Document libraries expand.New content has pumped up the document collections assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. by ATLA ATLA Association of Trial Lawyers of America ATLA American Theological Library Association ATLA American Trial Lawyers Association ATLA Air Transport Licensing Authority (Hong Kong) ATLA Avatar: The Last Airbender member groups including sections, litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. groups, and the New Lawyers Division. The influx of new material has allowed the Exchange to create new libraries and expand others with hundreds of documents. * The Insurance Section has a new library of briefs, opinions, and other documents. * The New Lawyers Division library has doubled in size, housing state and federal pleadings pleadings: see procedure. in litigation areas such as motor vehicle collision, premises liability, and professional negligence professional negligence n. See malpractice. . * The Nursing Homes Litigation Group library now contains more than 1,000 documents, including depositions from experts, corporate executives, directors of nursing, and nursing home medical directors, as well as orders compelling document production and the material that defendants produced. * The Bad Faith Litigation Group library now houses hundreds of documents, including depositions of defense medical examiners A public official charged with investigating all sudden, suspicious, unexplained, or unnatural deaths within the area of his or her appointed jurisdiction. A medical examiner differs from a Coroner in that a medical examiner is a physician. and current and former insurance industry personnel. It also contains other material related to disability, automobile bodily injury, and property damage claims. The Exchange maintains document libraries for more than 30 ATLA member groups. While library content is contributed by group members for fellow members to use at no charge, many groups allow the Exchange to make their documents available to all ATLA plaintiff lawyers (Exchange prices apply). For more information about these and other document libraries, contact Jeanine Piller at (800) 424-2725, ext. 275, or go to http://exchange.aria.org/exchange/co._search.asp. |
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