When you go to a hospital for medical treatment, you assume that you will be taken care of by professionals in an appropriate manner. In no way would you expect to contract a nasty virus and end up more sick than you were when you got to the hospital. However, it does happen. Patients get sick with viruses they contract during a hospital stay, and sometimes patients leave the hospital with injuries they sustained during their stay. If you have co... Read More
If you’ve ever opened a phone book or used a search engine to look for an injury lawyer, you’ve probably been overwhelmed. Where is the objective advice? Everything appears to be an advertisement for a firm – whether they’re blatant about it or not, the information can all seem to look highly biased. Injury law is a hot commodity for lawyers and clients. The payoffs can be huge and the clients are highly motivated. It&rsqu... Read More
For many riding a motorcycle is a spectacular and thrilling experience. For other’s it is just a great way to travel. For other’s it may be the best way to save money on commuting. Part of the thrill in riding a motorcycle is the fact that there are risks. Experiencing a motorcycle accident compared to a car accident is completely different. A low impact car accident is not likely to result in injuries, but a motorcycle accident can ... Read More
Worker’s Compensation is a program that is available, and usually mandatory, for most businesses. It is there to protect the business in the event that an employee is hurt on the job. If an employee is injured at work, it is up to the business to pay all the medical bills. Without Worker’s Compensation insurance, those costs can have an enormous effect, especially on new or small businesses. With this type of insurance, hospital trips... Read More
No one wants to pay more taxes than they are lawfully required to. But sometimes in their quest for lower taxes, many people will fall prey to many scams that promise a lower tax bill. In the end, these scams are always more trouble than they are worth.My name is Drew Miles, and I am known as the Tax Savings Attorney. My goal is to help as many people lower their taxes to the absolute legal minimum, without any risk of facing problems with the IR... Read More
The list is endless:?dialing a hand held cell phone, conversing on a cell phone, operating a PDA or reaching for it, eating, drinking, smoking, daydreaming, “rubbernecking”, applying makeup, combing hair or brushing teeth, removing or putting on jewelry to name only a few.?We’ve all seen it.?People engaged in secondary tasks while they drive cars and trucks on our country’s public roads and highways.?Driver inattention is ... Read More
In the United States, shares must be registered with the SEC before they can be sold to the public. In turn, it is impossible to register shares without the company preparing a registration statement and, along with a prospectus, filing said statement with the Securities Exchange Commission. The right to register one’s shares is not granted by federal or state statute, but rather, by mutual agreement between a company and investors. This ar... Read More
Prison reform is constantly a hot topic from barbershops to the bureaucracy of government. It is believed that many prisoners enter the system in search of reform but instead come out rejuvenated criminals. Unequal drug laws and the “Three Strikes Law” often result in petty criminals receiving maximum sentences while violent criminals are sometimes only hit with a “slap on the wrist.” Although many see drastic prison refor... Read More
Recently three oil executives were convicted and jailed in the UK for price fixing. This was the first ever prosecution for an oil cartel. Each man pleaded guilty to a single offence of creating a cartel. The three individuals used code-names, secret meetings, and Swiss bank accounts in order to orchestrate the price fixing scheme. This cartel also employed a full time employee to allocate contracts and fix prices. The jail sentences for the thre... Read More
The U.S. real estate boom of the past ten years has seen homeownership rise from 65% to 69%. Unfortunately with the market cooling the value of real estate is plummeting leaving homeowners holding mortgages that greatly out value the real estate they presently hold. There is now something that can help. The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 was enacted on December 20, 2007 to assist homeowners who are in such a predicament. Normally, a... Read More
