Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 15:52:42 -0800
Duration: 0

"Textual harassment" is nothing to LOL about, warn employment lawyers. Text messaging in the workplace is turning into a growing liability for employers, which are landing in court over inappropriate and offensive texts that are popping up on employees' cell phones. Scott Drake interviews Clint Robison of the Los Angeles office of Chicago's Hinshaw & Culbertson.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 11 Jul 2009 06:54:26 -0800
Duration: 0

The U.S. Supreme Court took a major step toward ending a 17-year legal battle Thursday, saying lower courts made a mistake by focusing too much on forcing Arizona to spend more money to help students who haven't yet learned to speak, read or write English. Scott Drake interview Luis Bartolomei a partner with Reyes, Bartolomei and Browne in Dallas.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

The Iranian government may be trying to silence the media about what’s going on in the troubled nation but in the age of social networking, they’re finding they can’t. Scott Drake interviews Ali Reza Manouchehri developed IranVoices, a Facebook application to encourage the flow of information.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

ALR Industries, which manufactures sports supplements, recently settled a lawsuit Former Arizona cardinal player Femi Ayanbadejo brought against the company, claiming it did not properly label a supplement called Max LMG which resulted in his failed test. Scott talks with his attorney Jim P. Miller in El Cajon.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

Scott Drake interviews Dr. Mehdi Noorbaksh an expert in Middle East politics and the son-in-law of 78-year old Dr. Ebrahim Yazdi who was arrested Sunday in a hospital and put in prison in Tehran by the Iranian security forces.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

The U.S. Supreme Court took a major step toward ending a 17-year legal battle Thursday, saying lower courts made a mistake by focusing too much on forcing Arizona to spend more money to help students who haven't yet learned to speak, read or write English. The court voted 5-4 to send the Flores vs. Arizona case back to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Scott Drake interviews Clint Bollick of the Goldwater Institute.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

After two decades of giving school officials wide leeway to search students for drugs or weapons, the Supreme Court set a legal limit on Thursday, ruling out of bounds the strip-search of 13-year-old Savana Redding who was suspectedof hiding pain relief pills. In an 8-1 decision, the court called this search degrading, unreasonable and unconstitutional. Scott talks with ACLU Attorney Adam Wolf. He argued the case to the Supreme Court.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

Scott interviews Dr. Hamilton about his book entitled "The Scalpel and the Soul: Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope." The Scalpel and the Soul explores how premonition, superstition, hope and faith not only become factors in how patients feel, but can change the outcomes as well. The stories within this book validate the spiritual manifestations physicians see every day.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

Scott Drake interviews Nancy Fox the founder of Hubstreet.com Hubstreet is a professional networking platform for lawyers, accountants and lenders.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
Duration: 0

Broughton is a former journalist at the Daily Telegraph of London. In the book he chronicles his love-hate relationship with the Harvard Business School, where he spent two years getting his M.B.A.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:33:57 -0800
Duration: 0

Scott Drake talks with aviation lawyer Charles Brewer in Phoenix,AZ about the findings in the Buffalo plane crash investigation.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 18 Apr 2009 13:52:41 -0800
Duration: 0

Ron Kurth, who grew up in Gary and worked in the steel mills, raised his family in the region near the outskirts of Chicago. Kurth, who has a 16-year-old daughter attending school in the Lake County city of Crown Point, decided someone ought to do something about the pollution. Jan comments on his lawsuit.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:49:40 -0800
Duration: 0

A new study from Berkley Law School seems to show the LSAT lopsidedly focuses on cognitive skills while overlooking important traits possessed by successful lawyers. Scott talks with study co-author, Berkley law professor Sheldon Zedeck.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:33:20 -0800
Duration: 0

CNBC and Fox Business News financial commentator Jordan Kimmel discusses the AIG bonuses and working with Jim Kramer on CNBC.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:52:46 -0800
Duration: 641

