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Legislative Session Ends - Looking Back
The NH Bar Association now offers members a new tool to track legislation of interest to the legal profession and the courts. Legislation Watch categorizes legislation reviewed by the NHBA Legislation Committee and is automatically updated when the state updates the official legislative website. Check on bills supported or opposed by the Bar Association and see what happened to those bills. Use the box on the left of the page to view legislation categorized by "issue."
If you go: Visit Legislation Watch in the For Members area at www.nhbar.org and click on the first screen that says "Click Here to View Legislation."
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Affordable Care Act 101 for Small Business The Small Business Administration and Small Business Majority are launching the Affordable Care Act 101 weekly webinar series. Small business owners can learn the basics of the Affordable Care Act and what it means for their companies and employees. Topics include insurance reforms, the small business health care tax credit, the new health insurance marketplaces, and employer shared responsibility provisions.
Affordable Care Act 101 will take place every Thursday from now through the opening of the marketplaces in October. Below are the registration links for the next three presentations. Registration for later webinars will be available shortly.
If you have any questions, contact Hugh Curley.
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NH Supreme Court Soliciting Amicus Briefs - 9/13
The NH Supreme Court is soliciting amicus briefs or memoranda in the case of Kenneth Lahm v. Michael Farrington and the Town of Tilton on the following issue: Do police officers owe criminal suspects a duty to investigate a complaining witness's allegations, beyond establishing probable cause, before effecting an arrest?
Amicus briefs should focus on the ramifications of a decision and not solely on the interests of the parties filing such briefs. A copy of the Belknap Superior Court order has been posted with the Supreme Court announcement about the amicus submissions, which are due by Sept. 13.
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NHBA Seeks Nominations for Paralegal Award - 8/21
The NH Bar Association is seeking nominations for its annual Paralegal Professionalism Award, which is presented to the nominee who best exhibits a high degree of professionalism: possesses an outstanding level of knowledge about their job; has motivation that exceeds expectations; is considered a role model for other paralegals; and promotes paralegal work as a profession.
Nominations should be in the form of a one-page narrative and should be submitted by Aug. 21 to NHBA Paralegal Award, 2 Pillsbury St., Suite 300, Concord, NH 03301-3502. The Paralegal Award will be presented during the luncheon at the Paralegal Association's Annual Meeting on September 20, 2013.
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Bar News to Highlight Utility & Environment Law These are the practice areas to be featured in upcoming issues of Bar News.
| September: | | Environmental, Telecommunications,
Energy, & Utilities law | | October: | | Alternative Dispute Resolution | | November: | | Family Law |
If your practice focuses on one of these areas and you would like to write an article, we'd love to hear from you. Please contact managing editor Kristen Senz with your ideas by email or at (603) 715-3234.
For more information, please check out our submission guidelines. Advertising queries go to Donna Parker, (603) 715-3263.
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Brown Bag Discussions on Continuance Policy
Hillsborough County (North) Superior Court in Manchester has scheduled a brown bag lunch discussion on Wednesday, Aug. 7, about the proposed uniform Continuance Policy for criminal cases in all superior courts.
For more information on the policy and the debate surrounding it, read this article from the July issue of Bar News.
NOTE: Brown bag lunch discussions about the superior court's transition to the centralized call center will be held at noon, Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the Hillsborough County Superior Court (South) in Nashua and 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 12, at Carroll County Superior Court.
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NH AG: Beware of Phone Scam
Attorney General Joseph A. Foster and New Hampshire Bankers Association President Christiana Thornton have issued a consumer alert to all New Hampshire residents warning them about a phone scam currently active in the state. Customers from a number of New Hampshire banks are reporting receiving phone calls and text messages stating their debit or credit card has been compromised and asking the customer to provide sensitive personal information. These messages are fraudulent and are not being sent by the banks.
The New Hampshire Attorney General's Office has a consumer hotline at 1-888-468-4454. For more information about how to avoid scams or frauds, visit the Department of Justice website at http://doj.nh.gov/consumer. Valuable information is also available at the FTC website at http://www.ftc.gov, and the website for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau at http://www.consumerfinance.gov.
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Suggested Reading
Town To Use Eminent Domain to Bail Out Homeowners
Slate reports on plans in Richmond, Calif., to use eminent domain powers to acquire homes that are "under water" in debt to value through eminent domain, pay banks current market value, and free homeowners from foreclosure threats. Read more.
Litigation Risks of Social Media Posts
Law.com poll asks users of various social media sites about their perception of potential legal risk of their posts. Younger users are more likely to see the risks. Read more.
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