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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services seeks public comment on proposal to adjust fees for immigration benefits. Dallas immigration lawyer Stewart Rabinowitz weighs in on what he regards as the opposite of “value-added.” Dallas, TX (Law Firm Newswire) June 25, 2010 – – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is seeking public comment on a proposed…
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Calculating the economic loss resulting from a wrongful death is tough. Many times the loss has to be reduced to today’s dollar values. Little Rock, AR (Law Firm Newswire) June 28, 2010 – Most wrongful death claims are as a result of accidents; accidents that include car crashes, truck collisions, motorcycle accidents, exposure to toxic…
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CIR may not even pass based on the ferocious opposition to the biometric security card. Miami, FL (Law Firm Newswire) June 25, 2010 – While it may sound like a good idea on the surface, the proposed biometric security card as part of CIR is creating a major flap. Interestingly enough, it’s not just one…
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Generally speaking, products are safety tested before they hit the marketplace. Now and then, something goes wrong. Atlanta, GA (Law Firm Newswire) June 24, 2010 – “While it’s true that most products are safety tested before they are put on the market, there are cases where something goes wrong – either intentionally or unintentionally. When…
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If there is one Act that causes a lot of confusion, it has to be the False Claims Act; a.k.a. Whistleblower legislation. One might wonder where on Earth a term such as “whistleblower” originated. It actually hails from the practice of English Bobbies who blew their piercing whistles when they saw a crime in progress.…
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You’d think in this day and age after the number of highly publicized sexual harassment lawsuits, people would “get it” that sexual harassment is illegal. It is not tolerated today as it once was in the past. The interesting thing about sexual harassment and other civil rights, is that it has been illegal since 1964…
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Wrongful death lawsuit damages may address the economic loss of a loved one, but not the pain of that person’s unexpected and sudden death. By legal definition, a wrongful death is “A death caused by the wrongful act or negligence of another and that serves as the basis for a civil action for damages on…
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Each year the number of deaths attributed to medical malpractice is climbing with seemingly no end in sight. In fact, medical malpractice is the third highest cause of death in the U.S. today. Medical malpractice is actually a much bigger problem than many people realize and even bigger than medical professionals want to admit. The…
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