Scott Drake talks with financial analyst Jordan Kimmel from Magnet Investment Group about what it will take to get investors to invest again. He also comments on the recent PBS Frontline episode "The Meltdown". The program covers the demise of Bear Sterns and the shadowy world of credit default swaps.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:52:43 -0800
Duration: 574

More workers are being let go as corporate layoffs that began in earnest last year have accelerated in recent weeks. And more often, people are looking around and complaining that they have been unfairly or improperly dismissed. Scott Drake talks with Employment lawyer Larry Lorber (Proskauer Rose)

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:52:43 -0800
Duration: 417

The estate of a 7-year-old boy who suffered a brain injury at birth has settled a lawsuit against the hospital, the doctor and his clinic for $6.5 million. The family's attorney Christopher Hurley (Hurley, McKenna and Mertz in Chicago) talks with Scott Drake.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:34:33 -0800
Duration: 621

Scott Drake talks with financial analyst Jordan Kimmel...magnetinvesting.com. He says over the life of the stock market...unprecedented lows are followed tremendous growth. The only thing missing is investor confidence. "Looking back at every point when the stock market returned less than 2.5% for 10 years, it then returned an average of 13.3% for the next 10 years". Kimmel is regularly seen on CNBC,Fox News and CNN.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:52:40 -0800
Duration: 638

Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court announced that it would not review a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Philadelphia invalidating the Child Online Protection Act. COPA would have required websites that commercially distribute pornography to take reasonable steps to keep minors (defined as children under 17 away from the smut. Scott Drake talks with Robert Peters president of Morality in Media.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:31:37 -0800
Duration: 517

In this weeks edition of Chairman Mark, Mark Wahlstrom talks about the recent Wharton study on advertising in a recession and the necessity of business owners and marketing firms to NOT STOP ADVERTISING! This is even more important given the decline in value of traditional print media advertising and the transition to the internet. Learn about internet advertising in a recession on this weeks edition of Chairman Mark, live from The Legal Broadcast Network.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:52:44 -0800
Duration: 516

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will settle an employee class-action lawsuit for $54 million over allegations of off-the-clock work and slicing break time for employees. Scott Drake talks with employment attorney Rex Burch in Houston.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:33:23 -0800
Duration: 563

The Maryland Commission on the Death Penalty issued it's final report recommending to abolish the death penalty. Scott Drake interviews death penalty expert Bryan Stevenson

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:31:45 -0800
Duration: 329

California has an updated sweepstakes law that went into effect January 1, 2009. Natasha Shabani from Rutter Hobbs and Davidoff in Los Angeles discusses the details with Scott Drake.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:32:56 -0800
Duration: 562

In shocking news this week, Aviva made the decision to exit the structured settlement market, leaving a huge void as yet another plaintiff friendly market pulls out of this niche area. If you are a structured settlement professionalor wish to know more about Aviva annuity products, check out this video commentary by Mark Wahlstrom, host of The Settlement Channel.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:52:37 -0800
Duration: 442

Peter Pitts is co-founder of the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest and senior vice-president for health affairs at Manning, Selvage & Lee. He makes the case for federal preemption in drug labeling.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:52:34 -0800
Duration: 310

This is our second interview with Seth Miller from The Innocence Project in Florida. This time on the overturned murder conviction of Jim Ates after the FBI's Comparative bullet lead analysis was disavowed.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:52:41 -0800
Duration: 788

The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued a major decision rejecting federal preemption and preserving access to justice. The Supreme Court held 5 to 4 in Altria Group, Inc, v. Good that federal law does NOT preempt — i.e., wipe out— lawsuits against the tobacco companies for defrauding the public by fraudulently advertising that their “light” cigarettes delivered less tar and nicotine than “regular” cigarettes. Scott Drake with Roberta Ashkin and Arthur Bryant who authored an amicus brief to the Supreme Court.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:52:41 -0800
Duration: 788

