Personal Injury Law

Insurance Industry Overcharging Consumers
According to the Consumer Federation of America's report, the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry systematically overcharges policy holders and underpays on claims. The Consumer Federation of America is a composed of consumer activists...

Op-Ed: Oil and Gas Profits Go Both Ways
The Politico By Rep. Mike Conaway Earlier this month, Exxon-Mobil once again announced record profits. These record profits, $40.7 billion to be exact, have been labeled ?outlandish,? ?unjustifiable,? ?appalling? and ?ruthless? by many in Congress...

New Consumer Activist Report Shows U.S. Property Insurers Overcharging Policy Holders
A report made by consumer activists claims the United States property/casualty insurance agency systematically overprices policy holders and underpays their claims. This report shows, in 2007, the insurers paid fifty-five cents in benefits from each dollar collected...

People Who E-File Their Tax Returns Are More Likely to Cheat
Canadian Press: People Who e-File Taxes More Likely to Cheat: Report: Canadians who file their income-tax returns electronically are more likely to cheat, a newly released report suggests...

"L.A. Targets Insurers With Unlikely Law"
Today's Daily Journal has an article, "L.A. Targets Insurers With Unlikely Law" (subscription) reporting on a group of UCL actions recently filed by the City Attorney of Los Angeles against a number of insurers for cancelling their customers' health insurance...

The Web Development Cheat Sheet Cheat Sheet
Check out Top 100 Lists of Web Development Cheat Sheets by VirtualHosting's Jessica Hupp. The list is broken down into the follow categories: General cheat sheet lists Client-side cheat sheet for CSS, HTML, etc...

Driving Record Checks
Get your Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) from your State Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Online

Mitchell Report Summary
Report on Steroid Drug Use in Major League Baseball by Senator George Mitchell

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Sunwest Management Inc.
allegedly understaffs nursing homes to increase profits.

Settlement
Sears settles with disabled worker for record $6.2M

Bank Website Security
New Report Finds Widespread Flaws

Operating Room Fires
Hundreds Injured During Surgery, New Report Shows

Health Insurers
Dictating Medical Decisions

Medical Errors
Annual Cost to Insurers Nearly $1.5 Billion