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COVID-19 Pandemic and Trends in Personal Bankruptcy Law

Howard Rabb September 16, 2020

Personal bankruptcy enables filers to wipe their financial slates clean when they are overwhelmed by debt and unable to pay their bills. For consumers struggling with debt, filing for bankruptcy can prevent creditors from foreclosing on or repossessing property, garnishing wages, or shutting off utility services. For small business owners, bankruptcy can discharge business debt to allow entrepreneurs the ability

Class Actions Are Like Surgery

Patrick Perotti September 16, 2020

Class actions are like surgery. If you know how to do them, you can significantly help people, make lives better and make some good money in the process. But, if you don’t know how to do them, you can make people’s lives worse, screw them up, and get yourself sued. Sad, but true. Class actions are not just ‘extended versions’

Leg Is The New Heart

Kay Van Wey September 15, 2020

It is with a heavy heart that I write you today with news of the latest medical scam that could hurt you or someone you love. The practice has been referred to as “predatory screening.” It works sort of like this: a company offers to come to your church or an employer-sponsored health fair to do a free screening, or

Dallas Commercial Vehicle Collisions: The Ins and Outs of Getting the Settlement you Deserve

Jason Franklin September 9, 2020

A commercial vehicle is defined as a vehicle used for business or commercial purposes. While people often associate commercial vehicles with 18-wheelers or delivery trucks, some may not realize is that any vehicle being used for business purposes can technically be considered a commercial vehicle – even passenger cars. Other types of commercial vehicles include passenger buses, passenger vans, limousines, hearses, cement mixers, garbage

Playing Fair

Z. Peter Sawicki and James L. Young September 4, 2020

All is fair in love and war.” This axiom is frequently thrown about and is often used as a basis to justify certain actions. If it is true about love and war, what about business? These days the competitiveness to sell products or services can be very intense. What is fair between competitors in the marketplace? Is it like love

Avoiding Anti-Discrimination Lawsuits Related to COVID-19

Sarah Santos September 2, 2020

Anti-discrimination laws, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the American with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, serve to protect against work-place discrimination. Lawsuits are commonly filed by employees against employers who engage in discriminatory or retaliatory actions against employees in violation

Three Considerations for Same-Sex Couples Getting Divorced in Florida

Christina McKinnon August 17, 2020

Same-sex couples face unique legal challenges in their relationships, including when they decide to get divorced. At McKINNON LEGAL, we represent clients in a variety of family law matters, including same-sex divorces. In most ways, same-sex divorces happen in just the same way as any other divorce. We guide our clients through property division, child support and alimony matters, timesharing

IVF and Paternity Obligations

Christina McKinnon August 17, 2020

In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a process through which an egg and a sperm are combined outside of the body and transferred to the uterus after fertilization occurs. The process can use a donor egg and sperm, biological material from the mother and her partner, or a combination thereof. This amazing medical technology brings lots of questions into the legal sphere,

How Do You Prove Fault If A Driver’s Lane Change Caused An Accident?

Terry Bryant August 16, 2020

There are multiple ways to prove in an accident caused by lane changes that it was clearly the other driver’s fault. In most states, the law says that if a person enters the lane or an entrance, they are responsible for making sure they do it safely, and there is no oncoming traffic. Once they enter the lane and an

Trademark [Social] Distancing: How Close is Too Close?

Z. Peter Sawicki and James L. Young August 12, 2020

We both have active trademark practices and are constantly evaluating whether a client’s proposed trademark is available for use for that client’s goods or services. We review a lot of trademarks. While brands are valuable and very important for a business, we do our best to steer our clients away from difficulties that are ancillary to their primary mission –

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