Monopolies are typically not a good thing, unless you are playing the popular and beloved Parker Brothers game with your children. But for years, Philadelphia sports fans in the greater Philadelphia area who wanted to watch most of the games involving their beloved Phillies, Flyers and Sixers on television  haven’t been able to watch unless…

With the December holidays in full swing, from Hanukkah to Kwanzaa to Christmas to New Year’s Eve,  it’s a perfect time for us all to remember and carefully consider the dangers of  drinking and driving as we celebrate family, friends and festive events. According to the activist group Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), last year…

A 13-year-old boy is not an adult. Yet when a 13-year-old boy commits a heinous crime, our court system in the U.S. can treat him like an adult and lock him up for life. That was the case for Joe Harris Sullivan, who was convicted 20 years ago in a Florida court of beating and…

Recently, the Senate voted down an amendment to the health care reform bill that would have limited the fees that plaintiffs’ attorneys could collect in medical malpractice lawsuits. In the measure proposed by Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev), attorney fees would have been limited to one-third of the first $150,000 recovered in any medical malpractice case.…

What’s In Store for Personal Injury Victims? Most people who hear about tort reform do not think that this abstract term will ever apply to them. But they could be wrong. Tort reform, sometimes referred to as civil-justice reform, is essentially an effort to curb personal injury and medical malpractice claims and payouts to victims.…