Category Archives: Consumer Resources
The New Bankruptcy Act & Its Impact on Family Law
By: Madeline Marzano-Lesnevich
Lesnevich & Marzano-Lesnevich, LLC
Hackensack, NJ
I’m going to speak with you about the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, and its impact on us, as family lawyers.
In light of the current economy and real estate market, you need to be familiar with the main concepts and buzz words, and how they [...]
A Catalyst for Safety
By: Mark P. Robinson Jr. and Kevin F. Calcagnie
Robinson, Calcagnie & Robinson
Newport Beach, CA
Product related injuries and deaths in the U.S. have been declining for decades. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, since the 1970’s there has been a substantial reduction in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products. Meanwhile, traffic [...]
Modernize Your Practice to Maximize Damages: A 21st Century Approach to Leveraging Medical Records
By Nancy Fraser, RN
Med Legal Consulting Source
Gone to the barber recently for surgery? Had the blacksmith pound out something special for the horse? Taken a pair of shoes to a cobbler? If this all seems as antiquated as keeping a scrivener outside the office door, why not join savvy plaintiff’s lawyers in the 21st Century [...]
You Be The Judge
By Patrick “Rick” C. Quinlivan
Quinlivan Wexler LLP
Santa Ana, CA 92707
On August 10, 2003, Jack Ahn and Johnny Shin were playing golf at Rancho Park Golf Course as part of a foursome. After the players had finished playing the twelfth hole, Ahn was the first to head to the thirteenth tee. Shin then moved to the [...]
With This Contract I Thee Wed
Pre-Nuptial Agreements in England and Wales
By: Paul Milligan
Ford & Warren Solicitors
Leeds, England
It has long been determined that as the State encourages and supports marriage, any attempt to contract out of the rights and obligations inferred upon married couples will be void. The starting point is that in England and Wales pre-nuptial agreements are void and [...]
The Galliher Law Firm Joins The International Society of Primerus Law Firms
Las Vegas NV — The Galliher Law Firm has been accepted into membership by the International Society of Primerus Law Firms, a highly selective alliance of small to medium-size, independent law firms.
The Galliher Law Firm has served Las Vegas for 35 years. Its principal, Keith E. Galliher, Jr., is an experienced and accomplished trial lawyer. [...]
Merkel & Cocke Attorney Launches Fair Credit Reporting Act Blog
CLARKSDALE MS – Consumer attorney and advocate Christopher E. Kittell, of the firm Merkel & Cocke, P.A., is pleased to announce the launching of www.fcralawyer.blogspot.com, a blog dedicated to explaining the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq. The blog will take each section of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and explain [...]
Safer Highways By: Frank L. Branson, Esq. Law Offices of Frank L. Branson P.C. (Dallas, TX) Originally published in Texas Best Lawyers 2008 Dallas Edition
How safe are Texas highways? A little bit safer, hopes attorney Frank L. Branson, after landing a $20.7 million jury verdict last year against a trucking company and a driver who admitted he smoked crack the day before a 2004 accident that killed a man. The Dallas Morning News featured the fatality [...]
Multi-million Dollar Settlement in E.Coli Death of Child By: Todd E. Slaughter, Esq. Reiner, Simpson & Slaughter, LLP (Redding, CA)
Multi-million Dollar Settlement in E.Coli Death of Child By: Todd E. Slaughter, Esq. Reiner, Simpson & Slaughter, LLP (Redding, CA)
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A $13.5 million settlement was recently reached for the family of a 3 year-old who died after eating E.Coli tainted food at a Sizzler restaurant in South [...]
Milwaukee Family Gets $18M After Birthing Injury By Dinesh Ramde | Associated Press Writer Featuring Euel Kinsey, Esq. McKeen & Associates, P.C. (Detroit, MI)
A judge has approved an $18.2 million settlement from the government for a Milwaukee family whose daughter suffered brain damage during birth at a federally funded clinic. The lawsuit was argued in U.S. District Court because the clinic where the birthing complications occurred was a community health center funded by the federal [...]
Electrical Shock Injury At Hotel Ends Commercial Pilot’s Career; Settlement For Pilot Soon Before Federal Court Jury Trial Case: Commercial Pilot/Doe v. Hotel, Federal District Court Plaintiff’s Counsel – Richard N. Shapiro, Esq. Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, PC (Virginia Beach, VA)
Plaintiff was a 47 year old Captain for a commercial airline who piloted a 737 to a Virginia international airport on June 30, 2005. Before piloting a similar jet on the next morning of July 1, 2005 outbound, pilot and the crew stayed at the Virginia hotel routinely used by the airline crews. The [...]
“A Conversation With Brian McKeen”, McKeen & Associates P.C. (Detroit, MI) Originally published in “Crains Detroit Business”, March 3, 2008
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“A Conversation With Brian McKeen”, McKeen & Associates P.C. (Detroit, MI) Originally published in “Crains Detroit Business”, March 3, 2008
The Resolution Advocate: Tips on Getting to the Goal Line in Civil Litigation Using Videos at Mediation By: Guy O. Kornblum*, of Guy Kornblum & Associates (San Francisco, California)
Using videos at a mediation can be an excellent supplement to a mediation statement. It is a great way to provide the visual information that your adversaries and the mediator need to evaluate the case. Over the past several years, I have submitted a confidential mediation video in at least 75% of the [...]
Remote Control Train Operations Pose Hazard to Railroad Workers’ Jobs and Health By: John Cooper, Esq. Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, PC (Virginia Beach, VA)
Over the past few years, I have handled several FELA injury cases involving CSX railroad workers who got hurt during remote control operations (RCO). The technology has only been in wide use since approximately 2001, but has already had a major effect on the railroad work environment, particularly in the yards like rocky [...]
Fentanyl Patch-Recalls, Deaths, Overdoses Connected with Powerful Pain Patches By James C. Lewis, Attorney Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, P. C. (Virginia Beach, VA)
Our personal injury lawyers at Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, www.HSInjurylaw.com have accepted fentanyl patch cases involving overdose or death under highly unusual circumstances–such as a sudden wrongful death where the fentanyl drug is linked to overdose or death.
Fentanyl is one of the most powerful opioid analgesics with a potency approximately [...]
Feds Ban Cell Phone & PDA Use in Railroad Operations Under Emergency Order-Effective October 27, 2008 By: Rick Shapiro,Esq. Shapiro, Cooper, Lewis & Appleton, PC (Virginia Beach, VA)
October 27, 2008
In the wake of the Metrolink Passenger Rail Collision-the worst and most deadly rail accident in over 10 years-the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) issued an emergency order that takes effect October 27, 2008 and restricts the use of cell phones, PDAs and other wireless communication devices by operating train [...]
Know Your Web Site By: Frank L. Branson, Esq. Law Office of Frank L. Branson PC (Dallas, TX) Originally published in D CEO May 2008
Frank Branson, of Dallas’ Law Offices of Frank L. Branson PC, a nine-lawyer boutique, has made a lengthy career out of verbally eviscerating executives on the witness stand who fail to heed advice like Mark Werbner’s (see p. 32). For Branson, a CEO is “the voice of the company” through whom the [...]
Alternative Dispute Resolution Roundtable Discussion Featuring Guy Kornblum, Esq. of Guy Kornblum & Associates (San Francisco, CA)
Mediation is thriving. Cheaper than trial preparation, the parties maintain control over the resolution,
mediation’s luster has increased over the years. How does an attorney most effectively utilize this
popular ADR process? What happens at the end of the day if a settlement hasn’t been reached? Gathered
to discuss these issues were Guy Kornblum [...]
