Legal Articles

Legal | By Bart Icles @ Tuesday, 24th June 2008 @ 2:16 AM

Have you been in an accident that was the other persons fault? Are you going to pursue a personal injury case, or just forget about it and go on with your life? Are you even going to take the time to talk to a personal injury lawyer about your accident and what the odds might be if you were to pursue a case against the individual who injured you? To be completely honest, most people fail to pursue legal action because of things they have heard about personal injury lawyers in general and abou... more...

Legal | By Amy Nutt @ Friday, 20th June 2008 @ 2:45 PM

The legal alcohol limit when driving is based on the blood alcohol content of one's blood. The blood alcohol content (BAC) is a measure of how much alcohol is in the blood. When it exceeds a certain percentage, then it is not deemed safe to drive. There are many different factors that conclude what one's BAC is, so it can sometimes be confusing. But with such devices as breathalyzers that can be utilized on site when a person is pulled over, figuring it becomes considerably easier. ... more...

Legal | By Mark Warner @ Friday, 20th June 2008 @ 4:41 AM

Consulting agreements are commonly used by businesses today. Consulting agreements can range from one page to 20 or more pages depending on the subject matter of the agreement and whether other agreements between the parties are included or are incorporated by reference. This summary will discuss in more detail the terms of the Sample Consulting Agreement form and the legal rights and obligations created under the agreement, as well as provisions that could be adapted to specific circumstances a... more...

Legal | By James Montgomery @ Friday, 20th June 2008 @ 3:58 AM

Rafael and Marta are attorneys and work together in a law firm that practices family law. Like many lawyers, their practice involves representing individuals who need their services to solve a problem. They specialize in marketing to the Hispanic community. They make a good living but are not creating wealth through their business. Their story is the same as most lawyers. They bill by the hour and their income is therefore limited on a practical basis to the number of hours worked every wee... more...

Legal | By Stephen Campbell @ Friday, 20th June 2008 @ 1:40 AM

Back in the day, it might have been quite a lot of trouble trying to dig up buried information about people, but not anymore. Because of technology and improved civilization, it is now possible to source for information on the Internet and through other public services. Many useful records are now available for as many people as may be interested. So conducting background investigation on a probable workforce shouldn't be too much of a difficulty. Pre-employment screening is pure com... more...

Legal | By Bart Icles @ Thursday, 19th June 2008 @ 11:56 AM

When you first meet with a personal injury lawyer in Philadelphia, there are many questions that you need to ask to make sure that you are getting all of the information you need to make an educated decision as to which lawyer to choose. The following questions are essential and some of the most important questions you need to ask on your first arranged meeting with your potential lawyer. First and foremost, you should find out if this consultation is given free of charge. If they expec... more...

Legal | By Bart Icles @ Friday, 13th June 2008 @ 2:28 AM

Finding a top notch Philadelphia personal injury lawyer isn't the easiest thing to do, but if you work hard to find one to represent you, you will have greater chances of winning your case. Professional personal injury lawyers can really play a huge part in helping their clients get justice when all odds are against them. If you are able to win your settlement, the compensation and peace of mind that you won will help you in your recover process. If you are a victim, you have as mu... more...

Legal | By Stephen Campbell @ Friday, 13th June 2008 @ 1:26 AM

The introduction of the Internet has made it easy to do a world of things. Background investigations on latent personnel are no exception. You could search for details and records about them using their names and social security numbers. If they have a criminal record, even one as small or trivial as a parking ticket, you'd likely find it. Falsified records are a dime a dozen. You could get them on the corner of just some street or even off of the Internet for a small fee. Curiously,... more...

Legal | By John Bisnar @ Thursday, 12th June 2008 @ 11:57 AM

If you or a loved one has been misdiagnosed or have been a victim of medical malpractice in the State of California and would like to take the doctor or hospital to court, you my find it very difficult to get a lawyer to represent you. There's a reason California personal injury lawyers cringe at medical malpractice lawsuits - in this state, we have a $250,000 cap on medical malpractice awards and a cap on attorney's fees. These two factors combine to make the pursuit of a medi... more...

Legal | By John Bisnar @ Wednesday, 11th June 2008 @ 2:35 AM

Runaway trailers can cause devastating crashes, resulting in serious injuries and/or deaths. Trailers detach from their guidance sources more often than most people realize, despite the catastrophic damage they cause. The government does not organize or supply national runaway trailer statistics for public access. However, the Los Angeles Times identified 540 runaway trailer accidents from news reports and court files between 2000 and 2007. These runaway trailer accidents resulted in hun... more...