The U.S. Supreme Court has just issued a major decision rejecting federal preemption and preserving access to justice. The Supreme Court held 5 to 4 in Altria Group, Inc, v. Good that federal law does NOT preempt — i.e., wipe out— lawsuits against the tobacco companies for defrauding the public by fraudulently advertising that their “light” cigarettes delivered less tar and nicotine than “regular” cigarettes. Scott Drake with Roberta Ashkin and Arthur Bryant who authored an amicus brief to the Supreme Court.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:52:37 -0800
Duration: 1063

Famed Phoenix Trial Lawyer Charles M. Brewer joins Mark Wahlstrom as part of a three part series running on the Arizona Law Channel, a featured show of the Legal Broadcast Network. Perhaps no other personal injury lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona or the Southwest has tried as many cases to successful verdicts in situations that were auto accidents, electrocutions, gas explosions, aviation and commercial airline crashes and other catastrophic loss cases. A decade long, jet rated pilot, perhaps no other lawyer knows aviation law the way Charles Brewer does. Known for his flamboyant personality, impeccable case preparation, use of cutting edge court room technology and a passionate advocacy for his clients, Charles Brewer is the personification of the best kind of trial lawyer. Furthermore, few lawyers have a greater devotion to protecting their clients after a settlement through the use of structured settlements and settlement planning for them.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:52:37 -0800
Duration: 908

Famed Phoenix Trial Lawyer Charles M. Brewer joins Mark Wahlstrom as part of a three part series on the Arizona Law Channel, a featured show of the Legal Broadcast Network. No other personal injury lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona or the Southwest has tried as many cases to successful verdicts in situations. A life long, jet rated pilot, perhaps no other lawyer knows aviation law the way Charles Brewer does. Known for his flamboyant personality, impeccable case preparation, use of cutting edge court room technology and a passionate advocacy for his clients, Charles Brewer is the personification of the best kind of trial lawyer. This tape covers the history of Arizona Courts, prominent cases from the past and advice for trial lawyers, law students and others who are passionate about the law. Watch this video to learn more about this legend of the Arizona legal system, a true personal injury lawyer and advocate of justice. Learn more about Attorney Charles Brewer by going to www.cmbrewer.com

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:52:41 -0800
Duration: 777

Famed Phoenix Trial Lawyer Charles M. Brewer joins Mark Wahlstrom as part of a three part series running on the Arizona Law Channel, a featured show of the Legal Broadcast Network. Perhaps no other personal injury lawyer in Phoenix, Arizona or the Southwest has tried as many cases to successful verdicts in situations that were auto accidents, electrocutions, gas explosions, aviation and commercial airline crashes and other catastrophic loss cases. A decade long, jet rated pilot, perhaps no other lawyer knows aviation law the way Charles Brewer does. Known for his flamboyant personality, impeccable case preparation, use of cutting edge court room technology and a passionate advocacy for his clients, Charles Brewer is the personification of the best kind of trial lawyer. Few Attorney's can match his decade long string of verdicts and the profound change he made in the legal system of Arizona.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:49:44 -0800
Duration: 502

A coalition of public health and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in federal court here, seeking a firm and enforceable new deadline for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to require deep reductions in mercury and other toxic air pollutants emitted from coal- and oil-fired power plants. Scott Drake and attorney Jon Mueller.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 01:52:39 -0800
Duration: 899

Judge Eugene M. Hyman is a judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara (San Jose) where, for 17 years, he has presided over cases in the criminal, civil, probate, family, and delinquency divisions of the court.Scott Drake and Judge Hyman discuss what really goes into the judicial decision making process.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 23:52:40 -0800
Duration: 673

Scott Drake talks with the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center Richard Dieter about a new study that shows a decline in executions.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:49:44 -0800
Duration: 661

A disturbing trend is developing. More people are acting as their own lawyers, even in complex cases. Family law judge Sue Talia talks about the pitfalls and opportunities for small firms to service this market.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:33:23 -0800
Duration: 495

