Litigation

3 Reasons Never To Argue With Your Ex

Kari Cornelison | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Divorce Court, Mediation, Divorce, Life After Divorce, Litigation, Divorce Attorney, Divorce News

While most divorcing spouses do not fundamentally desire the additional pain and expense of a court battle, many wind up in a divorce war without ever understanding what triggered it.

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How To Avoid Harmful Battles In Divorce Court

Robert Hughes, Jr. | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Philip A. Cowan, Courts, Litigation, Rachel Ebling, Mediation, Smith College of Social Work, Coparenting, Legal, Marsha Kline Pruett, Mothers, University of California- Berkeley, Fathers, Divorce News

Almost everyone involved in divorce becomes frustrated by the legal process. Both mothers and fathers feel like the system works against them.

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Why Regulators Say They're 'Paralyzed'

Reuters | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Video, Wall Street, Bart Chilton, Litigation, Reuters, Dodd-Frank Financial Reform, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Financial Regulation, Lawsuit, Business News

By Christopher Doering WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - Some U.S. regulators are "paralyzed" by the threat of lawsuits from Wall Street...

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How NOT To Hire A Wedding Photographer

Jane Hoskyn | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Photographer, Photography, Law, Wedding Photographer, Business, Litigation, Weddings, Weddings News

Speak to many pro photographers and they say they "don't shoot weddings any more." You may be surprised by this, given that the average fee seems rather lucrative for a day's work.

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The Top 5 Reasons NOT To Go To Divorce Court

M. Marcy Jones | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Divorce Court, Mediation, Divorce, Litigation, Divorce News

If you are thinking about going to court to win custody of your children or to prove your spouse is a terrible person, think again.

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Why Mediation Makes Sense

Bari Zell Weinberger, Esq. | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Mediation, Divorce, Litigation, Divorce Lawyer, Divorce News

The divorce process can be an expensive proposition. In uncertain financial times, like we are currently experiencing, it is even more crucial to find ways to help reduce the burden of divorce, both emotionally and financially

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When the Vows Break: Mexican Legislator Wants to Put Expiration on Your Marriage License

Steve Lake | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Montezuma?S Revenge, Renewable Marriage License, Marriage, Mexico City, Divorce, Leonel Luna, Litigation, Chicago News

If you think that if marriage was more like, say, a city sticker or drivers' license that it would save you from having any legal problems, you've probably had too much tequila.

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Bicycling and Equal Protection

Chuck Thies | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Dc Council, Waba, Legal Fees, Biking, Litigation, Assault of Bicyclist Prevention Act, Bicycling, Pedestrians, American Rule, DC News

Nine D.C. Council members have co-introduced the "Assault of Bicyclist Prevention Act of 2011." In D.C. it is already illegal to use a vehicle to threaten and assault bicyclists. You can go to jail for such behavior. You can also be sued.

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Apology Statutes Preserve Relationships

Brad Reid | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Ronald Regan, Rick Perry, Lyndon Johnson, Emotion, Apology, Tort Reform, Litigation, Non-Economic Damages, Business News

A lack of an apology in tort claims causes some persons to sue to vindicate their sense of injustice and to ease their emotional pain. An apology may facilitate healing pain and preserve relationships.

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SEC And Ex-Goldman Trader Drop Litigation

Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Lloyd Blankfein, Insider Trading, Rajat Gupta, Litigation, Sec, Securities and Exchange Commission, Goldman Sach, Lawsuit, Business News

NEW YORK (Jonathan Stempel) - Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) director Rajat Gupta and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are dropp...

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Lawsuit, Appointments Follow Detroit Education Plan Announcement

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 08.22.2011

Read More: Education News, Education, Public Act 4, Burt Johnson, Sugar Law Center, Litigation, Lawsuits, Education Reform, Harvey Santana, Emergency Manager Law, Rick Snyder, Education News

Nearly 30 Michigan residents filed a lawsuit Wednesday that seeks to overturn a law that gave state-appointed "emergency managers" near carte blanche ...

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Is Your Ex Worse Than Charlie Sheen?

Alison Patton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Borderline Personality Disorder, High-Conflict-Divorce, Personality Disorder, Divorce, Mel Gibson, Litigation, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Divorce Court, Two and a Half Men, Cbs, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Alec Baldwin, Mental Health, Psychology, Divorce News

Charlie Sheen keeps telling us he's special, but is he really that unique? We've read volumes about the king of custody battles, Alec Baldwin. We've f...

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The Number of Investing Suckers Is Endless

Dan Solin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Fraud, Fraud, Investing Fraud, Investment Advice, Investments, Investing, Securities Litigation, Litigation, Sec, Investors, Business News

The Amish are a pillar of honesty and integrity. It was particularly disturbing to learn they are not immune from "affinity fraud" perpetuated by one of their own.

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Out of Sight Should Not Mean Out of Mind

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Security Contractors, Unions, Litigation, Business News

Last month, Professor Michael H. LeRoy published a study that examined the legal remedies that are available for soldiers and their civilian counterparts who are injured or killed in war zones.

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Health Care Lawsuit: What Will it Cost Colorado?

