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      • Status of Punitive Damage Law.
        12/31/06
        WHAT ARE PUNITIVE DAMAGES?

        Punitive damages are intended to punish a defendant in a civil case who acted with malice, and to provide a deterrent to future similar conduct by the defendant. Twenty states, including Texas, have enacted punitive damage reform legislation.

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      • Choosing a Guardian for Your Minor Children.
        12/29/06
        Who will care for your children if you should die before their 18th birthday?

        A difficult thought, to be sure. It may help to know that you can provide for your children's well-being should such a disaster occur. You can name the person who will be your children's Guardian if yo

      • Child Support.
        12/26/06
        Paying child support is a tremendous responsibility. The payments that are made are distribute to the custodial parents to ensure that their children have what they need to live a comfortable life. There are many cases today being open for establishing child support so the custodial parents may rece

      • Basic Facts about the Federal Disability Programs - SSD and SSI.
        12/19/06
        I read an interesting statistic recently that was published in a well-known online newspaper. According to the article, one out of three otherwise-healthy adults will experience a long term state of disability (due to an accident or illness and lasting a month or longer, with the possibility of bein

      • How to Build a Mediation Presentation That Will Make an Insurance Adjuster’s Sphincter Tighten.
        12/18/06
        I arrived to help my client prepare for his upcoming mediation. The first thing he did was show me all the wonderful family photos he had of his client and her husband, the decedent.

        “My guy was the perfect plaintiff,” the attorney began. “Spent tons of time with his kids. He was the one

      • Design Patent.
        12/16/06
        The definition of a design can be as follows: the characteristics, ornamental or visual, manifested in a manufactured item. The design of the surface visual aspects cannot be separated from the item it has been applied to. It cannot exist by itself. It has to be a specific pattern of ornamentation o

      • Are Social Networking Sites Violating Children's Online Privacy Protection Act?
        12/15/06
        Never before in our nation's history has a technological revolution skirted governmental regulation like the internet. The industrial revolution saw the rise of giant corporations, followed by the legislation of strict corporate and securities law regulations. The newfound mobility of the count

      • Reducing Legal Malpractice Exposure.
        12/13/06
        Many legal malpractice claims share common allegations/themes that can be avoided if law firms have the proper risk management measures in place. Implementation and maintained use of some very rudimentary systems and procedures can reduce the likelihood of being sued, or in the event you are sued, c

      • New eDiscovery Rules Take Effect Dec. 1, 2006.
        12/12/06
        On April 13, 2006, the US Supreme Court approved amendments to the Federal Rules and Civil Procedure to treat electronic documents in the same manner that paper documents have been treated in the discovery process. The changes went into effect Friday December 1, 2006 and force companies to have emai

      • Legal Significance of Digital Signatures.
        12/07/06
        A cornerstone of United States contract law is the general application of the Statute of Frauds to contractual agreements. Emerging forms of electronic commerce and new types of contractual relationships have begun challenge the very idea of defining the four corners of a contract. Many obstacles co

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