Super Lawyers Legal Issue Articles
Bankruptcy: Consumer
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Is Bankruptcy the Right Solution for Your Financial Woes?
What to consider when facing bankruptcy in New Jersey
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Bankruptcy Considerations for Small Businesses in Pennsylvania
Your business structure can limit your options, so plan ahead
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What is Lien Stripping?
The Chapter 13 process might help you save your home from foreclosure in Ohio
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Business Litigation
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How to Sell Craft Beer Without Brewing up a Legal Storm
Legal advice on tap in Colorado
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10 Tips to Avoid Legal Pitfalls in Business
Super Lawyers selectees weigh in on practical legal considerations for businesses
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Help Your Internet Startup Dodge Litigation Landmines
Hoping for the best and planning for the worst in Florida
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Civil Rights
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‘Am I Free to Leave, Officer?’
Helpful legal tips should you face police misconduct in Colorado
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How to Ensure Your Vote Will Count in Wisconsin
What you need to know about your voting rights
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What You Need to Know About New York Voting Rights
Civil rights lawyers weigh in
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Consumer Law
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How to Make Payday Loans Work for you Instead of Against You
Avoiding problems with payday loans in Illinois
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Hacking and the Fear Beyond Data Theft
Issues for New York's individuals and companies and getting ahead of the problem
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Your Rights at 10,000 Feet
What an airline legally can and can’t do when it overbooks
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Criminal Defense
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Florida’s New GPS Law and Where It Applies
Private citizens who use GPS devices against others now face criminal prosecution and penalties
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What to Know about Open Carry Laws in Texas
The new law has created questions among handgun owners who possess a concealed handgun license
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How Civil Asset Forfeiture Works in Illinois
How you can lose your property even without a conviction
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Criminal Defense: DUI/DWI
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DUI FYIs in NYC
Tips from local attorneys—and watch out for those Manhattan juries
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The State of DUI Law in Illinois
How new laws in Illinois affect drivers facing the consequences of a DUI arrest and conviction
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What Happens When You Get a DUI as a Commercial Driver?
Holders of CDL face tough consequences in Arizona
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Elder Law
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When Seniors Talk, Money Walks
How to protect yourself, or a loved one, from financial exploitation in Minnesota
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How to Fight the Rise of Elder Abuse in Colorado
Legal tips to combat exploitation
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How a Guardianship Works
How Ohio courts assign decision-making authorities when an elder can no longer tend to their needs
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Employment & Labor
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Am I an Independent Contractor or Employee?
This classification is Uber-important for many reasons in Florida
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Workplace Privacy in the Facebook Age
What employees can expect from employers in New York
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Suing for Retaliation, If You Whistleblow While You Work
The process of a workplace retaliation lawsuit in Louisiana
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Estate Planning & Probate
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Making the Pieces Fit
Three attorneys’ tips for setting up an estate plan in New York City
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Estate Planning in Oregon
Privacy, taxation and preparation considerations everyone should think about
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Crunching the Numbers of New York’s Estate Tax Laws
Planning early can pay off in the end
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Family Law
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What Happens to the House, the Car, the Dog?
How dividing assets typically works in a Minnesota divorce
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Can I Get Maintenance From My Spouse?
How the Kentucky courts decide spousal support in a divorce
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Let's Talk: The First Step of Divorce
Missouri and Kansas attorneys say communication is key
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Health Care
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Fighting Insurance Companies When They Deny Your Medical Treatment
How to file an appeal and bad faith lawsuit in California
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With Liberty and Health Care for All
What legal issues have arisen in the wake of the Affordable Care Act?
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Immigration
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Where Colorado’s Latinos can turn when they have legal issues
Just Say ‘No’ to Notarios
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A Few Words About Immigration
Three Portland attorneys cut through the campaign rhetoric
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You Don't Have to Live Like a Refugee
The rules affecting refugees and asylum seekers in Florida
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Insurance Coverage
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Weathering the Storm
Before the hurricane hits, find out if your insurance policy will leave you under water
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Intellectual Property
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Copyright Law in the Digital Age
The trouble with copy and paste
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Reposting Without Permission Could be a Costly Mistake
Digital rights and wrongs
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Untangling the Web
The do’s and don’ts of online startups
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International
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Traveling to Cuba: What to Know
Legal restrictions have eased, but aren't gone
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Personal Injury - General
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Protecting Yourself (Legally) During Extreme Sports in Colorado
A form of release
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Whose Fault is It?
How to determine fault and recover damages in a Tennessee car accident suit
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Can I Sue When Someone’s Dog Bites Me?
The laws regarding dog bites in Nevada
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Real Estate
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What to Know About Listing Your Apt on Airbnb
Considerations before you decide in NYC
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Security Deposit Law in Maryland
Whether you’re a landlord or a tenant, protect your rights
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Rules on Fencing Property in Pennsylvania
Considerations for before you decide to build
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Tax
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Massachusetts’ New Earned Income Tax Credit and Your Tax Return
Qualification considerations and what you can expect
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Taxing Situations for New Yorkers
What to do if you owe Uncle Sam backtaxes
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What Happens if You Don’t Pay Your Taxes?
The IRS has three types of agents; you want to avoid the third
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Workers' Compensation
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How to Make a “Clear and Convincing” Argument in a Workers’ Comp Suit
Louisiana’s standards of proof for disability claims
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