JUUL will Pay a $40 Million Fine
Authored by: Ollie Lammers
According to LexBlog, JUUL Labs, Inc. (JUUL) and North Carolina entered into a final consent judgment. This judgment ends an almost two-year legal battle, and this is the first time a state has successfully settled a case against the company.
North Carolina’s lawsuit alleged that JUUL targeted young people with their marketing a...
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Purdue Pharma $4.5 Billion Settlement
Authored by: Ollie Lammers
According to Law.com, fifteen states have agreed to a settlement with Purdue Pharma. The settlement will need to be approved by the bankruptcy court, but if it is approved, Purdue will pay $4.5 billion over the next nine years.
The settlement money will pay for prevention, treatment, and recovery opioid programs for the states i...
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Texas Bar Amends Disciplinary Rules to Modernize Attorney Advertising Requirements
Authored By: Candace Whitman
According to an article from LexBlog, the Texas Supreme Court made the first revisions in over a decade to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The order to approve and adopt the amendments was signed on May 25th and went into effect on July 1st.
LexBlog states the...
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Advocate Cares Steps Up for the AAJ Move Challenge
Authored by: Ollie Lammers
The American Association for Justice (AAJ) had its second annual “AAJ Move Challenge.” The challenge encourages people to obtain as many steps as possible or work out to donate to a nonprofit organization. This year, AAJ encouraged participants to donate to The World Central Kitchen.
The World Central Kitchen is a nonprofit org...
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Tips for Starting a Podcast at Your Law Firm
Authored By: Candace Whitman
Podcasts have grown in popularity over the last several years, and with that popularity, law firms have begun to create their own podcasts as an additional way to market their firm to consumers.
If your firm has been considering getting into podcasting, here a few tips for planning your podcast. Annette Choti, legal digital ma...
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Zoom Tutorials – Screen Sharing
Often, when conducting zoom meetings, you may find that you need to share your screen so participants can view what you are viewing. In this blog, I will discuss the different options for screen sharing in zoom.
To share your screen, you will notice a small green box at the bottom of your screen. Click it, and you see several screen-sharing options. You c...
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Use LinkedIn to Become a Thought Leader
Authored by: Ollie Lammers
Leadership content is a way to share and market yourself as an attorney and establish yourself as an expert. Having a sizeable online base can help you market yourself and your firm as you continue to grow. According to Attorneyatwork.com’s article by Jay Harrington, here are a few ways to use LinkedIn to hone in your thought le...
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Hybrid Marketing for Law Firms
Many attorneys and law firms are trying to decide their next marketing move post-COVID-19. Instead of choosing all in-person or online marketing, consider creating a hybrid schedule for you and your law firm.
According to Sally J. Schmidt’s Attorneyatwork.com article, here are a few ways you can create a hybrid marketing schedule for your firm.
Creating O...
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We’re Headed to Vegas for the AAJ Conference!
Are you attending the American Association for Justice 2021 Annual Convention next week? Donna Jones, Senior Vice President, Rebecca Stottlemyer, Executive Client Manager, and Susan Greene, Executive Client Manager, will be heading to Las Vegas, NV next week to attend the conference on July 12-15 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
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Law Firm Management Changes Post-COVID, with John Fisher
Mike recently hosted John Fisher, Owner and Founder of John H. Fisher, PC, for a live webinar, The New Way to Do Business for Plaintiff Lawyers…in the Post Covid-19 Era.
In this webinar, Attorney Fisher draws from his years of experience to discuss how law firms are changing in the post-COVID era, and how technology can be used to boost productivity and l...
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