Elder Law

Seymour takes steps to offer legal research resources – Citizen Online

Among the books that have been added as part of this effort: “Elder Law, Special Needs Planning and Will Drafting,” available at Seymour Library, covers how to draft a basic will; it provides a sample will, letters and checklists; and … Continue reading

PPP legal experts divided over contempt law draft – Pakistan News Service

The sources said that a senior law officer also expressed apprehension that the court might strike down the new proposed clause on the basis of its discriminatory nature in view of several articles of the constitution. “Why are we allowing … Continue reading

Court ruling may help reshape senior housing – Chicago Tribune

Baby boomers’ march to reshape senior housing got a boost from the Supreme Court’s affirmation of the Obama health care law, advocates say. “There’s room in the (law) for a lot of innovation in the coordination of care,” said Larry … Continue reading

Melville Law Firm Grows its Staff – Patch

Genser Dubow Genser & Cona (GDGC), an elder law and estate planning law firm based in Melville, announces the addition of Dana Walsh Sivak, Esq., 27, of Bayside, Queens, as an associate to their team of 11 attorneys.  Prior to … Continue reading

New Numbers on Elder Care – New York Times Blogs

Are sons and husbands catching up to daughters, daughters-in-law and wives, who in other studies make up … Sex differences show up here: Women spend an hour more on elder care on those days than men do. The survey, we … Continue reading

Law should treat all equally, senior priests included – Sydney Morning Herald

NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith has an irreconcilable conflict of interest in his decision whether or not to approve prosecutions against senior Catholic clergy for allegedly concealing serious indictable offences (”Clergy could face charges over alleged …

Leighton Fires Senior Manager in Iraq Oil Payments Probe – Bloomberg

Leighton Holdings Ltd. (LEI), Australia’s largest construction company, dismissed a senior manager in its Leighton Offshore … Leighton said Feb. 13 that it was examining possible law- breaking over payments made in connection with work …

Mandating overtime pay hurts caregivers and seniors – CNN

As the head of a home care agency in Massachusetts, I am required by state law to pay overtime to caregivers who are eligible. For those of us who hoped the law would result in caregivers earning more money, it … Continue reading

Senior detectives say new powers will be used against those who communicate with criminals – The Australian

Senior vice-president of the NSW Bar Association Phillip Boulten … rather than shooting each other,” Mr Boulten SC said. The president of the NSW Law Society, Justin Dowd, wrote to the state’s Attorney-General before the consorting powers were introduced …

Senior Irish Leader Backs Marriage Equality Push – Advocate

Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland Eamon Gilmore said that he believes the country’s law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry, making him the most senior member of government to give his support to the marriage equality campaign.