About Legal Business
Posted on January 6, 2009
Legal Business is the market-leading monthly. The paid-for subscriber base stands at around 9,000 per issue, and the magazine reaches over 25,000 readers across the UK and in the key financial centres of Europe, Asia and the US. Since its 1990 launch, Legal Business has always been a must-read publication – it constantly covers the key issues facing commercial law firms with more depth than any other title available in the market. Its continuing pre-eminence is down to its agenda-setting format: it gets the market talking by being controversial, sassy, and authoritative. From management to mergers, strategy and speculation, Legal Business is the magazine senior professionals rely upon for gauging the effectiveness of their firm and their rivals in the legal market and the wider business community.
Legal Business is constantly innovating: its surveys and critiques are regularly the subject of reports and commentary in the national press, its sector coverage of all the key practice areas and market sectors is second to none. What’s more, and in a crowded market, the annual Legal Business awards ceremony remains the undisputed ‘Oscars of the legal profession’.
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Cell Phone Driving: It Should Be Illegal
Posted on January 5, 2009
To often I am able to observe the carelessness and danger of the cell phone driver. This is a handy technology indeed, … however there is a time and a place for everything. Using a cell phone behind the wheel of a motor vehicle of any kind is never a good idea.
Here in southeast Wisconsin, I’ve observed countless incidents with cell phones being used by drivers that have caused concerns on the roadway. Lets talk about some of my observations on this.
I spend a lot of time on the road, … for five years I’ve kept notes on this subject. Every time I had a observation, I would go home and document it because I knew someday I would do a article like this.
Here they are folks, … license plate numbers not put in this article for State and Federal privacy law reasons (plate numbers weren’t taken down in all incidents anyway).
Southbound highway 45 through Wauwatosa Wisconsin. A man in a shirt and tie, in the left lane is looking down at his phone while dialing or texting as his car creeps to within inches of the cement center wall. At the last moment he discovers he left his lane and makes a panicky recovery to his lane causing other motorists to honk and stab their brakes. No accident.
Northbound highway 175 at Lilly Road in Menomonee Falls Wisconsin. A woman with a cell phone to her left ear drives straight through a red light as if it wasn’t even there. No accident.
HERE IS A BAD ONE! Southbound highway 74 through the village of Sussex Wisconsin. A teenage girl in the left lane is doing half the speed limit while talking on the cell phone. This caused a frustrated dump truck driver to pass her on the right. As the dump truck passed the cell phone driver, he threw a full wax paper soft drink cup across her windshield causing her to pull over off the road. Then as I passed, this is where I saw it was a teenage girl. No accident.
Eastbound Menomonee Avenue at Hwy. 175 in front of Walgreens in Menomonee Falls Wisconsin. A woman with a cell phone to her ear sits through two green lights as she waves her right hand around in conversation while she is on the phone. In the middle of traffic, blocking traffic, … and totally unaware of the world around her. No accident.
Westbound County Line Road at highway 175 in Germantown Wisconsin. I’m in the left turn lane. I notice the man to my right is on the phone while we wait for the lights to change. The cross traffic gets the red light. My lane gets the green arrow to turn south. As my green arrow turned green, the cell phone driver next to me stepped on the gas and drove through his red light cutting off the motorists across from me having the opposite green arrow to turn north. No accident.
Milwaukee County Zoo parking lot in Milwaukee Wisconsin. A cell phone driver backing out of a parking space while talking on the phone succeeds in clearing his parking spot, but backs up to far across the isle and backs into a parked motorcycle in the row behind him, causing it to tip over onto it’s side. The man gets out, stands the bike back up and then drives away. Legally this one is considered a traffic accident.
As I mentioned above, these are notes from over a 5 year time frame. I may also mention these are just things that I’ve seen. Can you imagine how much of this is happening that I don’t see. And I’m talking about all over America. My guess is it happens way to much. Cell phone driving is dangerous and I’m quite sure cell phones are responsible for a great number of accidents in America.
Until cell phone driving becomes illegal, it should be standard procedure for law enforcement at accident scenes to search the accident scene for cell phones and pull the cell phone records of any phones found.
My opinion is that cell phone driving is no different than driving drunk or wasted. Cell phone driving should be outlawed across the country. We don’t need to be on the phone while we drive, … our past proves that. From the dates of the first automobiles to the 1970’s and 1980’s motorists were driving without this device. There is no reason why we have to drive with it now.
September 01, 2008 Marshfield Wisconsin started enforcing their new cell phone driving law. As of this date, if you cell phone drive in this area, you will get pulled over and be given a ticket.
Thank you Marshfield Wisconsin for being the brave first area to jump into this with other peoples safety in mind. This is a step in the right direction, but it’s not enough. We need more cities, towns and villages to do what Marshfield is doing. By doing this we can say we took a step in the direction of reducing the amount of traffic accidents that happen on our roadways.
Reporter Joseph Toth
Washington Micro Bank BBS
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What To Expect From Fathers Child Custody Cases
Posted on January 5, 2009
The Uphill Battle For Fathers Child Custody
It is really unfortunate that for fathers seeking child custody, that they are subjected to a great amount of stereotype and double standard. Typically, unless there is something seriously wrong with the mother that would make her be considered “unfit”, that fathers are considered to be lucky just to get joint custody. You might be wondering “why is this?”.
