When you’re 30, you can’t wait until the day you can retire and spend your days sipping Pina Coladas on a white sand beach. When you finally retire at 65 or 67, suddenly you miss going to work every day. Either you’re restless or didn’t save up enough for retirement, and now you want to return to work in retirement. Here are the best cities, according to US News, for working after retirement:...
Patent applications can make or break the financial and legal security of your business, so it’s important not to make mistakes. As we mark 224 years since the Patent Act of 1790 was enacted – setting forth the first patent statute in U.S. law – try not to make these five common patent application mistakes that may send you back to the drawing board: Patents work to keep others from using your inventions, designs, techniques, etc....
You don’t want to hire a divorce attorney without asking a few questions first. After all, depending on your issues, you may not even need a divorce attorney. Because divorce litigation can be expensive and exhausting, you’ll want an advocate by your side who is worth every penny. With that in mind, consider asking your potential divorce attorney these five questions: 1. Can You Give Me a Timeline of My Divorce?...
Do you drink Beck’s beer? If you do, you may be entitled to a refund. A couple years ago, Francisco Rene Marty, Seth Goldman, and Fernando Marquet, all avid Beck’s drinkers, sued Anheuser-Busch, the company that makes Beck’s Beer for misleading marketing claims regarding the beer’s origins . Finally, the case has settled, and deceived customers may soon be able to claim a refund. Does “Originated in Bremen, Germany” mean the same thing as “Made in Germany”?...
An autism study that claimed that there was a link between autism and the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) childhood vaccine has not only been discredited, but it has been declared fraudulent. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) has declared that Andrew Wakefield, the doctor behind the autism study, has committed an “elaborate fraud” by using faked data, Reuters reports. The BMJ’s editor Dr. Fiona Godlee said that the work of Andrew Wakefield “was based not on bad science but on a deliberate fraud....
San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow has prevailed in his personal injury lawsuit against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Lawyers for Stow, who suffered brain damage after a brutal beating by two Dodgers fans at Dodger’s Stadium on opening day in 2011, were able to show that the team’s negligence was at least partially responsible for his injuries, Reuters reports. So how much will Stow receive, and how much of that will be paid by the Dodgers?...
Whether in your advertising or in your shop decor, you may want to use a striking image or fantastic photo that you found. But be careful: the image may be copyrighted, and without a license to use the image, you may be committing copyright infringement. “But,” you say, “copyright licenses can be expensive, and my business doesn’t make that much, and besides no one will probably know.” All fair points, but none a proper legal defense....
More than 25 years after five teenagers were wrongly accused, convicted, and imprisoned for raping a jogger in New York City’s Central Park, the city has reportedly agreed to settle their civil-rights lawsuit for $40 million. The teens – who were between 14 and 16 at the time of the attack – claimed that the confessions used to convict them were coerced by police. Many at the time also felt that the arrests had racial motives....
Shopping While Black. It’s a phenomena most Americans don’t experience, purely by the coincidence of their skin color. As scientists unearth more reasoning behind unconscious bias, retailers are being pressed to confront the epidemic and take action, or risk being sued. That’s the dilemma now in front of Costco, after an African American couple sued the retailer for $4 million, claiming Costco tipped off police to pull them over for shoplifting, merely because “they fit the bill....
A Chicago plastic surgeon is being sued by a former patient after allegedly posting before-and-after pictures of the woman’s nasal reconstruction surgery on his website and labeling them “cocaine nose.” Sabrina Kopp claims that when she underwent facial surgery in 2004, her plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Walton took photographs of her face with the understanding that they would be part of her secure medical records, reports the Chicago Tribune. However, when the doctor opened a new clinic in 2013, the images of her procedure were posted on the clinic’s website as an example of “cocaine nose....
We’ve seen all sorts of scams pop up, masquerading as free benefit programs only to lure in unsuspecting victims. Police in Fort Lauderdale, Florida used the same tactic to lure in and arrest unsuspecting people with outstanding warrants. If this was being pitched as a reality show, it would be Cops meets Candid Camera. As reported by Reuters, Fort Lauderdale police arrested 76 people lured in by the promise of a stimulus check....
You may have heard the story last year about a homeless vet giving his last $20 to a woman who had run out of gas near Philadelphia. And you might remember that woman and her boyfriend started a GoFundMe for the man, raising funds for food, shelter, and clothing, a campaign that apparently raised nearly $400,000. What you might not have heard is that vet, Johnny Bobbitt, is back on the street, still addicted to drugs and panhandling for money....
Health insurance is a tricky thing. Sometimes it’s tied to our employers, which can in turn tie us to jobs we no longer want. Other times, we’re insured through a spouse, which in the same way can tie us to a relationship that is no longer working. If you have health insurance coverage through a spouse and are considering a divorce, the apprehension about how to pay for your health care after the split can be a major concern....
Welcome to the new FindLaw series, “If I Find,” where we’ll discuss the rule of finders keepers as it applies to different topics. We hope you’ll check back regularly! Ah, the bald eagle, our country’s national bird. One day you go bird watching, and as you watch a bald eager soar lazily through the sky, you see a feather fall off. You rush to find the feather where it lands....
The Joint Photographic Experts Group, better known as JPEG, this week launched a security initiative seeking copyright protections for images. This will make image sharing more secure. But it will also bolster intellectual property protections for image holders, and that is controversial. Critics are disappointed. “So much for hopes that the tech industry would back away from copyright protection any time soon,” wrote engadget. The concern is for all of us, really, because copyright for jpegs will block creation of much material made under “fair use” doctrine....
On Friday, the regulations implementing the standard known as mental health parity were issued. These health regulations will implement the Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. The late Senator Ted Kennedy was also a major force in the passage of that bill. The new health regulations are considered a victory for fairness in insurance coverage for individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders, according to the American Psychiatric Association....
As small business lending is drying up, a lot of banks are offering more credit cards for businesses. CNN reports that banks are offering more credit cards for businesses in lieu of traditional small business loans. In fact, JPMorgan and Chase has introduced four new credit cards for businesses. All of them have interest rate that are up to 30%. More credit cards are being offered because they are more profitable for banks – allowing them to charge (and hike) variable interest rates and charge penalties such as late fees....
The mother of an Illinois teenager who died after police officers shocked him with a Taser gun while he was in custody has reached a wrongful death settlement with the city where the incident took place. Rita Cummings’s son Roger Holyfield was 17 when he had a confrontation with police in Jerseyville, Illinois. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Holyfield “was carrying a Bible and a cordless phone” and “shouting for Jesus when police tried to subdue him” by shocking him twice with a Taser gun after placing him in handcuffs....
Congratulations! You’ve decided to start a drone business! But before you start flying around and performing all of the aerial nuances of your new business, you may want to visit a lawyer to determine what to do, and what not to do. In order to frame your business model correctly, it’s best to know what the federal government will, and will not, allow you to do. If you plan to make money with your drone, which hopefully is part of the business model, you will be flying your drone under the Federal Air and Aviation (FAA) Small Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rule, also known as Part 107 certification....
The UK Telegraph recently wrote about how a Saudi man divorced his wife via text message. The man, who claimed to be waging jihad in Iraq, reportedly sent the phrase “I divorce you” (Talaq, Talaq, Talaq) three times to his wife. This is not the first time we’ve heard about a wish to divorce via text message. However, it does bring up some new divorce law norms. Three years ago back in November of 2006, we all can remember the memorable text message Britney Spears sent to her then husband Kevin Federline....
