Jury selection in personal injury trials is critically important, as not every juror can be impartial in every single case. Voir dire, literally translated as “speak the truth”, is the preliminary phase of a trial during which jurors are questioned, examined, and selected to sit and decide a case. The Supreme Court of Virginia recently…
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If you slip and fall at a store or business, you would be relieved when you learn that there is a video surveillance system in place and that your accident may have been captured on tape. Not so fast! A recent case shows how a store or business may go to great lengths to hide…
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National Public Radio (NPR) recently aired a report entitled, “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America”. In the piece, the NPR reporter launches attacks against the disabled and the attorneys that work to assist them in their quest to obtain disability benefits. In response, eight (8) former Commissioners of the Social Security…
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Join us in congratulating Abrams Landau’s own Doug Landau who selected as a faculty member for a recent webinar — Negotiating with the Mediator: Strategies for Success. The 1.5 hour session was run by the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and Doug joined other experienced litigators as they taught attendees from all over the United…
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The dangers of texting while driving are widely known. Any parent of a teenager can attest to how often the words “do not text while you drive” are drilled into the heads of young drivers. Then, why are adults still doing it? A case of “do as I say, not as I do”? According to…
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