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Michael Jackson’s unexpected death left millions nostalgic for his dance-floor igniting early hits. It also left millions of fans with tickets to shows that will never happen, and concert promoters with no more concert to promote. All types of businesses can face this question: what happens when a counter-party to a contract dies? Many contracts contain provisions specifically setting out what happens when things beyond the control of either party render performance under the contract impossible....

When it comes to safe drivers and the chances of getting into a car accident, where does your city rank? Allstate Insurance has released its yearly profile on the likelihood of traffic accidents in major U.S. cities, based on company data. The fifth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report, released today by the insurance company, “ranks America’s 200 largest cities in terms of car collision frequency to identify which cities have the safest drivers” in comparison with national averages, and also spotlights cities with the largest marked improvements in driver safety, according to an Allstate News Release....

Since the BBB and FTC have issued guidance and new rules about truthfulness in advertising in the internet age, you might be wondering when a blog post is considered an advertisement. While blog posts can cover a wide range of topics, typically, the topic is less important than the purpose. Generally speaking, whenever a blogger is paid for their expression by a company, the paid relationship should be readily apparent, if not clearly disclosed, as the expression is promoting, or helping, the company in some way....

Let’s say you slip and fall in a county courthouse. Or you’re riding a city bus when it crashes. If you’re injured, you may have an injury claim against the government. And while all injury lawsuits have time limits, known as the statute of limitations, cases against city, state, or federal entities often have shorter limits and additional filing requirements. Here are a few things to keep in mind if you’re wondering whether it’s too late to sue the government for an injury....

Shopping-related injuries prompt thousands of personal injury claims in the U.S. every year. But when you sue a retail store for a shopping-related injury – like one man did for his toe fracture at Lowe’s – what steps should you take? Here are seven tips to keep in mind when suing a retail store: Get medical attention. Be sure to get an accurate medical diagnosis of your injury immediately after the accident to serve as potential evidence and your basis for damages....

Filing for bankruptcy for your small business can be doubly painful. Any time an entrepreneurial dream dies is a sad day, plus, depending on how your company was structured, those business debts may affect your personal credit. Chapter 7, or liquidation, can wipe out a lot of your small business’s debt, but how long will that bankruptcy filing hamper your ability to buy a car for yourself? Here’s a look....

You want to rent out your rental apartment or home on Airbnb. Can you do it? Well, it depends. There are many factors that go into this answer and, ultimately, you do so at your own risk. Here are some things to consider and to research when deciding: Related Resources: Search FindLaw.com’s Directory for a Local Lawyer (FindLaw Directory) Snare Bnb: Learn Local Rules to Avoid Room Rental Woes (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life) Airbnb Squatter Refuses to Leave, Threatens Owner With Lawsuit (FindLaw’s Legally Weird) Top 5 Airbnb Home Rental Horror Stories (FindLaw’s Law and Daily Life) Injured in an Airbnb (FindLaw’s Injured) You Don’t Have To Solve This on Your Own – Get a Lawyer’s Help Civil Rights Block on Trump’s Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court...

Battlefields are among the most dangerous places on earth, and injuries are bound to happen. And while most employees are covered by traditional workers’ compensation benefits, is the same true for people injured during military operations? The answer, as always in the legal realm, is: it depends. Let’s take a look at the law differs for members of the armed services and for civil contractors. Military Personnel Traditional soldiers are not eligible for workers’ compensation for injuries sustained on the battlefield....

Have you heard of the “Yellow Dog Project”? It’s an effort to raise awareness about anxious dogs and could help to prevent injuries. If you see a dog with a yellow ribbon tied to its collar or leash, that’s a sign the owner is taking part in the Yellow Dog Project. Canine afficionados are advised to proceed with caution around so-called “Yellow Dogs.” Although wearing a yellow ribbon is a useful tool to help avoid any accidents or attacks, simply participating in the Yellow Dog Project doesn’t relieve owners from legal liability....