The Scores strip clubs have been smacked with a federal lawsuit for skimping on tips paid in "Diamond Dollars" - phony cash that patrons buy with a credit card and use for everything from drinks to gratuities to lap dances. Scott Drake talks with their attorney Tammy Marzigliano

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 818

This coming November 15, the United States will host a summit of the G-20 leaders to discuss the underlying causes of the credit crisis and begin developing principles of reform for financial regulators and institutions. But as representatives such as France’s president, Nicholas Sarkozy, propose organizing a globally universal financial system based on something other than the dollar, U.S. economic experts like Swiss America CEO Craig R. Smith, bristle. Scott Drake and Craig Smith.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 495

The Scores strip clubs have been smacked with a federal lawsuit for skimping on tips paid in "Diamond Dollars" - phony cash that patrons buy with a credit card and use for everything from drinks to gratuities to lap dances. Scott Drake talks with their attorney Tammy Marzigliano

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:33:21 -0800
Duration: 532

Qualified Settlement Funds, aka QSFs, 468B Funds, or 468B Trusts, are key tools in dispute resolution and claims administration. Once upon a time, they were strictly the province of large class actions, designed to receive monies from defendants (so defendants could take their tax deduction and obtain a binding court-approved release), with the QSF thereafter dealing with claims administration and payouts to plaintiffs.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:33:21 -0800
Duration: 773

It's only been days since the nation elected him, but already we're getting hints about the agenda Barack Obama is setting for his administration. There are plenty of domestic issues on his plate, but what will he do to restore America's reputation abroad? President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner hopes to Americans will pressure him to end the war in Iraq. ""Obama has promised to close Guantanamo and end torture. We must hold him to that promise.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:33:21 -0800
Duration: 470

Barack Obama won a strong victory over John McCain while Democrats made strong gains in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. The Republican Party after eight years of the Bush Administration is at its lowest ebb since the 1970s. Some say it is the end of conservative politics. How serious is the situation for the Republican Party? Where should the Party go now? Who will be future Republicans leaders? Is the nation still a center right nation? Scott Drake and GOP pol

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 606

Scott Drake talks with identity theft consultant Tami Nealy from Lifelock. Recent lawsuits have from customers and experience have caused some to question the company's effectiveness at preventing identity theft.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 560

Qualified Settlement Funds, aka QSFs, 468B Funds, or 468B Trusts, are key tools in dispute resolution and claims administration. Once upon a time, they were strictly the province of large class actions, designed to receive monies from defendants (so defendants could take their tax deduction and obtain a binding court-approved release), with the QSF thereafter dealing with claims administration and payouts to plaintiffs.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 621

According to Douglas Woodwell, “Last week’s attack on India’s financial center has broad implications for global stability, nuclear proliferation and security against terrorism.” He says the Mumbai siege – in which well-trained gunmen arriving by boat claimed hundreds of lives – represents not just a disturbing new development in terror tactics but also a potential breakdown in regional stability that could have repercussions around the world.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 560

Qualified Settlement Funds, aka QSFs, 468B Funds, or 468B Trusts, are key tools in dispute resolution and claims administration. Once upon a time, they were strictly the province of large class actions, designed to receive monies from defendants (so defendants could take their tax deduction and obtain a binding court-approved release), with the QSF thereafter dealing with claims administration and payouts to plaintiffs.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 855

On November 3 the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in Levine v. Wyeth. The presidential election is the next day and will shape the court's future for many years to come. Scott Drake discusses the implications with Rick Kuykendall.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 808

On November 3 the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments in Levine v. Wyeth. The presidential election is the next day and will shape the court's future for many years to come. Scott Drake discusses the implications with Rick Kuykendall.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:31:45 -0800
Duration: 532

Qualified Settlement Funds, aka QSFs, 468B Funds, or 468B Trusts, are key tools in dispute resolution and claims administration. Once upon a time, they were strictly the province of large class actions, designed to receive monies from defendants (so defendants could take their tax deduction and obtain a binding court-approved release), with the QSF thereafter dealing with claims administration and payouts to plaintiffs.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 735

