Preparing an estate plan is important regardless of your age, health, financial condition and family circumstances. While we all hope that nothing bad will happen unexpectedly, we cannot predict the...
One of the main reasons for entering into a contract is to prevent disputes in the future. But, to effectively serve its intended purpose, a contract needs to be comprehensive. If a contract omits...
Facing professional liability allegations can be frustrating, particularly if you don’t believe you have done anything wrong. It can also be scary. Regardless of their veracity, professional...
Jun 11 - 2024
From Handshake to Pen and Paper: Transforming Verbal Agreements into Legally Binding Contracts
Once you reach a deal in principle, the next step is to put pen to paper. Entering into a written contract is essential for protecting the interests of both parties, and carefully negotiating a...
For most people, putting together an estate plan will involve preparing a will and a revocable trust—perhaps along with a few healthcare planning documents. Wills and revocable trusts are powerful...
While medical malpractice laws serve an important role in ensuring that patients and families have access to the financial resources they need when their care providers make life-altering or...
When is the right time to put together an estate plan? While many people assume that they don’t need to think about estate planning until later in life, this isn’t the case. If something were to...
Mergers and acquisitions are major events in the business lifecycle. They often indicate some measure of success, and they usually mean that new opportunities are on the horizon. But, in order to...
While they are related in certain respects, malpractice and professional misconduct allegations often have very different implications. While malpractice allegations present the risk of civil...
Diagnostic errors are among the most common allegations in medical malpractice claims; and, in many cases, these errors result from misinterpretation of imaging reports. While these allegations can...