As a lawyer, you need to keep your skills sharp and stay open to new ideas at every turn. The legal landscape is always changing, and one of the areas of focus that has seen tremendous growth in recent years is law new. This concept can mean a lot of different things to lawyers but it usually refers to finding new ways to provide legal services. This can be as simple as finding new clients or creating strategies that have not been a part of standard practice in the past.
It is the people’s right to know the process of governmental decision-making and the statistics and documents that lead to those decisions. Access to this information is essential to a free society. The legislature therefore declares that a public record is not private or confidential and that the records of government agencies are, and must be, available for inspection and copying upon request. The committee on open government may promulgate guidelines regarding the deletion of identifying details in making records available, where necessary to protect the privacy interests of individuals.
The purpose of this legislation is to help the courts establish uniform standards and to provide a clear framework for juries in determining the accurate value of medical damages in wrongful death and personal injury cases. It also seeks to disincentivize frivolous lawsuits and prolonged litigation that increase the profit margins of attorney’s who abuse the civil justice system. It further encourages mediation as a cost-effective alternative to litigation for all parties, and it provides a clear framework to allow court-approved mediators to represent injured parties in cases where the parties agree to participate in arbitration.
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