First, races that attorney Doug Landau had signed up for for the 2020 season are being postponed. Then, races in the Virginia Maryland Triathlon Series, or Kinetic Multisports, that he helps to sponsor, were canceled through Memorial Day. Now, events are being canceled left and right with no clear return to competition date. Set for…
Continue readingLately I have been reading a great deal about the last great pandemic – the Spanish Flu – because I do not remember ever learning about it in school. Here I am, a middle school Civics instructor, teaching my students about “Civic Virtue” and “Civic Duty,” being unaware of an illness that took the lives…
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Anyone who has spent more than a few minute with trial lawyer Doug Landau knows that he is constantly on the move. This triathlete lawyer has long used “active recovery” after competitions, as well as other modalities, to speed up the healing process. Injured athletes are realizing that staying active is a crucial part of…
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Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission Closures Update 5/1/2020: From the VWC: “Per the Commission’s April 6, 2020 Order, all evidentiary hearings will be conducted by video until such time as in-person hearings can resume. On April 21st, the Commission began converting all hearings that were scheduled to be held from May 1 through June 10 to video…
Continue readingThere are ways to help during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before classes were cancelled for the rest of the year, Herndon lawyer Doug Landau was spending a lot of time discussing civic virtues with his bright, hardworking 8th graders at Rachel Carson Middle School. They talked about their community service hours. When Landau asked how many…
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Update 4/6/2020: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Update 3/30/2020: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Update 3/17/2020: Dear Clients, UPDATE REGARDING COVID-19 (CORONA VIRUS) For the safety of our clients and our staff, Abrams Landau, Ltd. will be operating remotely until further notice. We believe this is the best decision to promote social distancing, to prevent further spreading of the virus, and for…
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Our first Lids on Kids program of 2020 was at a special event at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School in Falls Church, Virginia! The Abrams Landau law team had never taken its brain injury prevention and bike helmet giveaway program to this school before, so we were excited for the opportunity to be involved in a…
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Did you know that Virginia is only one out of four states in the country to still have contributory negligence as a valid defense to any recovery for an injured party in a personal injury lawsuit? The doctrine of contributory negligence stands for the proposition that if an injured person’s injuries were caused in any…
Continue readingWhen a race hands you a blanket at the Finish Line, there’s beer from the sponsoring brewery, and there are food trucks, you know it’s going to be a fun time. The 2020 New Day * New Year races enabled Doug and Melissa Landau to run the morning of January 1st. The third running of…
Continue readingGoing to the gym for your health should not cause physical harm to patrons. Especially this time of year, after people have made New Year’s resolutions, you’ll see the gym is packed with people pushing themselves ”to the limit.“ Health clubs should have in place effective safety measures in case there is an accident, product…
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