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Wednesday, November 29, 2017The ABA Journal recently reported in Holtzman vs Turza, that Illinois CPA Ira Holtzman brought a class action suit against Illinois attorney Gregory P Turza for violating the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act (FTCPA) almost a decade ago. 8,430 unsolicited faxes were sent to accountants without an ‘opt-out’ provision. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Normally when someone sues naming every business or government agency with a relationship to a property owner the case gets kicked as a nuisance case. But the rules change when the landowner being sued is a Colorado marijuana grower by the adjacent land owner in Federal Court under the RICO Act (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. READ MORE >>
Monday, November 13, 2017A law firm decided to notify everyone that it was moving by e-mail. Normally this is an everyday occurrence, unless the sender decides to create a distribution list with a few hundred of its closes friends putting the distribution list in the ‘cc’ e-mail address line and not the ‘bbc’ e-mail address line. READ MORE >>
Friday, November 10, 2017For those of you looking for another legal specialty, why not space law. Just think you could be working for Elon Musk or Richard Branson to name a few in a galaxy far far away. So when the Russian satellite collides with Chinese space junk, you may be able to represent one of the parties in space court in the final frontier. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, November 8, 2017Many law firms hold attorneys that leave the firm responsible for the attorney malpractice claims deductible should a claim be made against the firm for work that the attorney did while at that law firm. In most cases smaller law firms carry deductibles of $10,000 or less so although this c... READ MORE >>
Tuesday, November 7, 2017According the Illinois ARDC in 2016 of the 13,500 solo attorneys practicing law 41% of them did not carry attorney malpractice Insurance. Except for a handful of states attorney malpractice insurance is not required. So as shocking as the ARDC Illinois number is to the general public, this is not a surprising number. READ MORE >>
Monday, November 6, 2017Mr. Grasz was nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit by President Trump. His nomination hearing before the Senate Judicial Committee was recently held. The ABA unanimously rated Mr. Grasz 'Not Qualified'. READ MORE >>
Thursday, November 2, 2017Attorneys that are supposed to read contracts for a living. They tell their clients the importance to not only read the contract but to understand what it means. Rarely do attorneys follow their own advice; many times they end up with expensive lessons. READ MORE >>
Wednesday, October 11, 2017According to ABC News a dead man’s unsent text message to his brother was accepted by an Australian court as the dead man’s will. Although this case has little influence on the US Court System it is a sign of the changes happening all over the world. READ MORE >>
Tuesday, October 10, 2017In the case of Maroulis v Friedman, Maroulis retained Attorney Friedman in a divorce proceeding in June of 2010. In November 2011 Maroulis dismissed attorney Friedman and hired another law firm. In July 2012, Maroulis settled the divorce action. In October 2014, Maroulis sued Friedman for malpractice and emotional distress. READ MORE >>
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