If you are in the US military and are injured due to negligent medical treatment in the hands of military healthcare workers, you can recover damages. But you may not be able to sue civilly, depending on how and when you were hurt. Medical malpractice suits are barred for active duty military injuries, although there are alternative means to recover. It’s not impossible to get around the prohibition on suing military doctors for medical malpractice, but your lawyer will likely have to do some fancy legal footwork, and much will depend on the context of your injury....

Mareena Silva, a Colorado woman, encountered a nightmare situation this week after a Safeway, pharmacist accidently gave her an abortion pill, a powerful drug that can birth defects or miscarriages. The drug is designed to fight cancer and was not intended to be given to the women, Safeway said. Silva had gone to Safeway in Fort Lupton, Colorado to pick up a prescription for antibiotics, Reuters reports. She was six weeks pregnant at the time....

A doctor licensed by the state of New York is being sued by his former girlfriend due to allegedly drugging her with Plan B without her consent, or even her knowledge. Plan B is an over-the-counter birth control drug that allows a woman to take the pill after having unprotected sexual intercourse. The civil lawsuit is seeking $5 million in damages as a result of the shockingly horrific conduct alleged. The complaint explains that the girlfriend found the box for the drug and asked her then-boyfriend about it, expecting to find out about an affair....

We’ve all seen user agreements, terms of service, and liability waivers, and, more often than not, we’ve signed or clicked our assent without even thinking. As a small business owner, you may even have one for your products or services. Lime and Bird, two electric scooter companies have user agreements that – they hope – will shield them from any legal liability if their riders are injured, or injure others while operating the scooters....

It is no secret that Facebook users upload thousands of videos and images each year that are filtered out, based on obscenity and decency guidelines. Just like there’s no tooth fairy, there’s no content fairy. In the lawsuit, Scola claims that during her nine months working as a contracted content moderator, she was bombarded with “videos, images and livestreamed broadcasts of child sexual abuse, rape, torture, bestiality, beheadings, suicide and murder....

No matter how hard you worked, it seemed you were under-appreciated and you were always passed up for a promotions. And now you’ve been fired! You had your suspicions for some time, and now you find others with similar productivity and metrics are still working. So you suspect that there is more to this story than just your work. It seems like you were snubbed for your sexual orientation. Is this discrimination?...

The public loves to hear that police are solving crimes. Local politicians love it even more. So law enforcement officers and officials are under pressure to deliver the goods when it comes to their crime statistics. In a July 2013 city council meeting, former Biscayne Park Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano reported his department had a 100 percent clearance rate for burglaries. While impressive sounding and technically true, that statistic was based on Atesiano and two of his officers pinning four unsolved burglaries on one innocent teenager....

“Fraud” and “liar” are both ugly names, but only one will land you on the defense side of a civil lawsuit. At some point, telling lies goes from being a poor decision to a violation of the law. But there are lots of circumstances in which it’s not a legal problem, just a personal one. Knowing when lying becomes fraud is important, if only so you can avoid crossing the line....

The word “assault” most likely brings to mind a criminal act. And while assault certainly can be charged as a criminal violation, it may also be the grounds for a lawsuit in civil court. When it comes to proving an assault, there may be an even more pervasive misconception: that an assault requires some form of physical violence or contact. On the contrary, a person may be liable for assault even where no actual physical contact has taken place....

Now that the government has granted temporary protected status (TPS) for Haitians to stay and work legally in the U.S., applications have begun to roll in. According to the Associated Press, more than 12,000 illegal Haitian immigrants have applied and paid for TPS legal status while their country is rebuilding its infrastructure from the devastating 7.0 earthquake. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which is part of the Homeland Security Department, is being flooded with applications....

Albert Einstein married his cousin, Elsa Lowenthal, and we can probably all agree that he was a pretty smart fellow. So why is marrying a first cousin frowned upon in this country and outright barred in half of the states? Some say that this is based on outdated notions that predate modern genetics and that the rules should be thrown out. Indeed, in many other countries marrying cousins is not considered at all problematic....