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How to Hire a Good Lawyer Finding the right attorney requires research, time, thought - and sometimes a dose of bravery. |
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July 22, 2002
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Getting A Good Lawyer Throughout the course of your life, you will find that you are going to need a lawyer for major events; buying a home, dealing with a parent's death, starting a business, as well as countless other situations. Knowing how to find a good lawyer is important. |
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Michael Estrin |
Tips For A Financially Sound Divorce Here are some tips at different stages of a divorce that may help you put your financial standings in order before things get out of hand |
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August 5, 2001
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How To Divorce Like You Are Buying A TV By preparing, you will be able to make informed decisions that will put you in control of your divorce. You will be in a position to negotiate with your spouse and your lawyer with self-confidence... |
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Dan Caplinger |
Get Paid in People's Court When you've got a small case against a small business or individual contractor, it can be tough finding a lawyer. That's where small claims court can come in handy to get you the compensation you deserve. |
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Financially Prepare For A Divorce Here are some tips to financially prepare for a divorce and make sure you survive without any permanent monetary scars. |
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Wal-Mart Case: Another Loss for Trial Lawyers The Supreme Court's ruling is the latest in a series of decisions that make it clear the justices aim to curb mass litigation. |
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Shelter From the Storm? In investor lawsuits against financial advisors, many reps choose to let the broker/dealer's lawyer represent them --- often simply because he's provided "free of charge". Big mistake. |
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Learn To Love Your Lawyer When it comes to attorneys, even the smartest business owners screw up. It doesn't have to be that way -- if you follow a plan for managing your lawyer. |
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Divorce Planning: Limit The Financial Sting It is never easy for a man to deal with a failed marriage. It is a time where emotions run very high while important financial decisions need to be made: a lethal combination... |
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May 12, 2015
George H. Pike |
Supreme Court to Address Standing to Sue for Data Breaches and Privacy Violations The ability of individuals to seek legal recovery for data breaches or the posting of inaccurate information or to defend their privacy rights may soon be impacted by the Supreme Court of the United States. |
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January 2007
George H. Pike |
Legal Update: Where the Lawsuits Are Updates on lengthy search-related lawsuits involving Google and Microsoft. |
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February 1, 2012
Ingrid Case |
Fighting Back Balance Point Divorce Funding of Beverly Hills, advances divorcing spouses money to pay household expenses, lawyers, forensic accountants and other professionals. In return, the firm takes a share of the larger settlements its clients hope to win. |
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April 2005
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Fee-dom of Choice Do you know your legal service billing alternatives? |
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November 18, 2010
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Wal-Mart vs. a Million Angry Women Wal-Mart wants the Supreme Court to block a huge gender-bias suit. |
National Defense
October 2013
Moorhouse & Bradel |
Not Hard to Run Afoul of False Claims Act Under the "reckless disregard" standard, a contractor can violate the act by not paying attention to the truth or dishonest information provided to the government in a manner that can be characterized as "reckless." |
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Rich Smith |
Suing Cisco to Censure China A lawsuit attacks China from a new (old) angle. |
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January 8, 2007
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How Business Trounced The Trial Lawyers By focusing on litigation reform at the state level, business has won key battles. Suddenly, it's a tough time to be a plantiffs' attorney. |
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March 2005
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Lay Down the Law Business owners afraid of losing big in a lawsuit should feel safer: A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in September takes aim at nuisance lawsuits and class-action suits. |
Information Today
December 19, 2011
George H. Pike |
Class Action Filed in Google Books Case The long- delayed lawsuit over the Google Book project took a significant step toward court action and potentially farther away from a settlement with the filing of a motion for Class Certification by The Authors Guild and several individual authors. |
Information Today
April 21, 2015
George H. Pike |
May 1 Named National Day of PACER Protest Advocates for free access to legal information on the internet have proposed May 1 as the National Day of PACER Protest to encourage the federal courts to remove cost barriers to a wealth of information from the nation's courts. |
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August 9, 2001
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Letting go Stringer's widow might be best off not pursuing lawsuits... |
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October 1, 2012
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Settlement May Not End Merrill Lynch's Deferred Compensation Woes Exemptions and the chance to opt out have lawyers predicting the $40 million proposed deferred compensation plan settlement will not cease litigation against Merrill Lynch. |
Chemistry World
October 1, 2014
