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Elements or standards for cause of action, defense, claim, etc.
factor or standard or criteria or element or test or prima facie or prong or prove! or proof or proving or requir! or determin! or burden /10 [cause of action, defense, claim, etc.]
Definitions
defin! or interpret! or construe or mean or expla! or deem /10 [term]
Damages
remedial or actual or compensatory or treble or multiple or punitive or exemplary or vindictive or consequential or indirect or special /10 damages or award! or remedy or recover!
Liability
liab! or duty or responsib! or obligat!
Standards of Review on Appeal
(standard of review or de novo) or (abus! or judge or trial court /10 discretion) or (rational! /2 bas!) or (strict! or intermediate /3 scrutin!) or (narrow! or suitabl! or substantial! /3 tailor! or relat! /15 compel! or substantial! or important /10 interest! or object!) or (balanc! or weigh! /10 interest or test) or (erro! /5 harmless)
Statute of Limitations
(statut! or period or time /2 limit! or repose) or (limit! or right or commenc! /2 action) /10 [search terms or action type]
Attorney Client Privilege
attorney or client or lawyer or counsel or document or information /5 confiden! or privileg!
Attorney's Fees
attorney or legal or lawyer or counsel or litigat! /5 fees or costs or charge or expense or compensat!
Bad Faith
bad faith or good faith or fraud! or misconduct or culpab! or reckless! or willful! disregard! or dishonest!
Breach of Contract
breach or violat! /6 contract! or agreement or clause or provision or stipulat!
Car Accident/Car Wreck
car or auto or automobile or vehic! or truck or van or bus /7 accident or wreck or crash or colli!
Charitable Organizations, Nonprofit or Not for Profit Entities
(no or non or "not" pre/3 profit) or (501 c 3 or charit! or tax! exempt! or nonprofit or non profit) or (benevolent /3 organization or corp! or company or business or entity)
Contracts - Language Interpretation - Definite and Indefinite Articles
contract or agreement and differ! or compare or contrast or interpret! or versus or use or usage /10 (definite /5 indefinite /5 article)
Controlled Substances
controlled substance or drugs or narcotics or marijuana or marihuana or illegal substances or cannabis or fentanyl or oxycodone or oxycontin or heroin or cocaine or opioids or methamphetamine or hallucinogen!
Coronavirus
coronavirus or corona virus or "covid-19" or covid19 or coronaviridae or sars-cov-2 or 2019-ncov or sarsr-cov
Covenant Not to Compete
((noncompet! or nonsolicit! or nondisclos! or restrict!) or (no or non or "not" or anti /3 compet! or solicit! or disclos!)) /5 (covenant or contract! or agree! or provision or clause or paragraph or section) and not (realty or realtor or real estate or (covenant w/10 land))
Employees
employee or worker or staff or servant or contract?r or labor?r or personnel
Errors in Documents or Filings
error! or mistak! or wrong or incorrect! or typo! or ("not" /3 correct!) or misspell! /10 date or time or name or party or spelling or information or spell! or word or term
Evidence - Admissibility
relevan! or irrelevan! or admiss! or inadmiss! or admit! or exclu! or limine or allow or strik! or strick! or struck or object! or disregard or introduc!
Exceptions
except! or exclu! or eliminate! or reject! or omit! or dismiss! or prohibit! or bar! or ban! or prevent!
Excluding Unpublished Cases from your search results
[your terms] and not ("rules" /15 "not to be published") and not unpublished
Family/Relatives
(famil! or relative or related or mother or father or brother or sister or child! or son or daughter or nephew or niece or uncle or aunt or grandfather or grandmother or grandparent) or (grand pre/1 parent or father or mother)
Fiduciary Duty
fiduciary or good faith or fair dealing or loyalty or disclos! /5 duty or obligat! or covenant or responsib!
Finding Unpublished Cases
cite(unpub!)
