Attorney Mark Zamora, the well known legal blogger who writes under the name, A Georgia Lawyer, joins Mark Wahlstrom and Scott Drake on a special edition of Speaking of Justice. The subject of this podcast is "Total Body Formula" a dietary supplement that was heavily marketed in the Southeastern US and the damage caused by a bad formulation of this supplement. In this case an excessive amount of selenium was built into certain batches of Total Body Formula caused a cluster of illnesses and symptoms which Mark Zamora reports on here. If you are a trial lawyer or possibly a consumer who used Total Body Formula, this podcast is going to be of interest to you.
A lawsuit was filed Wednesday in an effort to derail the largest brewery takeover in history. The group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming Belgium-based InBev's $52 billion purchase of Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. would violate U.S. antitrust law if completed as planned in the coming months. Scott Drake speaks with renowned antitrust lawyer and lead attorney in the case Joseph Alioto.
In this fascinating audio interview, famed trial lawyer and defense attorney William "Billy" Murphy joins Scott Drake to discuss the Eliot Spitzer resignation and the legal issues surrounding it. We are reposting this excellent interview to give our new listeners a "best of" view of one of the nations premier legal minds and top criminal defense attorneys.
In this weeks edition of Tax Conversations with Attorney Robert Wood and Mark Wahlstrom, the chairman of LB Network, they continue their topic of how controversial taxable cases are being treated by the IRS. The issue of wrongful imprisonment is in the news almost weekly, but most trial lawyers and tax experts still are uncertain about whether their case or client qualifies for income tax free payments or if their entire award and legal fee are included in their taxable income. This podcast goes into the crucial role that documentation, evidence and types of injury play in allowing your client to argue for tax free treatment. If you have a wrongful imprisonment case this podcast, and supporting article from Tax Notes, is one you can't afford to miss.
Boston attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan discusses her recent suit against American Airlines on behalf of 9 local skycaps over loss of tips. She received a $325,000
jury award in the case. She also discusses the challenges and opportunities of this type of litigation.
In this timely edition of Speaking of Settlements, Mark Wahlstrom, the host of The Settlement Channel is joined by John Darer, the blogger behind Structured Settlements 4 Real blog. The discussion is about the massive decline in market capitalization of life and casualty insurance companies and what this might mean for the legal and settlement markets. Lower payouts, delayed claims and harder negotiations are probably going to be the order of the day.
What is your #1 asset? You may be surprised to hear what I believe is your greatest asset. It's not your clients, or your mailing list. It's not your office building or all of your advanced technology. It's something that all too often we overlook and undervalue.
Mark Wahlstrom and Scott Drake discuss the issue of special needs trusts and the necessity for settlement planning for anyone involved in the bextra or vioxx mass tort settlements. Too many lawyers, and clients, are unaware of the risks of simply taking a cash settlement and the multitude of options available to injury victims to protect governmental benefits such as medicaid, SSI and section 8 housing assistance.
On this weeks Speaking of Settlements we go back to an earlier two part podcast we did last month with Jim Logan, President of James E. Logan & Associates and a recently elected NSSTA board member. You can locate Jim on the internet by clicking to his web site at www.jeloganltd.com. This is part one of his podcast and a discussion on Medicare law changes and their impact on the structured settlement industry.
Scott Drake talks with Amir Efrati...staff reporter for the WSJ about his recent article on law school rankings.The most widely watched ranking of U.S. law schools may move to stop an increasingly popular practice: schools gaming the system by channeling lower-scoring applicants into part-time programs that don't count in the rankings. U.S. News & World Report is "seriously" considering reworking its ranking system to crack down on the practice, says Robert Morse