Bikers who commute to the store on two wheels may be subsidizing their counterparts who choose to drive their Hummers and large SUVs to the grocery and other shopping venues. According to Bicycle Benefits Advocate Dillon Kleptetar’s excellent piece in the Sunday Washington Post’s “Local Opinions” section, drivers at grocery stores “across the nation, drivers…
Continue readingWhile Virginia adheres to the outdated doctrine of “Assumption of the Risk” in denying restitution to many injured athletes, other states do not share the view that “one percent and you’re out.” In cases arising here in the Commonwealth, if the injured athlete was even one percent at fault for assuming the risk of harm…
Continue readingEver since the group Queen’s album, groups of nude cyclists have been making statements. This week’s news reports of some 300 nude bicyclists riding through the Peruvian capital of Lima to call attention to safety conditions and demand measures protecting cyclists caught my eye. Event organizer Octavio Zegarra says the protesters took to their bicycles…
Continue readingOn the way home from a Social Security Disability trial in Washington, D.C., Herndon Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau made a detour near the Arlington Courthouse. Lawyer Landau was not filing legal papers or visiting another injury or disability lawyer. He made a 5 minute “pit stop” in order to pick up his race packet…
Continue readingWhen Herndon disability lawyer Doug Landau meets with new clients, he tells them one of the reasons he shares all important documents, records and correspondence that comes into and out of the Landau Law Shop is so that they will know what is (and is not) happening in their accident, workers compensation and Social Security…
Continue readingLast year triathletes, Duathletes and DC area runners, bikers and swimmers flocked to Georgetown Prep in North Bethesda, MD for a day dedicated to multisport with seminars, training clinics, workshops, competitive events and more. Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau enjoyed the Newton running clinic, cross country foot race and the CompuTrainer cycling competition. Keynoting this…
Continue reading“Training and Racing with a Power Meter” arrived at the Herndon law firm Abrams Landau, a gift from an Airbus executive from France. Triathlon Trial Lawyer Doug Landau had helped a friend get into one of the uber-challenging HPC CompuTrainer classes when the good French doctor was in town. Landau had been training with a…
Continue readingAs a kid, one of my favorite winter pastimes was sledding. My friends and I would go sledding whenever school was cancelled for a “snow day.” We would take the first several runs slowly, so as to familiarize ourselves with the day’s conditions. We would then walk up the hill, noting where there were “bare…
Continue readingNot content to site on their butts during the Association for Justice (“AAJ”) Winter meeting, over 50 top trial lawyers mounted off road bikes and headed into the Arizona high desert for the first annual “Wheels of Justice” ride. While the AAJ Continuing Legal Education seminars and presentations are inspiring, wheeling through the desert enabled…
Continue readingIt’s official ! Check out the Town of Herndon, Virginia’s web site. The Town’s site says, “On Saturday, February 25, the Herndon Community Center will be hosting the Jack Corkey Memorial Aquathon. Please click here for information about the event and for the registration form. Lane availability for lap swimming will be limited in the…
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