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• Starting a new business...

  Troy Schwant | April 26, 2009 12:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  With the job market shrinking, a lot of people are starting new businesses, and when doing that they sometimes enter a lease based on what the agent leasing the retail space tells them. Please be...

• Another Death From Texting?

  Billy Cunningham | April 25, 2009 1:35 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  This past week a legal secretary I knew died in an automobile wreck when she crossed over the center line and struck an oncoming car. Apparently, she was texting when she veered over and could not...

• Wyoming Looks To Improve Worker Safety

  Pete Mackey | April 21, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  Wyoming lawmakers are taking steps to improve on the state’s abysmal work safety record. Wyoming had more work place fatalities per 100,000 workers than any other state in 2007. To Governor...

• The New England Journal of Medicine Supports the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009

  Billy Cunningham | April 17, 2009 6:03 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  An editorial of the April 9, 2009 issue of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine encourages Congress to swiftly pass Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 and to allow lawsuits by injured...

• Whistle Blowers And The Sarbanes-Oxley Act

  Pete Mackey | April 16, 2009 3:16 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  A former employee of McDonalds has filed a “whistle—blower” lawsuit against the company alleging misrepresentions relating to executive compensation in its 2007 proxy statement....

• Assisted Living Regulations Available for all 50 States

  Billy Cunningham | April 11, 2009 9:05 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The National Center for Assisted Living (NCAL) recently compiled a summary of the assisted living regulations in all 50 states. The Assisted Living State Regulatory Review can be found at this web...

• Fraud against the government

  Pete Burns | April 08, 2009 2:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  If you are aware of your employer or another company being paid government funds for work that was not done you may be able to file suit in behalf of the United States Government. Those are called...

• Policy Limits Demand

  Pete Burns | April 07, 2009 2:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The policy limits demand is a powerful tool for the plaintiff and should be taken seriously by the insured defendant. The plaintiff is saying that she will settle her case for a specific sum or the...

• A Good Move By The American Psychiatric Association

  Pete Mackey | April 06, 2009 6:43 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The American Psychiatric Association recently announced that it would put a halt to medical seminars financed by drug or device makers and also would put a halt on industry paid meals at its annual...

• Nursing Home Bonus Bill

  Billy Cunningham | April 04, 2009 10:09 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  According to an article in the Des Moines Register by Clark Kauffman, Congress is considering legislation that would eliminate taxpayer-funded bonuses to nursing homes. The amendment to a...

• Southern Governors: Ignoring The Unemployed At The Worst Time?

  Pete Mackey | April 03, 2009 5:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Alabama Governor Bob Riley joins several other southern republican governors who claim they intend to refuse that part of the stimulus package which would provide additional unemployment benefits...