A qui tam lawsuit is a type of civil suit filed by a private individual in the interest of the government. It is filed under the False Claims Act, which is a law that was…
Libel is a written form of defamation – it is a false statement of fact that injures the reputation of the person or entity about which the statement was made. If you have been the…
Construction sites are among the most dangerous environments in which a person can work. Hazards include working at great heights, falling into trenches, accidents involving heavy equipment, risk of explosions and electrical burns – the…
The United States offers protections of intellectual property known as copyright laws, and these provide protections for all kinds of original work, whether published or unpublished. There is a wide range of work that copyright…
The False Claims Act has been a part of American law since the days of the Civil War, when President Abraham Lincoln realized that the most effective way of catching those who were defrauding the…
When you purchase and use a product, you do so with trust that it is designed and manufactured in a way that makes it safe, and that the manufacturer has provided you with all of…
When you establish your business or introduce a new product or service, you give it a name and it is that name that your clients and the public identify with you, your company, and your…
If you are in business, then contracts are a big part of your day-to-day operations. You rely on the professionals with whom you have contracted to uphold their legal obligations and their contractual terms, but…
It can hit you like a ton of bricks. Everything is going just fine in your personal life, your community, and your professional life, and then somebody writes something untrue and damaging about you and…
We’ve all heard the horror stories. In some cases, a person has been told that they have cancer and undergo extensive treatment and even surgery, only to find out later that the diagnosis was not,…