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• High Tech Employees Catching On To Fact They May be Owed Overtime.

  Zev Antell | May 15, 2008 6:26 PM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  There’s a widespread misconception among the general public that if you are well-compensated, you are not eligible for overtime. That simply by virtue of one’s salary or commissions earnings, their...

• Don't Buy Chinese-Made Products

  Michael Phelan | June 26, 2007 11:15 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I favor free-trade and don't consider myself to be an isolationist, but enough is enough. First we learn that Chinese-made ingredients in pet food are killing our pets. Next we learn that Chinese-made toothpaste is toxic. Recently, we learned that Thomas the Tank Engine toy trains contain enough lead paint to cause permanent brain damage to toddlers who might chew on the toys. Now, the...

• Legal System Under Fire

  Staff Writer | July 21, 2006 10:03 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  This week, the Association of Trial Attorneys of America voted to change their name. This organization, of which I am a member, adopted the new name of the American Association for Justice. This change of the name is not merely some public relations ploy, but is an attempt to reflect what our purpose is. For more than two hundred years, justice has been provided through the American judicial...

• Success as a Virginia Lawyer

  Staff Writer | February 02, 2006 11:18 AM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  I just finished reading a business article on how to compete with large companies. Its theme was that a small firm can actually have the edge over larger firms, because you do not have to worry about managing large scale organizations at the expense of personal relationship building. This might not specifically address to law firms, but it is applicable to how we have built our law firm. New law...

• Drunk Drivers Need to be Punished

  Staff Writer | January 31, 2006 8:35 PM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  Today, while negotiating a personal injury claim with an insurance adjuster, I reminded the adjuster that his insured had been cited for fleeing from the scene and driving while intoxicated. Despite all this, the adjuster just laughed and commented that he did not think that that evidence would really matter to a jury. He stated that he was merely going to evaluate the claim based upon the...

• Ethical Law Firm Marketing?

  Michael Phelan | November 30, 2009 10:51 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The endless quest to improve search engine optimization may have landed one Wisconsin personal injury firm in hot water. Wisconsin’s largest personal injury law firm, Habush, Habush &...

• Traps and Pitfalls in Representing Truck Accident Victims

  Michael Phelan | November 21, 2009 10:37 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Truck accident insurance investigation teams and defense lawyers are some of the most competent adversaries a plaintiff lawyer will encounter. The truck company investigators are often at the scene...

• Fredericksburg Tractor Trailer Crash Yields Jail Time for Truck Driver

  Michael Phelan | October 27, 2009 10:23 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  On February 2, 2009, a tractor trailer truck loaded with 83,000 pounds of sand ran a red light on U.S. 17 and killed a Stafford, Va. woman. The truck driver told police he thought the light was...

• Department of Labor States Drug Reps are Entitled to Overtime

  Zev Antell | October 16, 2009 10:48 AM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  The issue of whether Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives (Drug Reps as they are sometimes called) are entitled to overtime has been bouncing around and dividing the Federal Courts for several...

• Long Term Risks from Concussions are Real

  Michael Phelan | October 02, 2009 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsRichmond, VA

  As scrutiny of brain injuries in football players escalated the past three years, with prominent professionals reporting cognitive problems, academic studies supporting an association, and autopsies...