As soaring unemployment continues amid the COVID-19 pandemic and food pantries remain closed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has limited who can receive emergency funds for food assistance, leaving
A Supreme Court ruling this week blocking the Trump administration’s attempt to immediately shut down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, relieves, for the time being, the uncertainty 650,000 children born to undocumented immigrants have faced since President Donald Trump’s second y
1. Design defects that exist before manufacture of a product. The product may be dangerous due to a design flaw.
2. Manufacturing defects, the Legal Information Institute notes. In these
General Motors
It was discovered in 2014 that GM manufactured several vehicles with faulty ignition switches that could turn off during driving, disabling power steering and brakes and preventing airbags
Thousands of people each year are injured due to dangerous, defective products. And in many cases, those injuries result in individual or class action lawsuits for product liability.
For decades there has been a debate over lawyer advertising. Some say it hurts the profession’s image and other say it allows middle class and poor people – who may not know a lawyer or what it costs to hire one – access to legal service.
Gerald Bostock won a historic victory at the U.S. Supreme Court for gay and transgender people across the United States. After a champagne celebration, Bostock says he’s girding for more battles that still lie ahead.
You are the proud owner of what was once the family farm, only now your property is surrounded by commercial development and new suburbs. When the local government comes to take by eminent domain a strip of your property to widen the road running in front of it, what are your rights?
There are several qualifications for having a record of arrest expunged or sealed, but the proliferation of data companies today means arrests aren’t buried nearly as deeply as they once were.
Homeowners tempted to join the sharing economy should carefully research their local laws and regulations before renting out a room or their whole house for a weekend.
Dan Biersdorf, a Minneapolis-based attorney who specializes in representing property owners in eminent domain cases nationwide, has tips for those preparing to go up against a government trying to take
Experts suggest knowing these tips when interacting with the police
* Remain calm if confronted by police
* Ask whether you are being detained
* Keep your hands where police can see them