Luis Toro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Suthers, Health Care Reform, Colorado, Litigation, Denver News

It's amazing that an Attorney General would sign on to a major constitutional lawsuit without preparing a cost estimate or reaching a formal agreement with other states involved in the case.

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Reproductive Fraud? Sham Pregnancy Centers Face Pushback

Jacob M. Appel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical Ethics, Women's Rights, Law, First Amendment, Catholicism, Austin, Free Speech, Pregnancy, U.S. Constitution, Federal Trade Commission, Robert Menendez, Catholic Church, Politics, Constitutional Law, First Amendment Rights, Deceptive Marketing, Constitution, Health Care, Bioethics, Childbirth, Maryland, Abortion, Women, Baltimore, Litigation, Stop Deceptive Advertising for Women's Services Act, Anti-Abortion, Carolyn Maloney, Texas, Fraud, Religion, Birth Control, Contraceptives, Human Rights, Advertising, Women's Health, Sex, Anti-Abortion Activists, Anti-Abortion Protesters, Pro-Choice, Politics News

It's increasingly difficult to figure out which of the numerous organizations claiming to offer "reproductive health services" actually provide termination referrals and which are merely sham clinics established by right-wing religious activists.

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A Legal Legend Passes

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jack Litman, Law, Israel, Prosecutors, Litigation, Civil Rights, New York News

This past weekend, the world lost one of the greatest criminal lawyers of the past half century. As a prosecutor and defense attorney alike, Jack Litman was one heck of a lawyer.

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Serial Litigant Stands Slim Chance Against Video Game Titans

Suann MacIsaac | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Electronic Arts, Sony, Video Game Consoles, Video-Game-Industry, Litigation, Activision Blizzard, Video Games, Nintendo, Lawsuit, Technology News

In a society where parents fabricate the disappearance of their small child in the hopes of getting a reality television show, it should be no surprise that Erik Estavillo is seeking his fifteen minutes of fame.

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Meaningful Mortgage Relief: Principal Reduction Through Foreclosure Prevention

Ray Brescia | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Crisis, Politics, Obama Foreclosure Plan, Foreclosure, Litigation, Obama Foreclosures, Home Foreclosures, Business News

Lenders and servicers, even those willing to modify mortgages, are often unwilling to reduce the outstanding principal on the loans in their portfolios, placing meaningful and sustainable modifications out of reach.

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Why Is The AMA President Lying (Again)?

Dr. Daniel Palestrant | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Effort, Ama President, Physicians, Appeal, Lobbying, Medical Liability, Litigation, Formula, Liability, Lobbyist, Malpractice, Fix, Ama, Bills, Massachusetts, Medicine, Healthcare, Health, Health Care, Healthy Living News

Dr. Rohack tries to spin the fact that the AMA's failure to achieve their two biggest goals, tort reform and repeal of the SGR formula were in fact victories. He is not including two critical pieces of information.

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Supremes Fanning the Firefighter Flames

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Firefighters, Litigation, Sonia Sotomayor, New Haven Firefighters, Politics News

It may be one of the dumber Supreme Court rationales in quite some time. Writing for the 5-4 majority which ruled in favor of New Haven's white firef...

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Address Medical Liability With Science, not Caps: "Standard of Care" is not the Same as Evidence-Based Medicine

Louise Marie Roth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Medical Association, Medical Errors, Health Care, Litigation, Heathcare Reform, National Practitioners Data Bank, Harvard School of Public Health, Medical Malpractice, Obama Health Care, Politics News

Many doctors practice in fear of litigation. Some argue this leads to "defensive medicine": medical practices designed to avert the future possibility of malpractice suits, rather than to benefit the patient.

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Obama Offers Gays a Consolation Prize of Extended Benefits

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Equality, California, Litigation, President Obama, Obama Defense of Marriage Act, Obama Gay Rights, Same-Sex Couples Federal Benefits, Equal Rights, Defense of Marriage Act, Barack Obama, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, California Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News

I hate to be the one to explain this struggle to the first black president, but the equality movement is not a grab bag of rights. You don't get to reach in and see which prize you've won.

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When Is a Lawyer Not a Lawyer? When She Acts

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet Movie Database, Sydney Pollack, Jim Brill, Film, Tort Liability, Travel, Thought Leaders, Diane Keaton, Lawyer, Intellectual Property, King?S College in London, Pardon My French, Global Citizens, Robert Duvall, Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, Compliance, Creativity, Open Door, Tony Randall, Cate Blanchett, Grace Kelly, Jim Luce, International Organization, University of Paris Sorbonne, Anouk Dutruit, Without Judgment, Johnny Depp, Broadway Theater, Sanford Meisner Technique, Eli Wallach, Gregory Peck, Off-Broadway Theater, Stanislavski System, James Caan, Litigation, 15 Waffles, Sitcom, Acting, Youtube, David Mamet, Style News

Making a career in acting is a challenging prospect. What makes Anouk Dutruit's ambitions even more invigorating is her other career. By day and international lawyer, by night an actor.

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Don't Kill the Lawyers -- Yet

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AIG Litigation, Courts, Edward Liddy, Litigation, Business News

We would all do well to remember that litigation, powerful sword that it is, should be a tool of last resort.

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