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Responding to Bullying
A family consults with your office concerning their child, who has been victimized by bullying at her high school for over a year, and cannot tolerate the abuse any longer. The family has attempted to deal with the issue at the school level by directly engaging the school's administration from the teacher to the principal, only to be met with frustration and inaction. Their child is suffering, her grades have fallen, and she is depressed. The parents have enrolled her in therapy. However, the situation remains intolerable.
Your first thought might be that this family has come to the wrong attorney. You deal with matrimonial matters, adoptions and child protection issues. But the parents in your waiting room are disappointed and frustrated and they have sought legal counsel. Their goal is to spur the educational community into action, stop the bullies from harassing their child, and assist her in regaining the peace she is entitled to enjoy. You want to assist them and their child, but you may know little about the issue of bullying and even less about what legal steps are available to deal with this situation.
Bankruptcy Sales: Finding a Diamond In the Rough
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
Judge Rules Shaquille O'Neal Will Face Securities Lawsuit for Promotion, Sale of NFTs
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Coverage Issues Stemming from Dry Cleaner Contamination Suits
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.