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Paralegals ask to be Bar licensed and regulatedBy Gary BlankenshipSenior Editor As part of the required three-year review of the Bar’s voluntary Florida Registered Paralegal program, the Bar is looking into the request by some paralegals that they be licensed and regulated by the Bar or the Supreme Court. The Bar Board of Governors, at its July 23 meeting, approved a recommendation from the Program Evaluation Committee to set up a nine-member committee to examine regulating paralegals. “That program [FRP] i. . . ...

Lawyers will be responsible for redacting confidential information in court filingsBy Gary BlankenshipSenior Editor Quick now, do you know what the “Notice of Confidential Information within Court Filings” is? That form, part of Rule 2.420 of the Rules of Judicial Administration, must accompany any court filing as of October 1 that includes confidential information. The form lists 19 specific items that should be confidential in court records, from Social Security and bank account numbers to juvenile delinq. . . ...

Commonly Asked Questions About Trust AccountsPrepared by the Ethics Department of The Florida Bar______________________________________________________________________________ Q. I have recently opened an IOTA trust account and have been informed by the bank that there will be fees for checks and other fees associated with maintaining the account. The bank has declined to provide these services for free and has asked for a transfer from my operating account to cover these expenses. I am concerned about co. . . ...

Rainy Day Dollars Used to Alleviate Foreclosure BacklogsChief judges use one-time allocations to move casesBy Jan PudlowSenior Editor A one-time boost of $6 million to trial courts and $3.6 million to court clerks is buying desperately needed resources to dig courts out of Florida’s foreclosure backlog crisis. Beginning July 1, that total $9.6 million in nonrecurring dollars from the Legislature has been put to work in each of Florida’s 20 circuits. Amounts range from $862,053 for the 11th Circuit, grappl. . . ...

Parks named president-elect of the NBA The National Bar Association, the nation’s oldest and largest association of African American lawyers and judges, has elected Daryl Parks as its president-elect. Parks, who currently serves as managing partner of Parks and Crump in Tallahassee, was elected in August during the NBA’s Annual Convention and Exhibits in New Orleans. The convention commemorated the 85th anniversary of the organization, which has thrived as the leading voice for African American lawyers and. . . ...

He wrote the law he uses to prosecute domestic batterersBy Jan PudlowSenior Editor Attempted strangling, even when the victim blacks out, was no different than a poke in the chest. That flaw in the law bothered Stacy Sharp when he was a deputy for eight years with the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office, where he authored the agency’s domestic violence policy and field training program. So in 2004 he asked his boss, Sheriff Richard Nugent, if he could work on legislation to fix the statute and help write prop. . . ...

Walking down the drink aisle of the supermarket can be a daunting experience as the number of options seem to increase every day. One drink you won't see on the shelf .... Purple Drank (no, that is not a typo)... Laura Strachan

With fall quickly approaching, taking a leisurely stroll to watch the changing colors and enjoy the weather is something many city dwellers look forward to. If you live in Detroit, Atlanta, or Los Angeles, you may want to re-think walking... Laura Strachan

The Department of Justice might say that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is about as easy to negotiate as an Arizona cactus. Discussions over evidence in an on-going civil rights probe of the sheriff's office have been prickly in the past, but... Tanya Roth

Walking down the drink aisle of the supermarket can be a daunting experience as the number of options seem to increase every day. One drink you won't see on the shelf .... Purple Drank (no, that is not a typo)...

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With fall quickly approaching, taking a leisurely stroll to watch the changing colors and enjoy the weather is something many city dwellers look forward to. If you live in Detroit, Atlanta, or Los Angeles, you may want to re-think walking the city streets. A new study uncovers the least safe cities for walking and the aforementioned cities are at the top (or bottom depending on how you look at it) of the list, reports the New York City Dot.

The New York City Pedestrian Safety and Action Plan tracked the number of serious pedestrian accidents in major cities across the globe, and also analyzed the underlying causes behing the deaths and serious injuries. The two safest cities are Hong Kong and Tokyo, with New York City and Portland as the only North American cities in the top ten.

The number one situation to stay away from: A busy street corner in Los Angeles with a distracted male driver exceeding the speed limit. The hypothetical may be an impossible situation to avoid for some people, however the sad reality of the study is that not only do pedestrian accidents cost cities millions of dollars every year, but a large number of them are completely avoidable. Whether failing to yield, or driving over the speed limit, pedestrian accidents are an unwelcome aspect of city living that many cities are hoping to cut down on.

Pedestrian injuries are almost exclusively resolved as a personal injury action. In these cases, the court looks at the nature of the accident -- was it the driver's negligence, the pedestrian's carelessness, or both that ultimately led to the collision. In the end, pedestrians and drivers are legally required to follow traffic laws, and the failure to do some can have deadly consequences.

Related Resources:

• Dead Man Walking (Good)
• Pedestrian Accidents - Overview (FindLaw)
• Pedestrian Safety: Cities, States Walking the Walk (FindLaw's Injured)
• Auto Accident Injuries and Compensation (provided by Jacquart & Lowe, S.C.)
• What to Do If You are in a Car Accident (provided by D'Amato Law Firm, P.C.)

With fall quickly approaching, taking a leisurely stroll to watch the changing colors and enjoy the weather is something many city dwellers look forward to. If you live in Detroit, Atlanta, or Los Angeles, you may want to re-think walking...

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The Department of Justice might say that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is about as easy to negotiate as an Arizona cactus. Discussions over evidence in an on-going civil rights probe of the sheriff's office have been prickly in the past, but...

Continue reading this article, and get more legal news and information, at FindLaw.com.