Shelby Township Wrongful Death Case

(Michigan Car Accident Lawyer Blog)
Attorney Robert J. Lantzy from our law firm recently filed a wongful death lawsuit in the Macomb County Circuit Court on behalf of the estate of Vincent Megna. Mr. Megna was killed in a September 2005 auto accident at 23 Mile Road and Van Dyke. The suit was filed against the driver and owner of the other vehicle involved in the accident. A news story about the accident and the lawsuit was recently publised by the Macomb Daily. The suit seeks damages for the surviving family as permitted under ...
November 18, 2008 06:07 pm

GHG Offsets: Buyer Beware

(Sustainability Law Blog)
A recent study by the General Accounting Office found that over 600 businesses have sprung up across the U.S. to sell voluntary carbon offsets. The supply of voluntary offsets has grown from the equivalent of 6.2 million tons of GHGs in 2004 to 10.2 million tons in 2007, with the number of projects producing offsets increasing from 93 to over 200 over the same period. Quality assurance and standardization have not kept up with this booming market. Some offset providers provide a wealth of ...
November 18, 2008 05:19 pm

The Ethics of Metadata 2008

(Law Practice Tips Blog)
... Ethics Opinion #196. This opinion arrives at two conclusions: Without authorization from a court, it is ethically impermissible for an attorney to seek to uncover metadata, embedded in an electronic document received from counsel for another party, in an ... to detect confidential information that should be reasonably known not to have been intentionally communicated. A sending attorney has an ethical duty to use reasonable care when transmitting an electronic document to prevent the disclosure of ...
November 18, 2008 05:13 pm
... with great thinkers in the copyright world including, David Nordfors, the founder of Innovation Journalism, Anthony Falzone, the director of the Stanford Fair Use Project, and Richard Allan Horning, a well-known copyright and technology attorney. The focus of the event was on technology challenges to the existing copyright regime and how journalists can survive in the current age of sharing. There was a heavy focus on both Creative Commons and sharing strategies as well as putting the current ...
November 18, 2008 04:31 pm
... continue and proceeded with the termination hearing in his absence. Accordingly, we affirm NFP civil opinions today (2): Melanie McNeece Johnson v. Jay McNeece (NFP) - "The trial court did not abuse its discretion by failing to award Mother child support arrearage or attorney's fees." Norman Nevinger III and Mark Nevinger v. Derrick Nevinger, Jane Nevinger, et al. (NFP) - "In summary, the Plaintiffs' claims, which all stem from the ownership of the Dragway's personal and real property that is ...
November 18, 2008 04:09 pm
... Act. The jury awarded the worker $5,390,000.00. Injured on the railroad? The FELA and railroad injury attorneys at Vujasinovic & Beckcom handle serious injury and wrongful death claims. We beat the insurance companies all the ... Injury Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. To read more about the firm, or to request an appointment with one of the firm's attorneys, please visit our main website at www.vbattorneys.com Want to read more about Texas accident and injury law? Please take a ...
November 18, 2008 03:49 pm
... jury awarded the injured worker $4,000,000.00 in damages. Injured on the railroad? The FELA and railroad injury attorneys at Vujasinovic & Beckcom handle serious injury and wrongful death claims. We beat the insurance companies all ... Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. To read more about the firm, or to request an appointment with one of the firm's attorneys, please visit our main website at www.vbattorneys.com Want to read more about Texas accident and injury law? Please take a ...
November 18, 2008 03:39 pm
... a product outweigh its risks. And, it is just as true today that the burden of product injuries should be placed on those who market products, rather than on those who use them. The time has come to redefine the issues in this battleground. Consumer attorneys need to question whether risk-benefit in any form should be a valid basis for determining if a product is defective. All consumer lawyers should join in the debate in a systematic and organized way, at both the state and national levels, to ...
November 18, 2008 03:01 pm
... of Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America and The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. One of our trucking injury attorneys attended that meeting where there was a presentation on Traumatic Brain Injury. Our law firm has handled many cases ... are concentrating on the obvious orthopaedic injuries sustained in those accidents, one of the presentations was devoted to educating attorneys on some of the signs and symptoms of brain injury and concussions. It is important to understand that many symptoms ...
November 18, 2008 02:22 pm
... area of expertise. I found four and went to their websites. Two (TWO of the four!) had NO contact information whatsoever. One had a "Contact" form with several lines of required information. Only one had a phone number, address, and email listed. An attorney is not going to take the time to search for how to reach you; he or she is simply going to move to the next expert on the list. Nor will they fill out a "Contact" form. The point of having a website is to help potential clients find you when ...
November 18, 2008 02:00 pm
... that there is no need for physical evidence of abuse for someone to be charged with domestic violence. Abuse can be of different types - verbal, emotional and even psychological. The consequences of a domestic violence conviction can be very serious. If you or someone you know has been accused of domestic violence, please call a Los Angeles domestic violence attorney at the Law Office of Lawrence Wolf to get the counsel and guidance you need at this time to protect your rights and freedom.
November 18, 2008 02:00 pm
... employees from obtaining work in the same field. "An employer cannot by contract restrain a former employee from engaging in his or her profession, trade or business," said Justice Ming Chin in the ruling. According to Richard Frank, an attorney whose practice deals with employee disputes, the decision "advances the strong California policy favoring open competition and employee freedom. Those have been drivers of the state's economy, especially in the technology area." Indeed, that's in ...
November 18, 2008 01:49 pm
by A. Edward Hardin, Jr. The U.S. Department of Labor has released the new Family and Medical Leave Act regulations. The new regulations will become effective January 16, 2009. The DOL issued its proposed new regulations in February 2008. The DOL received over 20,000 comments regarding the proposed regulations, and the new regulations are over 700 pages long. But with an effective date in January 2009, employers do not have long to learn the in's and out's of the new regulations. Stay tuned as ...
November 18, 2008 01:22 pm

