Estate Planning

Court Endorses the “Measured Mile” Method of Calculating Contractor Inefficiency
The Pennsylvania Appeals Court recently endorsed the "measured mile" method as the preferred method of calculating loss of productivity damages.  The court explained that this method compares the cost of completing work not subject to delay or acceleration, with the cost of completing the work during the period of impact...

Acting Against ACTA by Professor Alan Story
?If it is a sin for the poor to steal from the rich, it must be a much bigger sin for the rich to steal from the poor. Don?t rich countries pirate poor countries? best scientists, engineers, doctors, nurses and programmers? When global corporations come to operate in the Philippines, don?t they pirate the best people from local firms? If it is bad for poor countries like ours to pirate the intellectual property of rich countries, isn?t it a lot worse for rich countries like the US to pirate our intellectuals?...

Estate Taxes: Not Just For the Rich
You work hard for your money, so who do you want to leave it to when you die ? the government or your kids? Even if you don?t consider yourself ?rich,? you need to know how to protect yourself against...

Attorney's Fees and Construction Contracts
Many of my clients come to me with their claims and assume that the law will afford them their attorney's fees if they prevail in their case. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth...

U.S. Attorney's Office Rotation Deadline
Although the deadline for applications for the spring U.S. Attorney's Office Rotation is October 7, 2008, applications received by the Clinic Office prior to that date will be sent to the US Attorney's office as soon as the Clinic receives them...

The Case For Raising Taxes On Canada's Rich
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives haspublished Why Charity Isn't Enough: The Case For Raising Taxes On Canada's Rich. From the press release: Canada should raise federal personal income tax rates on the rich to close the growing income gap...

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

How to Select a Divorce Attorney
Select a counselor carefully

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

Inflated Drug Prices
Dey LP pays $198,000 settlement to Montana Attorney General.

DUI/DWI
If you have been arrested for drunk driving or driving under the influence you should contact an attorney immediately.

Criminal Law
If you have been arrested or mistreated by police you should speak to a criminal law attorney.