New York Criminal Law News May 18, 2009

(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)
... Monday, SPORTS FINAL EDITION, NEWS; Pg. 5, 415 words, 'FAIR WEATHER' COPS' BOAT A 170G LEMON, BY JOHN MARZULLI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER ... it to investigate organized crime or racketeering," the source said. The ... philanthropist a closer look, BY ANTHONY M. DESTEFANO ... complicit in Madoff's crimes and feel betrayed by what he did to their ... ... 90%); FRAUD & FINANCIAL CRIME (89%); LAWYERS (89%); ... FLORIDA, USA (93%); NEW YORK, USA (93%); MASSACHUSETTS, ... 22. Newsday (New York), May 18 ...
May 18, 2009 09:26 am
I'm in the middle of a move, but have a moment or to to sift through some of the information that has been piling up in my inbox. Speaking of which, check out the guest posts here and here by Florida animal law attorney Marcy LaHart from the Dolittler Blog. They detail her experiences with cases involving veterinary malpractice and Florida's pet lemon law.
January 18, 2009 02:52 am

Protection for Pet Dealers Under the Florida "Puppy" Lemon Law

(Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog)
... 's Pet Lemon Law ("Puppy" Lemon Law). It is a misdemeanor if a pet dealer fails to comply with Florida Statute Section 828.29. The Florida Pet Lemon Law also allows the consumer to return or exchange the animal and recover veterinarian costs. Florida ... Lemon Law allows a dealer and pet consumer to enter into a written waiver. This will protect the dealer from liability under the Florida Pet Lemon Law. As long as the pet dealer makes full disclosure to the pet consumer, the pet dealer should not be ...
November 25, 2008 04:00 pm

Remedies for Consumers Under Florida's Pet Lemon Law

(Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog)
... Lemon Law), it is a misdemeanor if a pet dealer fails to comply with Florida Statute Section 828.29. The Florida Pet Lemon Law gives another remedy. The pet consumer may: ... the animal. For example, if you purchase a dog in Jacksonville, Florida and the pet dealer violates the Florida Puppy Lemon Law, you can keep your dog and ... the dog was purchased for $500, than the veterinarian bills cannot exceed $500. The Florida Pet Lemon Law imposes time limitations on a person to notify the pet dealer, so you ...
November 25, 2008 02:41 pm

Statute of Limitations on the Florida Pet Lemon Law

(Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog)
... be the Duval County State Attorney Office that would bring charges against the pet seller if the law is violated. In Florida, the statute of limitations on a first-degree misdemeanor is two years from when the crime was committed. Thus, if the pet seller violated the ... written contract and five years if there is one, unless the contract states otherwise. Each case is different, so it is important to ask a Jacksonville Florida Pet Lemon Law Lawyer any questions regarding the Florida Pet Lemon Law.
November 24, 2008 03:55 pm

Florida Pet Lemon Law

(Florida Estate Planning Lawyer Blog)
Jacksonville Criminal Defense Lawyer, Cynthia Veintemillas, wrote an interesting article about Criminal Liability and the Florida Pet Lemon Law. If you are in the business of buying or selling pets in Florida you may want to have your Florida contracts reviewed for compliance with the Florida Pet lemon Law. Contact a Jacksonville, Florida Pet Lemon Law Attorney for more information
November 6, 2008 08:07 pm
... also apply to directors, officers, and agents. Criminal penalties also come into play when manufacturers and dealers fail to brand lemon titles as such. In about half of the states, when a vehicle is so defective as to be termed a "lemon," there is a ... because states can't easily share information about vehicle titles with one another. Brian Tannebaum is a criminal defense lawyer in Miami, Florida practicing in state and federal court. Read his free ebook The Truth About Hiring A Criminal Defense ...
October 13, 2008 05:00 pm
... where it lists a plethora of resources for Floridians consumers who need to file complaints. For example, a Miami consumer who would like to file a Lemon Law complaint against the car manufacturer can contact the cities' Consumer Services Department. Of course, a consumer may also contact an attorney that handles lemon law claims in Florida to get more detailed information about one's rights and recourse. In addition to lemon law resources, ...
August 7, 2008 04:11 pm

