What happens when: (a) a state attorney general charges that the officers of a financial institution are garden variety fraudsters, while (b) a federal agency whose avowed purpose is to protect the investing public decides that insufficient evidence exists to prove that said officers v ...

Most people think of Social Security as a mandatory financial safety net for Americans that is administered by the U.S. Government. The general assumption is that Social Security is there for when you retire or get past a certain working age. And while Social Security does serve that purpose, the pr ...

As attorneys, mediators or negotiators we are in the communication business. Our success or failure is directly related to what we say and how we say it. How we communicate determines in large part whether people see us as “civil,” “competent,” “credible,” “professional’ and “ethical.” This is tr ...

A few months back, the Student Bar Association at Northwestern University School of Law got its panties in a bunch over inappropriate language and the "unthinking use of stereotypes." Saying that you were "raped" by an exam, for example, was offensive to some on campus, said the SBA. (They preferred ...

Remand to Trial Court Under CRC 3.1702(c) and 8.278(c)(1). In Bardales v. Duarte, Case No. D048239 (4th Dist., Div. 1 Feb. 8, 2010) (certified for publication), the Court of Appeal affirmed a trial court determination that it had the power to dismiss a petition seeking return of children u ...

Winter conditions can make travel along Arkansas roads dangerous. The Arkansas Highway Department recommends that motorists stay off Arkansas roads during ice and snow storms. However, sometimes that is not an option for some people. The following winter driving tips were listed on the Department' ...

Along with her ability to walk came the necessity to fence her in. Not in the "chicken coop" way of fencing, but in a "keep the baby safe" way. How did that work out for us? Not so well at first. We have the hang of it now, but here's a photo montage from Nov. of '09 of Cecelia defeating an obstacle ...

CHICAGO -- A new study of 54 unresponsive patients who suffered a traumatic brain injury shows that at least five of them had brain activity indicating awareness, intent and in one case, a wish to communicate, reports Romanucci & Blandin, LLC, about a story in the New England Journal of Medicine. ...

A FedEx tractor-trailer driver was killed in an early morning truck accident on I-4 near Tampa. The truck accident happened after a tire came loose from a semi in front of the FedEx truck. The FedEx driver hit the tire and lost control of his tractor-trailer.  He then crashed into the U.S. 92 ov ...

By John Christoffersen, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIDDLETOWN, Conn. – Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a power plant under construction, saying they couldn’t rule out negligence. The powerful explosion blew apa ...