Legal technology predictions for 2012
Due to the lingering economic recession, emerging Internet-based and mobile technologies will be a low priority for lawyers who have not yet implemented these tools into their law practices. That being said, 2012 won’t be a technology vacuum for the legal field. Lawyers will become increasingly mobile and the use of iPads and other tablet devices will continue to increase dramatically.
NEWS FROM VIRGINIA LAWYERS WEEKLY
- Nurse practitioner bill is before legislature
A plan to make nurse practitioners part of collaborative health care teams leads the list of health care legislation at the 2012 Virginia General Assembly.
- Senate holds judicial interviews

- New case could impact sex-abuse, job-bias cases

- Lawyers can help court reporters do their jobs better

- Tips from the pros on how to make the best record

- In-house lawyer beats VSB in ethics dust-up

- Capital One’s Justice Server program links pro bono lawyers to clients
- Sanctions of $272K upheld

- Real estate brokers would be protected from fraud claim

- Episcopal church wins control of state churches

Today’s Legal News Links
- Delegate reassures about judge elections
- Democrats win Senate showdown on judges
- Government power struggle in Loudoun County leads to legislation
- Judge and lawyers nail down plans for Huguely trial
- Landowner moves for rehearing in Campbell County pollution appeal
- Man charged with threatening New Kent County judges
- Names surface for Judge Jack Berry's circuit court seat
- Owens will follow Katz as Newport News city attorney
‘Influential Women’ nominations sought
Virginia Lawyers Weekly will host the fourth annual “Influential Women of Virginia” program this May. We are now accepting nominations for the Class of 2012. The Influential Women awards recognize the outstanding efforts of women in all fields throughout the commonwealth, including law, business, health care, education, government and the arts. We will be accepting nominations until the Feb. 27 deadline.
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