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Dow's $1bn price-fixing fine upheld A US court has upheld a jury's award of over $1 billion in damages to customers of Dow Chemical's polyurethane constituents and materials business. |
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October 2004
Norm Brodsky |
Street Smarts: Presumed Guilty Let your lawyers stick to lawyering. The business decisions should remain in your hands. |
Entrepreneur
October 2004
Jane Easter Bahls |
Law Talent Lawyers have more to offer than just legal advice--they can also bring important skills to your business. One is a tendency to see the big picture. |
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August 2006
Jane Easter Bahls |
That's My Lawyer Is it OK to share a lawyer with a close competitor? |
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August 2, 2007
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98 Lawsuits Down, About 15,000 To Go Merck's Vioxx caseload just got a little smaller, when an appellate court ruled that 98 people from England and Wales could not sue in the U.S. Shares are up on the news. |
BusinessWeek
March 24, 2011
Greg Stohr |
Wal-Mart Faces the Big Box of Bias Suits A Supreme Court review of a massive gender discrimination suit against Wal-Mart could usher in new rules regarding class actions. |
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August 13, 2007
Lewis Braham |
Want To Take On Your Broker? Investors' odds have shrunk in recent years. Even if you win, don't expect a windfall. |
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2004
Bill Singer |
When Silence Isn't Golden Reps may not inhibit customers or other parties from providing information, documents or testimony or from cooperating otherwise with a regulator in an investigation of alleged violations, even after a settlement. |
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March 1, 2006
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Collaborative Divorce A bitter divorce can be hard on everybody, including a financial advisor. As husband and wife try to inflict emotional and financial damage on one another, their advisor may be caught in the middle. But there is a better way -- collaborative divorce. |
AskMen.com
Michael Hirsch |
How To: Create A Prenuptial Agreement If you're planning to get married, a prenuptial agreement is a good idea. Most guys don't know that a prenuptial agreement specifies what happens to joint martial assets, not only in the case of divorce, but in the event of death as well. |
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June 2007
Daniel Akst |
Breakup Blues Protecting your business if you (or your kids) get divorced. |
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Verizon Files Lawsuit Against FCC Net Neutrality Rules Verizon, widely seen as one of the likely challengers to the new open Internet rules, maneuvers to win a hearing in a friendly forum: the D.C. Circuit. |
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September 2004
Dimitra Kessenides |
Risky Business In the last five years, one in four private companies has been sued by a current or former employee, according to a recent survey. The right insurance policy can be the best defense against costly lawsuits. |
BusinessWeek
March 25, 2010
Susan Decker |
Attention, Shoppers: This Patent Expired Products marked with out-of-date claims are provoking a wave of lawsuits from consumers |
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January 2005
Marc Diener |
Up in Arms Planning for possible litigation is one of the most uncomfortable issues in business negotiation. Many contract clauses are designed to give one side superior firepower in court. |
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January 28, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Travel Abroad? Get Back Some Money It's time for credit card companies to pay you back. The result of a recent suit was a settlement that could get you some money back if you've paid currency-conversion fees while traveling in a foreign country between 1996 and 2006. |
BusinessWeek
August 16, 2004
Emily Thornton |
The Brokers Strike Back Wall Street to investors: Beware of suing your brokers -- they might just sue you back. |
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June 30, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Jackpot Justice, the Wal-Mart Case No one knows how to definitively resolve the abuses and dangers of class action suits without denying the underdog access to the courts. |
Inc.
June 2005
Dimitra Kessenides |
Can't We All Get Along? As litigation costs rise, more businesses turn to arbitration. |
The Motley Fool
March 29, 2011
Alyce Lomax |
Another Big Problem for Wal-Mart The latest in Wal-Mart's plethora of problems has taken the company all the way to the Supreme Court. A proposed class action lawsuit would pit more than a million female employees against the corporate giant. |
AskMen.com
Michael Estrin |
Fine Living: Build Your Wealth Management Team If you want to handle your wealth like a pro, turn the reigns over to a money management team. Here's how to get started. |
Information Today
October 11, 2012
George H. Pike |
Google's Settlement With Publishers Does Not Resolve All Library Project Issues After more than 7 years of litigation, Google and The Association of American Publishers reached a settlement over Google's ongoing Library Project to scan books from public and academic libraries and make the content available over Google. |
Registered Rep.
February 1, 2003
Jerry L. Reiter |
The Blame Game It's hard to say when the targeting of financial advisors for litigation reached its peak -- or whether it has even peaked yet. So how to protect yourself? |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2013
Miriam Rozen |
How to Tap Divorce Attorneys for Work Some advisors spell opportunity D-I-V-O-R-C-E. Here are their tips for working the breakup. |
Entrepreneur
February 2005
Jane Easter Bahls |
It's Settled A new law makes it easier to reach settlements in employment discrimination cases. |
Inc.
September 1, 2002
Norm Brodsky |
Street Smarts: A Breach of Trust Despite the recent revelations about high-level corporate larceny, most businesspeople are out to earn an honest buck. So it still comes as a surprise to discover a supplier or customer taking advantage of you. The question is, How should you respond? |
