Filing a personal injury lawsuit can be stressful, and you may have many questions about how the process works. Generally speaking, a case is not filed immediately, and your attorney will first try to negotiate a resolution of your claim. However, if negotiations are not productive, or if you must file to avoid missing your … Read more
blog home Firm News Congratulations to Our 2022 Husband & Wife Law Team Scholarship Winners! By The Husband and Wife Law Team on June 15, 2022 When the coronavirus pandemic hit, many students across the country and around the world were placed in a unique situation, probably unlike anything they’ve ever faced in all in … Read more
The best time to get protection against a flood is before it happens. That means if you keep anything in a basement or live on the ground floor, it’s important to have flood insurance. However, many properties that should have flood insurance do not. A flood insurance policy is separate from a standard homeowners insurance … Read more
In October, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) v. Ross—a challenge by the pork industry to a California law that was adopted by referendum in 2018. Proposition 12 sets minimum welfare standards for the pigs raised for meat sold in California. Nearly all pork products sold in California … Read more
A new brief from the Brookings Institution think tank highlights a unique and time-limited source of funding for community-based investments to combat violent crime through non-carceral interventions: The American Rescue Plan’s State and Local Fiscal Recovery (SLFR) funds. Noting that that most gun violence “is spatially concentrated — disproportionately occurring within a select set of … Read more
After attending the 2019 Clio Cloud Conference, I wrote a post describing the experience as like “a cult of innovation.” I meant that in the most-positive sense possible. “Within the context of a profession known for its resistance to change,” I wrote, “having 2,000 people together at one time who share a great devotion to … Read more
Below is a list of my upcoming speaking engagements for the Fall 2022 semester. Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public – and in person. Unless otherwise noted, the event times are those in the time zone where the event is being held. I will add additional events and information … Read more
The U.S. Justice Department wants to retry a Florida nursing home operator who had his 20-year fraud sentence commuted by former President Donald Trump, setting up a novel legal clash over presidential clemency power. Philip Esformes operated a network of nursing homes in the Miami area and was convicted on 20 federal counts in a … Read more
Like many small law firm owners, Deena Buchanan found her team spending lots of their time sifting through leads for their business—valuable time that could have focused on paying clients. The Wrong Clients Were a Bottleneck At the time, Buchanan Law focused on representing employees who faced discrimination or retaliation from their employers. It’s an … Read more
Most attorneys in private practice aren’t at firms with hundreds of lawyers; they work in firms with fewer than 25. Yet reliable, detailed information on compensation for this majority of the profession is hard to come by. In order to fill the gap, Above the Law has regularly surveyed solo practitioners and small firm attorneys … Read more