Legal Notice Ads Alternative Sought by City
12/1/2010 Instead of spending tens of thousands of dollars annually in broadsheet advertisements, the city of Chattanooga wanted to advertise its meetings and legal notices on its own website. Richard Beeland, spokesman for Chattanooga Mayor Ron Littlefield, said, “It doesn’t make sense why people couldn’t search our own website.” Local governments are obliged to put […]
LawPivot can Potentially Upset the Legal Field
12/1/2010 A new online service promises to make the process of searching for attorneys and legal advice expeditious. However, it also has the potential to disrupt the entire profession’s basic practices. Change has always been resisted by the legal industry. In San Francisco, however, a startup is developing an online quora for legal questions, which […]
Help for Struggling Homeowners Sought from State Senate GOPs
12/1/2010 A letter was sent Wednesday to the State Senate President, Bill Harris, R-Ashland, from State Representatives Denise Driehaus, D-Cincinnati, and Mike Foley, D-Cleveland. In the letter, the State Representatives urged the Republican-controlled Senate to take action on the three bills passed in the House, which provide relief from mortgage foreclosure. The letter from Driehaus […]
FCC Warned by Congressman Over Meeting Agenda
12/1/2010 FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski received a thinly-veiled warning from a Florida Republican congressman, Cliff Stearns. This developed after a report about the agency chief putting net neutrality on the agenda in its next week’s open meeting when Congress is in recess. Congressman Stearns, in a statement, said, “Since the December meeting agenda will be […]
Voice of the Defense Bar Names First Vice President
12/1/2010 The international organization of defense attorneys and corporate counsel, Voice of the Defense Bar, or DRI, recently elected Mary Massaron Ross as the organization’s First Vice President. The DRI’s advocacy for the defense bar, as well as its being a thought-leader, is internationally recognized and far-reaching. Its 22,500 members, as well as their clients, […]
New Web Site of Allegient Systems Unveiled
12/1/2010 The new website of Allegient Systems, which introduced the company’s new look and message was recently unveiled. The company, which provide claims spend management solutions and services for over twenty years , announced the launch of the website that highlighted its message of setting the industry standard when it comes to claims vendor expense […]
Utah Courts Flooded by Foreclosure Mess Lawsuits
12/1/2010 The courts in Utah are inundated by dozens of lawsuits claiming irregularities in the home-foreclosure process by banks and other companies. More than a hundred lawsuits are pending in federal and state courts as homeowners, represented by their lawyers, allege that the foreclosures are in direct contravention of a number of Utah and federal […]
Am Law 200 Law Firms Added to the Growing List of Clients of Biscom
12/1/2010 The leading provider of secure and managed file transfer, Biscom, has announced that more Am Law 200 law firms are signing up with their service. The company revealed that the law firms of McKenna Long & Aldridge, Riemer Braunstein, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Arnstein & Lehr, Duane Morris, Outten & Golden, and Zuckerman […]