November 2008


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Uncategorized18 Nov 2008 10:21 pm

In the old days of legal billing, lawyer’s invoices usually a single page of elegant letterheadcontained only the phrase, “legal services rendered,” and a hefty dollar amount. No time breakdowns, no list of activities performed or equipment and supplies usedjust a final, usually shocking, charge.

But client demands and the evolution of sophisticated billing software have led to more detailed invoices today. Itemized statements have triggered discussion among businesses about whether hourly billing is the best way to be charged for legal services. As the legal profession becomes more competitive and dependent on high quality customer service, lawyers need to embrace alternate billing methods.


Fixed or flat fees, contingency fees, non-refundable retainers with discounted hourly fees, blended hourly fees and variations on those themes are becoming increasingly common. But many law firms have been slow to join this trend lawyers still perform approximately 95 percent of their corporate legal work on an hourly basis.


What does that mean for your small business? If your company is currently working with a law firm or looking for legal counsel, try requesting alternate billing options. While many law firms rarely initiate different options, they’ll negotiate when brought to the table. If you want something better than the old “bill by the hour” deal, try presenting one of these billing structures:


Project billing for routine issues


If your legal needs include large but repetitive tasks, consider a flat-fee approach, also known as project billing. If you need legal assistance on a large research project involving several repetitive tasks with a fair amount of predictability for cost estimation and time duration, request a dollar cap for predetermined services. Be sure to compare estimated costs at the equivalent hourly ratea projected cap that far exceeds any likely bill is really no cap at all.


Once you get a project billing estimate, don’t hesitate to shop around. Making an informed decision shopping around, comparing prices and services with other law firms is good business sense, especially if you intend to hire a firm for a single project. If you anticipate establishing a long-term relationship, mention this as you’re negotiating a project amount a firm may provide a better deal if it expects future work from your company.


Results-oriented options


Forget the image of personal injury attorneys taking a third of any verdict or settlement. Consider instead contingency fees fees based on the outcome of the case and the performance of your counsel. Creative use of contingency fees can create efficiencies in even the most high-level corporate settings. If you retain a lawyer to help your company avoid litigation, couple a reduced hourly rate with a bonus for successfully lowering your litigation outlays.


You also can establish an incentive based on a percentage of money won or saved in trial. If you’re a defendant in a case where the plaintiff has a strong shot at a $1 million settlement, negotiate a flat fee if the case goes to trial, plus a bonus if the plaintiff ends up getting less than $1 million. If you’re a plaintiff and estimate your case is worth between $1 and $2 million, you might negotiate services for a flat fee plus a percentage of any settlement over $1 million.


Contingency fees turn the matter into a shared risk or shared incentive, making the law firm your business partner, not just representation. Contingency fees can work well with both flat fee and reduced hourly fee arrangements. Because a number of variations on the “pay-according-to-success” theme exist, you should ask firms for the options they’re willing to discuss.


Multi-layered tasks


If you’re shopping for a firm for substantial legal work involving a number of legal specialties, consider using blended hourly fees. Rather than each attorney billing at the usual hourly rate, the firm calculates in advance an “average” rate based on the anticipated time each attorney spends on the matter.


The value of this arrangement is twofoldit helps define responsibility in a project and it provides a fair price schedule for the client, who avoids paying a senior partner’s hourly rate for research that should be conducted by a junior associate


Legal “Insurance”

Firms without in-house counsel that frequently hire legal services might consider contracting with a firm. In this legal billing option, firms and clients agree to a specific charge per month in exchange for a predetermined set of legal services. The contract fee permits the client to pick up the phone and talk to the attorney without needing to eye the clock. This approach works like a legal insurance policy. It encourages companies to contact their counsel on non-litigation, non-crisis matters, and to save money in the long run by engaging in more preventive legal action.


Just as in business, the impetus for change comes from consumer demand. The sooner businesses take the lead in securing more effectively tailored billing methods from their legal counsel, the sooner they’ll get better, more cost-effective legal assistance.

Dan Harris is an attorney with the international law firm of Harris & Moure, pllc, which focuses on assisting small and medium sized companies doing business in or involved with Asia, Eastern Europe, or North America. http://www.harrismoure.com

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Uncategorized18 Nov 2008 04:56 am

Zyprexa coma side effects, and others like heart attacks and diabetes, are significant. In February 2004 the American Diabetes Association published a Consensus Statement in its Diabetes Care journal. In that statement, the American Diabetes Association, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity, stated that data consistently shows an increased risk for diabetes in patients who are treated with Zyprexa (generic - olanzapine). Zyprexa is also associated with an increase risk of coma. The findings were based on input from drug companies, consultations with numerous experts, and reviewing medical literature.

