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If You’re Invited to a Death Dinner, What Should You Bring?
The concept of “Death Dinners” is a growing trend gaining momentum nationwide. Talking about death over dinner may not seem appetizing, but this idea came about because so many people avoid talking about the most unpleasant and certain event in life – and avoiding estate planning can cause chaos among surviving family members when… Read More »
Pro Tip: When One of Your Favorites Announces a Tour, Don’t Wait Around for Tickets. Prices Will Be Brutal!
It was 30 years ago when I shivered in the blistering cold of January, 1987 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa where I attended my first “real” concert – U2’s Joshua Tree. To put 1987 into perspective – Reagan was in the middle of his second term in office. Crammed in with thousands… Read More »
What is “Foreign Body Presumption of Negligence”?
Did the surgeon leave a sponge in your body after he sewed you up? As disgusting a thought as that is, it happens more often than you would believe. In fact, operating room procedures have been updated to number surgical sponges in an attempt to try to account for all of them so the… Read More »
No matter your title, the law of land ultimately falls back into the hands of courts. Here’s a good, recent example:
The first few weeks of the Trump presidency have certainly been interesting. President Trump (yes, it’s a reality) has been testing the boundaries of constitutional law, and it’s unclear how everything will shake out. First, you should know that the Constitution gives Congress broad powers to make rules for the admission of non-citizens (aliens)… Read More »
You may qualify to have your marriage erased.
It’s one thing to get divorced, but entirely another to get an annulment. While a divorce dissolves the marriage, an annulment is essentially a court order declaring that the marriage never existed. And yet while most family law attorneys handle a multitude of divorces, many have never seen an annulment, much less done one… Read More »