Miscellaneous

• 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...

• Tragic Crane Accidents Make Headlines

  Zev Antell | August 08, 2008 1:09 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  Unfortunately, workplace accidents are a reality. Much of the time, the damage done is minimal. However, in industrial workplaces, where heavy equipment is prominent, the stakes are raised and...

• Worst Insurance Companies for Consumers Revealed

  Michael Phelan | July 18, 2008 8:54 AM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  According to a report compiled after six months of researching court documents, SEC and FBI records, state insurance department investigations and complaints, nationwide news accounts, and testimony...

• Tort Reformers Embrace the Tort System When They Are Injured

  Michael Phelan | May 12, 2008 3:45 PM | 2 CommentsRichmond, VA

  When he was 79 years of age, former U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Robert H. Bork, accepted a speaking engagement at the New York City chapter of the Yale Club. As he walked onto the dais, Judge Bork...

• "Homes For Our Troops" Prove Altruism is Alive and Well in America

  Michael Phelan | January 16, 2010 1:26 PM | 1 CommentRichmond, VA

  Army Staff Sgt. Dwayne Cole was shot in the neck at close range while serving our country in Iraq. The bullet lodged in his spinal column, leaving him a quadraplegic. A fellow patient at Walter Reed...

• 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...

• 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 &...