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LinkedIn Profile Update: How to Stand out in Four Easy Steps

LinkedIn Profile Update: How to Stand out in Four Easy Steps How to do a complete LinkedIn profile update. Because your business is based on virtual connections, a boring profile is not going to cut it. LinkedIn is often dismissed as boring by professionals. Many are happy to put an old photo on their profiles,… Continue reading LinkedIn Profile Update: How to Stand out in Four Easy Steps

3M Earplug MDL Sent To Mediation To Avoid ‘Flooding’ Courts

The federal judge overseeing the massive multidistrict litigation over 3M’s Combat Arms Earplugs ordered the parties on Friday to begin mediation next month and attempt to reach a good faith settlement before district courts are “flooded” with cases from the MDL. In the order, U.S. District Judge M. Casey Rodgers said the MDL is at… Continue reading 3M Earplug MDL Sent To Mediation To Avoid ‘Flooding’ Courts

Texas Justices Strike Lump Sum Payout In $10.3M Verdict

The Texas Supreme Court declined Friday to toss a $10.3 million verdict against a hospital operator for negligence that caused a baby to be born with cerebral palsy, but said a state trial court wrongly ordered $7 million of the verdict be paid as a lump sum. Ordering a Cameron County District Court judge to… Continue reading Texas Justices Strike Lump Sum Payout In $10.3M Verdict

Possible Insurer Claims Eyed Ahead Of Condo Collapse Talks

The Florida state judge handling litigation over the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse said Tuesday he would order insurers for the victims and condo association to attend mediation on their claims against the builders of a neighboring tower unless the insurers waive potential claims against them. Eleventh Circuit Court Judge Michael A. Hanzman agreed to… Continue reading Possible Insurer Claims Eyed Ahead Of Condo Collapse Talks

Zantac MDL Plaintiffs Try To Revive Claims Against Drug Cos.

Three plaintiffs in the sprawling multidistrict litigation over the carcinogens found in the popular heartburn medication Zantac asked the Eleventh Circuit on Tuesday to revive their state law claims against generic and brand-name drugmakers but may face procedural roadblocks in their appeals. Over the course of three oral arguments before an appellate panel in Miami,… Continue reading Zantac MDL Plaintiffs Try To Revive Claims Against Drug Cos.

How to be a Top Doctor

Five Things You Need to Become a Top Doctor 1. Research skills. You are dead in the water in healthcare law if you aren’t on top of the latest regulation or pronouncement in whatever jurisdiction you are dealing with. The ground is constantly shifting. I’ve picked up more than a few clients because their last… Continue reading How to be a Top Doctor

Want to Use Referrals to Build Your Practice? Focus on 3 Types of Relationships

Building a sustainable law practice that depends solely on referrals isn’t easy. It takes years of cultivating relationships and requires that you set a clear purpose for your firm, provide outstanding client service and show your appreciation for every referral that comes your way. Stopping the Big Google Ads Spend My road to building a… Continue reading Want to Use Referrals to Build Your Practice? Focus on 3 Types of Relationships

Panel Addresses Survivor Rights In Fla. Wrongful Death Act

A Florida appeals court stood by its own precedent Wednesday in finding that the widow of a mesothelioma victim cannot recover damages for pain and suffering as a “surviving spouse” under the state’s Wrongful Death Act because their marriage followed the victim’s injury but ruled that his two surviving children can, under the circumstances. The… Continue reading Panel Addresses Survivor Rights In Fla. Wrongful Death Act

How to Build a Powerful Personal Brand in the Attention Economy

How do you break through the noisy attention economy and get the right people to take notice? Seize the initiative. In today’s world, in which worldwide distribution of content across the internet is largely free, the biggest personal brands are being built by going directly to the people. That’s as true for artists breaking through… Continue reading How to Build a Powerful Personal Brand in the Attention Economy

The Best Interview Question and Answer

Lots of articles teach interviewees how to manage an interview, what questions the interviewee can expect, and the glib answer that is supposed to show off the interviewee in the best light. One of the problems with the interview process is that, indeed, these questions are the ones prospective employers are asking and interviewees are… Continue reading The Best Interview Question and Answer