Miami Car Accident Lawyer If you have been seriously injured in a car accident, you need a car accident lawyer to represent your best interests. You are up against insurance companies who refuse to give you enough to cover your medical bills. You could be out of work for a while (or even lose your job as a result of your injuries). Since 1997, our firm has helped recover $1 billion on behalf of our clients for personal injury. We are ready to help you fight your case against the insurance companies. A car accident can be caused by any number of factors, but one thing always remains constant: Our Miami personal injury attorneys are here to help you. We’ll fight the insurance companies on...
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Trump Plan to Name Scalia DOL Head Stirs Fiduciary Advocate Debate The Trump administration’s plan to nominate corporate lawyer Eugene Scalia to head the Department of Labor is getting a mixed reaction from investor advocates. Scalia, the son of the late Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia, led the legal team representing the Chamber of Commerce and other securities and insurance group’s successful effort to overturn the Obama Administration-era fiduciary rule governing retirement accounts. The Wall Street Journal in 2012 called Scalia “one of the industry’s go-to guys for challenging financial regulations,” the website Politico noted after President Trump tweeted his intention...
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Fu Changguo 付常国 July 18, 2019 Comments Off on Fu Changguo 付常国 Criminal charge: Gathering a crowd to disturb public order Dates of Detention/Arrest: August 10, 2018 (detention); September 8, 2018 (formal arrest) Place of Incarceration: Current location unknown; previously detained at Shenzhen City No. 2 Detention Center Fu Changguo, a staff member with Shenzhen Dagongzhe Migrant Workers Center (DGZ), an NGO, was detained in August 2018, along with the group’s legal representative, Huang Qingnan (黄庆南). The police action in Shenzhen was tied to ongoing labor unrest at a Jasic Technology plant. Chinese state media portrayed Fu as a “leader” of the workers’ protests and claiming the movement...
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The criminal case against “American Beauty” actor Kevin Spacey has been dropped, the Cape and Islands District Attorney announced Tuesday, citing “the unavailability of the complaining witness.” The one-paragraph announcement states the DA’s office will “nolle prosequi” the case, meaning all charges are scrapped and the case is over. The notice is signed by DA Michael O’Keefe. The star actor, 59, was accused by the son of former WCVB anchor Heather Unruh of putting his hand down the then-18-year-old’s pants at an upscale bar on Nantucket in July 2016. He faced one count of indecent assault and battery. The alleged victim pleaded the Fifth earlier this...
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Judge orders release of documents related to hush payments by Trump's ex-lawyer FILE PHOTO: Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former lawyer, speaks to reporters as he leaves his apartment building to report to NEW YORK (Reuters) - A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of documents relating to hush-money payments by Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen to two women who said they had sexual encounters with the president and disclosed that federal prosecutors had ended their investigation of the matter. U.S. District Judge William Pauley in Manhattan ordered that the documents, used by prosecutors to obtain a search warrant for Cohen's home and office last year...
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The trial of five people accused of killing lawyer Willie Kimani, his client boda boda rider Josephat Mwenda and taxi Joseph Muiruri took a new twist on Tuesday when one of the accused persons said he no longer wanted to be represented by his advocate. Mr Peter Ngugi Kamau told trial judge Jessie Lesiit that he was not getting along with his lawyer Neilias Kinyori and that he wanted to be represented by a male advocate. Asked by iustice Lesiit whether he could afford to hire an advocate, Mr Ngugi said he could not afford so the government should assist him. Without going into details, Ms Kinyori, who has been representing the suspect pro bono, said his demands were against the law. "I have...
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If you’re a lawyer working in legal operations or in a leadership or supervisory role, sooner or later you will find yourself overseeing a document review. What you do at the outset of the review will determine how smooth the review process is and how successful the outcome will be. Have a Plan Given the enormity of some document reviews, it is hard to imagine not having a game plan in advance. So, whether your organization is involved in serial litigation or you’re undertaking document review for the first time, whether you’re putting eyes on every document or using the latest machine learning or analytics tools, here’s a few thoughts on developing a document review protocol. Before any...
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A visibly irritated federal judge on Tuesday banned President Donald Trump’s former adviser Roger Stone from posting on social media after prosecutors accused Stone of violating a gag order by repeatedly discussing his case on his Instagram account. “Your lawyer had to twist the facts, twist the plain meaning of an order and twist himself into a pretzel” to argue that Stone’s social media posts did not violate her order, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Stone. Jackson said she would not jail Stone for violating the order, saying holding a contempt hearing, which could result in jail time or a fine, would only generate more media attention that could affect potential jurors...
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Florida House Wants Chance To Defend Medical Marijuana Law The Florida House of Representatives wants a say in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of state medical marijuana regulations. The chamber's lawyers asked a Tallahassee appeals court Tuesday for a chance to intervene. Florigrown, LLC is suing the state Department of Health over the requirement that medical marijuana treatment centers (MMTC) be vertically integrated -- meaning the same company must oversee producing, distributing and dispensing. Florigrown also contends the Department of Health's cap on the number of available MMTC licenses is unconstitutional. A trial court previously denied the House's motion to...
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(Welcome to The Soapbox , the space where we get loud, feisty, political, and opinionated about anything and everything. In this edition: no one involved in Big Little Lies knows a single damn thing about how family law works.) Now comes Jessica Mason, having served as a family law attorney for many years and being of mostly sound mind, and MOVES that Sunday’s episode of Big Little Lies be stricken from the record due to its flagrant disregard for courtroom procedure in the name of drama. In the interest of clarity and justice, petitioner will present her case going forward in lay terms in the hope of providing context and understanding of these offences for the Audience. Also: major...
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