Shapiro in 2001, LegalZoom.com (http://www.legalzoom.com) lets consumers and small-business owners take care of common legal matters online without a costly attorney. Legal document and filing services available through LegalZoom include: Wills, Living Wills, Incorporation, LLC Formation, Living Trusts, Power of Attorney, Divorce, Small Claims, Trademarks, Copyrights and more. LegalZoom.com is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or counsel.

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