What is “escrow” and why does my settlement check have to go there? To stay secure and protect clients, good lawyers maintain a “trust account” with a reputable bank. Lawyers are not allowed to gain interest on these accounts, as that could incentivize some lawyers to take their sweet time distributing money. Trusts, also known…
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Insurance companies are in the business of “Risk Management.” If they can contain how much they might have to pay, then they get to keep most, or in some cases, all of the premiums they collected from a particular unsafe driver, company, family, and even the victims of a crash. In cases where the insurance…
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While the Virginia Workers Compensation Commission has a very successful program of remote and telephonic mediation, Doug Landau prefers for his clients (AND their family members) to join him in person, especially for traumatic brain injury cases (TBI). In 3 out of his 5 most recent Mediations, including 3 brain injury cases (32 involving skull…
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A lawsuit filed by a teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student has brought to the national conversation the limitations of Virginia’s Worker’s Compensation Law. The Newport News instructor is suing the public school system, as this first-grade teacher was hospitalized for two weeks, and endured several surgeries after a bullet struck her hand…
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With the increase in the development of data centers in Loudoun County and Western Fairfax, there is been a surge in commercial building construction. There is a lack of inventory in the residential sector, and people are finding it hard to buy houses and rent apartments in Northern Virginia while retail space is continuing to…
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