Insights: Results

Leading Cause of Car Accidents in Alabama? Failing to Yield the Right of Way

by Mitchel Lattof

Failing to yield the right of way was the leading cause of car accidents in Alabama in 2018. According to the Alabama Department of Transportation, failing to yield the right of way resulted in 23,832 crashes. Ninety-six of those crashes resulted in fatalities.

Ripped From the Headlines: Three Investigation Lessons to Learn From a Political Controversy

by Patti C. Perez

What workplace investigators can learn from the latest political scandal.

Tampa Courtroom Spotlight: Three Major Cases

by Gregory Sirico

We explore three legal cases in Tampa.

Defending against Claims of Bad Faith Failure to Settle

by Sharon D. Stuart

Recent lessons from the Eleventh Circuit.

Dedicated Advisors and Advocates

by John Fields

Best Lawyers recipient Joseph F. Brophy continually instills confidence in his clients, representing a wide range of individuals and businesses in Austin.

Waiver Programs for International Medical Graduates

by Elizabeth L.A. Garvish

Immigration lawyer Elizabeth L.A. Garvish offers an overview of the interested government agency waiver programs for international medical graduates.

Hell on Three Wheels

by Rachel A. Shrewsbury

Product safety can seem like an abstraction, but when I was a child faulty vehicle design proved all too real—and almost deadly. Three cheers for the consumer advocates who work tirelessly to keep defenseless kids from irreparable harm.

Everything Starts With Trust That Is Earned

by John Fields

Joseph F. Brophy, a Best Lawyers recipient and co-founder of Brophy & Devaney Law, speaks on the firm's efforts for client representation and advocacy.

The Push and Pitfalls of New York’s Attempt to Expand Wrongful Death Recovery

by V. Christopher Potenza and Elizabeth M. Midgley

The New York State Legislature recently went about updating certain wrongful death provisions and how they can be carried out in the future. Here's the latest.

Sex, Gender, and Stereotypes

by Elizabeth L. White

How courts are interpreting Title VII to protect LGBT workers.

Racial Discrimination Suit Against NFL May End in Arbitration

by John Ettorre

A former Miami Dolphins head coach is up against the NLF in a discrimination case that is on a path to arbitration; the NFL remains focused on equality for their diverse coaching staff.

Destiny Fulfilled

by Sara Collin

Was Angela Reddock-Wright destined to become a lawyer? It sure seems that way. Yet her path was circuitous. This accomplished employment attorney, turned mediator, arbitrator and ADR specialist nonpareil discusses her career, the role of attorneys in society, the new world of post-pandemic work and why new Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson represents the future.

Empowering Employers

by Alexandra Sarrine and Elizabeth L.A. Garvish

Ten things that you need to know before you file a labor certification application with the DOL.

I-140 Petition

by Vivien Li and Elizabeth L.A. Garvish

I-140 petition requires financial ability to pay for small business, sole proprietor, household and other individual petitioners.

The New PPE

by Jennifer Stavros

How to plan your pandemic preparedness estate—all from the safety of home.

An Allied Front Against Ransomware

by Patricia Brown Holmes, Georgia N. Alexakis, Abigail L. Peluso and John K. Theis

With the world ever more digitally entwined—particularly as the pandemic has increasingly driven commerce and ordinary business activity more fully online—the threat of ransomware is here to stay. Here’s a primer on the federal government’s response and how the private sector can help.