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Twitter-at-Law: Connected Lawyers Know More

by Andy Arnold | Apr 10, 2009 | Practice of Law

If you are not a lawyer on Twitter, you probably don’t know @RussRunkel, @elinfonet, @ Eric_B_Meyer or @taxgirl (my personal favorite). And if you don’t know these four, there are many others you don’t know. And what else don’t you NOT know? These four and about... read more

Severance Agreements and Release of Claims

by Andy Arnold | Apr 6, 2009 | Employment Law, Litigation

I meet with people weekly to review severance agreements. Almost all severance agreements include a release of claims. A release of claims is an agreement whereby the one person agrees not to assert claims or file lawsuits against the other. It is logical to wonder... read more

Employee Free Choice Act: Restoring a Balance of Power

by Andy Arnold | Mar 23, 2009 | Practice of Law

On February 19th, I wrote a column, Eroding Employee Rights Has Opened Door for Unions for the Greenville News in support of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), which began: Never before in my almost 17 years of representing employees with work-related disputes have... read more

An Ounce of Prevention: Choosing The Right Nursing Home

by Andy Arnold | Mar 20, 2009 | Uncategorized

Nursing home care is not improving. And although I believe that lawsuits on behalf of residents seriously injured by abuse and neglect provide incentives for corporate caregivers to improve care, there is no remedy as good as prevention. And prevention is first the... read more

Jurors are Tweeps Too: Web-based Mistrials A Trend

by Andy Arnold | Mar 20, 2009 | Litigation

Jurors are Tweeps too: Jurors are instructed not to conduct independent research about issues in the cases they are selected to decide. They must decide the case on the evidence presented. They must not discuss the case until deliberations and then, only while in... read more

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Twitter-at-Law: Connected Lawyers Know More

Severance Agreements and Release of Claims

Employee Free Choice Act: Restoring a Balance of Power

An Ounce of Prevention: Choosing The Right Nursing Home

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