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The American Association for Justice runs the National Student Trial Advocacy Competition, also known as STAC, every year, and always needs volunteer lawyers to act as judges. I would have... Read More

Sometimes it seems as if New York City pays out a lot of money, on a regular basis, in lawsuit recoveries.   And recent headlines, such as this one , concerning the... Read More

Res ipsa loquitur  is one of those archaic Latin phrases that actually has meaning in the present day. Literally, it means that the thing speaks for itself.  What’s “the thing”? Negligence.... Read More

Like most practitioners of a specialty that requires the constant purchase and review of medical records, I had come to assume that I was lucky if the medical records company,... Read More

Most lawyers who represent patients injured or killed by medical malpractice are huge supporters of the 7th Amendment. It provides as follows: Seventh Amendment – Civil Trials. In Suits at... Read More

Last year,  we were warned. The sugar industry was unwilling to let sales drop, just because its product helped make people obese and diabetic. Posts like this became more frequent. It wasn’t... Read More

I am not a religious officiant. I have never become a Universal Life Minister, even for a day to marry close friends. But I know this: when you married folks... Read More

Dr. Mehmet Oz is a New York-based surgeon and television personality.  He brings the complexities of medicine to the people, on shows like “Oprah,” where he tends to preach about... Read More