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Don’t Shoot the Messenger = Don’t Fire a Whistleblower

March 16th, 2010 ·  Comment Now

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. I just read the article on the Wall Street Journal website about how Matthew Lee, a Sr. Vice President of Lehman Brothers who’d been with the company for 14 years, was “laid off” just weeks after he’d raised concerns about the company’s accounting tactics – particularly that the company was “moving” 50...

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Tags: Federal· General· Labor & Employment Law· Lead Counsel· Lead Counsel Corner· Lead Counsel News· Legal Trends

How to File a Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission

March 4th, 2010 ·  Comment Now

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. Have you been the victim of a scam? Getting bills for things you didn’t buy?  Did someone steal your identity?  Wire someone money and think you’ve been scammed?  Did a business fail to deliver on its promises?  You can file a complaint with the Federal Trade...

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New Sample Law Banning Texting While Driving

February 24th, 2010 ·  Comment Now

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. Texting while driving has been a hot topic for some time now.    Distracted driving, such as texting while driving, can cause serious, even fatal, accidents.  Some reports even indicate that cell...

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Tags: Automobile Accidents· Catastrophic Injury· Criminal Law· General· Lead Counsel· Lead Counsel Corner· Lead Counsel News· Legal Trends· Legislation & Policymaking· Litigation· Personal Injury· Wrongful Death· cellphoneradiation· distracteddriving· drivinglaws· drivingsafety· grossnegligence· motor vehicle accidents· textinganddriving· textingwhiledriving· textmessages· wrongfuldeath

Ghetto-Themed “Compton Cookout” Party …. Racial Discrimination Outrage at UCSD

February 18th, 2010 ·  8 Comments

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. The recent news about the UCSD off-campus, “ghetto-themed” party, the “Compton Cookout,” has spurred a lot of comments from people.  A read of some of the comments shows that there is certainly a lack of consensus or understanding about what is racially discriminatory.  San Diego’s 10News.com posted a copy of the party...

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Child Abuse – Awareness, Prevention and Support

February 9th, 2010 ·  Comment Now

By:  LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ. Yesterday Oprah interviewed four child molesters on her television show.  It is shocking how many children are abused each year….. tens of thousands of children are sexually abused each year in the U.S. and hundreds of thousands more are victims of other forms of abuse including emotional, physical and other forms of abuse.  While you can...

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