What is Zyprexa?

* Zyprexa is an atypical antipsychotic medication that changes the chemical actions in your brain.
* Zyprexa is used to treat psychotic symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, and confusion.
* Zyprexa may also be used for purposes other than those listed in the medication guide.

Unfortunately, not only are schizophrenia patients being given Zyprexa; children and adolescents displaying only minor conditions are also being prescribed Zyprexa. According to many Zyprexa critics, the risks for suffering potentially deadly and serious conditions are far greater than the benefits that Zyprexa can provide for minor conditions.

Antipsychotic drugs like Zyprexa have not been adequately tested for safety in children so before prescribing, understanding the full extent of Zyprexa side effects is essential.

Have you or a loved one suffered from any of these debilitating Zyprexa side effects, such as a Zyprexa coma or heart attack?

* Diabetes
* Pancreatitis
* Hyperglycemia
* Ketoacidosis
* Extreme weight gain
* Diabetic induced heart attack
* Diabetec coma
* Zyprexa coma
* Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome (NMS)

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Have you, a family member, or dear friend been prescribed Zyprexa and are suffering or have suffered a Zyprexa coma or other life threatening side effects caused from taking Zyprexa? You may have a Zyprexa lawsuit. Contact a lawyer familiar with Zyprexa comas and other Zyprexa side effects for a FREE no-obligation consultation today.

Uncategorized18 Nov 2008 02:35 am

A new law going into effect 9/1/05 will likely increase the demand for defensive driving online classes as well as onsite classes and defensive driving video rentings and will increase the amount of road tests dealt out by the Lone-Star State Department of Public Safety.

Commencing Sept. 1 2005, a drivers safety course will be mandatory for all drivers under age 25 that pick up a ticket for a moving violation such as speeding if they want to keep it off their record. This isn’t new in that many metropolises and county already have this requirement. However, many judges in these counties dismiss the class requirement typically in exchange for provisionary period of time in which, if the driver stays clean of any more Citations, the original ticket is ignored. Usually this arrangement generally also carries a fee to the municipality in addition to the probationary period of time.

Authored by Dallas Republican John Carona and laid out as Senate Bill 1005,
this new law is even sterner for those under eighteen. Operators through the age of Seventeen will be involved to take a road trial with the Texas DPS in addition to the fine & probation if they want to keep their records clean.

Those with much of experience with getting violations will not be pleased with this law as it shuts down a loophole. Before this law judges were allowed to let off drivers under the age of 25 who received a traffic ticket from a Defensive Driving Course. Some lawmakers were caring about teens, especially those who were taught to drive by their parents versus tX licensed instructors. To treat this concern, they amended the road test requirement for those under eighteen.

Ahead of 1-Sep-05, there were two sections that touch on to deferred adjudication of misdemeanors. This simply means that if a driver pleaded “no contest” to the traffic parts & then did not violate any further traffic laws for a time period set by the court, the ticket would be erased from the driver’s record. One part of the law specifically covers traffic cuts across indicating that a traffic violator must take an online defensive driving course or attend an alternate defensive driving school or class in order to have a fine removed from their record. Misdemeanors are covered in the other section of law allowing judges to define the standard to be reached for “deferred adjudication”. Deferred adjudication means: the driver is placed on probation for a length of time and if driver stays violation free during this period, the original traffic ticket is erased from their record. Deferred adjudication, in addition to the probationary period, usually incurs a fine to the district in which the ticket occurred. In many jurisdictions, this second section of the lay has allowed violation to simply fine automobile operators as long as they didn’t get another violation for some time of time like 6 months.

For automobile operators under the age of twenty-five, Texas law SB 1005 eliminates that flexibility and in fact requires those who receive traffic citations and are under 25 to a take defensive driving online or in classroom setting.

The Texas Dept. of Public Safety indicated that an approximated 21,000 teens will take the road trial each year. All state driver’s license offices are gearing up to have officers available to conduct more of these screenings. DPS spokeswoman Tela Mange stated that these offices already conduct road tests now however as this road test has not been required to obtain a driver’s license for more than decade, most teens don’t take it so more officers will need to be available at each DPS faciltiy. Those that do are usually at the request of their parents. Fortunately for the usually cash strapped young automobile operators, the road line 3 text will only tack on another $10 to their already expensive traffic citation experience.

