http://lawblog.legalmatch.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:26:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Based on some stats compiled by our trusty IT department, we’ve learned that of all of LegalMatch's city and county pages across the United States, locations in the South, particularly the Southeast, generate the most interest among prospective LegalMatch clients. For example, LegalMatch's article on Fayetteville, North Carolina appears to have ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/11/06/most-popular-city-and-county-pages-on-legalmatch/ In an interview, the great Bruce Lee once expounded upon the amazing qualities of water.  He viewed its properties as a guiding philosophy to be followed by martial artists looking to improve their fighting abilities.  And he was right, water is pretty impressive.  When it’s a torrent it can tear ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/11/04/negligent-radio-station-nintendo-wii-water-intoxication-16-6m-jury-award/ It’s official - we’re now taking our legal cues on privacy from China and South Korea.  Not literally of course; though like every American court we can still look to another country’s legal statutes and cases for inspiration… though that’s going away from the point of my post today. You remember ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/11/02/email-its-fast-easy-and-now-unprotected-from-unlawful-searches/ We often hear that victims of violent crime are more likely to know their attackers than to be the victim of a random act of violence. LegalMatch case data, covering intake reports from all 50 states over the past 12 months, appears to bear this out. According to our case data, ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/30/data-proves-victims-of-assault-likely-to-know-their-attacker/ It’s a weird thing when you start studying the law.  Once your friends and family find out, they seem to come to you for every single law-related problem that comes up in their lives. I suppose it’s true for every field of study or vocation.  Doctors probably have their cousins asking ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/27/competing-with-non-compete-clauses/ If you could make sure that all your money, property, and other important belongings were given to exactly the right people, wouldn’t you do it?  The question seems like a no-brainer but the reality is that the majority of Americans do not do this! A 2008 study found that 58% of ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/23/estate-planning-procrastination-rampant/ According to our internal traffic statistics, it appears that one of the most popular law library articles on our website is about wrongful terminations. Does this mean that your employer is going around firing employees left and right, just for fun? Probably not…unless you work for this guy. More likely, the current ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/21/legalmatch-site-data-shows-high-interest-in-wrongful-terminations/ Rush Limbaugh is in the news again and this time it’s not because he said something horribly insensitive, stupid, narrow-minded, and/or racist.  It’s because someone else made up an insensitive, stupid, narrow-minded, and/or racist quote and attributed it to him. Specifically, that someone was CNN’s Rick Sanchez, who claimed on air ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/19/cnn-falsely-attributes-racist-quote-to-rush-limbaugh/ If you’ve been watching cable news, you’re probably aware of the “Birther” movement – a loose coalition of individuals and organizations promoting the idea that Barack Obama is, for one reason or another, not constitutionally eligible to serve as President. They make a variety of factual and legal arguments to support ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/16/frivolous-lawsuits-are-a-bad-idea-birther-edition/ A recent annual check-up got me thinking about healthcare.  Healthcare reform is all the rage right now.  But if you are like me (not a doctor and/or someone with limited medical background) the current debate is often too confusing to follow and you are not sure exactly what to think. Medical ... http://lawblog.legalmatch.com/2009/10/15/medical-malpractice-health-care-and-you/