Much of the news suggests that only huge institutions are getting any relief from our current economic woes. Indeed, it's true that there's no bailout for American consumers and small business. Still, there's at least some tax relief for consumers, buried among the byzantine complexity of several huge federal bills. Congress' hit parade started in December 2007 with the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, then the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 555

Scott Drake with Dr Stephen Frye on his book "We Really Lost This War". He argues the war on drugs is a catasrophe and we should follow the Netherlands model and legalize drugs.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 670

Scott Drake talks with former congressman and UN ambassador Mark Siljander about his book "A Deadly Misunderstanding...a Congressman Quest to Bridge the Christian/Muslim Divide.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 621

to Douglas Woodwell, “Last week’s attack on India’s financial center has broad implications for global stability, nuclear proliferation and security against terrorism.” He says the Mumbai siege – in which well-trained gunmen arriving by boat claimed hundreds of lives – represents not just a disturbing new development in terror tactics but also a potential breakdown in regional stability that could have repercussions around the world.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 492

An attorney for a half dozen gay couples challenging Iowa’s same-sex marriage ban argued today before the state supreme court that the law violates his clients’ constitutional rights. Scott Drake talks with Howard Law Prof. Aderson Francois who wrote an amicus brief comparing these cases to past interracial marriage struggles.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 732

A new study commissioned by the AARP shows that between 1991 and 2007, the rate of bankruptcy filings more than doubled among Americans age 65 and older. The filing rate for people between 55 and 64 was up 40 percent. Among those 65to 74, it jumped 125 percent. Scott Drake speaks with Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren who co-authored the study.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 526

Bratz dolls are facing removal from all shops after a US federal court banned parent company MGA Entertainment from making the Barbie-rival. The court issued the order after Barbie-maker Mattel, won a landmark copyright-infringementcase against MGA in August. Bratz designer Carter Bryant had been found guilty of developing the Bratz brand while still working for Mattel. MGA has appealed the ruling, which severely undermines its business model.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 1089

Turmoil in the financial sector and it's impact on the structured settlement and broader markets is discussed by Mark Wahlstrom and Jan Schlichtmann. This was the historic Monday morning melt down of Lehman Brothers, AIG and other pillars of the financial community.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 528

In this weeks edition of Speaking of Settlements Mark Wahlstrom discusses the issue of Findlaw selling "juiced links" to it's many legal clients and law firms. This practice, while perfectly legal, has the SEO, Search Engine Optimization, world in a frenzy as it is against Google's policies and resulted in a substantial reprimand by Google. Learn about "Juiced Links" and legal marketing issues in this video.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:52:36 -0800
Duration: 438

Nothing makes lawyers more popular than bad times. Scott Drake talks with H. Adam Prussin. His law firm, Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross, represents Fannie Mae investors.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:52:38 -0800
Duration: 415

A Florida jury has awarded $13.3 million to the family of a woman who died when her pain patch failed, flooding her system with too much medicine. Dozens of other suits have been filed nationally against drug giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that its patches leaked and killed patients. This week's judgment in Seminole Circuit Court was the biggest to date. Scott Drake talks with the attorney for the family Joe Teraska of Jacobs and Goodman in Orlando.

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Added: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:52:38 -0800
Duration: 415

A Florida jury has awarded $13.3 million to the family of a woman who died when her pain patch failed, flooding her system with too much medicine. Dozens of other suits have been filed nationally against drug giant Johnson & Johnson, alleging that its patches leaked and killed patients. This week's judgment in Seminole Circuit Court was the biggest to date. Scott Drake talks with the attorney for the family Joe Teraska of Jacobs and Goodman in Orlando.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sat, 04 Oct 2008 23:52:53 -0800
Duration: 599

