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• Federal Court Determines Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives Are Not "Outside Salesmen"

  Zev Antell | April 02, 2009 6:33 PM | 15 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On March 30th, a Connecticut Federal court found that the FLSA’s “Outside Salesman” exemption did not apply to Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives. In issuing its ruling the...

• Owners Accountable for Dangerous Dogs

  Staff Writer | March 14, 2006 11:23 AM | 9 CommentsRichmond, VA

  This past weekend, a casual stroll through many of the parks in the Richmond, Virginia area would you have made you think it was "pitbull weekend". Strangely enough, there were dozens of owners walking their dogs with make shift leashes. In many instances, it appeared that the dogs were actually walking their owners. On Sunday, one pitbull got loose in Monroe Park and attacked at least five...

• Are Enemies of 7th Amendment Outraged About This Frivolous Defense?

  Michael Phelan | October 15, 2009 10:29 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Let's see if the insurance industry-sponsored lobbyists who call themselves tort reformers hold any press conferences or buy any advertisements to criticize the frivolous defense being put forth in...

• Warning: The Adults Know All About Facebook and Myspace

  Michael Phelan | April 11, 2008 1:55 PM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  I am not one of those parents who wants to invade my teenagers' privacy and spy on their MySpace, Facebook, YouTube, or other social media sites. But I do want them and other teens and young adults...

• An Open Letter to the American Association for Justice: Reactivate the Trial Lawyers Care Volunteer Project to Help Brain-Injured Iraq War Soldiers

  Michael Phelan | March 12, 2007 10:48 AM | 4 CommentsRichmond, VA

  I read with disgust the latest news account of how the Pentagon is failing to provide necessary medical care for soldiers who suffer brain injuries in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars. Largely because of the improvised explosive devices used by Iraq insurgents, traumatic brain injury has become the signature wound of the Iraq War. In an article titled, "For War's Gravely Injured, Challenge to...

• Electronic Cigarettes Come Under Scrutiny

  Zev Antell | July 24, 2009 11:48 AM | 3 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The debate about the deleterious effects of cigarette smoking seems to be largely settled. The public at large is now deluged with anti-smoking messages and cigarette packs are required to...

• Hold Your Child Out of Sports Following a Concussion

  Michael Phelan | May 05, 2009 3:24 PM | 3 CommentsRichmond, VA

  I know many well-meaning parents who are guilty of allowing their child to be rushed back into contact sports following a concussion. Whether the concussion is suffered in a car accident or a...

• West Virginia Governor Exposed as Pawn of DuPont

  Michael Phelan | August 13, 2008 12:08 PM | 3 CommentsRichmond, VA

  In a story that sounds eerily like the John Grisham book, The Appeal, files released from West Virginia Governor, Joe Manchin's, office reveal that he is in bed with DuPont Company trying to get...

• Make Your Doctor Give You Your Test Results

  Michael Phelan | June 24, 2009 2:23 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Are you like most people who assume that no news is good news after you've undergone a series of tests ordered by your doctor? If so, you should be alarmed by a recent study, and you should never...

• Repeal the Feres Doctrine

  Michael Phelan | May 19, 2009 10:37 AM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Cindy Wilson was a 37 year old technical sergeant stationed at Langley Air Force Base. On February 20, 2007, she was to give birth to her first child. Sergeant Wilson was excited that her parents...