Ever wonder what was in the “weight loss” “muscle builder” or “super energy supplement” advertised in in many popular health, bodybuilding and sports magazines ? The Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) warned the dietary supplement industry not to spike its products with steroids, prescription drugs or other prohibited substances According to news reports since 2007…
Continue readingA “Guardian Ad Litem” is usually a lawyer appointed to meet with injury victims who wish to compromise their lawsuit who is able to then explain to the court, independently of their own counsel, why a settlement of their case is or is not in their best interests. Following up on the ABRAMS LANDAU Herndon…
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Herndon law firm ABRAMS LANDAU are told that they can be reimbursed for trips to the doctors, physical therapists, radiologists, for their on the job injuries. Our disabled workers compensation clients then want to know how they submit this “expense” for payment, because, unlike the medical expenses, their are no “bills” for trips they take…
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The Florida Bar News reported in “News and Notes” December 15th, 2010 the fact that Doug Landau presented “Creative Ways to Increase Settlement and Get it Sooner Rather Than Later” at the Virginia trial lawyers (“VTLA“) Tort Law Seminars all over the Commonwealth of Virginia, teaching lawyers in Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach and Fairfax. The…
Continue readingWhen I first started practicing law in the Commonwealth of Virginia, lawyers on both sides of the case got along and did not intentionally antagonize each other. Pleadings and defenses were based upon provable facts and reason. Things have changed. Many defense firms routinely engage in “scorched earth” tactics, waste whole forests of unnecessary paper…
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