Sunday, December 26, 2010

Legal Research Services in India

"Legal Research: How to Find & Understand the Law" by Attorney Stephen Elias and the Editors of Nolo is another book in the huge legal library published by Nolo, a publisher that prides itself on making the law accessible to everyone.

During the preliminary analysis, one should identify all the facts and details of the people, place, and the acts involved besides familiarizing oneself with the related jargon. A proper understanding of all issues that is to be got via the research has to be made at the outset itself.

The above tasks can be time consuming and hence quite expensive if done by a qualified legal services provider in a country like the United States who charges tens or even hundreds of dollars by the hour. But the same work can be done very efficiently in countries like India for rates as low as one-fifth of what it costs in the US.

The next source of law is contained in constitutions and statutes.

A constitution sets forth the fundamental law for a nation or a state. It is the document that sets forth the principles relating to organization and regulation of a federal or state government. In the United States it is considered the supreme law of the land.

Generally you can try to cope without legal researchers. Often there are times when you can learn how to do legal research on a certain topic and you might be quite successful at it. For instance, I once fought for saving some of the last wetlands in the San Francisco bay.

A person doing legal research in international environmental legal research will have to be familiar with the law in different countries as the regulation and implementation of the treaty terms are at the national level. One must also know about the various international agreements and their effects worldwide.

Actually during legal research, deciphering of legal citations and its creation can be very challenging and time consuming. Hence quite often this work may be outsourced to professional legal research outsource providers.

The United States Congress has given the Judicial Conference of the United States the authority to collect a fee for electronic access to information on a case. Thus all the individuals or agencies who register are charged a user fee.

Every court has clerks, and these days almost all the courts also have computer records of every case filed in the jurisdiction. You can ask a clerk to direct you to that computer. Once there, you do a simple search: "name of the company suing you."

While substantive periodicals are publications meant for an educated audience they contain illustrations and photographs and are made to look attractive with the objective to provide information in a general manner.

Another way that having some help with legal writing is by giving you the availability to spend more time developing a client relationship. One of the most important aspects of a lawyer's work is building trust with clients.

So to review, a case "citation" tells the judge that another judge has considered the point being raised and ruled a certain way. It says how the judge can check that, and the judge can consider whether he finds the opinion enlightening.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Legal Knowledge For the Wedding Planner

In the United States, marriage laws are regulated at the state level, not federal. This can make life complicated if you are say from New York, but want to get married in California. It is essential to research the laws of the state you wish to get married in. Additionally, it is also important to know if your marriage will be recognized by the state you live in if you are getting married out of your state of residence.


Here are some facts you might not know about marriage laws in the United States, starting with fees. Each state charges a different amount for a marriage license. The range is from in Nebraska to .50 in Florida. So if you are trying to pinch every penny, that is something worth checking out. It would be a shame to have to have to pay twice, so make sure you know when your license expires. The only states that provide non-expiring licenses are Wyoming and South Carolina.


If you are scared of needles you might want to avoid getting married in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, Oklahoma or West Virginia.

Those eleven states require blood tests prior to granting marriage licenses. Not only can blood tests be physically painful, they can also come with some financial pain in the form of a fee, and each state will charge a different amount.

Had a few to drink? Then you might want to think twice about getting married in Pennsylvania. A long-standing law that has yet to be changed is that no marriage will be performed in the state of Pennsylvania if either the bride or groom is drunk. So be careful if you plan to pop some bubbly with your bridal party before the ceremony.

Not only must you be sober to be married, when you sign your marriage license you must speak English or bring someone with you who does speak English.

Family relations? In twenty-six of the fifty states, a resident can marry their cousin. Joke all you want about marrying your cousin in the South, but it turns out some of the states that allow cousins to marry each other include California, Colorado, New Mexico, Connecticut, Alaska, and Maine in addition to several more. Some of the states that do not permit cousins to marry include Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Texas and Oklahoma as well as nineteen others.


If you crave the tropical breeze and beautiful sunsets of Hawaii, make sure you bring cash because their county clerks will not accept any other form of payment for marriage licenses. It is also a state with one of the higher fees at a pop.


