Car Accident · Personal Injury

New Choices For Car Owners Due To Recent Revisions to Washington’s Automobile Insurance Laws

Washington has, for more than a decade, required those who own a car to insure their car. This insurance paid your medical bills if you were injured in an accident. In addition this mandatory insurance paid money you were obligated to pay by operation of law, e.g. to cover pain and suffering for those involved… Continue reading New Choices For Car Owners Due To Recent Revisions to Washington’s Automobile Insurance Laws

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The Political is Commercial: Washington’s Revolving Door

The political is commercial — it’s a play on the seventies slogan, “the personal is political.” But it’s true and it came to mind recently as I read Eleanor Bloxham’s article about SEC Chair Mary Jo White and Washington’s “revolving door.” To put it simply: government jobs are worth something to law firms and corporations… Continue reading The Political is Commercial: Washington’s Revolving Door

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Let’s Take Constitution Day Seriously

September 17 is Constitution Day in America; an ideal time to reflect on the challenges our Constitution faces today. Two hundred and twenty six years ago, delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia signed the proposed Constitution and left Independence Hall. Outside, a passerby asked a delegate, Ben Franklin, what kind of government had emerged.… Continue reading Let’s Take Constitution Day Seriously

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For the Public Good? Nonprofits & Political Donations

What is a charity? In general, we think of it as an organization that does something to further the public good, doesn’t make a profit and is tax-exempt. We feel good about giving to them because they help people or do something good for society. But charities and nonprofits are a murky world these days.… Continue reading For the Public Good? Nonprofits & Political Donations

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Sober Drivers Stopped for DUI: How Often?

We occasionally note in our blogs on Thedominguezlawfirm.com what we regard as a critically important balance in a democratic society, namely, this: the tempering of the state’s power to stop, question and arrest members of the public with an individual’s legal right to be treated with fundamental fairness in his or her interactions with law… Continue reading Sober Drivers Stopped for DUI: How Often?

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Louisiana Car Wrecks and Sleeping Driver Laws

The roads are a dangerous place, a fact more and more Americans are becoming increasingly conscientious of with all of the new distracted driving legislation taking place. A proposed bill in Louisiana, however, does not seek to stop drivers from texting while driving, chatting on the phone while driving or even from driving under the… Continue reading Louisiana Car Wrecks and Sleeping Driver Laws