In this video broadcast of Speaking of Settlements, Mark Wahlstrom discusses the impact of the AIG bail out on annuity holders, claimants, lawyers and policyholders. This giant of the insurance business had an impact on how cases were settled, the funding of tort reform, the sale of structured settlements and other wide ranging aspects of the legal and financial world. Learn what comes next in this featured broadcast on The Legal Broadcast Network

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:52:51 -0800
Duration: 626

Tort reform will be one of the leading issues of the 2008 election season. Listen to this conversation between the right and the left from two of the legal and financial worlds most intriguing commentators, Mark Wahlstrom and Jan Schlichtmann. Tort reform is one of the biggest frauds ever perpertated on the American electorate, so get informed as to what is at stake in 2008.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:55:04 -0800
Duration: 351

Mark Wahlstrom, President of Wahlstrom and Associates and host of The Settlement Channel discusses the options and choices currently facing Vioxx claimants and others receiving settlements from the Vioxx settlement fund. One of the biggest risks is taking funds in cash when you are on or anticipate being on governmental assistance programs such as medicaid, section 8 housing assistance or food stamps. Taking even a small sum in cash could unintentionally cut off necessary health care and support, so planning right now is a crucial issue. Watch this video to get a better idea of what you should do right now, before you receive your funds to do medicaid trust, supplemental needs or structured settlement planning with your Vioxx settlement.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:55:04 -0800
Duration: 579

Mark Wahlstrom, President of Wahlstrom and Associates and host of The Settlement Channel discusses the options and choices currently facing Vioxx claimants and others receiving settlements from the Vioxx settlement fund. One of the biggest risks is taking funds in cash when you are on or anticipate being on governmental assistance programs such as medicaid, section 8 housing assistance or food stamps. Taking even a small sum in cash could unintentionally cut off necessary health care and support, so planning right now is a crucial issue. Watch this video to get a better idea of what you should do right now, before you receive your funds to do medicaid trust, supplemental needs or structured settlement planning with your Vioxx settlement.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:35:18 -0800
Duration: 569

Mark Wahlstrom, Chairman of The Legal Broadcast Network provides commentary on the mortgage crisis, it's impact on financial markets and the issues facing trial lawyers, injury victims and financial advisors on what to do with client settlement funds. It is his conclusion that the structured settlement annuity remains the safest, most reliable and competitive financial option for the vast majority of personal injury victims. Check out his weekly commentary at www.speakingofsettlements.com or go to www.legalbroadcastnetwork.com.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:53:37 -0800
Duration: 274

Joe Jamail, one of the nations leading trial lawyers talks to personal injury victims and their families about the crucial decision about what to do with their injury settlement. If you or a family member has a structured settlement, or is being offered a structured settlement as part of your court award or injury settlement, this is a crucial video for you to watch.

Author: LBNstudio
Added: Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:50:20 -0800
Duration: 464

Famed Texas Trial Lawyer Joe Jamail, one of the nations legends of the law, sits down with Attorney Rick Kuykendall to discuss the issue of structured settlements. A passionate advocate of these flexible settlement annuity programs, Attorney Jamail talks about why it is essential that trial lawyers offer a structured settlement to almost every client before disbursing their award or settlement. He also talks about the means by which lawyers, judges and guardians can insure that the structured settlement annuity will not be sold or squandered if carefully planned through the use of a qualified settlement professional, ideally someone affiliated with NSSTA, the national structured settlement trade association.

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To help the economy, President Elect Barack Obama has already discussed economic stimulus, middle class tax cuts, mortgage modification, a moratorium on foreclosures, infrastructure spending, wider health care coverage, and investment in alternative energy. But the 43rd president left Obama with a challenge -- to figure out the underlying problems with the current financial system and rebuild it in a way that will work in the short and longer term. Obama must come up with new ideas.

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LBN host Scott Drake interviews Byron Elton, CEO of Carbon Sciences. Carbon Sciences hasrecently released a prototype of their system which converts Carbon Dioxide into basic building blocks for fuel (methane, propane, etc). This biocatalytic process is more efficient than ever before, using far less heat and pressure to ensure its durability.

