Protecting Your Family and Your Business
Family businesses can be a messy affair if you don’t plan out all your legal documents properly. There are numerous cases of people having long court arguments over inheritance or having mistresses and step-families demanding rights. In these cases, the only person that really wins is the lawyers and tax collectors. Fortunately, you can avoid
Top Ways Technology is Shaping the Legal Profession
In today’s fast-paced world, technological innovations occur practically every single minute in almost every industry — and the legal profession is no exception. From court hearings via ZOOM and other online communications app to electronic filing of cases and appeals, law schools and courtrooms are adapting their daily functions to suit appropriate technological breakthroughs. But,
Can a Business Sue a Customer Over a Bad Review?
Online review sites can either help a business grow and expand or doom it to bankruptcy. Millions of people use Yelp, Google, and Facebook every month to share an experience they had with a business or read about other people’s experiences with a business. For consumers, these platforms are helpful because it helps them weed
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Top Ways Technology is Shaping the Legal Profession
In today’s fast-paced world, technological innovations occur practically every single minute in almost every industry — and the legal profession is no exception. From court hearings via ZOOM and other online communications app to electronic filing of cases and appeals, law schools and courtrooms are adapting their daily functions to suit appropriate technological breakthroughs. But,
Can a Business Sue a Customer Over a Bad Review?
Online review sites can either help a business grow and expand or doom it to bankruptcy. Millions of people use Yelp, Google, and Facebook every month to share an experience they had with a business or read about other people’s experiences with a business. For consumers, these platforms are helpful because it helps them weed
5 Important Facts You Should Know Before Being a US Immigrant
The United States of America is the land of the free and home of the brave, as they say. There are many reasons people want to go there and immigrate. Of course, even if you already have some plans mapped out and goals you want to hit when you arrive, there are many factors to
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Four Essential Health Tips for Safely Using Your Mobile Phone
It hasn’t taken long for mobile phones to become ubiquitous. Head out anywhere in a big city like Seattle, and you’ll see people using their phones to kill time while on the subway, call someone while walking to work, take pictures of local landmarks or consult a navigation app for directions. Over lunch or dinner,
How to Protect Your Establishment from Slip and Fall Cases
Accidents happen all the time. People trip over carpet edges, slip over a banana peel, or walk straight towards a glass door. It’s a fact of life, and sometimes, we fault no one but ourselves for our clumsiness. This doesn’t mean, however, that it’s safe not to take precautions when needed. Because if someone encounters
3 Common Errors That Cause Medical Malpractice
Medical errors have been known to be catastrophic and life changing. These cases include not only chronic pain, disability, or disfigurement, but even other factors such as loss of opportunity, employment, and consortium. Approximately 195,000 people continue to suffer the consequences annually. It is no wonder that this is a subject of much importance, considering the
Corporate Law
There’s a fine line between success and failure. Each firm’s failure is unique in its own special way, but the one thing they have in common is that each of these failed law firms had achieved ranking in the AmLaw 100.
Top Ways Technology is Shaping the Legal Profession
Can a Business Sue a Customer Over a Bad Review?
5 Important Facts You Should Know Before Being a US Immigrant
The Right to Remain Silent: When and How to Use It
Issues That May Arise After Passing on a Business Ownership to Heirs
Big Law
Divorce: What Parents Should Do and Not Do
Divorce is hard. When children are involved, things can get unpleasant. Any family law solicitor in Townsville can create a child custody agreement that will work for the whole family. But making sure that the children are protected from the divorce’s potentially damaging effects and that everyone maintains a healthy relationship falls on both the parents’ shoulders.
The Sad Case of Subverse and Tim Pool
YouTube content creator Tim Pool is currently fighting a battle—currently not yet a legal one—against Studio FOW over the use of the name “Subverse.” Tim Pool runs a video channel dealing with news, particularly political ones, and he has been using the brand, Subverse, since 2015. On the other hand, Studio FOW is an animation
Done with the Hot Tub? Time to Think about Your House’s Legal Fees
You’ve followed all the prescribed steps to buying a house. In the process, you’ve found a three-bedroom home in Townsville, a townhouse in Brisbane, or studio apartment in Toowoomba. It’s the perfect home to live in with your family, friends, or by yourself. Now that you found the right place, what do you need to do to
Small Law
Common Legal Issues Restaurant Owners Must Learn to Avoid
Dealing with a legal problem is one of the most stressful things that a business owner can experience. Aside from its potentially adverse effects on your restaurant’s reputation, facing a legal issue or lawsuit is costly and time-consuming. No restaurant owner on this Earth wants to face problems with the law. However, that doesn’t change
Why the Probate Process May Take a Long Time
During the probate process, the executor or personal representative of a deceased individual will work with the probate court to take an inventory of all the property, pay off all creditors, and then allocate the rest of the estate to the heirs or beneficiaries. The estate should be distributed based on terms set out in
4 Divorce Mistakes You Should Never Make
Divorce is becoming a common thing in society. However, the divorce process is complex, regardless of how you look at it. No circumstances of an individual are precisely similar to those of another’s; thus, divorce cases are different. The process can be financially and emotionally draining. Your divorce experience is bound to be different even