This new law will likely grow the demand for defensive driving online classes in addition to onsite classes and defensive driving video rentals.

About the Author

Cindy Cashman operates Official Defensive Driving where traffic tickets can be eliminated through a defensive driving online course. Go to http://www.OfficialDefensiveDriving.com to Save the time, money and hassle of attending classroom based defensive driving classes.

Uncategorized16 Nov 2008 12:07 am

Do you know that single most important part of any contract? Many business
owners are kicking themselves and their growth is hampered because they did
not pay attention to it—and what it could do to them.

Business owners are understandably in a rush to grow their business. You
have to be fast to stay ahead. You must always look to the next deal to grow
your business. Software licensing, advertising contracts, link exchange
agreements, service contracts, consulting arrangements, they are what you do.
But in your haste to grow and make the deal, do not run past this one
detail. So often your concern on any agreement boils down to two questions,
“What do I have to do and what do I get?” Ask yourself one more question.

It applies to both the contract other people have you sign and the ones you
have your customers sign. It doesn’t matter if it is a one-page agreement or
a forty-page contract in ten-point print. Ask yourself this one question.

What is the way out?

I know. It is the last thing everyone thinks about. Everyone is too focused
on making the deal and not how to get out of it.

We have all heard of other businesses that found themselves stuck in a
contract they cannot get out of. A hosting service has them locked into a
multi year contract -forever in internet terms, or they are bound to supply a
good or service at a ridiculously low price. A deal made when they needed
the money too much to turn down the customer, and now they regret it.

Don’t turn down business. Often if you get a lawyer involved they do more to
kill the deal than help it. I suggest creating an escape hatch for an
emergency.

There is another advantage in asking that question. Not only are you in a
hurry to make the deal, but so is the other guy. In fact if you ask
yourself, “How do I get out of this if things turn sour?” and you do not like
the answer you are reading, turn it to your advantage. Make a subtle
suggestion to change the wording. The other guy will usually make the change
if it does not look too bad because he is also is in a rush to make the deal.

In another article I will write about guerilla tactics to modify the terms of
those “Sorry I can’t change it” preprinted form contracts people make you
sign.

About the Author

Douglas Smith is a Boston attorney. Practicing for over seven years, he was
formerly a corporate counsel and is currently retained by a governmental
agency to monitor the compliance of a billion-dollar restitution program
being conducted by a major U.S. corporation. Contact him for a few
complimentary suggestions. http://lawfirm.webjump.com

Uncategorized15 Nov 2008 07:07 pm

In the eyes of the law, ignorance excuses no one. Thus, it is more than a prerogative to know the general truth about some claims in order not to sleep on our rights. One of the most prevalent claims is the wrongful death. Moreover, we have to be acquainted with this claim to help us out in the future if wrongful death has occurred.

A wrongful death is a lawsuit which alleges that a person has died due to deliberate and negligent acts of the defendant. Thus the surviving dependents or beneficiaries of the decedent are entitled to compensation. In connection to wrongful death, every statute is unique though they may follow some general principles.

Generally, the immediate family members like the spouse, parents and children, provided they are of major age and capacitated to do so, are the ones entitled to institute a claim. There are instances when the guardian ad litem is also allowed. This happens when the surviving beneficiaries are less than 18 years of age. Other statutes also allow grandparents, legal dependents and the extended family to do the same.

Another crucial point to remember is the period to file the claim. It must be within the ’statute of limitation’ enforceable in the land. The claim may be denied if it was done after the statute of limitation has run.

When you find it too hard to institute this claim, you can acquire the services of an experienced wrongful death lawyer. To search for a competent and reputable lawyer, you can start by choosing the practice area and location. You can also rely on the testimonials of satisfied clients. A skilled wrongful death lawyer, with the use of his knowledge and skill can guarantee that the decedent’s family’s emotional distress will not be bumped up with financial constraint. In every wrongful death claim there are liabilities and damages. Liabilities involve proving the responsibility of the defendant over said death and other injuries. Damages, on the other hand, refer to the amount or extent of injury or loss which resulted from the defendant’s negligence. These aspects should be well taken care of because at the very onset, these are the reasons why you file a wrongful death claim.

The award will not serve as payment for the death but the compensation for the loss of earnings in the family and the financial stress that resulted thereafter.

