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Rising gas prices have many of us wondering where America’s next fuel source is going to come from. Some, including corn producers, have touted ethanol as a possible alternative fuel. Ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, is made by fermenting and distilling ...

Consumer Reports recently published a study that listed the top 10 cars. None of them were made by companies traditionally thought of as “American automakers,” the companies that built and for decades dominated the largest automotive market in the world. ...

At the end of this month we will celebrate Memorial Day, originally referred to as Decoration Day, a day set aside to remember those who had died in the Civil War. In 1868, General John A. Logan declared in General ...

The law strongly prefers settlements, and when disputes arise over those arrangements, the courts tend to rule favorably to the side of the settling party. A pair of recent rulings of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reflects this ...

One of the fastest growing types of phone service is called Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP. In fact, The Forrester Research Group predicts that nearly five million U.S. households will have VoIP phone service by the end of 2006. ...

We are now finishing up talking about the topic of “collecting” as the last area of the five areas that make up every business in the world. As we have stated, the other four areas are as follows: “Clients” or ...

When a golfer really “mis-hits” a shot, meaning a dreadful shank or a horribly “fat” or even a “sculled” shot, poor ball position is often the culprit. The bad news is that poor ball positioning is an epidemic widespread throughout ...

Think back to your first few years of practice. Did a more experienced adversary ever help you with a word of advice? I have two friends who have been practicing law for more than 30 years who tell similar stories ...

As divorce lawyers, we are intimately aware of the overlapping relationship between psychology and family law. In certain cases, we feel that we are practicing more psychology than law. At the same time, it is also not uncommon for clients ...

Lawyers may believe that a bank will only lend them money when they don’t need it. The reality is that to get a loan you need to establish an ongoing relationship with a bank so that it understands your law ...

Recently, a Michigan attorney employed an expert witness to provide opinions and testimony to support a plaintiff’s allegations of negligent security. This expert, who was not board certified as a “certified protection professional” (CPP), nevertheless made a good appearance and ...