While there is no strategy to predict precisely low lengthy a civil lawsuit will take to go from beginning to finish, there are a variety of steps that one can ordinarily expect to undergo. Tort is the realm of legislation which deals with civil wrongs, as opposed to legal acts A civil mistaken or “tort” is an act that results in harm or hurt, for which courts impose legal responsibility on an individual. As the sale of substandard breast milk might lead to injury or hurt, it may fall beneath an area of tort regulation referred to as product legal responsibility or the regulation on faulty products The courts do not impose a “punishment” for committing a tort, nonetheless, they usually order defendants in tort cases to pay financial compensation to the wronged particular person (generally known as the plaintiff). The thought of monetary compensation is to place the plaintiff …
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Mike Suchsland, a veteran of the legal technology industry and the former president of Thomson Reuters’ legal business, today was named interim CEO of SurePoint, a company that provides practice management, financial and client relationship products for law firms.
Suchsland will serve in the role while the company searches for a permanent CEO. He replaces Tom Obermaier, who had been CEO since 2018.
Suchsland has served on SurePoint’s board since 2018. He is also a venture partner in two firms that have invested heavily in the legal tech sector, The LegalTech Fund and Bridge Venture Fund.
More about SurePoint on the LawNext Legal Technology Directory.
Suchsland was with Thomson Reuters from 1998 to 2014, progressing through the management ranks to ultimately become president of the legal business, where his accomplishments included the acquisition of Practical Law Company.
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ALI Elects 32 New Members
The American Law Institute has elected new members who will bring their expertise to ALI’s work of clarifying the law through Statements, Principles, and Model Codes.
“The American Law Institute’s mission to clarify and modernize the law continues to occupy an important space in today’s legal landscape,” said ALI President David F. Levi. “The work that the Institute produces—to assist the judiciary, to aid legislative reform, and to assist the legal profession and the public—depends on the diverse knowledge and viewpoints of our members as well as their dedication, expertise, and wisdom. It is the collective membership that allows us to produce work that is seldom matched. I have no doubt that this impressive group of newly elected members will help ensure that the Institute’s work remains a reliable resource to the legal community.”
Visit the Newly Elected Members Page to view biographical sketches