Chicago, IL (Law Firm Newswire) February 6, 2015 – President John F. Kennedy passed Title VII into law over 50 years ago in order to deal with employment discrimination. In some ways, it has kept pace with the times, but in other areas of the law, it has not. “What many don’t realize is that…

Petrillo & Goldberg Law Pennsauken, NJ (Law Firm Newswire) February 6, 2015 – Black ice is being blamed for fatalities, multi-vehicle crashes and roadway closures throughout the region. In what may have been one of the most severely traffic-disruptive storms to hit the Northeast this winter, freezing rain paralyzed highways and bridges from Maryland to…

Southfield, MI (Law Firm Newswire) February 5, 2015 – When people go to the hospital, they expect to leave alive, not die as a result of being given the wrong medication. “Robert Athey lived in a nursing home until he was taken to the O’Bleness Memorial Hospital E.R. complaining of shortness of breath and suffering…

Marion Walsh, Esq. New York, NY (Law Firm Newswire) February 4, 2015 – The Lower Hudson Valley Special Education Task Force, a regional affiliate of the New York State Special Education Task Force, is pleased to announce its kick-off training and discussion event, “Emotional Disabilities and Anxiety in Youth: Parent and School Partnerships that Work”…

Sacramento, CA (Law Firm Newswire) February 4, 2015 – Restaurant chain El Pollo Loco owed 69 California workers $145,000 in back wages. The U.S. Labor Department ensured that the workers received their pay, in addition to damages. “Restaurant workers in four different El Pollo Loco locations are to recover $72,613 in back wages and $72,613…

Hook Law Center (formerly Oast & Hook) Virginia Beach, VA (Law Firm Newswire) February 3, 2015 – As medical technology advances, people with serious illnesses or advancing age are faced with a wide range of challenging decisions. Should mechanical ventilation be used to keep the patient breathing? Should a feeding tube be used to maintain…

Legal Management Magazine Lincolnshire, IL., (Law Firm Newswire) February 3, 2015 – Legal Management magazine, an award-winning provider of news and solutions for professionals in the business of law, is now available by subscription. Members of the Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) automatically receive the magazine as part of their membership, and now all legal…

Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) February 3, 2015 – On Christmas Eve, 2014, a promising boxer drove through a red light, hit another vehicle and killed three. “Joel Garcia Jr. drove his 2010 Camaro through a red light one early morning at 1:45 a.m. He slammed into another vehicle, causing the death of three people…

Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) February 2, 2015 – A federal grand jury has charged a Tampa Bay area pain management doctor with dispensing drugs that led to the deaths of three people. Dr. Edward Feldman could face life in prison if convicted. Feldman’s wife is also named in the indictment. “If the allegations are…

Fairfax, VA (Law Firm Newswire) January 30, 2015 – Conservation easements played a major role in the estate planning of Mellon family parcels for sale. Several key pieces of real estate were among the marquee items in the estate of the late Listerine heiress Rachel “Bunny” Mellon, who died in March 2014 at the age…