Vol. 4 No. 44 | Oct. 30, 2024
Courts
- 2024 OK 76: STATE ex rel. OKLAHOMA BAR ASSOCIATION v. WADE
- 2024 OK CR 29: STATE v. VELASQUEZ
- 2024 OK CIV APP 24: IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF OAKLEY
Dispositions Other than by Published Opinions
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma Court Calendar
The Supreme Court of Oklahoma is in session year round, unless otherwise noted. The court regularly schedules conferences on Mondays and other days as needed.
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With election day approaching and early voting underway, Oklahoma voters are being asked to make choices about several of the state’s appellate-level judges and justices. Candidates for judicial retention – the “yes” or “no” selections Oklahoma voters make every two years about high-level state judiciary – will be on the ballot this election year. Voters may visit www.courtfacts.org to learn more about the 12 appellate judges and justices appearing on the ballot. OBA members are also encouraged to read a recent article authored by OBA President Miles Pringle on the importance of a nonpartisan judiciary.
"One of the many elements a client needs to prepare for early in the process of acquiring a new aircraft is the imposition of state taxes. While not nearly as much fun as selecting the interior configuration or preparing for the first trip, careful planning on the front end of a transaction can help avoid surprise tax bills and added fines and penalties. It will also help ensure the aircraft is available to the new owner as expected. In Oklahoma, aircraft owners pay an excise tax and must register the aircraft with the state."
"The corporate landscape in the United States is constantly changing. Each year, legislation is enacted at the state and federal levels that directly impacts Oklahoma businesses. Transactional lawyers are tasked with the difficult challenge of keeping abreast of these changes. This article will cover recent developments affecting Oklahoma practitioners in 2024."
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The OBA has long partnered with Fastcase to provide high quality online legal research as a no-cost member benefit. Now the software has been upgraded to vLex Fastcase, which can further equip Oklahoma lawyers with faster, even more powerful research tools.
Fastcase Version 8 is coming soon! Users will be notified by a popup when they have access to the new version. OBA members can learn what to expect from this upgrade during a series of upcoming webinar trainings. Join us online during these two events:
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Your new password cannot contain your network username. It must:
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- Not have been used in the previous four passwords
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Featured CLE
By OBA MAP Director Jim Calloway
Way back when lawyers were migrating from WordPerfect to Microsoft Word, the most difficult challenge was how Word applied formatting using "styles" while WordPerfect used hidden codes within the document that could be easily displayed by using its "reveal codes" setting. Many lawyers had mastered WordPerfect and couldn’t understand why Word didn’t have reveal codes.
So many lawyers’ introduction to styles in Word left them believing something was missing. Today, styles should be recognized as an important formatting and organization tool. Using "heading styles" properly in a brief allows you to generate an automatic table of contents. Document templates with the styles included make it simple to produce documents with a consistent appearance across the firm. Everyone should be using the same firm letterhead template.
If you haven’t mastered styles, there are many YouTube and Microsoft videos on the topic. If you are creating tables of contents manually, there are many videos specifically on automating that. Our colleague Catherine Reach, director for the Center for Practice Management at the North Carolina Bar Association, provides an outline of "What Styles in Microsoft Word Can Do."
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