Most people think of banks or credit unions when it comes to financing operations for their business and plaintiffs’ lawyers are no different. In the best case scenario, banks will evaluate an application and after doing their due diligence they will issue a decision to lend or not to lend. However, things aren’t that simple […]
Legal finance is a new industry that has gained prominence over the years because of its future capabilities and the current industry that it services most people aren’t aware of is a needed asset. Since in its emergence in the early 1990s in the United States, the profile of the industry has continued to rise […]
Real estate is such a huge industry and a recent class action lawsuit filed in the courts may change the way the residential side of it works if it is successful. According to news reports about the suit, the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Realogy, Keller Williams HomeServices of America, Inc. (subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) […]
The New York Times reported the University of Southern California settled with victims that alleged they were sexually abused by a school gynecologist for reportedly $215 million in October 2018. It is the first of what maybe many settlements against the university over the Tyndall scandal. The publication reported 500 women have sued the university […]
The New York Times reported a drop in social security disability benefit applications in the recent years. Some of the reasons listed in the article include a strong economy, the increased scrutiny Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) applications are getting, and the increase in the aging population being eligible for government programs like Medicare and […]
Fairfield University, The New England Society of Jesus, The Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta and The Reverend Paul E. Carrier have proposed a $60 million settlement with a group of plaintiffs who claim they were sexually abused at a school operated by officials connected to the […]