Legal Insights

How do insurance companies pay out claims?

When your home is damaged, whether through smoke or fire, water or storm damage, or vandalism, you want your insurance company to firmly stand behind you. After all, you have been making your payments on time and for many years, and now you need them to come through with the payment you need to cover your losses and make your home look as it did before the incident. However, you need to be aware that every insurance company is different and works differently. Also, every state has different ...

Difference between Misdemeanor and Felony

The United States legal system punishes criminals based on the type of crime committed. Crimes are categorized based on the subject and severity, known as grading. Whether a crime is charged as an infraction, misdemeanor, or felony depends on the circumstances of every case. Each type of criminal offense falls into one of these categories, whether it’s a DUI or drug paraphernalia, or any other kind. Infractions are the most minor offenses. These violations often only result in fines, such ...

Who Is Eligible for an E2 Visa?

If you are interested in traveling and staying in the United States for business or investment purposes, you need to fill out an E2-Visa application to be eligible. If you are seeking legal assistance in filing for an E2-Visa, it’s highly recommended to consult with an E2 Visa Attorney to determine the best course of action for your travel purposes and immigration goals. Based upon certain criteria and guidelines stated by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and t...

When Is a Car Accident a Crime?

When you’re in a car accident, typically, it’s a civil situation. If you for example hit someone, you have to stay at the scene and follow a particular protocol. The protocol following an accident includes exchanging contact and insurance information. Then, much of what happens after that is handled through insurance companies.   Even if you’re at fault in an accident, your insurance should cover the other driver’s damages.   Determining who’s atfault in an accident is vit...

Key Things to Know About Disability Insurance

If someone is disabled, whether it be due to an injury or illness, they may not be able to work at all, or they might not be able to work in the same way they once did.   There are disability benefits that come from the government, in the form of SSDI or SSI, both of which are Social Security programs that are difficult to qualify for. There’s also private disability insurance, which is what’s talked about in more detail below. The Basics If you’re hurt or you become ill and it...

6 Barriers To Seeking And Receiving Legal Assistance

If you’ve never needed an attorney before, chances are that you may need one in the future. Several instances may require you to seek the services of a lawyer such as buying a real estate property and filing a lawsuit for a medical malpractice case or personal accident. Moreover, you may need a lawyer to defend you, in case you’re accused of a crime you didn’t commit or when you want to start a business.When you’re seeking an attorney, you don’t go for anyone who has a law degree o...

3 Tips For Planning Your Marketing Strategy As A Law Firm

Like any other business, getting your marketing right as a law firm is vital to setting your business apart and a critical part of helping clients find the right attorney. In the American Bar Association’s Legal Technology Survey Report, only 47 percent of firms had a marketing budget. Interestingly, it was the larger firms that seemed to have a dedicated marketing budget in place. Solo and smaller practices were still lagging behind their competitors when it came to investing in a marketi...

4 Ways For Law Firms To Be More Productive And Efficient

When you’re a lawyer running your own firm, it’s like you’re serving two masters at the same time. There's yourself and then there’s your firm, which is essentially a business in the practice of profession. You have cases to sort through, documents to file, staff to manage, and bills to pay, among many other responsibilities. So if you feel you don’t have enough hours in a day, that’s expected given all the things you need to deal with in one workday. But it doesn’t always have...

Client Engagement: 4 Tools For Law Firms

As a lawyer running your firm, it’s safe to consider yourself also as running a business. But unlike businesses selling products, you’re in the practice of the profession. This means you’re selling your legal services to would-be clients. Because it’s not all the time you’re going to find clients who need a lawyer, you have to do your best to nurture those clients and keep them engaged. When a client walks into a law firm’s office to ask for services, chances are these clients ar...

4 Tips For Preparing And Sharing Legal Documents

At some point in your life, you’ll most likely end up needing to prepare and share legal documents. May it be for business or personal purposes, the need to secure the privacy and confidentiality of such documents can’t be emphasized enough. Not knowing how to securely handle legal contracts and agreements may result in conflicts that you don’t want to get into.   Taking the essential steps in protecting legal documents is the responsibility of both parties (you and the other one ...

