Back in March, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) suspended Hours of Service (HOS) laws. The agency’s decision, made after President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, was to support com
A recent study by the American Academy of Pediatrics makes a direct correlation between distracted driving laws and fewer fatal crashes among all age groups.
That includes drivers 16 to
While numerous big-money verdicts have been handed down in cases involving Johnson & Johnson talcum baby powder and complaints that it causes cancer, the real victory for many people came
Even though the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a federal ban on robocalls, don’t expect the annoying calls to go away anytime soon.
“The volume of calls is
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
Next Avenue consumer reporter Caroline Mayer suggests these six ways to negotiate lower doctor bills:
1. Do your own research to determine the going rate for procedures in your area.
Getting served with a federal subpoena can be shocking and momentarily life-altering. But you don’t have to let it impact your future. The key is to respond in a manner that’s appropriate and calculated. What is a Federal Subpoena? Subpoena – just the word alone…
Pets. They give us unconditional love. And we love them back. They are members of the family, and we treat them as such. We do our best to take care of them and feed them. However, with more than 100-million pets overweight or obese in…
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.
* In 2010 Pittsburgh became the first U.S. city to recognize rights of nature in its effort to ban fracking.
* In September 2008, Ecuador became the first country in the