A Fee Too High

(Legal Profession Blog)
The Illinois Review Board found that an attorney had charged an unreasonable fee and improperly divided the fee with another lawyer, but rejected charges of incompetent representation and recommended a 30 day suspension. The Administrator had appealed the finding regarding...
November 18, 2008 01:21 pm
Over 90,039 Labor certification applications were received between October 01, 2007 and September 01, 2008. Of those, 49,205 have been certified. Many are either still in the review process, undergoing an audit, on appeal, or have been denied. The top 5 states of intended employment for these permanent labor certifications were California, New York, New Jersey, Texas, and Florida. Alien beneficiaries representing 179 different countries were certified for permanent employment in the U.S. These ...
November 18, 2008 01:19 pm
Texas has become a major hub for human trafficking, state officials said Monday while proposing a more aggressive response to what a senior lawmaker described as "modern-day slavery." Nearly 20 percent of human-trafficking victims found nationwide have been in Texas,...
November 18, 2008 01:03 pm
Michael J. Garcia, the United States attorney in Manhattan who is leaving for a job at law firm Kirkand & Ellis, defended his decision not to file criminal charges against Eliot Spitzer, the former New York governor, in an interview with the The New York Times. Mr. Spitzer, who was brought down by a prostitution [...]
November 18, 2008 01:02 pm
... for most people. With no money coming in, or just minimal state aid, a lot of people wonder how to make pay for rent, utilities, and groceries. A number of my clients have asked me if they can try to get a job. Attorney Jonathan Ginsberg tackles this common question. Remember that Social Security's definition of disability looks to whether you have missed or are likely to miss 12 consecutive months because of your impairment.Attempting to work while your case is pending may or may not be a ...
November 18, 2008 01:00 pm
I was recently contacted by Patrick James who lost his 10-year old daughter, Alexis James, on July 17, 2007 in a 15-passenger van rollover in South Carolina. Unfortunately, according to the investigation, the accident resulted from the failure of the left rear tire. When the tire failed, the van rolled over and beautiful Alexis James was ejected from the vehicle though she was wearing her seat belt. It was only a lap seat belt. Three point lap/shoulder belts were not required in this van when ...
November 18, 2008 01:00 pm

Burglaries Abound Throughout Massachusetts

(Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog)
... deserves repeating here - if you are looking at charges of breaking and entering/burglary, consult an experienced criminal defense attorney at the first possible moment. No, I do not merely mean to do so when you have been charged. As you ... be underway which could potentially lead to suspicion of your involvement in such an event…my advice is to consult an experienced defense attorney as soon as possible. Expensive? Maybe. Worth the risk of somewhere between 10 years and life in state prison? Hey, ...
November 18, 2008 01:00 pm
 
 

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