Firing/Discharge
terminate or discharge or fire or "let go"
Foreign Corporation/Entities
foreign or international or (outside /3 united states or us or u.s.) /10 business or corporation or entity or incorporat!
Jury Challenges
peremptor! or "per emptor!" or "pre emptor!" or preemptor! or voire dire /15 challeng! or dismiss! or strik! or struck
Legislative Definition or Intent
congress! or legislat! or house or assembly or senate /15 defin! or mean! or purpose or inten! /15 [term]
Medical Malpractice
medical or physician or doctor or hospital /5 malpractice or negligen!
Negatives
no or "not" or non or none or lack! or fail! or neglect! or omit! or omission or declin! or without or cannot or refus! or reject! or deny! or deni! or exclu! or preclu!
Nondisclosure Agreements/Confidentiality Agreements/NDAs
(confidential! or nondisclos! or non-disclos! or ("not" or no pre/3 disclos!) /5 contract or agreement or term or provision or clause) or nda
Nonparty / Not a Party / Third Party
nonparty or (non or "not" or third /2 party)
Piercing the Corporate Veil/Disregarding the Corporate Entity
(pierc! /5 veil) or (disregard! /5 corporat!) or alter ego
Protective Order/Restraining Order
(protectiv! or restrain! /3 order) or (injunct! or TRO or enjoin!)
Salary/Wages
salary or pay or pay! or wage or income or earning or compensat!
SEC Release References (using Release 33-7760 as an example)
sec pre/15 release pre/15 33 or 1933 pre/10 7760
Service of Process
serv! /5 "process" or "summons" or paper or complaint or motion or pleading
Social Media
blog or social media or snapchat or twitter or tweet or facebook or myspace or instagram or pinterest or linkedin or website or web site or homepage or home page or (internet or online /5 forum or community) or tiktok or youtube or reddit or tumblr or google or web!
Split in Circuits
conflict! or split! or division or divid! /10 authority or preceden! or lower court or circuit
Standing
standing or ground /5 sue or suit or case or litigat! or prosecut! or relief or action or lawsuit
U.S. States
alabama or alaska or arizona or arkansas or california or "colorado" or connecticut or "delaware" or district of columbia or florida or georgia or hawaii or "idaho" or illinois or "indiana" or iowa or kansas or kentucky or louisiana or maine or maryland or massachusetts or michigan or minnesota or mississippi or missouri or montana or nebraska or nevada or new hampshire or new jersey or new mexico or new york or north carolina or "north dakota" or ohio or oklahoma or "oregon" or pennsylvania or rhode island or "south carolina" or "south dakota" or tennessee or texas or utah or vermont or virginia or washington or west virginia or wisconsin or wyoming
Telecommuting
(remot! or vpn or virtual private network or from home /10 work!) or telework! or telecommut!
Telemedicine
telemedicine or telehealth or (tele pre/1 medicine or health) or ehealth or (e pre/1 health)
Tortious Interference with a Contract of Business Relations
(interfer! /10 economic or business or contract or commercial /5 prospect! or expect! or opportunity or advantage or relation! or gain) or (tort! /10 interfer! /10 contract!)
Types of Torts
tort! or battery or assault or false! imprison! or trespass! or intentional! inflict! or negligen! inflict! or personal injury or malpractice or product liability
Unauthorized Practice of Law
(no or non or "not" /5 permit! or authoriz! or sanction! or licens!) or (unauthoriz! or unlicens! or impermis! or prohibit! or illegal! or unlawful!) /10 practic! /5 (law or lawyer or attorney)
Uniform Commercial Code/UCC Sections; State UCC Enactments (using New Jersey's section 2-204 as an example)
"12A:2-204" or (commercial code or ucc /5 "2-204" or (art! pre/3 2 /3 204))
Uninsured Motorists
uninsured or underinsured or um or uim
Wills
last will or testament! or probate
Wrongful Termination/Wrongful Discharge
terminat! or discharg! or fire or "let go" /10 wrongful! or retaliat! or constructiv! or involuntar!