Spring has sprung and April’s showers have graced us with some beautiful May flowers. Along with the warming temperatures and longer days that we’re enjoying comes the return of another seasonal rite – baseball & softball season. Thousands of youngsters will find themselves rounding the bases, tagging runners, or even picking flowers in the outfield over the next few months…[...]

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Business and golf go together like butter and popcorn. Like business, though, it helps to know your golf. And this past January, a very old rule was changed for those hitting the fairways. Did you know it’s now OK to putt with the pin in and even knock your ball against the flagstick? Beginning last Jan. 1, that’s exactly the…[...]

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In the biggest blow yet to Bayer/Monsanto, this week a California jury rendered a $2 billion (with a “B”) verdict to a husband and wife who both contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma as a result of their use of and exposure to Monsanto’s Roundup glyphosate-containing herbicide. This verdict represents the third verdict for injured plaintiffs in the three cases that have gone to trial…[...]

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On Mother’s Day when I walked into church, all of the mothers and grandmothers we were asked to come up with a word to describe themselves. The word we chose would be stamped onto a metal disc and made into a charm bracelet as a gift to celebrate us. Now it’s not so easy to sum your life in just…[...]

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Recently, in McIlwain v. Saber Health Care Group(“Saber”), the Pennsylvania Superior Court voided an arbitration provision contained in a nursing home admission finding no lawful relationship between the signor of the agreement and the resident. Norman Franks suffered from a diagnosis of schizophrenia and dementia, and was incapable of making decisions on his own. The Superior Court of California granted Chalena…[...]

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Do you have dreams while you’re sleeping? Most of us do, although sometimes we can’t remember them. I don’t really think I dream that often, but I did have a funny one recently. I dreamt that my dog, Boo Bear, and I were in a dreary airport on our way to Las Vegas. Why I was taking him with me…[...]

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If you watched my Bordas Beat session, you will know that I put on weight at Christmastime because I can’t say no to Christmas cookies. Saying that I ate three dozen cookies is probably a conservative number. The baby cream horns are my absolute favorite and probably the most fat-filled, but I can’t say that I turned down a sampling…[...]

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Unfortunately, it seems that the day has long passed where being “a man (person) of your word” meant something. Have you ever wondered what you could do if somebody doesn’t fulfill their obligations? For me, to explain all the aspects of suing for a breach of contract would take up a lot of space. Contracts is a single class in…[...]

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A few weeks ago, Bayer shareholders delivered an unprecedented rebuke of Bayer’s management over Bayer’s $63 billion acquisition of Monsanto last year, expressing serious concern caused by management’s overconfidence in Bayer’s handling of lawsuits over Monsanto’s Roundup weed killer. The litigation against Monsanto was absorbed by Bayer as part of Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto. The International Agency for Research on…[...]

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You have been in a terrible motor vehicle accident and suffered severe injuries. Your attorney explained to you that you will need to repay Medicare for the medical bills they paid. After negotiations, you have agreed to a settlement amount with the other driver’s insurance company. Your lawyer informs you that the adjustor now says the funds will not be…[...]

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