Hippotherapy (Horse) and Cerebral Palsy

(Cerebral Palsy, Erb's Palsy " Birth Injury Blog)
... PT** Level II bmarcous@mail.uri.edu Stonington, CT Tami Scotto, OT Level I tbscotto@sbcglobal.net Durham, CT Delaware Florida Tricia Coates, OTR/L, HPCS** turningpttherapy@aol.com Wellington, FL Carol Huegel, Pt, HPCS** Hippopt@aol.com Gainesville, FL ... k12.in.us Lynnville, IN Jen Grillo, PTA** Level II jen.grillo@childrenstheraplay.org Carmel, IN Meghan Lemons, DPT Level II Meghan.lemons@childrenstheraplay.org Carmel, IN Deborah Hurst-Manlief, SLP** Level II dmanlief@aol.com Rushville, IN Theresa ...
July 26, 2008 04:58 pm
... lemon car (some state laws are better than others). This month, the Florida Lemon Law, which is namely an arbitration program for consumers, has a twentieth (20th) birthday. Comparatively, ... ); primarily because Texas has a serious safety provision that Florida's lemon law lacks. The two state lemon laws can improve tremendously and help more ... repair attempts that is not for the same defect. All consumers should be aware that Florida's lemon law has strict rules and deadlines -- consumer must file ...
July 24, 2008 06:32 am
Benzene lawsuits have been big news lately in Texas, Tennessee, and Florida--some good news and some bad news. Good news is these benzene ... are occurring because government oversight of its citizens' safety is lax--forcing personal injury lawyers to step in and clean up the carcinogens through lawsuits after the cancer has been ... soda lawsuit, will change the formula of and put expiration dates on their cans of diet lemon lime. Publix was one of many producers of citrus sodas found to contain benzene ...
January 14, 2008 06:11 pm

CL&P Roundup

(Consumer Law " Policy Blog)
by Deepak Gupta Another Class Action Ban Bites the Dust: Yesterday, a Florida appeals court struck down a class action ban in an auto lease agreement. Among other things, the ruling was based on the fact that ... of their individual damages," the court observed, would "dramatically undermine" the statute's "private enforcement mechanisms." Relatedly, a detailed new article in Lawyers USA surveys the ongoing battle over class action bans. The piece quotes not one, not two, but three of this blog's ...
November 27, 2007 11:43 am
... cars and trucks based on its' vehicle identification number (VIN). The database will include comprehensive information about a vehicle's lemon status, whether it is a stolen vehicle or not, and etc. The goal of having such a database is to control lemon-car ... implemented in 9 states. Namely in Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Virginia and Washington. Texas has yet to be included in this database. Under Texas lemon law, if a vehicle has been repurchased or ...
November 15, 2007 11:04 am
... time, it was suing a larger record company for tortious interference. TVT's disregard for the opinions of Pitbull's lawyer and others, assertion of rights based on unsigned contracts, and threats made knowing its own reputation for litigiousness ... amount. The economic damages were already high, and TVT is a small enough company that the award would be a big hit; Florida law discourages punitive awards that result in "economic castigation" (this is a quote from an earlier case, but I can't help ...
November 8, 2007 01:28 am
Search engine marketing via the purchase of sponsored links is continuing its staggering growth. And lawyers are contributing their fair share. Loren Baker at Search Engine Journal points out, per the IAB ... a click. Some notable average CPC's for legal services: law lemon wisconsin ($66.15) accident car florida lawyer ($28.03) orlando criminal attorney ($24.15) criminal defense federal lawyer ($23.09) miami personal injury lawyer ($22.93) And these are just averages. As the list points out, many ...
October 8, 2007 10:53 am

All sorts of flatware runneth over

(The Great Change: Turning Cathy into a Lawyer)
... done it seems to be in dire need of couples' counseling. I hope this isn't how things will always be as a lawyer. I hope this is just a temporary scattered-ness due to lots of things being up in the air right ... . Last week pork chops were on sale, so I made them with a recipe I clipped from a Florida's Orange Juice ad in Reader's Digest. (I'm very embarrassed to ... the salad even though it had only called for a bit of dry dill; I added lemon slices, etc. Yet it all came out very nicely, and not at ...
April 24, 2007 01:24 pm

Jack Thompson Gets Served

(Video Game Law Blog)
Anti-videogame activist (and lawyer) Jack Thompson is being pre-emptively sued by Take Two, in a bid by Take Two to thwart Thompson's plans to attempt to have Grand Theft Auto 4 and Manhunt 2 declared as public nuisances in the state of Florida. Thompson...(read more)
March 20, 2007 10:21 am