I was surprised to read in Popular Science that Dean Kamen's iBot (an electric, motorized wheelchair which goes from four wheels to two wheels lifting the writer in the process, and can climb stairs,) has been discontinued due to costs. Neither insurance companies, nor Medicaid, wanted to foot the bill for this expensive, although amazing, power chair. If you are lucky enough to have an iBot, HiZook notes that service will continue on the iBot until 2013. Here is a commercial for the now ...
July 1, 2009 06:00 am

New Jersey Law Journal: News Briefs July 1, 2009

(New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library Blog)
... officers polled, 27 percent say they have reduced the size of their in-house lawyer staffs and another 9 percent say cuts this year are possible or likely. ... bars in several states are protesting new Federal Trade Commission rules that require lawyers to become involved in preventing identity theft. On June 22, ABA president H. ... new rules as "unnecessary and beyond the intent of Congress." State bars in Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio and Virginia have also contacted the FTC to express their ...
July 1, 2009 01:06 am
Back in March, after Bernie Madoff entered his guilty plea, we chatted with Alan Ellis, a lawyer specializing in federal sentencing and Bureau of Prison matters and the author of the Federal Prison Guidebook. Ellis dropped a lot of ... you can always decrease your level. I had a big drug kingpin from Mexico who got sentenced to the Florence [Supermax facility in Colorado] to medium. A lot of that depends on how well you get along with the staff. Secondly, if Madoff is able to provide more assistance ...
June 29, 2009 12:29 pm

JBS Swift Beef Recall

(Food Poisoning Law Blog)
... is an expansion of a June 24 JBS Swift Beef recall of 41,280 pounds of beef products that were distributed to Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. The recalled JBS Swift Beef products were ... the recalled beef is to contact all stores and eating establishments where you purchased a beef product. Read "Are You Part of an E. coli Outbreak?" CONTACT OUR LAWYERS ABOUT E. COLI VICTIM COMPENSATION >>
June 29, 2009 10:45 am

JBS Swift Beef Recall

(Food Poisoning Law Blog)
... is an expansion of a June 24 JBS Swift Beef recall of 41,280 pounds of beef products that were distributed to Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. The recalled JBS Swift Beef products were ... the recalled beef is to contact all stores and eating establishments where you purchased a beef product. Read "Are You Part of an E. coli Outbreak?" CONTACT OUR LAWYERS ABOUT E. COLI VICTIM COMPENSATION >>
June 29, 2009 10:45 am
I previously wrote about how Social Security stops benefits for fleeing felons. However, there has been considerable litigation across the country regarding what constitutes a "fleeing felon." Social Security changed its definition of "fleeing" due to a settlement in the nationwide class-action lawsuit. The April 2009 issue of capital NOSSCR Social Security Forum has a lengthy discussion of this: Under the POMS [a set of regulations which govern Social Security procedures], the mere fact that a ...
June 29, 2009 06:00 am
... , money spent on pursuing death penalty cases arguably could be better used. Nationwide, several states, including Colorado and Kansas, are considering abolishing the death penalty to save money.... Between 2001 and 2008, N.C. Indigent ... is a publicly funded agency that provides private attorneys for defendants charged with capital crimes, but cannot afford a lawyer. Several factors contribute to higher costs for death penalty cases: The state requires that capital defendants have two attorneys; ...
June 28, 2009 04:13 pm
... Will it be 2005 and 2006 or 2007 and 2008?" FSIS just announced that JBS Swift Beef Company, a Greeley, Colorado is voluntarily expanding its June 24 recall to include approximately 380,000 pounds of assorted beef primal products that may ... products were produced on April 21 and 22 and shipped to distributors and retailers in states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Wisconsin. It is unclear if the ...
June 28, 2009 03:16 am

Video: Schizophrenia

(Social Security Insider)
June 26, 2009 06:00 am
... the ankle of the offender and monitors alcohol consumption. The data get regularly piped to a secure facility in Colorado for analysis. Guests at the 15th annual Drug Court Training Conference held at the Anaheim Convention Center tested out this ... monitored by a device like SCRAM, you may have legal options to fight back. The key is to connect with a lawyer who understands how to challenge the accuracy and validity of said technologies effectively. Turn to the Law Offices of Stephen Brodsky to ...
June 25, 2009 07:38 pm

