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Football in small towns can be a way of life. This sports pastime is a favorite among millions of Americans, played all the way from Pee Wee leagues to the NFL. While the sport is exceptionally popular to both watch and play, the risks that participating represent are not immediately obvious.
Open up a newspaper or read on the internet every week and you will see which NFL or college players are sidelined due to injury. You can read about many types of injury that the players and coaches expect to take on at some time in their career, including dislocated joints, ankle injuries, pulled or torn muscles, and others. These different injuries may be common, but some have a more severe...
Michael Ehline, Law Office Study Program Graduate
In the years since the housing boom and bust, there have been many issues that have come to the surface. We see the many cases in which people were led to believe that their mortgages would be payable, even when banks or other middlemen knew that it would not be. The entire subprime market was ready to implode but kept getting fed into by many different banks. This led to a cascading effect in 2008 that led to the entire banking sector crash.
As if these issues were not enough, they have been compounded by many factors. The amount of foreclosures has deeply rattled the markets further and has caused tremendous stress and fiscal panic among thousands of families that have been tossed out of...
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Personal injury attorneys come in many shapes, sizes and forms. They hail from solo offices, to large firms, to “mills,” and the list goes on. One commonality with California injury lawyers, is that we all must endure Case Management Conferences, Court Ordered Mediation, Delay Reduction rules, and so on and so forth.
Any edge or advantage to help a lawyer be in two places at once is always appreciated. In this piece we explore how the modern attorney cuts corners and shaves time with using practical technology.
Meeting Today’s Workplace...
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You may have founded your law firm or act as one of the principle partners. Regardless of your position, the ability to use a place of leadership to form a coalescing strategy can be one of the most important parts of your legal career. This isn’t something that was tacked onto your J.D. or on the bar exam. Effective use of logistics and strategy can ensure the steady growth of your firm.
Your role as a manager of others doubles with your self-management. Making sure that you are able to show a good example through a personal style or ethic is a powerful visage. Your own attention to detail and ability to work in varying situations will show your partners or employees that...
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You may be young and hungry, aiming to make a mark in the daunting world of the legal profession. Just past the bar, you’re ready to change the world and put food on the able. However, many paths that may seem like shortcuts are instead common mistakes for attorneys, especially those that are less experienced.
Jumping into any old personal injury case may seem tempting, but should only be done with the appropriate research and foresight. If you are considering taking on such a case that you are not specialized in, you may be risking your ethical standards and reputation– not to mention your client’s case.
Stick to What You Know
The more training and experience...
PI Law is short for “personal injury law,” which in turn is defined as a personal injury lawyer who spends the majority of his or her time in the practice of law assisting victims of torts, which are negligent acts by a person or persons, which either individually, or in a supervening, or intervening manner, cause injuries to another, for which there was a duty owed not to cause that particular type of harm to that particular type of person.
Most people fresh out of law school would probably commit legal malpractice if they jumped right into PI law after passing the bar. But for those who interned, were paralegals, or law clerks, or those on the Law Office Study Program, putting out a shingle is a real option due to their first...
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The above auto manufacturer told drivers to stop driving their vehicles immediately. Sunday the Fiat Chrysler Company stated there was an error earlier in the month in the assembly process that may result in a component in the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango to break.
In this event the driver would have reduced braking power or possible and rear-end instability in these two models of SUVs. The company said owners of these vehicles should stop driving them immediately and schedule an on-site inspection.
The vehicles involved in the recall were manufactured in 2015 from June 12 through June 20th models of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs. Fiat Chrysler said there were approximately...
New Technology Does Not Supersede Basic Employees’ Rights Says Court
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Uber faced a major blow in court recently after those driving using the service sued for benefits. Uber and its similar competitor Lyft have argued that such workers are not employees, but rather contractors. Both have been challenged in court and in two different decisions, federal judges have declared that the decision could only be decided by a jury, rather than a judge. Furthermore, the California Labor Commission’s decision against Uber in June 2015 placed it on even shakier ground.
More than likely, unless Uber wins the appeal, they are done in California. There is no way they will be able...
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It’s all over the news. Speculation and research about the role of self driving vehicles have reached near a fever pitch. There’s been positioning to let these cars and trucks on the road as soon as possible. Many car and technology companies have been working hard to get the first widely available SDC on the road by the end of the decade if not sooner.
Medium had a fascinating look into how the country’s roads and economic system will shift as these vehicles hit the road. The concern is so high that Bloomberg even published an article asking if self driving trucks will destroy America.
With all of the hyperbole aside, it is very clear that a major culture shift...
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When is a Person Liable for Transmitting Sexually Transmitted Diseases?
Contracting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) is physically and emotionally taxing and can mean being susceptible to contract other sexually transmitted diseases and a higher risk to develop certain types of cancer. STD’s include genital herpes, hepatitis B, the human papilloma virus (HPV), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
When a sexually transmitted disease is passed from a partner or spouse to an unsuspecting person and the person infected has knowledge of their medical condition they may be legally liable for the damages they have caused the victim by infecting the person with an STD.
Is it Possible...
