Does your pharmacist prescribe you generic drugs or brand name? Does your health plan cover you for brand name drugs or does your plan only cover you for generic drugs? Taking generic drugs instead of brand name drugs used to be no big deal. In fact, many consumers preferred generic to brand name because generic […]
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What to Do When Contract is Breached
For those who’ve watched the popular Home and Garden television show, Holmes Inspection, we have all seen homeowners distraught after contractors failed to deliver quality workmanship. On this television show, homeowners seek the help of Mike Holmes and his crew to fix the poor handy work of other contractors who left the homeowners’ home in terrible condition. […]
What is Involved in Preparing for a Civil Litigation Case
What is civil litigation? What are the different types of civil litigation cases? How does the civil litigation process work? These are typically questions that attorneys are asked on a regular basis. Unless you went to law school, most Americans are not familiar with civil litigation. Americans would not need to concern themselves with the […]
Admissibility of Business Records
By: J. Mason Williams IV Most law students and attorneys seem to either have little or no problem with evidence or they absolutely hate it, most probably fall in the latter group. If I have a document that I want to use as evidence, why can’t I? Evidence rules often seem tedious and unnecessary, but nonetheless, […]
Foreclosure Strategy
By Scott Widerman No one likes to be in a foreclosure action for sure, but if you are there, use it to your advantage. One of the most important things to determine once a foreclosure action is brought against you is what you want the outcome to be. Winning a foreclosure action is not really […]
What do you do after losing at trial?
By: J. Mason Williams IV I lost my civil case, now what? You decided to give it a go pro se, i.e. by yourself, but it didn’t work and now you have a final judgment against you. So what do you do? Well, under typical circumstances there are several possibilities in Florida. First, get in touch […]
The Five Advantages of Mediation
Is it better to seek mediation rather than go to court to settle a dispute? Mediation is defined by freedictionary.com as “a method of resolving an industrial dispute whereby a third party consults with those involved and recommends a solution which is not, however, binding on the parties”. When a dispute occurs between two or […]
Difference between Civil Law and Criminal Law
Who can forget the murder trial of OJ Simpson? Back in 1995, OJ Simpson went to trial for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The criminal trial captivated the attention of the American public and the world over. In the end of the long nine month trial, OJ Simpson was […]
Squat and Claim – Is it that Easy?
Have you ever seen a boarded up piece property in a prime location and thought gee, what a shame? Living in southeast Florida, I have seen boarded up bungalows directly across from the intra-coastal waterway with no obstructing views. I have often thought it is a waste to let such a beautiful piece of property […]