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Chris Brown is due in court June 22, but he won’t be the only superstar in the room. Rihanna will also make an appearance. Attorneys for the two singers were in a Los Angeles courtroom today (May 28) for a scheduled hearing in Brown’s ongoing felony assault case. Brown is being charged for allegedly attacking Rihanna in the wee hours of February 8, the morning of the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Scott Drake talks with California Superior Court Judge Eugene Hyman.

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Trying to enlist support for health care reform, President Obama told the American Medical Association last week that he would work with doctors to limit their vulnerability to malpractice lawsuits. He's so far rejected placing caps on malpractice awards, the preferred solution of tort reformers. Scott Drake interviews Barry MacBan...partner at MacBan law in Tucson, AZ. He's a works both plaintiff and defense in medical malpractice cases

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In this edition of Voices of the Law, host Scott Drake talks with noted environmental attorney Jan Schlichtmann about his recent work in the Danversport, MA explosion settlement. This was another example of the innovative techniquespioneered by the Civil Action lawyer in how to handle complex mass torts and environmental cases with out resorting to protracted litigation.

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PROFESSOR OF LAW TODD J. ZYWICKI teaches in the areas of bankruptcy and contracts at George Mason University. In a recent WSJ Commentary, Professor Zywicki wrote: The Obama administration's behavior in the Chrysler bankruptcy is a profound challenge to the rule of law. Scott discusses the commentary with professor Todd Zywick

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Florida imposed new restrictions on how police use confidential informants, after the tragic death of a young female CI last year in a botched undercover operation. “Rachel’s Law,” a bill that would tighten up rules on how thestate's police recruit and use confidential informants was signed into law last week. Scott talks with Lance Block, the attorney for Rachel Hoffman's Family.

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Websites belonging to the White House, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service, National Security Agency, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Defense and the State Department, as well as sites for the New York StockExchange and Nasdaq were hit by denial-of-service attacks over the July 4th holiday weekend. Wired News senior correspondent Kim Z

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Dr Maurice Ramirez with an update on the H1 N1 virus. Dr. Ramirez serves on expert panels for pandemic preparedness with Congressional andCabinet Members. Dr. Ramirez is founding chairperson of the American Board of Disaster Medicine and serves the nation as a Senior Physician-Federal Medical Officer in the National Disaster Medical System. His latest book is "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Disaster Preparedness."

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In this podcast dated 9-20-08 The Legal Broadcast Network discusses the impact of the AIG bailout on policyholders, trial lawyers and structured settlement claimants. If you have an annuity with AIG, structured settlement or are settling a case, you need to watch this analysis of the situation from one of the industries leading experts.

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FPX filed a class-action suit against Google in federal court in Texas, saying that Google had infringed on its trademark and challenging Google’s policies on behalf of all trademark owners in the state. Legal experts said it was the first class-action suit against Google over the issue. Scott Drake talks with Eric Goldman Associate Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law and Director of the High Tech Law Institute.

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Judge Sonia Sotomayor, President Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, introduced herself to the nation Monday by speaking about how her journey from public housing in the Bronx to the federal bench has shaped her philosophyand made her a jurist whose philosophy is guided by “fidelity to the law.” Scott Drake interviews Brad Bannon president of Bannon Communications Research.

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Scott Drake interviews attorney Walter Hackett, who is representing former MLB baseball player Lenny Dykstra in his bankruptcy case.

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Sheppard and Mullin's restructuring and bankruptcy expert Ed Tillinghast comments on the automotive company bankruptcy.

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The California Court of Appeals in Fresno issued a surprising opinion this week on a group of 11 JG Wentworth factoring cases. In 321 Henderson Receivables Origination v. Sioteco, the court reversed the much publicized trial court decisions that had sent shock waves through the factoring and structured settlement worlds.

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a cigarette maker's appeal of a nearly $80 million award to a smoker's widow, the likely signaling the end of a 10-year legal fight over the large payout. Scott talks with Arthur Bryant from Public Justice who wrote an amicus brief.

