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Abigail Roberts; Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Professional Association;
Legal Alert/Article May 10, 2012, previously published on May 8, 2012 Oftentimes, defense counsel are faced with a dilemma in their pre-trial preparations where the Plaintiff discloses various treating physicians but fails to include a report containing a summary of their opinions. Prior to 2010, the Defendant could try to prohibit said expert from testifying...
| | New Rules for Florida Mediations
G. Jeffrey Vernis; Vernis & Bowling of Birminingham, LLC;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2012, previously published on Spring 2012 On November 3, 2011, the Florida Supreme Court adopted some new, more stringent rules for Florida mediations. Effective January 1, 2012, absent an agreement or waiver of the parties, these new rules apply to all Florida mediations. The new rules require the attendance at mediation by the parties,...
| | Michigan Drunk Driving Charges: Did The Officer Go Too Far In Threatening You With A Court Ordered Test
The Nichols Law Firm PLLC;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on April 2012 Implied Consent Statute may provide grounds to exclude blood or beath test if the Officer fails to comply with the Implied Consent Statute.
| | Commentaries of the Law That Regulates Protection of Persons That Need Especial Security in El Salvador
Roberto Molina Mendoza; Benjamín Valdez & Asociados Abogados y Notarios;
Legal Alert/Article April 23, 2012, previously published on May 2011 Secutiry law in El Salvador
| | Service Members Civil Relief Act
S. Joshua Kahane; Glankler Brown, PLLC;
Legal Alert/Article March 30, 2012, previously published on March 29, 2012 The Service Members Civil Relief Act (SCRA) a/k/a H.R. 100, signed into law on December 19, 2003, by then President George W. Bush, includes provisions which protect service members from evictions during the course of their active service.
|  | The Frog, The Scorpion, and Why You Should Attend Our Conference
Kippy L. Wroten; Wroten & Associates, Inc.;
Legal Alert/Article March 23, 2012, previously published on Spring 2012 My job as an attorney really boils down to two things, (1) being an investigator in search of the truth, and (2) translating the truth into a better story than is woven in the attacks waged by our adversaries. Hence my recent preoccupation with frogs. If you're a regular reader of my quarterly...
| | Using Effective Progressive Discipline to Reduce Employee Turnover (Part II of series)
Laura K. Sitar; Wroten & Associates, Inc.;
Legal Alert/Article March 23, 2012, previously published on Spring 2012 Too often we look at progressive discipline policies as a means of getting a poor performing employees out the door with an evidence trail to use when the employee sues. Don't get me wrong, the thing I like most when I review a new discrimination or retaliation case is a well documented employee...
| | Dying With Dignity - A Different Perspective
Regina A. Casey; Wroten & Associates, Inc.;
Legal Alert/Article March 23, 2012, previously published on Spring 2012 My mother, who has lived in an Assisted Living Facility for the last five years, recently died at the age of 91. Watching my mother go through the dying process gave me a better understanding of some of the challenges the long term care industry faces when assisting families through the death of a...
| | Supreme Court Decision in Sackett V. EPA Allows Regulated Parties to Challenge EPA’s Authority under the Clean Water Act
Hunton Williams LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 22, 2012, previously published on March 2012 On March 21, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency, 566 U.S. -- (2012), finding that an administrative compliance order issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water Act (CWA) was final agency action...
| | Final Rule for IR&D Reports Fails to Address Most Serious Questions
David S. Gallacher, Kerry A. O'Neill; Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 21, 2012, previously published on March 16, 2012 Last April, we wrote about proposed changes to Department of Defense ("DoD") reporting requirements for independent research and development ("IR&D"), raising concerns about how the proposed change would tie recoverability of IR&D costs to new reporting and disclosure...
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