A trust is only as effective as the person or company responsible for carrying it out. For many families, choosing that trustee has meant picking between a relative and a…

When a parent asks a court to change a custody schedule, the first procedural question is who will hear the case. In Pennsylvania, the answer depends on what kind of…

Most people assume a criminal jury has twelve members. In Florida, most felony trials are decided by six. The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether that practice violates…

Hundreds of families who sued over prenatal Tylenol use had their cases dismissed in late 2023. A federal appeals court has now refused to reconsider its decision bringing those cases…

Estate Planning Adapts To New Kinds Of Wealth Estate planning has always evolved alongside how people actually accumulate, manage, and hold wealth over the entire course of their lives and…

Family Law Reflects How Families Actually Live Family law has always evolved alongside broader shifts in how people actually live, work, and raise children together. Several developments have become especially…

Core Constitutional Protections Remain Unchanged Every single criminal case still turns fully on the same fundamental constitutional protections, the presumption of innocence, the right to legal counsel, and the prosecution's…

The Core Elements Of A Claim Remain Steady A personal injury claim, such as a birth injury, generally still requires showing that another party owed a legal duty of care,…

Participating in sports or recreational activities carries an inherent risk of injury. Everyone who plays a contact sport, goes rock climbing, or joins a recreational league understands that accidents happen.…