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Access to Legal Services May Improve Under Biden

On May 18, 2021, President Biden signed a presidential memo to expand access to legal counsel, legal representation and the courts. The Biden administration’s executive action could improve inequalities

By Katy Boose

/ 24 May 2021

Access to Legal Services May Improve Under Biden

Record-Setting Results

Some of our recent record-setting results for our clients include $2 million in a premise liability case and $500,000 in an Upper Peninsula auto accident case. Our team of personal injury lawyers have obtained record verdicts in both Leelanau and Oscoda County. These results are…

By Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C.

/ 23 May 2021

Can a Party’s Document Storage System Determine the Scope of Discovery?

You’re conducting document discovery. You expect that when the opposing party searches their email for relevant documents, that party will produce any responsive emails as well as any responsive attachments to those emails, and that they will produce them in a way that allows you…

By Legal Examiner Staffer

/ 21 May 2021

Can a Party’s Document Storage System Determine the Scope of Discovery?

Tim Smith—Best Lawyers

Best Lawyers has selected attorney Tim Smith as the top plaintiffs personal injury attorney in Northern Michigan 3 out of the last 5 years. Learn more about personal injury attorney Tim Smith in the testimonial below. “Tim is a professional in every sense of the…

By Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C.

/ 20 May 2021

How New Jersey College Students Can Report Campus Sexual Assault

Going off to college is an exciting milestone for most young adults, but it comes with a terrifying risk. Female college students are three times more likely to experience sexual violence, and women in sororities are four times more likely to be assaulted than non-sorority…

By Jessica Ramirez

/ 20 May 2021

How New Jersey College Students Can Report Campus Sexual Assault

Can Schools Require COVID-19 Vaccines?

As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved for those as young as 12, back to school could look similar to previous years. As millions of students return to school in

By Katy Boose

/ 18 May 2021

Will Taking Medical Marijuana Affect A Florida Workers’ Comp Claim?

Marijuana is popularly linked to getting high and stoner culture, but there is a medical benefit, and doctors have started prescribing it to treat chronic conditions. Millions of people use the cannabis plant to treat medical conditions like arthritis, cancer, epilepsy, glaucoma, PTSD, and Parkinson

By The Scott R. Marshall Law Firm

/ 17 May 2021

Will Taking Medical Marijuana Affect A Florida Workers’ Comp Claim?

Who’s to Blame for the U.S. Opioid Crisis?

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, an estimated 9.7 million Americans misused prescription opioids in 2019. Another 745,000 used heroin, an opioid made

By Lauren Schlaht

/ 13 May 2021

Who’s to Blame for the U.S. Opioid Crisis?

Pennsylvania Child Abuse Victims May Be Able to Sue As Adults

Proponents of a Pennsylvania bill designed to bring justice to more victims of child abuse, after years of pushing for its passage, may finally have succeeded. Last month the Pennsylvania House approved legislation that will allow now-adult child abuse survivors to sue the institutions or…

By Andrew D'Arcy

/ 13 May 2021

Pennsylvania Child Abuse Victims May Be Able to Sue As Adults

Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims

Victims had been waiting an extended period of time to either receive compensation or information concerning a rejected claim through the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program.

By Christopher T. Nace

/ 11 May 2021

Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Injury Claims

A Cheerleader’s Snapchat Post Leads to Supreme Court Battle

It was a scene played out on Snapchat countless times before and since. It was a Saturday in May of 2017. Brandi Levy, a 14-year-old junior varsity cheerleader with a

By Piper Jones Castillo

/ 10 May 2021

A Cheerleader’s Snapchat Post Leads to Supreme Court Battle

Police Reform Discussions Continue Around the U.S.

As a former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of the murder of George Floyd, many states across the country continue to propose policing reform bills. Over the past year,

By Katy Boose

/ 7 May 2021

Police Reform Discussions Continue Around the U.S.