Herndon auto safety lawyer Doug Landau applauds AAA’s efforts to eliminate “distracted driving” and texting while driving. This “driving under the influence of technology” or “DUIT” as Landau calls it, has proven deadly on our roads. “Just don’t DUIT” warns Landau, as you can cause accidents, injuries and be prosecuted. AAA and the AAA Foundation…
Continue reading“While there are caps on damages that a disabled victim can receive in many jurisdictions, there are no limits to how much money an expert witness can make,” according to Loudoun and Fairfax injury lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. In today’s Washington Post there is an interesting article about what, caused a 4-month-old’s…
Continue readingHaving handled cases where defective fans cause sparks and fires, burn injury lawyer Doug Landau was intrigued by the Lasko Products case. According to the Philadelphia Daily News story, four years after a fire ignited by a faulty floor fan killed a 7-year-old Germantown boy, his family found some solace this week when a jury…
Continue readingThe Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was passed to protect American workers from being abused by their employers. Often times, employees are forced to work “off-the-clock.” This occurs when managers and supervisors intimidate employees by claiming that there are plenty of unemployed individuals out there who want their job. (See our prior post as to…
Continue readingThe oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin are the top-selling pharmaceutical line for Bayer HealthCare, largely as a result of marketing that presents them as much more than mere pregnancy prevention. Yaz, in particular, the top-selling birth control pill in the United States, owes much of its popularity to multimillion-dollar ad campaigns that have promoted the…
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