Everyone knows a horror story about a mammoth hospital bill that came as a total shock. But what people may not know is that they have legal rights that could affect how much they are obligated to pay. There are processes in place to help…
After Florida’s governor preempted a pending Orange County charter amendment that would protect two rivers, a local advocacy group sued, testing a growing movement known as Rights of Nature. Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed the “Clean Waterways Act”, which puts more regulations on septic tanks…
Despite a massive settlement agreed to by the makers of the nation’s most popular weed killer, the dispute over whether Bayer’s herbicide causes cancer is still up for debate. Bayer, which manufactures Roundup, agreed recently to pay up to $10.9 billion to settle litigation over…
China, the first country to quarantine residents due to the coronavirus, is now seeing record high divorce filings, according to media reports. Legal observers and mental health practitioners in the United States are expecting an uptick in divorces here as well. Even in pre-pandemic life,…
With more than 1.1 million drones in the air on any given day, chances are, you will see them in your neighborhood, maybe flying over your yard or business. The question often becomes one of privacy. If a drone flies over your property, is it…
Two neighbors near Tampa, Florida, are embroiled in a court battle over the parentage of four goats. We’re not kidding. The kids in question are the progeny of Country Caprines Ace, a registered Nigerian dwarf goat, according to breeder Heather Dayner. Kristine Hedstrom, who purchased…
We’ve all done it. Clicked I Agree without reading what we’re agreeing to. Signed a form but ignored the wall of text we were meant to read. But in the middle of a pandemic, does that routine agreement become a riskier act? That question leaped…
Debts can become overwhelming at any time, but especially now, when so many are unemployed and struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, sequestered at home with little income flowing. Those who seek out companies to help them consolidate their debt and pay it off in three…
A crowded courthouse is not the best place to be in the middle of a pandemic. So, for the last few months, jury trials have ground to a halt around the country while other court hearings have been conducted remotely. The question court officials are…
Even with millions of Americans out of work and many businesses struggling to survive, bankruptcy filings are significantly down in the U.S. this year, compared to last. In fact, according to the American Bankruptcy Institute, total bankruptcy filings were 42% lower in May 2020 than…