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Changes to Virginia Child Support Guidelines May Affect Existing Obligations

July 18, 2014
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Fairfax, VA (Law Firm Newswire) July 18, 2014 – Virginia child support laws are undergoing their first significant changes in nearly 20 years. Effective July 1, 2014, the Virginia Child Support Guidelines have been revised to account differently for higher levels of combined gross income between two parents. This change alone may allow some support…

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Bigger Law Firm Magazine Highlights Accessible Design and Content Best Practices for Your Clients, Competitive Intelligence and Gamification in Business Training for Your Legal Team

July 17, 2014
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The Bigger Law Firm™ magazine Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) July 17, 2014 – In 2014′s June/July Issue, BLF takes a two-pronged approach to maximizing your law firm’s business potential. With strategies to attract, accommodate and keep your web visitors, BLF helps lawyers reach out to prospective clients. Then, to build your firm from within,…

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Georgia Construction Workers Injured in Building Collapse

July 17, 2014
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Washington, D.C. (Law Firm Newswire) July 17, 2014 – On May 15, two construction workers were injured after part of a building collapsed in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Sandy Springs can be found north of Atlanta and is home to a population of 100,000. The employees were working on a second-level parking deck of a hotel…

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Impaired Driving Is Not Just About Drinking

July 16, 2014
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Austin Personal Injury Lawyers – Perlmutter & Schuelke, LLP Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) July 16, 2014 – The term impaired driving does not just refer to driving while under the influence of alcohol. “A recent study, released by the University of Colorado School of Medicine, indicates that the number of drivers under the influence…

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Littman Krooks Releases New Episodes of Special Needs Law Podcast

July 16, 2014
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White Plains, NY (Law Firm Newswire) July 16, 2014 – New episodes of the Special Needs Law Podcast are now available. The series is hosted by Bernard A. Krooks, a nationally prominent attorney in special needs planning and elder law and a founding partner of Littman Krooks LLP. The Special Needs Law Podcast features interviews…

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Federal Court Schedules Pretrial Conference for Ethicon Mesh Bellwether Trial, the Rottenstein Law Group LLP Reports

July 15, 2014
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Rottenstein Law Group Rockville Centre, NY (Law Firm Newswire) July 15, 2014 – The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, where thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits filed against the Ethicon division of Johnson & Johnson are being overseen (www.vaginalmeshlawsuitcenter.net), is preparing to embark on a second bellwether trial (In re: Ethicon,…

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Wrongful Death Is The Most Common Lawsuit Filed in Nursing Home Cases

July 15, 2014
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Arkansas Personal Injury Lawyer – Michael Smith Little Rock, AR (Law Firm Newswire) July 15, 2014 – Nursing home abuse resulting in death is a serious legal issue. While many cases may not go to trial, those that do go to court are resulting in higher damage awards, raising concerns about insurance liability. “During the…

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FDA Now Moves to Reclassify Transvaginal Mesh Kits as High Risk

July 14, 2014
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Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) July 14, 2014 – The FDA has announced new regulations pertaining to surgical mesh used in transvaginal surgery to repair pelvic organ prolapse. “The new regulations are supposed to impose greater levels of scrutiny on such products and mandate that manufacturers submit a pre-market approval application to have their product…

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Alcohol Consumption May Fuel Many Crimes

July 11, 2014
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Lakeland, FL (Law Firm Newswire) July 11, 2014 – If a person has consumed enough alcohol to alter their mental state and/or affect their physical ability, and they drive, they run the risk of breaking the law. “Many alcohol related crimes are considered to be misdemeanors, but with the presence of alcohol at higher blood…

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New Jersey Court Transfers Ethicon Abdominal Mesh Lawsuits to Alternate Court to Speed Up Litigation, The Rottenstein Law Group LLP Reports

July 11, 2014
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Rottenstein Law Group Rockville Centre, NY (Law Firm Newswire) July 11, 2014 – New Jersey’s Atlantic County Superior Court has been the site of a multicounty litigation that consolidated thousands of transvaginal mesh lawsuits that have been brought by women alleging injuries caused by Ethicon transvaginal mesh devices (In re: Pelvic Mesh/Gynecare Litigation, No. 6341-10).…

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