Miscellaneous

• March: Red Cross Month

  Mike Bryant | March 06, 2011 9:05 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  Since 1943 and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Presidency, every American President has proclaimed March Red Cross Month. President Obama joined the list with the following Proclamation: The Red...

• Flood Insurance: The Time is Now to Look at All Your Coverages

  Mike Bryant | March 05, 2011 7:21 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN

  The Federal Emergency Management Agency sent of a message to all Minnesotans this week that they should consider buying flood insurance. With the stories that we may be looking at more flooding this...

• Before You Make a Virginia Disability Claim, Ensure Your Doctor is On Your Side

  Ben Glass | March 05, 2011 2:16 PM | 1 CommentNorthern Virginia, VA

  My doctor won’t support my disability claim! Now what? I often hear this same question from people regarding their disability claims. These individuals want to know what they should do if...

• Unilever Announces Limited Recall of Skippy Peanut Butter

  Susy Owen | March 05, 2011 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsSanta Clarita, CA

  Unilever United States, Inc. today announced a limited recall of Skippy® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy® Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread, because it may be...

• IRS News Flash

  Linda Chalat | March 04, 2011 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Breast pumps & supplies that assist lactation constitute medical care under the IRS Code - so the cost may now be a medical expense deduction. This reverses a 2009 ruling that breast pumps...

• Twelve Christian Radio Stations Now Highlighting 7th Amendment Rights

  Andrew Cochran | March 03, 2011 11:29 PM | 0 CommentsVoices

  I've been interviewed several times on the What's Up Now radio program, hosted by Christian broadcaster and 7th Amendment champion Terry Lowry, on KKHT-FM in Houston. Terry is strongly committed to...

• States Should Help Victims of Child Molestation to Exercise Rights & Seek Justice

  Andrew Cochran | March 03, 2011 2:11 PM | 3 CommentsVoices

  My representative in the Virginia House of Delegates, Rep. Dave Albo, sent his constitutents a letter recently with some interesting news. He had been a guardian ad litem for abused and neglected...

• OT - Lawyer Tech: iPad 2 Will Be Announced Today

  Brett Emison | March 02, 2011 9:11 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO

  A numer of outlets have confirmed that Apple will officially announce the iPad 2 today. Lawyers using either the iPhone or iPad should check out Jeff Richardson's blog - iPhoneJD. Jeff offers...

• What Tort Reform Advocates Won't Tell You: Damage Caps Don't Work

  John Lowery | February 28, 2011 6:19 PM | 0 CommentsNashville, TN

  Governor Bill Haslam and Republican legislators in Tennessee are amping up efforts to pass tort reform legislation in Tennessee. On February 17, Haslam presented his first package of proposed...

• What lessons can we learn from Charlie Sheen?

  Michael Lewis | February 26, 2011 10:43 PM | 0 CommentsWinston-Salem, NC

  Reading the recent news about Charlie Sheen, America’s highest paid actor, I felt enormous sadness. Earning the startling sum of 2 million dollars per episode, would seem to eliminate most...