2008 was a momentous year in the history of the United States. It was a year filled with highs and lows: Barack Obama won the US presidency, Lehman Brothers’ bankruptcy triggered an economic recession, the stock market collapsed, and pop princess Britney Spears was placed under conservatorship.
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
The above Jane Austen quote may be true in early 19th-century England. In 2020, the universally acknowledged truth is that a wife in possession of a bad husband must be in want of a good family law attorney.
The coronavirus outbreak has changed lives, and it will certainly change laws, too. For one, co-parenting difficulties have emerged. Even pop star parents are having a rough time not being a celebrity and unjustly being subjected to full-time parenthood.
“Will I feel the warmth of sun and the grass between my toes again?”
“What’s the outdoors like?”
“Would I get sued if I set foot outside my house?”
These are the right questions to ask if you’re self-isolating. It’s also okay to ask questions regarding the infection statistics in Washington or your legal rights during the pandemic.
Entire countries are on lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. That means families must self-quarantine indefinitely. In Washington, infection rates seem to be leveling off, but the overall outlook remains dire.
Being quarantined with your spouse for prolonged periods of time could result in mounting arguments over finances, housekeeping, and other issues.
One of the many precautionary measures that should be taken by everyone in the world today is avoiding travel. It’s to curb the coronavirus from sneaking past immigration, boarding planes, and touching down on everyone’s immune system.
The aviation industry is not the only one affected by the COVID-19 global pandemic; it has affected the legal system too.
The late Karl Lagerfeld once said, “Trendy is the last stage before tacky.”
He was in all likelihood referring to clothing fashion, but the same can apply to all sorts of trends, including hairstyle trends. Our legal take on this is: if being tacky is a crime, so many people should be imprisoned without trial.
Animals and humans have always had a complicated relationship. As personal injury lawyers, we’ve examined many different circumstances surrounding dog bite incidents. As it stands, we could only guess at dogs’ (and other animals’) motives for biting a human — not that we’ve ever needed to put a dog on trial.
Under the Washington Consumer Protection Act, consumers can file a civil case against enterprises engaging in shady business practices. But who needs laws and lawyers when you can take the law into your own hands by writing negative reviews on Yelp, TripAdvisor, or elsewhere? (For the record, you do need lawyers to help you recover monetary damages and to stop a shady business’s further deception.
For large doses of delight, adults and children alike turn to the wonderful world of Disney. And Disney’s talking animals, house of horrors, superheroes, high school musicals, and other otherworldly beings can all be experienced in their enchanted theme parks.