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Federal judge orders lawyers to stop using legalese

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The ABA Journal reports today that U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Kressel of Minnesota is fed up with lawyers who use superfluous words and too much capitalization, and he has directed them to stop it. Taking a stand against legalese such as "Now comes the Plaintiff . . . " and in favor of plain English, Judge Kressel has written some guidelines for lawyers preparing proposed orders in his court.

Full post as published by Updates in Michigan Family Law on December 20, 2009 (boomark / email).

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