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VA Examining Possible Link Between Agent Orange, Brain Cancer in Light of Senator John McCain’s Recent Diagnosis

September 15, 2017
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Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) September 15, 2017 – The recent revelation by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that he was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, an aggressive form of brain cancer that is fatal, has caused some individuals to ask the VA to conduct a study of the potential link between exposure to Agent Orange and…

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VA Fires Head of DC Facility Amid Confidentiality Breach, Leadership Concerns Says Veterans Attorney Jim Fausone

September 14, 2017
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Legal Help for Veterans is a law firm helping veterans get the benefits they deserve. Northville, MI (Law Firm Newswire) September 14, 2017 – The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) fired the longtime director of its main veterans medical center in Washington, D.C. Brian Hawkins was dismissed due to growing concerns about his leadership of…

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Research Shows That Players in Sports Other Than Football, Also Suffer From Traumatic Brain Injuries

September 13, 2017
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Austin Personal Injury Lawyers – Perlmutter & Schuelke, PLLC Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 13, 2017 – The prevalence of traumatic brain injuries in players in contact sports is now well known. In fact, the initial discovery of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was in the brains of deceased football players. A new study published…

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Transgender Patient Loses Both Ovaries During Surgery, Against Her Express Wishes

September 12, 2017
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Southfield, MI (Law Firm Newswire) September 12, 2017 – A Utah doctor is being sued for allegedly removing both ovaries of a transgender patient when the patient had consented to the removal of only one ovary. The patient filed a lawsuit alleging that the physician “breached her duty of care” by taking both ovaries, leaving…

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Steinberg Law Firm Sponsors Goose Creek High School Football Team This Season

September 12, 2017
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Charleston, SC (Law Firm Newswire) September 12, 2017 – Steinberg Law Firm will be sponsoring the Goose Creek High School Football Team this season. At the next home game on September 15, Attorney Ben Akery will be out on the field during half-time. Akery sponsored the team last year, and provided food for the team…

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Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm Welcomes Kyle Knapp as a New Partner

September 11, 2017
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Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm Charlotte, NC (Law Firm Newswire) September 11, 2017 – Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm is pleased to welcome Kyle Knapp as a new Partner in the Firm. Kyle joins Steven H. Garfinkel, Meredith W. Barnette, and Hannah F. Little as partners at one of the largest business immigration law firms in the…

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20 State Attorneys General Urge the President to Keep DACA in Place

September 11, 2017
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Dallas immigration lawyers – Rabinowitz & Rabinowitz, P.C. Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 11, 2017 – California’s Attorney General X. Becerra and 19 other states’ attorneys general wrote to President Trump asking him to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which protects almost 800,000 young immigrants from deportation. The attorneys general…

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Bigger Law Firm Magazine Goes Inside the Client Mind

September 8, 2017
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San Francisco, CA (Law Firm Newswire) September 8, 2017 – Law firms want to know how and why a client makes first contact, and Bigger Law Firm magazine has the answers. In the feature article, Brendan Conley explains the science behind how people, including clients, make decisions. He draws a series of distinctions between the…

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New Challenge Facing Veterans Seeking Social Security Disability Benefits

September 8, 2017
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Tampa, FL (Law Firm Newswire) September 8, 2017 – A U.S. Navy veteran has been considered 90 percent disabled and unemployable by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). However, when he submitted an application for back pay, he was denied receipt of such payments by the social security administrative law judge (ALJ), who also cancelled…

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Steinberg Law Firm Partners with St. Stephen Mayor and Community Activist to Resurrect Basketball Court

September 7, 2017
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Attorney Steven Goldberg Charleston, SC (Law Firm Newswire) September 7, 2017 – Steinberg Law Firm LLP, has teamed up to assist in resurrecting an outdoors basketball court with St. Stephen Mayor, John Rivers and St. Stephen community activist Willie Powell. Steinberg Law Firm is sponsoring one of the basketball hoops and will be recognized in…

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