The most common day for weddings is Saturday. As many wedding planners know, this means venues cost much more on Saturday. If you are in Idaho, your marriage license will cost more on Saturday, too. The state raises the cost from to on a Saturday. Idaho is also the only state that requires the bride and groom to read a pre-marital AIDS education pamphlet.


If you are having a crazy night in Las Vegas and find the man or woman of your dreams and decide at 3am that a wedding is the best idea, you are in the clear. You can get married twenty-four hours a day, three hundred sixty five days a year in Las Vegas. But your 3am decision is going to cost you a little bit more. Between the hours of midnight and 8am marriage licenses cost , rather than the normal . In a hurry? Get married in a Las Vegas drive-thru chapel, limousine, or helicopter.


When getting married in Texas make sure you do not have any delinquent court-ordered child support or you won't be legally able to get married in the state. Texas is the only state that requires any action in terms of court-ordered child support.


Getting married in California has the perks of the beaches and wine country, and you can also have anyone officiate. Any person in the state can become a deputy for a day and be granted the ability to officiate one marriage.


For those getting married abroad, do everything as far in advance as possible, and you may also want to consider using a wedding planner in that country. He or she can assist in filling out documents specific to the country. Make sure to bring all the essential documents with you. Some countries will require non-family witnesses. Other countries may take months to process the forms.


Each state (and country for that matter) requires different procedures for obtaining a marriage license. It would be a shame to put the time, effort, and money into planning a wedding only to find out you missed a step or forgot a document.

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Silicone Breast Implants ~ Are they LEGAL?

When the FDA allowed silicone filled breast implants back on the market in November of 2006, they did so with a few caveats - 1.  You must be 22 years old to receive a breast implant, 2.  The FDA recommends that you have an MRI every three years to check the integrity of the shell of the implant or detect silent ruptures 3.  The only FDA approved silicone breast implants are round, memory or cohesive gel implants made by Mentor and Allergan (the "gummy bear" shaped implants manufactured by any company are not legally available except under FDA controlled studies).


Ok, so like any government agency, the FDA is just doing it's job and trying to keep the public safe.  Their jurisdiction is over food, drug and medical devices - not over the people who prescribe them (surgeons) or choose to use them (patients).  They cannot enforce good decision making - only the access we have.


So, the FDA is saying there needs to be an age limit on who can have a breast implant.  Good for them - I think surgeons should say that too!  When you choose to have a breast implant - it's not like getting new colored contacts or purple streaks in your hair or even like having Botox injected!  All of these cosmetic changes are TEMPORARY!  When you choose to have a breast implant implanted into your body - you are changing your body forever - for your life time.  And you are committing yourself to all of the maintanence that comes with it.......for your life time.


The very least we can do as responsible medical professionals, is try to help each patient, regardless of age, understand the committment and the pro and cons of each and every preoperative surgical decision that is made - becasue the better those decisions are, the better and longer the result will last.


Nothing last forever and that certainly applies to a breast implant device.  However, the decisions you and your surgeon make BEFORE surgery should be in an effort to make it last as long as possible for you.  For example, the number one reason for reoperation with a breast implant is SIZE - either they are not big enough and they want more (booby greed) or they get them so big to begin with that then they are faced with all the problems of the excess weight the implants cause over time - sagging, bottoming out, traction rippling.  So by simply employing scientificly proven clinical methods like The High Five System to determine size, the surgeon and patient can drastically decrease the risk of reoperation due to size exchange - - but they have to think past "cup size" first!


So, no, the FDA can't tell us how to use implants, but they can certainly control access and in this case - -the age issue - - they are trying to save us from ourselves.  Wait, young ladies, at least until you are 22 so that you have access to all of the best products and devices.  And while you are waiting, please read and gather and research as much information as possible so that when you go in for your consultations, you are prepared.  Your consultations with surgeons about breast implants, can only be as good as your questions, which will only improve as your knowledge base improves as well.

Saturday, December 4, 2010

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