PERSONAL INJURY: Toxicology and Expert Testimony
Jan 29, 2011
While we all know that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, any time any scientific principle much more complicated that this is introduced in court, it must generally be supported by expert...
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BANKRUPTCY: Credit Counseling and Debtor Education
Jan 29, 2011
No Surprises
Bankruptcy and the requirements of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code can seem a bit challenging to those going through it for the first time. There are issues that can come up even in a simple c...
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BANKRUPTCY: Means Test Mechanics
Jan 29, 2011
Part One
The first part of the means test is a simple matter requiring little more than simple arithmetic. Take all gross income in the household during the six calendar months before the date of fi...
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BANKRUPTCY: Means Test Background
Jan 29, 2011
MEANS TEST: What Is It?
Bankruptcy law requires filers to take a means test to measure whether they are eligible to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy. People who file Chapter 7 must have income that is low...
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BANKRUPTCY: Chapter 20
Dec 06, 2010
There is no such thing as a Chapter 20 under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, technically, or in reality. However, this is aterm bankruptcy attorney use whena debtorfiles a Chapter 13 bankruptcy after filing ...
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PERSONAL INJURY: Hit in the Head by a Golf Ball
Dec 06, 2010
What happens when a golfer hits the golf ball, it hits a marker placed by the golf course, then the ball bounces back and hits the golfer in the head? The New Hampshire Supreme Court faced this questi...
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Instant Messaging is Repeated Communication in Harassment Law
Dec 06, 2010
A teenage girl disappears. Mother is frantic. What does mom do? Just like everyone else, she jumps on the computer.
The New Hampshire Supreme Court was thrown a novel question in the case of the missi...
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Pardons and Turkeys
Nov 24, 2010
Thanksgiving week, the president of the United States is always so busy with official duties, or avoiding them, that he pardons a selected turkey. The bird, they tell us, is then set free. Ignored, of...
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BANKRUPTCY: Chapter 7 Timeline
Nov 22, 2010
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy cases, unless problems rear their heads along the way, travel along a track, much like a train. What follows is the timeline, listing the main events in a typical chapter 7 case.
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PERSONAL INJURY: The Spilled Hot Tea Case
Nov 22, 2010
Weve all heard about the infamous McDonalds hot coffee case. But what if the hot liquid is tea? And, what if the offending beverage is served at a more highbrow establishment, none other than Starbuck...
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