Authored By: Krista Kemmerly
It can be misconstrued that having fine art in the law office goes unnoticed and is pointless.
However, Ken Carbone with The Huffington Post couldn’t disagree more.
During his work, with the Carbone Smolan Agency, he explains how delighted he is to have been able to design identities and websites for multiple major internation...
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About The Benefits of Art in Legal Offices
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Now Hiring: Marketing Coordinator
Excellent opportunity in a profitable, growing company!
Advocate Capital, Inc. is currently recruiting for a new Marketing Coordinator to add to our MetroCenter (Nashville, TN) office.
We are a successful, rapidly growing commercial lender. The successful Marketing Coordinator candidate will offer administrative support to our Marketing Department includi...
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Amy Johnson Named 2017 Paralegal of the Year
Authored By: Iris Garrett
As seen on MarketWatch and Yahoo! Finance.
Paralegal Amy Johnson of the Yarborough Applegate Law Firm has been named the 2017 winner of the American Association for Justice Paralegal of the Year Award Sponsored by Advocate Capital, Inc. Johnson was nominated for this prestigious award by Attorneys David Yarborough and William App...
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About Amy Johnson Named 2017 Paralegal of the Year
Mylan Overcharges EpiPen Customers by $1.27 Billion
Authored By: Iris Garrett
Mylan Pharmaceuticals is making news again, this time for allegedly overcharging U.S. taxpayers by as much as $1.27 billion over the last decade. According to Bloomberg, a U.S. government report by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Attorney General shows that the funds are linked to Mylan purposely classi...
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About Mylan Overcharges EpiPen Customers by $1.27 Billion
The Legal Field’s Stigma Surrounding Mental Health
Authored By: Iris Garrett
It is not hard to believe that lawyers lead stressful lives. Between getting no sleep, working long hours, and researching cases that would be hard for any regular person to stomach, no one would blame attorneys if their lives got a little too hard to handle. Yet, despite how easy it may be to sympathize with their demanding life...
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About The Legal Field’s Stigma Surrounding Mental Health
$553 Million Settlement for Drivers over Takata Airbags
Authored By: Rachel Markin
A group of automakers have agreed to pay more than $550 million to those affected by Takata’s faulty airbags.
The defective airbags have been linked to 11 deaths and 180 injuries in the United States alone and are the subject of the biggest recall in history.
In an agreement filed on May 18th the New York Times reports the autom...
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About $553 Million Settlement for Drivers over Takata Airbags
A Victorious Public Justice Foundation Phonathon!
This year’s Public Justice Foundation Phonathon was a huge success! The initial goal was to reach $475,000 for the Foundation, but not only were we able to surpass that goal, we raised more than $1.5 million in pledges and donations. It was a first for not only the phonathon, but in Public Justice history!
The total money raised by both our phonathon team...
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About A Victorious Public Justice Foundation Phonathon!
Albert G. Stoll Jr. Achieves Justice
Advocate Capital friend and client, Albert G. Stoll, Jr. represented a single mom and her three children in a gross negligence case against an owner of a 40-unit apartment complex. The owner of the complex had a long history of code violations and had previously been sued both civilly and criminally for substandard housing conditions. Despite previous la...
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About Albert G. Stoll Jr. Achieves Justice
Mylan Pharmaceuticals – Maker of EpiPen® and EpiPen Jr. ® Issues Recall
Mylan Pharmaceuticals has voluntarily recalled the EpiPen and EpiPen Jr auto-injectors due to a potential defect. The recall effects 80,000+ pens and comes after reports surfaced the pens could malfunction when activated in an emergency.
According to the Clinical Advisor, the company news release read:
The incidence of the defect is extremely rare. Testi...
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About Mylan Pharmaceuticals – Maker of EpiPen® and EpiPen Jr. ® Issues Recall
Tort Reform Pushed In Washington
Authored By: Rachel Markin
The House passed three tort reform bills in the nation's capital earlier this month. As reported by Kerry Picket of the Daily Caller, Republicans have attempted to pass tort reform since the 1994 Contract with America. Those efforts had been stalled until recently.
The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act passed 220 to 201, w...
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