Lawyer kept clients' money after settling (Macomb Daily)
The "compensation culture" has been given a rather bad name over recent years; this is due to the large increase in no win no fee compensation claims not just in the States, but also across the globe. The question is, who is really to blame for this increase in claims?
Lawyer kept clients' money after settling (Macomb Daily)
A lawyer likely will be disbarred and may face additional criminal charges after he pleaded no contest to secretly settling a civil case and keeping the money for six months.
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Lawyer Denied Referral Fee Over Lack of Client Consent (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A Pennsylvania lawyer may not collect a referral fee in a New Jersey lawsuit that yielded a $1.9 million verdict because the clients were never told about any fee-sharing arrangement, as New Jersey's ethical rules require, a federal judge has ruled.
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Home Insurers' Secret Tactics Cheat Fire Victims, Hike Profits (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Julie Tunnell remembers standing in her debris-strewn driveway when the tall man in blue jeans approached. Her northern San Diego tudor-style home had been incinerated a week earlier in the largest wildfire in California history.
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Bonfire of the Builders (BusinessWeek)
By rushing into the mortgage business big-time, homebuilders helped fuel the housing crisis
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT (Real Estate News)
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'Castro himself denied re-opening of Hillblom estate' (Saipan Tribune)
Superior Court Judge Tempore Alexandro Castro should reject the request to re-open the Larry Hillblom estate because he himself (Castro) denied the same motion two years ago.
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Local Sports Headlines (The Canton Repository)
I was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in 1975 in the first round out of Langston University. My career lasted seven years, five with the Cowboys. I played in three Super Bowls and was voted to the 1979 Pro Bowl. In 1980, I played a partial season with the 49ers and Oilers.
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Disability delays can lead to personal havoc (USA Today)
Many people who file Social Security disability claims are initially denied benefits. They can pursue an appeal, but the wait for a federal hearing can take a heavy toll.
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Disability delays lead to personal havoc (The Indianapolis Star)
Of 2.5 million people who file Social Security disability claims annually, nearly two in three get denied initially. If they pursue a federal hearing, they join about 745,000 others whose appeals are backlogged.
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SEE ALSO: (Metro Times Detroit)
Leaving his Upper Peninsula house on Nov. 9, 1986, a cold Sunday night, Frederick Freeman drove down to metro Detroit through Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. He needed to limit his time on Michigan's roadways. He was a wanted man in this state.
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Lawyer kept clients' money after settling (Macomb Daily)
You can make a claim if someone else has been at fault and can pay a sum in damages. You need to be 18 years and above to make such a claim. The accident should have occurred within the last three years. You can also make a claim if you have been injured and have had to suffer a loss of earnings temporarily. However, if you have suffered an injury due to your own actions, you may not receive compensation.
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