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MAKE a note of October 6, 2011 – for it’s a date which strikes fear into many small and medium law firms.

Now just a few months away, the Legal Services Act is about to change the way the public can access legal services and, undoubtedly, the way that traditional law firms do business with the public.

This change, and the creation of alternative business structures, will enable supermarkets, banks and other high street names to enter the market and provide certain legal services to their customers. The Act has forced many law firms to think differently about how they market themselves.

Through our consultancy work over the last year, we have found three dominant attitudes regarding marketing in legal practices . . .

1. “Let’s collaborate, strength in numbers”. Firms cen

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The number of bank and federal tax liens foreclosure in Manhattan, New York surged in the first quarter of 2011 compared with year-ago levels and with the previous quarter. In the past, the area has been able to avoid the worst of the foreclosure crisis, but analysts claimed that lately, the area is also starting to feel the pinch of the housing market problem.

A total of 271 foreclosure actions including filings, repossession and foreclosed homes for sale in New York, were posted in the borough of Manhattan in January-March 2011. The total represents a surge of 80% compared with the 2010 fourth quarter and a rise of 35.5% compared with the first quarter of 2010.

According to local housing analysts, a big percentage of New York foreclosures recorded in the borough during the period were accounted for by an increasing number of wealthy people who are losing their properties to foreclosure.

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PROVIDENCE – U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha on Friday told Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee the state law establishing up to three medical-marijuana centers violates federal law and could lead to civil and criminal prosecution.

The governor received the news in a three-page letter that was hand-delivered.

“The Department of Justice maintains the authority to enforce [federal law] vigorously against individuals and organizations that participate in unlawful manufacturing and distribution activity involving marijuana, even if such activities are permitted under state law,” Neronha wrote. “The

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While the U.S. economy is recovering, it is generally agreed that full health will not be restored until the housing sector turns around. Thats why the numbers on U.S. home starts, sales and prices are of such interest to economists and other analysts.

While new home starts and single-family home sales improved mildly in the latest month, prices performed pretty much as expected. That is to say, they fell again in the existing homes market, according to S&P Case-Shiller.

In February 2011, both the 10-city and 20-city composite indices pulled back 0.2% month to month and seasonally adjusted (-1.1% not seasonally adjusted). That left them -2.6% and -3.3% year over year respectively.

Over the last couple of months, U.S. resale home prices have been headed back down after a period of mild improvement in mid-2010.

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The Virginia Board of Social Services made a decision this week that setback efforts to allow communities throughout the state to create families through adoption. In addition, the board showed signs of disregard for interests of children within the foster care system of Virginia.

The board decided against new proposed regulations that would end discrimination based on sexual orientation by licensed child adoption agencies. Opponents argued that these new regulations conflicted with Virgina state policy and faith-based child welfare agencies.

These state officials and agencies neglected to take into consideration that Virginias foster care system is in desperate need of waiting adoptive families. Currently, there are over 6,000 children in the state’s foster care system and over 1,500 children waiting for adoption. Full Article…

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