Barry Shanoff

schedule4 Min Read Someone gets hurt. Someone else is at fault. But the injured party shares some of the blame. Inattentive walking or driving. Warning signs ignored. Contributory negligence is a legal defense that comes into play in personal injury lawsuits. Under this shield, if the person who was hurt did anything themselves, no matter how minimal, that caused or brought about the accident or injury, the defendant won’t be held liable.

Your long-standing public contract is nearing an end. However, it seemingly gives local officials an option to extend the arrangement for another equally lengthy term, and they have voted to do so. Not so fast. As you see it, a continuation would need something more formal. Yet, why not take the easy route and acquiesce? For starters, not when cutting corners could put the renewed engagement in legal jeopardy.

schedule7 Min Read Max Bauer, Jr., and his son Eric believed that a waste management company had wrongfully billed government agencies in connection with the services it had provided. If they could prove it, they stood to receive a share of the amount recovered in a court action. As things turned out, however, their case had fatal flaws. The False Claims Act (“FCA”) is a federal statute enacted in 1863 in response to defense contractor fraud during the Civil War.