By Elliot Schlissel New York Lawyer
The Federal Transportation Department has recently penalized three airlines for leaving forty-seven passengers stranded overnight at a Rochester, Minnesota airport. The amount of the penalty was $175,000. Continental Airlines and its local affiliate, express jet, operating as Continental Express, had promised to let passengers [...]
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Stranded at the Airport? Make the Airlines Pay
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments
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Sully’s Book: Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters
February 5th, 2010 · No Comments
By Elliot Schlissel, New York Attorney
Captain Chesley Sullenberger, III, the pilot of US Airways, Flight 1549, is known to most Americans by his nickname, “Sully”. Sully miraculously executed an emergency landing of a jet plane that took off from LaGuardia Airport on January 15, 2009. His heroic, expert flying technique and [...]
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U.S. GOVERNMENT CHANGES AUTOMOBILE ROOF – CRUSH STANDARDS
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments
By Ted J. Tanenbaum, Esq., Personal Injury Attorney & Member of the firm at Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”)has recently announced that new regulations governing Federal roof standards will become effective in the future and will provide greater protection against roof crush injuries. The NHTSA estimates that roof [...]
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Practice Management Solutions for Growing Firms:
Is One Big Client All You Need?
February 1st, 2010 · No Comments
By: LISA R. WILSON
A New Year ushers in a new time to assess your firm’s current business, and establish professional and personal goals for the weeks and months ahead. If you are considering consolidating your client base this year in hopes to take on fewer (and more lucrative) clients, the first thing you need to [...]
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Practice Management Solutions:
Are You Charging What You’re WORTH?
January 22nd, 2010 · No Comments
By: LISA R. WILSON
We are in a tough economy, no doubt about that. Businesses across the board are doing what they can to generate profit; including lowering rates to stay above the red line and keep up with the competition. But how does this bargain-basement marketing relate to running a law practice?
There will always [...]
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Southern California Storms… Does Your Homeowner’s Insurance Cover Damages?
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
As a long-time resident of Southern California, I admit we don’t get a whole lot of rain. Guess we’re getting payback. Driving from the LawInfo’s offices last night back to La Jolla, I saw more traffic accidents than I’ve seen combined in the years I’ve lived here. Crazy! Torrey Pine trees had [...]
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Obama Pledges Continued Haiti Relief… You Can Help Too!
January 15th, 2010 · No Comments
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
President Barack Obama has pledged America’s continued support for Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake on January 12, 2010. Want to know how you can help? The Justice Department website provides information about how you can make a donation by simply text messaging “HAITI” to “90999.” The $10 donation will be [...]
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ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 to Review Ethical Rules in the Age of Advanced Technology
January 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
The first ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 is coming up…. it will be held February 5, 2010 at the Walt Disney World Dolphin Hotel. There are some very interesting topics proposed to be discussed, particularly with regard to whether existing ethics rules adequately address the practice of law in the era of [...]
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Fugitive “Nose Doctor” Found…. Faces Health Care Fraud Charges
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments
By: LINDSEY O’NEILL, ESQ.
As reported in the media, Dr. Mark Weinberger, an ear, nose and throat doctor, has been a fugitive for the past few years running from charges of health care fraud and medical malpractice lawsuits.
As I started looking into this story, health care fraud appears to be more common than I previously thought. [...]
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Illness Discrimination
December 5th, 2009 · 2 Comments
by: KATIE MARASCO, ESQ.
Should being fired for being sick be legal? A woman is suing her former employer, a law firm, for allegedly firing her soon after she sent off an email notifying some people in the firm that she would be taking a few weeks off in order to undergo cancer treatment. The law [...]
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