Elder Law

Flint resident John Morgan’s death following utility shutoff highlights need for law change, lawmaker says – MLive.com

Home Ave., and sponsored by state Rep. Woodrow Stanley, D-Flint. A 2009 state law prevents utility companies from shutting off services to senior citizens in the winter, but it requires the elderly to self-identify themselves as seniors to the utilities.

Sunrise Senior Living posts modest gains in fourth quarter – The Business Journal

McLean-based assisted living home operator Sunrise Senior Living Inc. Sunrise Senior Living Inc … Ben Fischer covers health care and law.

Planning: A Q&A with attorney Richard Tizzano – Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal

Richard Tizzano has practiced law for 20 years, including more than a decade in Poulsbo (www.legalpeaceofmind.com). He limits his practice to estate planning and elder law, as well as guardianships and adoptions. Tizzano, who was also a minister …

North Georgia Elder Law & Estate Planning Attorney J. Kevin Tharpe Launches New Website – YAHOO!

The North Georgia law firm of J. Kevin Tharpe, P.C. recently launched a new website, providing a valuable online legal resource to current and potential clients in the areas of elder law, estate planning, long-term care planning and special needs … Continue reading

Driver course keeps senior citizens informed of changing laws – KPLC TV

The Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office and AARP put on a Driver Safety Course Thursday morning to refresh drivers of current laws and introduce them to new ones. The course is geared towards keeping Louisiana roadways safe by keeping drivers informed … Continue reading

Arrested ‘Senior Al-Qaeda leader’ not Al-Qaeda after all, freed in Egypt – Raw Story

Muhamed Makkawi, confused for the senior Qaeda militant known by the nomme de guerre … Makkawi had apparently come back to his native Egypt from Pakistan to clear his name after law enforcement agencies confused him with Adel, who was … Continue reading

Judge rules convicted lawmaker can stay on ballot – MyCentralJersey.com

Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Keith Quigley said case law is on DeWeese’s side, because the ban on felons serving in the Legislature applies only after a lawmaker is sentenced. A Dauphin County jury convicted DeWeese of felony counts of theft … Continue reading

Medicare: ‘Savings’ taken from senior wallets – Missoulian

It said, “In the first full year of the new health care law, 3.6 billion people in the government Medicare program saved $2.1 billion on prescription drugs in 2011.” One has to wonder how? I have service-connected diabetes and my … Continue reading

Judge rules convicted lawmaker can stay on ballot – Press & Sun-Bulletin

Commonwealth Court Senior Judge Keith Quigley said case law is on DeWeese’s side, because the ban on felons serving in the Legislature applies only after a lawmaker is sentenced. A Dauphin County jury convicted DeWeese of felony counts of theft … Continue reading

Milbank Boosts London Corporate Practice With Senior Linklaters Hire – Law.com

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy is set to boost its London office with the addition of senior corporate partner Mark Stamp from Linklaters, The Am Law Daily has learned. A well-placed source with knowledge of the situation said Stamp’s …