Legal | By Jeffrey Herskowitz @ Sunday, 8th June 2008 @ 3:45 PM

As an owner of an income producing property, such as an apartment complex, your tax assessment of the property is critical in maintaining a profitable business. Once an owner receives the tax bill with the assessment for real estate, the owner has a statutory time period, the first Monday in April , to file an appeal of the assessment. The appeal will be heard before either the Tax Court or the County Board of Taxation. The taxpayer will then have the opportunity to present expert test... more...

Legal | By Ramapati Singhania @ Sunday, 8th June 2008 @ 5:29 AM

Lawyers Dubai really started their careers in Dubai when the Law of the Formation of the Courts in the Emirate of Dubai, was promulgated in 1992 by His Highness Sheikh Rashid Al Maktoum. Since then the judicial system has grown by leaps to keep pace with the growth of Dubai and the various needs for specialists in financial law, real estate law, criminal law and other areas as they become apparent. 1. The Judicial System To maintain harmony between them the Emirates were given ... more...

Legal | By Arnold Hernandez @ Thursday, 5th June 2008 @ 10:39 AM

California and most of the country has communities where a language other than English is very prominent. In these communities California imposes an additional burden on certain landlords who speak a foreign language. The same is true if the landlord employees leasing agents or employees that are bilingual and negotiation or deal in a foreign language. The landlords covered are those landlords that who negotiate with a residential tenant primarily in Spanish, Chinese, Taglog, Vietnamese or Ko... more...

Legal | By John Bisnar @ Thursday, 5th June 2008 @ 8:37 AM

"Seat back failure" is a life-threatening defect in many automobiles that cause numerous injuries and deaths each year. There are estimates that in 1990 there were 1,100 fatalities and 1,600 serious injuries due to seat collapses in rear-ended collisions. These injuries could have been prevented had the seat backs been designs been replaced with proven safety measures that have been readily available for decades. The underlying problem is that the national safety standard does no... more...

Legal | By Mark Warner @ Thursday, 5th June 2008 @ 7:59 AM

An asset purchase agreement is the written agreement by which one company buys another company. Asset purchase agreements define the assets and liabilities to be sold. The buyer is purchasing whatever the two parties define as "the Business," including the rights to conduct this Business. Because certain assets and liabilities can be excluded from the transaction, asset purchase agreements are widely used contracts. Stock purchase agreements, meanwhile, do not easily allow for ... more...

Legal | By Mark Warner @ Thursday, 5th June 2008 @ 7:22 AM

In the 1980s, corporate M&A activity intensified. Takeover targets seemed to be everywhere. Companies worried about protecting themselves and their best executives. Executives worried about keeping their jobs in the event of a takeover. Thus was born the change of control agreement, also known as a golden parachute agreement. A change of control agreement is an agreement, be it written or oral, formal or not, between a company and its individual executives that lays out a severance package ... more...

Legal | By Mark Warner @ Tuesday, 3rd June 2008 @ 1:37 PM

Of all of the legal agreements that you will have to go over in your lifetime, a real estate development agreement is one of the longest and one of the most complicated. Many of the other forms we've looked at here are short; usually one or two pages and they can be filled out and read over in only a few minutes. With a real estate development agreement, you will likely need hours to wade through one of these dense, 10-50 page documents. Let's take a look at what a real estate developm... more...

Legal | By John Bisnar @ Monday, 2nd June 2008 @ 7:18 AM

On May 2, 2007 the FDA issued a formal demand of Shelhigh, Inc. to recall all of its medical devices due to concern of contamination. On April 17, 2007 the FDA requested a voluntary recall by Shelhigh, Inc., after a seizure operation by the U.S. Marshals, but the company refused. The FDA requested that the U.S. Marshals seize any devices and components from Shelhigh's Union, New Jersey facility. The seizure was prompted by the discovery of significant deficiencies in the company's manu... more...

Legal | By John Bisnar @ Sunday, 1st June 2008 @ 5:40 PM

A New Jersey-based company that makes tissue-based products used in open-heart surgeries is embroiled in a heated court battle and war of words with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This tension between Shelhigh and the FDA began April 17 when the federal regulatory agency pulled about 1 million parts at the company's plant in New Jersey after a 10-week inspection of the facility in the fall of 2006. According to the civil complaint that the FDA filed in the U.S. District Cour... more...

Legal | By Jim Pretin @ Saturday, 31st May 2008 @ 12:08 PM

Americans have begun buying their prescription drugs online from internet pharmacies based in Canada. If you've ever looked at some of these Canadian drug websites, you may have noticed that many of the drugs are 80% cheaper in Canada then they are in the United States, which begs several questions. Firstly, Canadians pay fantastically less for the same medicines than Americans because the Canadian government stipulates a price ceiling at which they allow drug manufacturers to sell t... more...