There are more than 50,000 homeless veterans in the United States. To help support these veterans, and in celebration of the upcoming Veterans Day holiday, local law firm Burns, Cunningham & Mackey, P.C. (“BCM”) has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Guiltless Giving to donate time and resources to the Mobile, Ala. […]
Fee agreements outlining the scope of legal representation and compensation for the law firm, inter alia, are inked at the outset of every attorney-client relationship. That contract governs the relationship from start to finish. If the contract provides for a contingent fee, then the law firm is paid a portion of the award or settlement procured for […]
At New York Personal Injury Law Blog, lawyer Eric Turkewitz again draws attention to lawyers who unethically seek clients using “runners”. His most recent blog on the subject focuses on several Florida law firms suing other firms for employing runners. One Florida law blog describes how runners act as intermediaries for third parties seeking to get work from accident victims: […]
It is becoming customary for collections companies to sue for debts they cannot prove they are owed. I was in state District Court recently for trial with clients sued by a collections company. The couple co-signed on a new credit card for one of their children over a decade ago, and the collections company claimed […]