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In a long-awaited opinion, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Google must face a trademark infringement lawsuit for selling keywords that trigger ads. Eric Goldman discusses the implications with Scott Drake.

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The furor over Nadya Suleman and her octuplets has brought scrutiny to U.S. fertility clinics and how well they observe the guidelines, which are purely voluntary. The controversy had led to talk of passing laws to regulate clinics,something that has already been done in Western Europe. Scott Drake talks with Dr. Mousa Shamonki...a specialist in repoductive endocrinology and gynecology at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

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Is this the dawn of a new environmental era in the United States? Political strategist Brad Bannon says despite public indifference and worry about the threat that new environmental regulations pose to a struggling economy,

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In a long-awaited legal decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that patients who are injured by a drug can sue the drug's manufacturer for damages, even if the drug has been granted FDA approval. Scott Drake discusses the decision with Brian Wolfman one of Levine's attorneys from Public Citizen, Gerson Smoger President of Public Justice, Leslie Brueckner counsel for Public Justice and Roberta Ashkin, Ashkin Law Firm.

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Mark Zamora and Joey James have filed a State Court Hydroxycut lawsuit against the makers, suppliers, distributors, and sellers of Hydroxycut. It's not a class action, but an individual lawsuit. Scott Drake talks with Zamora.

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Oakland police are reviewing the deadliest day ever for their department to see if any mistakes were made in confrontations with an armed parole violator. Former Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney and Prosecutor Mike Kraut (Kraut Law group) discusses what may have happened and what the investigation may reveal.

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Websites belonging to the White House, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Secret Service, National Security Agency, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Defense and the State Department, as well as sites for the New York StockExchange and Nasdaq were hit by denial-of-service attacks over the July 4th holiday weekend. Wired News senior correspondent Kim Zetter talks with Scott Drake.

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Michael Jackson’s personal physician is the lone target in the investigation into the singer’s death a federal law enforcement official told CNN last week. “Dr. [Conrad] Murray is the only one we’re looking at,” the sourcesaid. Scott Drake interviews Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Michael Kraut.

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Recent revelations about corporate greed and wrong- doing have significantly altered juror attitudes, says Dr. Noelle Nelson, a California trial consultant and author of the booklet, "101 Winning Tips:How to Give a Good Deposition & Testify Well in Court." Scott Drake talks with Dr Noelle Nelson.

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The brother of a woman mauled by a 200-pound chimpanzee in Connecticut last week is taking legal steps to prepare a possible lawsuit. Michael Nash has filed an affidavit in Stamford Probate Court saying immediate action is required to secure the assets of any potential defendants. He's also asking the court to take swift action to preserve evidence to protect his sister's ability to recover damages in future litigation. Scott Drake discusses the case with Joyce Tischler...president of the Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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Wired News senior correspondent, Kim Zetter, talks with Scott Drake. California officials have received more than 800 reports of health data breaches in the first five months after a new state law went into effect January 1.

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Scott Talks with Bob Morse from Us News and World Report on their annual law school rankings.

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Brad Bannon's commentary in US News and World Report says the Sotomayor confirmation will begin the culture wars in earnest. Scott Drake interviews Brad Bannon

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Montclair State University law and political Science professor Brigid Harrison discusses the arrests in New Jersey over political corruption.

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More than three years into a state program that awards lucrative tax incentives to lure filmmakers to Massachusetts, a new report by Governor Deval Patrick’s administration concludes that taxpayers are not getting their money’s worth. Scott Drake interviews Peter D. Enrich, a Northeastern University law professor who specializes in tax incentives.

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Scott Drake discusses current surrogacy and egg/embryo donation law with Theresa Erickson in San Diego

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The U.S. Supreme Court said it would hear arguments in a case that will determine whether the NFL and its 32 teams can enter into an exclusive licensing deal without violating antitrust laws.Scott Drake talks to Indiana University Law Professor Gary Roberts