tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-230395 2010-09-30T13:38:29-07:00 Information and insights for consumers regarding personal injury law, insurance, and the tort system. TypePad This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef013487e06305970c 2010-09-30T13:38:29-07:00 2010-09-30T13:38:29-07:00

On this blog, I have warned before about the dangers of posting personal information online when involved in a personal injury lawsuit. I have also warned about debt collectors using social networking sites to find debtors. If you are involved...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef013487a99495970c 2010-09-23T20:44:27-07:00 2010-09-23T20:44:27-07:00

Earlier this summer, I reported about new standards for metal bats that will be used for high school baseball teams in California. The latest piece of athletic gear to come under fire is the football helmet, after the suicide of...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0134876df8f5970c 2010-09-16T20:38:58-07:00 2010-09-16T20:38:58-07:00

Last week, a huge gas explosion in San Bruno killed four people, injured over 60, and destroyed dozens of homes. The explosion was caused by the rupture of an underground gas pipe. The pipe had been installed in 1956, had...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0133f42a9483970b 2010-09-13T07:08:01-07:00 2010-09-13T07:08:01-07:00

Did you know that you may be owed money and may not even know it? Unclaimed property, also known as abandoned property, is money held by companies or financial institutions that have not generated any activity or been claimed by...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0133f385c277970b 2010-09-02T09:10:07-07:00 2010-09-02T09:10:07-07:00

This week, the California legislature passed two bills to set up a health-insurance marketplace. This move comes after the health care reform bill, which was passed in March, directed states to set up their own health care exchanges, or else...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0133f36bb94b970b 2010-08-30T11:28:41-07:00 2010-08-30T11:28:41-07:00

With wildfire season looming in southern California, and an insurance company making news for failing to honor damage claims that resulted from a California fire, now might be the time to review what would happen to your home in the...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0133f3324bc0970b 2010-08-20T09:01:22-07:00 2010-08-20T09:01:22-07:00

The Sacramento City Council was set to vote on a controversial “crash tax” earlier this week, but it was removed from the council’s agenda hours before the vote was to have taken place. The crash tax would have charged individuals...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0133f30c630b970b 2010-08-13T10:47:50-07:00 2010-08-13T10:47:50-07:00

Beginning in January, high school baseball teams in California will be required to use new safety-tested metal bats. The new requirements were prompted by a 16 year old California pitcher who suffered a major head injury in the spring when...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef013486193c01970c 2010-08-09T20:38:26-07:00 2010-08-09T20:38:26-07:00

On August 18, new regulations go into effect in California that are aimed at preventing illegal cancellations of health insurance policies. Rescission, which is the practice of cancelling health insurance policies for mistakes on the health insurance applications, even minor...

steinlaw tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c6e4553ef0133f2a9333a970b 2010-07-28T16:12:43-07:00 2010-07-28T16:12:43-07:00

These are the tentative rulings for law and motion matters set for Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at 8:30 am in Dept Although virtually all business owners are aware of the recently-enacted health care reform law, many do not know that...

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