If you are one of the cool kids, or cool adults, or a techie, you might have received a drone for a gift during the past year. Like a toy out of the future, drones allow observation from above and afar. They are very cool. And, it was pretty much […]
Author: Laurie Briggs
Is There No Shame? Each of us acutely knows of the efforts undertaken over the last three decades to find a cure and to advance treatment for many types of cancer. Most people well know of facts like cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States; […]
Last Friday, Hawaii’s state legislature passed a bill to prohibit the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products to individuals under the age of 21. Should Governor Ige sign the measure, it would become law on January 1, 2016, making Hawaii the strictest state concerning such sales. New Jersey, Alabama, […]
Margaret Jane Radin, author of Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, and the Rule of Law, is of the point of view that the American court system is “allowing contract to gobble up tort.” In other words, the 37-year law professor believes forced arbitration is evil. Forced arbitration lurks in […]
The Sunshine State is known not only for its beaches, blue skies and warm temperatures but also hurricanes and tropical storms. While “It Never Rains in California,” Florida sees a lot of the wet stuff. Residents who have experienced bad weather know it easily can lead to water damage in […]
While the corporate conglomerates that comprise the pharmaceutical industry have waded their way onto the World Wide Web, they still have a little evolving to do. They need to respond to research that shows more than half of consumers looking up disease information are doing so on their cell phones. […]
Community Health Systems, which operates more than 200 hospitals nationwide, announced earlier that hackers had breached their security system and gained access to the confidential records of 4.5 million patients who had been treated at their facilities over the last five years. Included in the confidential information now in the […]
Despite living in Florida for 24 years, it is still odd for me to see Back-to-School ads in July. Having grown up in New York, where the school year begins after Labor Day, it still seems like everyone should be enjoying a summer vacation. Yesterday was the first day of […]
Whether you are a friend or foe of the Hobby Lobby decision handed down by the United States Supreme Court this past Monday, citizens must know the very real and far-reaching consequences of the decision. This decision has very broad ranging effects on employer and employee rights concerning access to […]
The discovery of electronically stored information (ESI) is loaded with potential pitfalls and failure unless the parties add two components to the mix: cooperation and collaboration. Lacking those components, ESI discovery, at least sometimes, can be one of the more painful experiences for the average trial lawyer. The problem to […]
