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Ten Of The Dumbest Warning Labels

Label: The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents. Product: W.H. Collins’ Vanishing Fabric Markers (You just know that someone kited a check and in an effort to minimize responsibility,  tried to sue to blame the manufacturer.) Label: Do not use while sleeping. (See above pic.) [...]

Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011!

The Top Ten Most Ridiculous Lawsuits of 2011 are: •Convict sues couple he kidnapped for not helping him evade police.  Read story. •Man illegally brings gun into bar, gets injured in a fight, then sues bar for not searching him for a weapon. Read story. •Young adults sue mother for sending cards without gifts and [...]

Asset Searches – How Far is Far Enough?

Generally, an asset search investigation is requested to determine a subject’s tangible assets (or, quite often, to satisfy the court that there are no other recoverable assets beyond policy limits, albeit the injuries sustained may be valued at a much higher award). Balancing the public’s privacy with informational needs is challenging but ultimately, very doable. A basic checklist [...]

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Backyard Danger: New Pool Regs (Including Alarm Installation Rules)

Each year, around this time,  we post the pool safety rules and regs.  It takes a split second for a child to be serious injured or worse in a pool.  Pools are supposed to be fun, let’s keep them safe. According to data (compiled from various federal agencies and industry monitoring organizations), in a given [...]

Comprehensive Intake Surveys Help Yield Better Case Results

We asked our clients to identify the type of legal case management that they use in their practices, to better refine the information required on field intake surveys.    In reviewing the management software (from Amicus, Time Matters, PCLaw, Saga, to Needles and more), we then developed a four-page  interview survey, to be taken at sign up.  Our [...]

Lights, Camera, Actionable?

Rarely. A recent survey by the American Management Association revealed that more than half of the employers who responded use video surveillance at work to counter theft, violence, or sabotage. Also, 16% of the employers surveyed used video surveillance to monitor employee performance. Most states have passed at least some privacy-related laws. Many of these [...]

The Devil and the EEOC

There has been long-held belief that employee manuals are not worth the risk of potentially placing the company in situations loaded with liabilities as no written policy can be without implied contracts.   There has never and will never be any endeavor that is zero % risk free but risk must and can be diminished. – In [...]

Towed Vehicle Recovery, NYC.

Who Towed My Vehicle? If your vehicle has been towed, it is important for you to know whether it was a Violation Tow or Judgment Tow: Violation Tow by NYPD If your vehicle has been booted or towed because it was illegally parked and you owe no unpaid parking tickets in judgment, get your vehicle back directly [...]

Closer To Mandatory Federal Criminal Background Checks for Medical Providers?

Indianapolis Senator and registered nurse Patricia Miller has asked for legislation requiring mandatory background checks for medical health care providers (i.e., doctors, nurses,  licensed midwives…).  There are 24 healthcare fields, which while licensed, currently do not require criminal background investigations. Quite a few issues immediately come to mind.  In the health care field then, would [...]

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