Legal Writing

English Grammar 101: Adverbs
Adverbs are used to describe or modify a verb, adjective, clause, or another adverb. Basically, they modify everything except nouns and pronouns (which are modified by adjectives).

The Myth of the Split Verb
In our last post, we considered the order of verbs and the adverbs used to modify them. And we considered an easy and reliable way of calculating the colloquial quotient of the order of verbs and adverbs...

Proponents: Slow Better Than Poor For WIPO Development Agenda
By William New World Intellectual Property Organization member states felt their way slowly this month in the first committee meeting on how to implement 45 agreed recommendations for transformation of the United Nations organisation toward a stronger development orientation...

What Does the Yellow Light Mean Tenn. High Court Rules on Slow Driver
How slow can you go? If you've ever driven through Tennessee, you know that slow-moving vehicles are a rarity. You might even think they were illegal. As if to prove our point that traffic cases are far more exciting and meaningful than anyone gives them credit for, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that going under the speed limit can be grounds for a stop if the driver impedes other traffic...

China's New Bankruptcy Law: Slow Train Coming
By Brad Luo and Steve Dickinson On June 1, 2007, China enacted a new bankruptcy law. One year on, our report from the field indicates it is only very slowly having an influence on debtor-creditor relations...

Slow posting
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Work Visas
Types of work permits

Temporary Work Visas
Differences Between H-1B, J-1, E-1, E-2, L-1, and R-1 Work Visas

H-1B Work Visa
H-1B Visa Assistance

Arkansas Nucor Plant Guilty of a Racially Hostile Work Environment
Nucor Guilty Of Racially Hostile Work Environment Must Pay $1.2 Million Settlement

Railroad Workers
concerning the growing number of work-related injuries in the railroad industry.

Unsafe Work Site
Employee awarded $2.5 million personal injury settlement after suffering burns to his lower body.