How David Beats Goliath® Reviewed on The Capital Press
Advocate Capital, Inc. President and CEO Michael J. Swanson’s book How David Beats Goliath® – Access to Capital for Contingent-Fee Law Firms was recently reviewed by William Ecksel on The Capital Press. This book review titled, Start-Up Advice for Lawyers in “How David Beats Goliath”, highlights Mr. Swanson’s respect for trial lawyers and the financial p...
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Tennessee Judge Rules Damage Caps Are Unconstitutional
A major breakthrough for injured citizens in Tennessee occurred on Monday, March 9 when Hamilton County Circuit Court Judge W. Neil Thomas ruled that Tennessee’s $750,000 cap on certain civil jury awards is unconstitutional. This ruling could possibly initiate a review of the 2011 tort reform initiative by the Tennessee Supreme Court.
Specifically, Judge...
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Free Webinar: The Basics of Local SEO
Page 1 Solutions is offering a free webinar, “The Basics of Local SEO”, on Thursday, March 12 at 11 a.m. (MST).
During this webinar, Page 1 Solutions’ Director of Sales & Marketing Bill Fukui and Local SEO Specialist Christa Morgante will break down the basics of local SEO and explain what steps your practice needs to take in establishing and optimizi...
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How Tort Reform Hurts Health Care for Everyone
We have often blogged in this space about the fact that tort reform does not really do anything to drive down health care costs, does nothing to improve overall healthcare, and does not have the result of attracting more physicians to a state. In fact, it is merely a ruse to assist large corporations and insurance companies in avoiding responsibility for...
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Radius of Influence Guest Early Bird Pricing Ends This Week
We are inviting all attorneys who are not Injury Board members to take advantage of our special "Friends of IB" discount of 50% off full price registration to the 2015 Radius of Influence (ROI2015) conference in Denver.
ROI2015 is a one-of-a-kind event that effectively matches marketing and social media education with the right mix of networking and socia...
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Andrew Biren Continuing Family Legacy in the Fight for Justice
Congratulations to Matt & Dee Dee Biren as Attorney Andrew “Drew” Biren not only joins the Biren|Katzman Trial Lawyers team, but continues a life-long legacy. Drew grew up watching his father fight tirelessly for justice on behalf of Plaintiffs suffering catastrophic injures. He knows the scales of justice are not balanced & the commitment it ta...
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Laureen Bagley and Client Secure $681K+ Judgment
Congratulations to Laureen F. Bagley of Sloan, Bagley, Hatcher & Perry Law Firm for the exceptional work in securing a judgment for her young client, in the amount of $681,735.34 from a low speed motor vehicle accident.
Laureen and her client faced a huge hurdle overcoming causation when the plaintiff admittedly suffered not only from a pre-existing...
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Capital Gains and Losses
The 2015 tax filing season is in full swing! The IRS recently issued 10 tax facts regarding Capital Gains and Losses. Specific topics addressed include:
Capital Assets
Gains and Losses
Net Investment Tax
Deductible Losses
Long and Short Term
Net Capital Gain
Tax Rate
Limit on Losses
Carryover Losses
Forms to File
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Corporations Can’t Slip Fine Print on Websites by Consumers
Great article from Paul Bland of Public Justice recently about a case where a federal judge rebuffed TransUnion for trying to trick its online clients into agreeing to mandatory arbitration. From the article:
“It’s bad enough that corporations are endlessly sticking incredibly unfair terms into the mouse-print contracts that consumers have to sign. Even i...
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Advocate Capital’s 2nd Annual Soup & Chili Cookoff
On Friday, 2/27/15, Advocate Capital held its 2nd Annual Soup & Chili Cookoff. It was time for last year’s winners (Paul Myers – Chili; Shirley Johnson – Soup) to hand over their trophies to this year’s winners.
This year’s winners were Mike Swanson in the chili category with a great white chicken chili, and Paul Myers in the soup category with gumbo...
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