Well, a lot of it has to do with today’s society automatically assuming that the mother plays a more active role in the parenting of children than the father. Now I’m not saying that all cases where sole child custody is awarded to mothers are unfair, that wouldn’t be correct. I’m writing this article about fathers child custody, because there are many that truly take care of their children and are in a situation where they could possibly be taken away from them.
Yes, you are going to be facing a tough situation at court. However, do not get the impression that all is lost right now. What this just means is that you are going to have to come to court twice as prepared as your ex wife. You are going to have to educate yourself as much as possible on the whole process, and more specifically on fathers child custody.
Your ex spouse and her attorney are well aware of the uphill battle you face at court, and so they will try all sorts of tactics to paint you in a negative way to the judge. You must be prepared for this, by doing so you will have a much better chance of getting the proper custody that you deserve.
For some very helpful information to aid you preparing for your child custody battle, I recommend taking some time and read everything at Fathers Child Custody
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Lawyers and Dispute Resolution
Posted on January 5, 2009
Lawyer, a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice law. The role of the lawyer varies significantly across legal jurisdictions, and therefore can be treated here in only the most general terms. Dispute resolution is the process of resolving disputes between parties.
There are several methods of dispute resolution:
• litigation
• arbitration
• collaborative law
• mediation
• conciliation
Litigation, the early stages of the litigation may involve initial disclosures of evidence by each party and discovery, which is the ordered swap of evidence and statements between the parties based on what they each anticipate to argue during the actual trial. Discovery is meant to eliminate surprises and clarify what the lawsuit is about and perhaps to make a party realize they should settle or drop the claim, all before wasting court resources. At this point the parties may also engage in pretrial motion filing in order to exclude or include particular legal or factual issues before trial, by blocking the other party from presenting a particular witness or arguing a particular legal theory.
Arbitration is a legal technique for the resolution of disputes outside the courts, wherein the parties to a dispute refer it to one or more persons by whose decision they agree to be bound. When the subject matter of the dispute is highly technical, arbitrators with an appropriate degree of expertise can be appointed.
Collaborative Law is law procedure in which the two parties agreed that they would not go to court, or threaten to do so the parties make every effort to reach a fair settlement in the course of a series of meetings, often called joint sessions, between the two parties and their lawyers, and sometimes other neutral experts.
Mediation’s aims to help two or (more) disputants in reaching an agreement. Mediation is often ordered during the course of the litigation process. In mediation, the mediator is a neutral third party who doesn’t represent or advise either side. Divorce mediation is worth looking into, especially for a divorcing couple with children. It is going to save a lot of time, money and hassle. Plus it will help to keep emotions in check and let the couple work things out in their own way, under their control. Conciliation is another method of dispute resolution whereby the parties to a dispute agree to utilize the services of a conciliator (including future interest disputes), who then meets with the parties separately in an attempt to resolve their differences. Conciliation differs from arbitration in that the conciliation process, in and of itself, has no legal standing, and the conciliator usually has no authority to seek indication or call witnesses, usually writes no decision, and makes no award.Conciliation differs from mediation in that the main goal is to conciliate, most of the time by seeking concessions. In mediation, the mediator tries to guide the discussion in a way that optimizes parties’ needs, takes feelings into account and reframes representations.In conciliation the parties seldom, if ever, actually face each other across the table in the presence of the conciliator.
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Been Involved In A Car Accident? Don’t Lose Any Money By Claiming Today.
Posted on January 4, 2009
If you have been involved in a car accident as a driver, passenger, pedestrian or cyclist, and have suffered injuries or any personal loss to property, vehicle, motorbike, cycle, and so on, the first and most important thing to do is to calm down. Being involved in an accident is a traumatic experience and requires to be dealt with in a calm manner. The accident has happened and that is a fact that has to be accepted. If there has been personal injury, inform the police and ambulance services; if you are trapped in the car, ask someone to make the calls. No matter how minor or major the accident may be, inform the police. You never know what action the other person or people are going to take. So, safeguard yourself. Get all the details regarding those involved in the accident and try to take pictures of the site and draw a sketch of the accident. Don’t forget to inform your near and dear ones - and your insurance company.
In case of personal injury, get medical help immediately. No matter how minor the cuts or bruises may appear, go and see a general practitioner or go to a hospital for treatment. After getting medical attention go home and rest. Take the day off if you were on your way to work. Don’t immediately sit down to file a claim. Some injuries may not start to hurt, or the symptoms may not appear, till 48 hours have passed.
Don’t rush into filing claims. If any injury appears or continues after filing a claim, there will be no option of re-filing a claim, as the claim will have already been filed. So, wait until 48 hours after the accident, visit the doctor, get a check up and until a clean bill of health is given and you feel that you are in the same condition that you were in before the accident happened, don’t file a claim. The insurance company is aware of the accident, so take your time. There is no law that forces filing of a claim for damages from an accident immediately, so don’t rush.
Rushing into filing a claim for damages and obtaining a settlement may cause loss of your rightful dues. So wait and consult a lawyer who will provide the best guidance concerning what to do. But care must be taken in selecting a lawyer. A lawyer may browbeat you into opting for an immediate settlement, or the driver at fault may try and persuade you to make an early settlement. Don’t fall for these traps.
Claiming damages in terms of mental and physical health, loss, repair for vehicle, and use of alternative transport are all costs that can be claimed - including lost time from work.
Therefore, rushing into filing a claim right after an accident may only end up covering the initial cost, not the total cost that may be borne after an accident. Because of this, it is advisable to show patience and not get talked into any immediate settlements.
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