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Can I File for Divorce If I’m Pregnant?
For some couples, pregnancy can add uncertainty about the future of their relationship. Considering divorce when pregnant is a decision that carries immense weight and can be complex. Divorce is an emotionally challenging process in itself. When divorce coincides with a pregnancy, the situation becomes even more intense. The decision to [...]
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Evidence in Personal Injury Cases
After suffering a serious or life-altering injury, a victim may be able to recover compensation from a liable party by pursuing a personal injury claim. Working with a lawyer can help build a personal injury case by helping collect evidence, hiring medical professionals as expert witnesses, proving a case in court, and filing all [...]
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How AB5 is Affecting California Employers
A new California law is reclassifying independent contractors causing a shakeup with major gig companies who are refusing to change their workers’ status. Assembly Bill 5 was signed back in September by Governor Gavin Newson and went into effect at the beginning of the year. Under the new law, the criteria for determining whether a [...]
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America’s Approach to Mental Health: Sweep it Under the Rug
“Most people dealing with this sort of thing end up in jail or on the street. There really aren’t any other options.” This is the response I received from an officer with the San Diego Sheriff’s Department when I called to request a visit from PERT, the Psychological Evaluation Response Team. After being told there […]
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Donald Trump v. the First Amendment
President-elect Donald Trump’s crusade against the First Amendment has been consistent and terrifying. He has suggested “opening up” libel laws so that he can more easily sue news organizations which speak poorly of him. He and his transition team have considered putting those of the Muslim faith on a registry. He has [...]
B. Clausen
“White Lives Matter” Designated As Hate Group By Southern Poverty Law Center
“White Lives Matter,” the antithesis of everything Black Lives Matter stands for, is being designated as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). You may have heard about White Lives’ protest outside the NAACP headquarters in Houston last week. They were small in numbers, but they were armed and [...]
B. Clausen
Texas Voter ID Law Ruled Unconstitutional
(Update, 8/4: Texas has agreed to soften its voter ID law before the November elections. This means that as many as 600,000 eligible voters who did not have one of the seven documents that the voter ID law required could now vote in the upcoming elections.) A controversial Voter ID law in Texas was struck […]
B. Clausen
House Votes To Not Expand Patriot Act
In a somewhat sneaky attempt to fast-track H.R. 5606, otherwise known as the Anti-Terrorism Information Sharing Is Strength Act, Congress used a strategy called “suspension of the rules” to try and get it passed. However, it required two-thirds majority, and failed by about 55 votes. It would have chipped away at Fourth [...]
B. Clausen
America’s Elder Orphans: Preparing for Life without Loved Ones
Until recently, Baby Boomers were America’s largest living generation with an estimated 74.9 million in 2015. They have since been surpassed by the Millennials, but as this large-scale generation ages, it is set to put a strain on the nursing home and elder care industry. The United States Census Bureau stated that our elderly population [...]
Brian Beltz
Case Runners: The Real Amublance Chasers
The term “ambulance chaser” is often used as a catchall stereotype of personal injury attorneys. Lawyers who follow ambulances to the scene of an accident or to a hospital, harassing victims and their families with hopes of signing them up as clients. While ambulance chasing attorneys do (I’m certain) exist, the actual [...]
B. Clausen