The supreme court of the UK has made a ruling which sets a precedent that could benefit thousands of asbestos sufferers claiming for compensation. The ruling by the high court placed insurance liability, for asbestos claims, with the policy that was in place at the time that the client was exposed rather than when symptoms [...]
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Tagged 1940s, Appeal Court, Asbestos Claims, Asbestos Diseases, Asbestos Law, Asbestos Related Diseases, British Association Of Insurers, Causal Link, Clarity, Insurance Claims, Insurance Liability, Insurance Policy, Insurer, Mesothelioma, Negligence, Obligation, Policy Period, Supreme Court Judges, Survivors, Workplace Injury
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Wrongful Termination: 18 Things a Lawyer May Want to See When You Meet
Wrongful termination occurs when you are fired in a way that violates public policy and may include situations where you were forced to resign (called constructive discharge). If your employer fired you, or asked you to resign, or if you quit because you [...]
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Tagged Chronology, Constructive Discharge, Diary, Discrimination Complaint, Employment Policies, Employment Problems, First Meeting, Initial Conference, Lawyer, Memory, Microsoft, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Opposition, Participation, Public Policy, Spreadsheet, Working Conditions, Wrongful Discharge, Wrongful Termination
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There are currently 13 states that have legalized gambling and they have over 450 casinos between those states, and they bring in 72 billion dollars a year.
From this money states get extra money for road repair, schools and many other things that a state needs money to fix and maintain.
In the last 10 years there [...]
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Tagged 10 Years, Billion Dollars, Business People, Economy, Extra Money, Gamblers, Illegal Gambling, Indian Casino, Indian Casinos, Legalized Gambling, Legalizing Gambling, Lunch, Money Extra, Money States, New Books, People Working, Police Officers, Profitable Business, Restaurants, Unemployment Rate
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Monday, December 27, 2010
We are likely to need legal help at least once a year, yet most of us do
not actively seek legal help.
This is borne out of data from a survey
conducted by Leo J. Shapiro & Associates, on behalf of the American Bar
Associations Section of Litigation, which shows that close to three
quarters of American adults experience [...]
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Tagged American Adults, American Bar Associations, Attorney Fees, Confusion, Custody Of Children, Doom And Gloom, Health Contracts, Lawyer, Legal Help, Legal Matters, Legal Questions, Legal Representation, Litigation, Necessary Legal Advice, Professional Legal Advice, Shapiro, Sticking Point, Three Quarters, Trepidation, Writing Letters
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
When you subscribe to a pre-paid legal service, you are likely to deal
with an attorney and a number of other individuals and organisations who
are involved in one way or another with the service. Its important to
understand the role of each participating party in a legal service plan,
particularly when youre unhappy with the service or when [...]
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Tagged Attorneys, Contracts, Fringe Benefit, Group Plan, Lawyer, Lawyers, Legal Arrangement, Legal Help, Litigation, Office Consultation, Organisations, Phone Advice, Phone Calls, Plan Administrator, Plan Sponsor, Point Of Contact, Pre Paid Legal Service, Third Parties, Trade Unions, Tuition Fees
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Thursday, December 9, 2010
Although we all have an understanding of what law is, and generally why it’s appropriate that it should be in place to serve and regulate our conduct in society, we seldom think of what law actually means in an everyday context. What is law for the average Joe in the street? How does [...]
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Tagged Act, Average Joe, Business Situations, Citizens, Constitution, Constitutional Matters, Criminal Law, Everyday Task, Interaction, Jobs, Lead, Nature, Orchestration, Overwhelming Effect, Parameters, People, Personal Conduct, Sophisticated Tool, Spheres, Train
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Thursday, December 2, 2010
What would you do with an extra $886 each year? Pay off your credit cards? Get braces for your child? Make an extra mortgage payment?
For anybody, $886 is a lot of money. But that is exactly how much you and every man, woman and child end up paying each year to cover the cost of [...]
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Tagged Deep Pockets, Delaware Nebraska, Fifth Survey, Frivolous Lawsuits, Harris Interactive, Lawsuit Abuse, Louisiana Mississippi, Man Woman And Child, Mississippi Alabama, Money Support, Mortgage Payment, New Survey, Plaintiffs, Pocketbook, State Liability, Statistic, Tillinghast Towers Perrin, Trial Lawyers, Virginia Iowa, Woman And Child
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
During the matter of my divorce (that’s lawyer talk – it’s always the matter of this and the matter of that), I spent about $30,000 on three different attorneys in an extremely frustrating effort just to be able to see my own children. As each lawyer failed to obtain one single worthwhile benefit for me, [...]
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Tagged Attorneys, Benefit, Business Relationships, Careers, Case Loads, Divorce, Ethical Guidelines, Hard Truth, Lawyer, Lawyers, Little Gods, Name Game, Name Of The Game, Peers, Piss, Truth About, Truth Of The Matter
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Asbestos cases are notorious for having fraudulent claims mixed in with the real ones. For companies to help protect these claims through pre-packaged bankruptcy filings to avoid exposure is counterproductive. Asbestos cases which are filed in Federal Court are all transferred to one judge in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This federal judge in Philadelphia (Judge Myron Weiner) [...]
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Tagged Administrative Office, Asbestos Cases, Asbestos Fiber, Asbestos Industry, Asbestos Mesothelioma, Bankruptcy Filings, Chest Cavity, Federal Judge, Fraudulent Claims, Inflammatory Disease, Medical Treatment, Mesothelial Cells, Mesothelioma Cases, Myron Weiner, Organs In The Body, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Product Liability Cases, Type Of Cancer, Vital Organs, Wrongdoing
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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
As NJ divorce attorneys, we are trained to be advocates in the process known as “adversarial. Many of us self-selected into the legal profession partly because our underlying personality and temperament traits are geared toward advocacy. Similarly, lawyers “the good ones” are typically quite inquisitive. Their questioning techniques, however, often take on the tone of [...]
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Tagged Advo, Advocacy, Advocates, Cross Examination, Debates, Disguise, Disservice, Divorce Attorneys, Divorce Lawyer, Fiscal Policy, Habit, Hidden Agendas, Journalists, Legal Profession, Paying Attention, Point Of View, Questioners, Questioning Techniques, Temperament Traits, Viewpoint
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