Over the past two years, there has been about a 60% spike in sexual assaults reported in the military, according to numbers coming from the Pentagon that have been reported to the Associated Press (AP). Officials report that there were…
Over the past two years, there has been about a 60% spike in sexual assaults reported in the military, according to numbers coming from the Pentagon that have been reported to the Associated Press (AP). Officials report that there were…
[This article was originally printed in the Barrister, a publication of the Camden County Bar Association in November, 2014.] Many business and professional people, including lawyers, have worked a long time and accumulated significant assets. There is an old saying:…
The United States is experiencing an oil boom. As with every boom, hucksters are busy designing clever schemes to steal money from eager oil and gas investors. Federal officials recently accused Halek Energy, LLC with swindling 300 investors out of…
J.P. Morgan has been sued over the alleged double-leasing of oil property in south Texas. The lawsuit was filed by Orca Assets G.P. LLC in U.S. District Court in Dallas, alleging negligent misrepresentation and fraud. Orca, a small, Houston-based energy…
A Texas-based compounding pharmacy is the latest facing a nationwide recall in what is quickly becoming a growing public health concern: tainted medications. It is alleged that patients have become ill after taking products manufactured at Specialty Compounding, LLC, based…
Illinois mothers should be aware that lawsuits continue to be filed alleging a link between the use of Zoloft during pregnancy and severe birth injuries. On July 5, a new lawsuit was filed as part of the growing Zoloft multidistrict…
Hundreds of members of the organization Family Law Reform met in Orlando for a summit focused on changing Florida’s alimony laws. The group’s members vowed to push for the elimination of permanent alimony in the 2014 legislative session. In 2013,…
Because of Florida’s strong protection of privacy rights, it is very difficult for grandparents in the state to obtain legal visitation rights. This is because courts have viewed an order for grandparents’ visitation as violating parental privacy. Florida courts have…
When a major portion of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in June, it brought numerous benefits to same-sex couples who were married in one of the dozen states where such unions…