With the passage of laws in California that grant sexual abuse victims extended timeframes and rights to take action against abusers, it is unsurprising that landmark settlements for sex abuse victims have transpired in recent years.
If you or a loved one faced sexual abuse in New York state, you’re not alone.
In Chicago and the state as a whole, reports of sexual assault in Illinois have increased significantly in recent years.
Reports of sexual assault have increased substantially in recent years in Vermont, with close to a 50%+ increase in reported rapes in the State in 2017 vs. 2016 (plus an additional 12% increase from 2017 to 2018 – the most recently reported year.)
When Woody Guthrie sang, “This land was made for you and me,” he could not have imagined the legal labyrinth to the American Dream for immigrants. Most of my clients are immigrants who have never hired an attorney until they meet me after a work injury. Most are North Carolinians living quiet lives, devoted to work, family, and faith, people
A mother calls at midnight. Her 14-year-old son has not slept in three days. He refuses to eat. When she tries to take away his gaming console, he becomes violent. This is not teenage defiance. This is addiction by design. When I first started looking at video game addiction cases, I thought we were dealing with parents who could not
Copyright protects the expression of an idea by its creators. Our clients create “stuff” all the time in the normal course of their business. They can also create this stuff when they are supporting social causes or communities or exercising their First Amendment rights. Does any of this “stuff” qualify for copyright protection? And can these creators stop others from
An abstract idea and a patent attorney walk into a patent bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve abstract ideas.” The attorney replies, “That’s fine—we’ll just reduce it to practice.” Some of you may already get the punchline. If you don’t, read this short article and learn about “The REAL Ideas of Patent Law.” The Abstract Idea Patent attorneys
What constitutes a safe staffing level on any given hospital unit, on any given day, is not a mystery. Hospitals know it. Regulators know it. Accrediting bodies know it. The data has confirmed it for decades. But would you, the patient, know it? Some hospitals intentionally staff below safe nurse-to-patient levels to reduce labor costs and increase profits. Hospitals operating
You likely saw the news that on January 3, 2026, the United States executed a covert military operation in Caracas, Venezuela wherein U.S. forces abducted that country’s head of state, Nicolas Maduro, along with his spouse, and then transported them to New York City to face charges for alleged drug trafficking and gun possession. In press briefings after the operation,
With the passage of laws in California that grant sexual abuse victims extended timeframes and rights to take action against abusers, it is unsurprising that landmark settlements for sex abuse victims have transpired in recent years.
If you or a loved one faced sexual abuse in New York state, you’re not alone.
In Chicago and the state as a whole, reports of sexual assault in Illinois have increased significantly in recent years.
Reports of sexual assault have increased substantially in recent years in Vermont, with close to a 50%+ increase in reported rapes in the State in 2017 vs. 2016 (plus an additional 12% increase from 2017 to 2018 – the most recently reported year.)
When Woody Guthrie sang, “This land was made for you and me,” he could not have imagined the legal labyrinth to the American Dream for immigrants. Most of my clients are immigrants who have never hired an attorney until they meet me after a work injury. Most are North Carolinians living quiet lives, devoted to work, family, and faith, people
A mother calls at midnight. Her 14-year-old son has not slept in three days. He refuses to eat. When she tries to take away his gaming console, he becomes violent. This is not teenage defiance. This is addiction by design. When I first started looking at video game addiction cases, I thought we were dealing with parents who could not
Copyright protects the expression of an idea by its creators. Our clients create “stuff” all the time in the normal course of their business. They can also create this stuff when they are supporting social causes or communities or exercising their First Amendment rights. Does any of this “stuff” qualify for copyright protection? And can these creators stop others from
An abstract idea and a patent attorney walk into a patent bar. The bartender says, “Sorry, we don’t serve abstract ideas.” The attorney replies, “That’s fine—we’ll just reduce it to practice.” Some of you may already get the punchline. If you don’t, read this short article and learn about “The REAL Ideas of Patent Law.” The Abstract Idea Patent attorneys
What constitutes a safe staffing level on any given hospital unit, on any given day, is not a mystery. Hospitals know it. Regulators know it. Accrediting bodies know it. The data has confirmed it for decades. But would you, the patient, know it? Some hospitals intentionally staff below safe nurse-to-patient levels to reduce labor costs and increase profits. Hospitals operating
You likely saw the news that on January 3, 2026, the United States executed a covert military operation in Caracas, Venezuela wherein U.S. forces abducted that country’s head of state, Nicolas Maduro, along with his spouse, and then transported them to New York City to face charges for alleged drug trafficking and gun possession. In press briefings after the operation,
