An industry colleague ran into a situation today where a financial advisor is recommending that the plaintiffs take cash and purchase a SPIA in lieu of receiving a structured settlement and called to ask me for my thoughts. A Single Premium Annuity Contract or "SPIA" is a contract between a person ...

Blogger is ending the ability of its users to ftp one's posts from blogger to one's own domain. Hence I am closing this blog but the old posts will be transferred over to Mobile Insights

http://www.abanow.org/wordpress/wp-content/themes/ABANow/wp-content/uploads/resolution-pdfs/MY2010/summaries/104-adopted.pdfThe accompanying 21-page full report on the reasons for the recommendations is available at: http://www.abanow.org/wordpress/wp-content/themes/ABANow/wp-content/uploads/resolut ...

By Gregory Cannarozzi, New Jersey DUI Attorney New Jersey DWI/DUI Penalties Driving while intoxicated (DWI) and driving under the influence of CDS constitute very serious offenses in New Jersey. The consequences of driving while intoxicated, as well as driving under the influence of CDS include per ...

By Elliot Schlissel, New York Criminal Defense / Civil Litigation Attorney The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently ruled that the use of a taser stun gun by a police officer can be considered, under certain circumstances, excessive force which leaves the police officer o ...

In light of our is fit to practice law, this caught my eye.  It describes the remarkable transformation of a bank robber into a highly skilled author of legal briefs.  He is now applying to law school, and I wondered whether he will have trouble getting past the state bar's character and fi ...

With the weather forecast predicting record-setting snowfall in the Northeast, many employers are preparing to close operations again tomorrow. But how to handle snow days when it comes to calculating payroll? Here's the run-down. Let's start with exempt employees. The Fair Labor Standards Act ...

Professor Giuseppina D’Agostino is the Founder and Director IP Osgoode. Michel Gérin is the Executive Director of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada. The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce our 2010 Canadian writing challenge in intell ...

Seton Hall University School of Law hosts the Third National People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference Sept. 9-12, 2010. The conference theme is Our Country, Our World in a “Post-Racial” Era. It will feature panels on the “war on terror,” urban revitalization, criminal law, health ca ...

A friend and client, India born, was telling me about the different prior art search firms he had used. "The Indians are cheap, and you get what you pay for. They find something and they quit. They know nothing about litigation, or U.S. patent laws. They have no concept of story art. They just t ...