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Hug Your Lawyer: Good Stories About Lawyers

Contrary to popular belief, many people have positive experience(s) with their lawyers! About a week or so ago I posted the following request on a fabulous website called Help a Reporter Out (check it out): I am looking for people who have been injured in an accident whether it be vehicle related (car, motorcycle, bus, boat, plane, as a pedestrian, bicyclist) or in a slip/trip and fall type case (falling down stairs, off of a ladder, tripped on sidewalk, slipped in store) and whose case has been settled already. How has the accident affected your life? The lives of people around you?… Read More

Brown Announces $13 Million Settlement With DIRECTV, Restitution to Customers

Brown vs. Directv Consumer Victory!!! The Press Release says it all: SAN DIEGO – Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced a $13 million settlement with DIRECTV plus restitution for customers who were subjected to the satellite TV company’s misleading sales and marketing practices. “DIRECTV won customers by offering special deals with hidden costs, and also extended customers’ contracts without telling them,” Brown said. “With this settlement, DIRECTV will reimburse customers and change its sales and advertising practices to comply with the law.” The settlement by Brown and 48 other state attorneys general was filed today in San Diego… Read More

Legal Briefs for October 4, 2010: Keeping You In The Know!

Verizon To Refund Up To $90 For Improper Data Charges Can you hear me now? Reuters reports that Verizon will pay refunds of up to $90 Million for improperly charged data usage!  Read Verizon’s Official Statement and an in-depth article at The Tech Herald. Would Mark Zuckerberg Win A Suit Against “Social Network” Makers? Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal Law Blog both reviewing “The Social Network” and editorializing as to whether Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, would win a lawsuit against the makers of “The Social Network” for defamation.  Read the article here Six Things You Should Never Share On Your Social Networking Site Attorney David Mittleman of Lansing, Michigan… Read More