3 Ways Investors Can Protect Their Real Estate Assets

Real estate assets refer to improved and unimproved real property and real estate-related assets. Whether you have an apartment for rent, an office space or building, a lodge or hotel, or similar properties, those are all examples of real estate assets. They can provide you with a good, consistent source of income. Although real estate assets can make a great investment, they come with certain risks and liabilities. In this article, you’ll learn the different ways you can protect your real...

4 Type of Cases Handled By Texas Personal Injury Firms

If you’ve been injured in Texas or wherever you may be located, hiring an attorney is one of the things you should consider doing to protect your legal rights and interests. Typically, being injured as a result of someone else’s negligence gives you an opportunity to run after the at-fault party and recover the right amount of compensation. This is the rationale of the personal injury law, which is also known as tort law.   Primarily, personal injury law refers to a specialized fiel...

3 Ways To Obtain Legal Advice For Your Personal Injury Case

Personal injury is a legal term for any physical harm that a person suffers due to negligence or a malicious act. These injuries may also cause or result in mental suffering or emotional trauma that affects a person's ability to perform certain tasks or things. These lawsuits are also known as "tort lawsuits" and, depending on the state in which they’re filed, can have very significant legal protections. Most personal injuries result from vehicle collisions, dog bites, workplace injuries, ...

How To Hire The Right Legal Professionals For Modesto Car Accidents

The first thing you’ll have to do when involved in a car accident and after you’ve recovered from your injury is to hire a legal professional. A car accident lawyer, to be exact, is a lawyer who specializes in vehicular incidents and can help you in many ways, if you’ve been injured in a mishap.As such car accident lawyers build their careers as experts in dealing with insurance companies and getting a good settlement for their clients. If you don’t know how to select the best lawyer...

Beyond Divorce: 6 Family Issues That Need Legal Consultation

Domestic issues are rather sensitive, and most people outside this immediate social circle would prefer not to dip their hands into these problems. But the truth is, many family-related disputes need legal intervention to be settled fairly. In fact, there’s an entire branch of law that aims to address these types of conflicts. Family courts are best known for handling divorce settlements. However, not many people know that family law exists to cover all issues involving a wide range of d...

5 Tips To Find The Best Personal Injury Lawyer

When you have a case that calls for the expertise of a personal injury lawyer, how do you know you’re actually in good hands? When it comes to legal matters, you should never skimp on your legal assistance’s quality. Otherwise, it could mean a bad outcome for your claim. No matter where you’re from, you’re sure to find quite a number of lawyers specializing on personal injury law. However, this doesn’t mean that each of them is reputable, experienced, and able to work according t...

Three Ways A Cease-and-Desist Letter Can Help Protect Your Intellectual Property Rights

A cease-and-desist letter (or “demand letter”) is often the first step taken by an intellectual property rightsholder upon discovering that someone has infringed those rights. Most cease-and-desist letters provide contact information for the sender and detail the rights that are alleged to have been infringed, the nature of the allegedly infringing activity, and the “demand”—or what the rightsholder wants to see happen. To encourage the recipient to take prompt notice and action, sende...

Personal Injury Basics: Negligence 101

Getting injured in an accident is painful, time-consuming, and costly. You may need surgery and physical therapy. You are likely to miss hours of time from your job, and you may need help getting around the house. If you have been injured in an accident due to someone else’s negligence, there are a few things you can do to make sure that you will be able to pay your bills. Much of the law and the steps you will take to get insurance money will depend on the type of accident you experienced...

5 Things to Look for From Your Motorcycle Accident Lawyer

Let’s imagine a scenario for a moment. You own a motorcycle, and you enjoy riding it to and from work. One morning, you’re in an accident on your way there.You decide you want to hire a lawyer because you believe you were not responsible for what happened. Instead, you feel that another driver’s actions caused the wreck.In this scenario, you might not be sure which lawyer or law firm should represent you in court. You have never had to hire a lawyer before, or, if you have, it was neve...

Legal Do's and Don'ts in Motorcycle Accident Cases

There are millions of motorcycle owners across the United States, and many people are drawn to the idea of owning and riding their own motorcycle for various reasons. Some people like the fact that motorcycles tend to be cheaper to buy, maintain, and insure than cars and other vehicles, for example, while others like the flexibility and maneuverability of motorcycles for getting around in cities. Many people also enjoy the unique thrills and sensations that only motorcycles can offer, with a...