Nickel-and-Dimed to Death

(StandDown Texas Project)
... , money spent on pursuing death penalty cases arguably could be better used. Nationwide, several states, including Colorado and Kansas, are considering abolishing the death penalty to save money. In North Carolina, Sen. Floyd McKissick, D- ... is a publicly funded agency that provides private attorneys for defendants charged with capital crimes, but cannot afford a lawyer. Several factors contribute to higher costs for death penalty cases: The state requires that capital defendants have two attorneys ...
June 25, 2009 11:42 am
... violated petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him. In my view, too many defense lawyers stipulate to the chemical evidence rather than take on a chemist. Maybe this decision will encourage more of them to challenge the ... with selling a pound of cocaine to an undercover agent. I had my client retain both a chemist from the University of Colorado and a renowned defense attorney, James Shellow from Wisconsin as co-counsel, who specialized in challenging forensic drug ...
June 25, 2009 10:28 am

53 Indicted on $50 Million Medicare Scam

(Total Criminal Defense Blog)
The Justice Department unsealed criminal indictments against 53 people accused of perpetrating a massive Medicare scam that cost the federal government more than $50 million, according to the Washington Post. Following the indictment, announced by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr., Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III in Washington Wednesday, suspects were arrested in Detroit, Denver and Miami. Authorities filed criminal charges against ...
June 25, 2009 08:05 am
Because of air pollution and other environmental concerns, most Colorado municipalities refuse to allow wood burning fireplaces for new home construction. Thus, if you want a fireplace with your new home, it will probably be a gas flame fireplace. In the early years of these gas fireplaces, access to the flames was protected by some sort of metal screen. More recently, these fireplaces have been enclosed by glass doors. Fireplaces with glass doors are becoming a source of serious burn injuries ...
June 24, 2009 03:58 pm
To qualify for Social Security disability benefits you have to show that your disabilities prevent you from being able to work. In general, you have to show that you are unable to perform a substantial gainful activity (SGA). However, there are exceptions to this general rule, including Subsidized Wages or Sheltered Work environments. Social Security can only consider the money you earn in deciding if your work is a substantial gainful activity. Anything over the "reasonable value" of your work ...
June 24, 2009 06:00 am

Is SGA too complicated?

(Social Security Insider)
Even if you know the definition of a substantial gainful activity (SGA), could you apply it? Can you be sure that the last job you tried before you applied for Social Security disability benefits was SGA? Charles Hall proposes that substantial gainful activity (SGA) has become just too complicated. If one is engaging in SGA, one cannot be considered disabled, but SGA is a term of art. Work may not be SGA if low earnings, unsuccessful work attempts, made work, subsidized employment, impairment ...
June 24, 2009 06:00 am
... ." Gawande contrasts McAllen with several centers of excellence in health care, including the Mayo Clinic and a Grand Junction, Colorado network of physicians. Mayo doctors are salaried, and in Grand Junction "the doctors agreed among themselves to a system ... discussed in the article. Niche facilities and imaging centers are at the cutting edge of the commercialization Gawande worries about. Lawyers have debated them for years, and the policymaking is still ongoing. HHS set a moratorium on the ...
June 24, 2009 02:53 am
... specifically E. coli: When food sickens, he heads for courthouse - With outbreaks of food poisoning becoming more and more common, lawyer Bill Marler is in high demand By Matt McKinney, Star Tribune No one really wants to meet Bill Marler, a food ... un-American." Ill girl's Highlands Ranch family sues over dough By Jennifer Brown, The Denver Post The lawsuit is the first in Colorado related to the outbreak and follows one filed Monday in California by an 18-year-old woman. Both cases were filed by ...
June 23, 2009 09:57 pm
... 're doing time - a lifetime of time, as a matter of fact - at ADX Florence, the so-called Supermax federal prison in Colorado, you can afford to obsess about things that bother you. Perhaps it's the noise from an adjacent cell, or an inefficient ... to this brief AP article, Nichols, sentenced to life for his role in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, on Monday requested a lawyer to help him file a lawsuit against the prison over the quality of the food. Rest assured, we're not doubting that whatever ...
June 23, 2009 01:10 pm
Writer Nora Tooher did a nice job with this article on the benefits of mindfulness for lawyers. (Of course, the benefits apply to those not of the legal stripe. too.) Excerpt: According to Stephanie West Allen, a founder of the Colorado Contemplative Lawyers Society, meditation is catching on among lawyers who want to reduce stress and strengthen their focus amid economic chaos. Click to read "Increasing 'mindfulness' through ...
June 23, 2009 08:23 am
 
 

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