If you’re a trial lawyer, you have a distinct advantage in terms of managing wealth. You are part of the only profession with the opportunity to defer an unlimited amount of income through periodic payments. If you have been working on (or thinking about) your…
On March 22, 2020, Chief Administrative Judge of the Courts, Hon. Lawrence K. Marks, released Administrative Order 78/20, which banned all non-essential filings nationwide. For trial lawyers, this order has many far-ranging ramifications. In fact, with the courts being closed, there are multiple ways this…
We’re facing an unprecedented situation that’s quickly flooding into many areas of life, including our legal system. Many states have closed their courts to help flatten the curve of the coronavirus pandemic. But trial lawyers, many of whom are working from home for the foreseeable…
![[Concept Art] network lines drawn between buildings in a large city](https://www.legalexaminer.com/wp-content/claris-images-uploads/shutterstock_411942079@large.jpg "Ways to Manage Settlement when Courts are Closed")
As most of the nation’s courts are closed, and the gears of civil justice grind to halt, there will be unique effects throughout the civil justice machine. Lawyers are getting agreements in place for court reporters not to be in the same location as witnesses;…
The best part of our job at Milestone is the ability to help people who have faced tragedy to secure their future, financially. While we offer a variety of useful tools to maximize clients’ settlements, our team can also assist plaintiffs’ attorneys by guiding them…
Barely three months into 2020, we’ve already seen some major moves in several international cases involving terrorism. In February, U.S. Supreme Court justices showed promise that they could reinstate the $4.3 billion in punitive damages against Sudan originally awarded in lawsuits surrounding al Qaeda attacks…
For decades, the Boy Scouts of America secretly kept tabs on its “ineligible volunteers,” meaning those who were known or suspected to have sexually abused scouts. That file was finally revealed in 2018 and named more than 12,000 victims and 7,800 abusive scout leaders —…
By Jaime E. Moss, Esq. at Consumer Safety Legal It’s only the beginning of 2020, and we are already facing difficult questions and unique challenges in our ever-changing legal landscape. To take a glimpse at the emerging consumer safety legal issues facing us, we must first…
Eight U.S. Supreme Court justices showed promise that the Court could reinstate the $4.3 billion in punitive damages against Sudan originally awarded in the lawsuits stemming from two embassy bombings.
A tragic case highlighted a deficiency in Pennsylvania’s Amber Alert system, which encourages a highly detailed, time-consuming police investigation before issuing an alert.