Billing Case Scenario - What should Wendell do?

Wendell gets disgusted with the ethics at Xaviar & Young and decides to go to work for a large law firm that has a litigation department handling major lawsuits. This firm, Allison & Beals, has billing guidelines that require paralegals to put n 1800 billable hours a year. 1. If it takes eight hours on the job to produce sev ...continues

Reporting Co-workers for Poor Performance

Ellen Ellerby, a paralegal with Frankline & Gainsborough, works closely with another paralegal, Harry Henderson. IN the last few months, Ellen has noticed that Harry is late to work a lot and is getting behind in his workload. He seems a little forgetful and disoriented. When they have time to talk during lunch one day, Harry co ...continues

A paralegal case study is proposed.

Evan Eldridge is a paralegal working for Matilda Moniker, who handles lots of small lawsuits that often go to trial. Matilda asks Evan to contact opposing counsel in six cases and to tell them that she is ill and cannot take depositions as scheduled. Then she asks Evan to draft requests for continuances in three other cases, als ...continues

Evelyn Ellerbe, a paralegal, is featured.

Evelyn Ellerbe is a paralegal who works for an estate planning lawyer Timothy Taft. An elderly client, Sam Stone, comes in after his wife ides to have his will rewritten. It turns out that he is a neighbor of Evelyn, who takes a liking to Sam and begins to help him out by stopping by his house once or twice a week with groceries ...continues

Paralegal case is articulated.

Karen Kent is a paralegal working on a large document production. Karen has no idea what the case is about but is asked to review and stamp some documents that will be copied and produce for the opposing counsel. What kind of documents should Karen look for that might legitimately be withheld? What is the best way to “fl ...continues

Case study for Lawyer Ann Adams and paralegal Ben Burns is embedded.

Lawyer Ann Adams and paralegal Ben Burns have been hired by client Carl Carlson to sue a grocery store where Carl, who is 85, fell down when he Slipped in a puddle of water in the produce aisle. Ann delegates the task of preparing the complaint to Ben. Ben miss-calendars the date that the answer must be filed and the statute of ...continues

Business Law is emphasized.

Which of the following is correct with regard to "par value"? a. It indicates the worth of the stock at issue. b. It is the minimum price at which the stock may be sold by the corporation at issuance. c. It represents the maximum price at which the stock may be sold at issuance d. It represents the amount for whi ...continues

Business Law question is included.

Which of the following is correct regarding a two-for-one stock split? a. The purpose of the split may be to decrease the value per share of the stock. b. The purpose of the split is to make a distribution to the stockholders. c. After the split, each stockholder will have a greater ownership interest in the corporat ...continues

Business Law

George owns 500 of the 5000 shares outstanding of General Myopics. GM plans to issue 600 new shares. If George has preemptive rights, he may: a. buy all 600 shares before anyone else. b. buy 600 shares at the same price he paid for the other stock. c. buy 60 shares before anyone else. d. buy 6 shares at a disco ...continues

A corporation question is included.

Assuming there are no provisions in the corporation's articles of incorporation or bylaws regarding quorum requirements, if there are 13 total directors of General Gains Corporation and the minimum number of directors are present to transact business, how many votes normally would be necessary for those present to pass a motion ...continues