About the Author

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Great Traffic Tips and Travel Portal12 Nov 2008 05:22 pm

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Uncategorized12 Nov 2008 08:33 am

There are certain bases which the Social Security use in order to determine the amount of benefits to be released for each of their member. The Social Security Benefit is based on factors such as date of birth of members, the type of benefit applied for, the amount of earnings and the length of employment. All these factors are considered in determining the Social Security Benefits and the Medicare benefits.

Other bases for determining Social Security Benefits are the so-called Social Security Credits. As members of Social Security you get credit points for your earnings. $900 in earnings can earn a member one credit. A member has the chance to earn up a maximum of four credits in a year. However, the amount of earnings needed to obtain one credit is not a constant that is why every year there is an increase for the amount of earnings required for one credit. The most number of credits required is forty which is about ten years to accumulate. These credits are needed in order for a member to become eligible for benefits. The disability and the survivor benefits usually require a much lower number of credits.

However, extra credits obtained during your working lifetime, does not in any way indicate that members are to receive additional benefits. Nonetheless, an increase in your Social Security contribution may increase your benefits. For those who may have queries and may want to know your detailed estimate of your Social Security Retirement, Disability and Survivorship Benefits you may try to visit or call the Social Security Administration. You may be made to fill up a Personal Earnings and Benefit Estimate Statement. This statement is available by completing and submitting a form SSA-7004 to the Social Security Administration. The Social Security in return would just mail to you your requested statement.

The Social Security Benefits are usually based on the averaged total earnings over the members working years. Moreover, the Social Security makes use of a formula in determining the amount of benefits to be given to each of their members. And as a standard rule about 42% of you earning goes to your Social Security Benefits. Such is a small price to pay for a great packaged of future benefits.

The Social Security has already provided 44 million Americans with various Social Security Benefits. The Social Security was created to provide a safety net for all citizens of United States.

For suggestions and comments kindly visit
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About the Author

Jinky C. Mesias is a graduate of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Business Administration Major in Business Management. She is at present an Associate Manager of a Life Insurance Corporation and a freelance writer.

Regional Infos and Travel Portal10 Nov 2008 12:39 pm

Soggiorno Rondinelli is located right in the historic center of Florence, only a short walk from the Cathedral and from all the most important sights and places of interest, such as the Galleria degli Uffizi Museum, the Medici Chapels, Ponte Vecchio, and Piazza della Signoria

Our residence is housed in a 18th-century palace, overlooking Via dei Rondinelli, the extension of Via dei Tornabuoni, which is the most elegant and refined street in Florence thanks to its magnificent palaces and gleaming shopping windows. The accommodation facility has been recently renovated and the spirit of the ancient noble palace has been thoroughly preserved.

A most pleasant surprise for our guests: a wonderful terrace overlooking the roofs of the city, where to relax and read, sitting on comfortable Indonesian benches, surrounded by the exquisite scent of jasmines and other flowers creating the perfect environment for a romantic aperitif at sunset.

Water Room: This is the smallest of our three rooms but it has a strong feeling of harmony, since the space and the furniture of the room blend in together in a perfect way. An ancient glass door leads onto a private balcony whose railing is covered in intertwined jasmine branches giving off a mesmerizing scent.
The comfortable bathroom is perfumed with Water Essence.

Air Room: It is the largest and undoubtedly the most beautiful room in the residence, with wonderful iron and glass doors and ancient grinded glasses framed by columns. A large Venetian chandelier at the center of the room reflects the light coming through the windows, creating bright and colored nuances that change according to the time of the day, from pastel colors in the morning to ochre-yellow in the afternoon and fiery red at sunset.
The room is provided with a private balcony and the bathroom is perfumed with Air Essence.

Earth Room: Placed at the end of the corridor, it enjoys a quite location and it has two very remarkable features.
The first advantage is the private door leading to the jasmine terrace, which can thus be accessed without going through the internal corridor.
The second advantage is the room’s unusual bathroom, which is spacious, relaxing, and filled with Earth Essence.

Fire Room: This room is very different from the others, it is furnished with simple ethnic furniture and the centerpiece is a very special and incredibly large Indonesian bed. The room is accessed by walking up a narrow stone staircase dating back to the 1700s, ensuring complete independence and freedom. The front door opens onto a small and pleasant sitting area leading to the room and the small bathroom scented with Fire Essence.

All rooms have:
air conditioning
mini bar
safe
free internet access
radio tivoli to listen your ipod
tv plasma

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