For those who really do understand artificial intelligence, please let me know if I have this all wrong. But today I listened to the local public radio station (WHYY Studio 2) where the topic was bonding with a chatbot. It
On Friday I did a lengthy interview with a law student tasked to interview me about my history as a “negotiator.” I never viewed myself in that way until he asked me. Then I realized that modern day lawyers spend
For many, many years the psychological and legal communities have grappled with what both would describe as emotional abuse on the part of parents. The current diagnostic analysis (called DSM-V) says that child psychological abuse is defined as “nonaccidental verbal
We’ve tried staying away from this subject because it seems so political. The Democrats are shreiking that the Republicans are about to “gut” Social Security and Medicare. The Republicans flatly deny that. Meanwhile both parties joined to pass a Social
At the risk of becoming tedious, we note the Department of Justice issued a press release last week vowing to “investigate and hold accountable medical providers and pharmaceutical companies that mislead the public about the long-term side effects of chemical
Goforth v. Goforth, (700 WDA 2024) is an enforcement action where the parties agreed to divide proceeds from a marital home sale but liens against one spouse corrupted the written settlement.
During their marriage the parties acquired a home together
Yesterday was oral argument in the U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor, a case pitting religious liberty of parents against the authority of schools to manage curriculum. The argument is already posted and you can listen to it here.
A report last week from an outlet called Moneywise found that for 65% of American women personal finances were their greatest fear. We don’t have data for the men but one can infer that the percentage is probably close to
In late 2022 the Supreme Court’s Domestic Relations Rules Committee recommended that the rules concerning unreimbursed medical expenses in support be revised. Yesterday, 28 months after the recommendation was advanced the Supreme Court amended Pa. R.C.P. 1910.16-6 in several important
Today is the day American taxpayers all line up to be “counted.” It is also a time when we naturally think about what we own and whether it will be enough. Part of trying to make certain it is enough