From sea to shining sea, two of the most influential paralegal organizations for decades have been the National Association of Legal Assistants or NALA and the National Federation of Paralegal Associations or NFPA. Both are stalwarts in the paralegal industry and have competed throughout their tenures in trying to shape, guide and influence the language [...]

A research shows that foreign construction workers are quite vulnerable to potentially dangerous working conditions. The survey names the Polish, Romanian, and the newly arrived Indian communities as those that are most susceptible to such risks.
In a bid to improve the scenario, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has recently launched [...]

Jeffrey M. Reiff and Raymond Bily are personal injury lawyers in Philadelphia who deal with malpractice, amongst other things. Reiff & Bily is recognized throughout the US for excellence. Theirs is a boutique operation.
Reiff was born in 1955 in Philadelphia. He graduated from the American University in 1975 with a BSBA in Marketing/Finance. He believes [...]

UNISON has appealed to employers to train their employees for avoiding any back injuries that they may inflict on themselves while on duty. Employers have also been advised to carry out intensive risk assessment.
UNISON’s appeal follows the retirement of a union member from his job following a back injury. David Barber, who [...]

Reglan has been found to cause Tardive Dyskinesia in some patients and has been recalled by the FDA. Not only is TD something that once sets in stick with you for the rest of your life, it may be possible to get awarded for damages associated with contracting Tardive Dyskinesia.

As long as the adverse action is based on reasonable factors other than age. For example it would not be illegal to consider criteria for a particular role in a movie that has a disparate impact on age if the part calls for someone of a particular age. Twenty-eight of those 28 employees sued under [...]

A patent is a government granted right that allows the inventor to exclude anyone else from making, using or selling the invention in the country that issued the patent. The government grants this right to help encourage inventors to spend the time, money and effort to invent new products, technologies and the like.
In the United [...]

Yes and no is really the only way to answer this question. While there are some great preliminary sites anyone can access for free, that is NOT a clear cut indication of what’s out there in terms of company names, service names or product names.
Only comprehensive research will tell you if a name is truly [...]

One of my favorite stories is about the woman who came in for
a consultation about an estate plan.
She told me she didn’t think she needed a living trust because
when her husband had died, all of their assets had been held in
joint tenancy and all she had to do was record a few affidavits
along with his [...]