We continue our Friday round-up of what is newest, best and brightest at FindLaw.com. Below, you will find this week's offerings from various areas of FindLaw's unique content, including: core legal content, blogs, news and case law. Take a look at what's new:
Legal Blogs
- California Plaintiffs Can't Claim Billed Costs, Only Actual Costs: FindLaw's Decided dissects the California Supreme Court's ruling that personal injury plaintiffs cannot seek billed medical costs over actual costs paid by their insurers. Rebecca Howell, the plaintiff, was injured in an automobile accident. She sued Hamilton Meats & Provisions, Inc., in a personal injury lawsuit seeking damages for her medical expenses.
- ACLU Sues Over Kansas Abortions Being Barred from Insurance: The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the new Kansas abortion insurance regulations. FindLaw's Law & Daily Life looks at their argument that the Kansas abortion law, which forbids private insurers from covering the procedure if it's elective, is unconstitutional. The newly-passed law makes it illegal for private insurers to cover elective procedures.
- NY Lifeguard Fired for Refusing to Wear Speedo: FindLaw's Law & Daily Life looks at Roy Lester, a fired lifeguard, says a Speedo swimsuit ended his career.The Long Island native, 61, says he was forced out of his job as a lifeguard at Jones Beach because he refused to don a skimpy Speedo during his annual swim test. Why did he refuse? Well, Lester himself probably put it the best when he said that "there should be a law prohibiting anyone over the age of 50 from wearing a Speedo."
Legal Professional Content
New Technology Events Listings for Legal Professionals
- Conferences, webinars and other events are a great way to keep up with the latest and greatest in any industry. But these kinds of events are particularly helpful for those in the legal profession. That's why we have recently updated our Legal Technology Events and Conferences Page to keep our legal professional users abreast of all the relevant upcoming legal technology-focused events.
-- Compiled by Adam Ramirez, FindLaw Audience Team
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