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Mark Roman | January 26, 2018 | news

Geico recently filed a lawsuit in a Florida federal court against the parent company of 411 Pain, the medical-legal referral service. The breadth of the suit is astounding. Geico’s legal complaint is almost 200 pages long, and alleges the referral service, along with many co-defendants, engaged in racketeering, illegal kickback schemes, fraud, and other serious… read more

Mark Roman | January 17, 2018 | news

President Trump recently took a physical to assess his overall health. Although these physicals are routine for sitting presidents, this one has gotten unusual attention because it included an additional component: a mental status exam. According to media reports, Trump had a memory screening exam added to his usual physical by White House medical staff…. read more

Mark Roman | January 9, 2018 | news

Many people in the auto industry believe driverless cars are the future. Depending on who you believe, these cars will either take over the market completely or be a large part of it within the next decade. Many states have not yet decided how to treat driverless cars legally. Florida is way ahead of those… read more

Mark Roman | December 20, 2017 | news, Personal Injury

This week brought grim news from Washington state: another passenger train derailment, apparently caused by speeding, which killed at least three people and injured many others. This crash joins a grim list: 1) A December 2013 New York commuter train derailment which killed four people; 2) A May 2015 Amtrak derailment near Philadelphia which killed… read more

Mark Roman | November 1, 2017 | news

Four years ago, I wrote a blog criticizing secret lawsuit settlements. Here’s one of the criticisms I made at the time: If a case settles confidentially, lawyers may lose the ability to share what they’ve learned with others. Lawyers handling the same type of cases may have to start from scratch, fighting tooth and nail… read more

Mark Roman | July 26, 2017 | news

Several years ago, court systems all over the country were in turmoil because of the home foreclosure crisis. First, courts got flooded with foreclosure cases. After that, courts struggled to figure out what to do when banks and other financial institutions were caught creating phony loan documents to try and show they held the mortgages… read more

Mark Roman | July 13, 2017 | news

Members of the public don’t generally spend much time worrying about the difference between our nation’s state and federal courts. Many are only dimly aware that we have those separate court systems in the first place. The same cannot be said for lawyers. Attorneys spend a lot of time worrying about whether their cases will… read more

Mark Roman | June 30, 2017 | news

As we head into the July 4th holiday, many Americans are looking forward to traveling, having picnics, and gathering with friends and family. While we encourage everyone to have a good time, we urge them to be sensible about how they do it. In case you haven’t heard them, we start with the depressing statistics…. read more

Mark Roman | May 25, 2017 | news

This blog usually discusses legal issues and topics. Once in a while, though, something else is important enough to be worth mentioning here. This is one such story. A Tampa area woman just set a world record for cycling. Amanda Coker, 24, just finished riding more than 86,500 miles in one year. This number is… read more

Mark Roman | April 14, 2017 | news

Legal writing is known for being stuffy and arcane. The terminology can be hard for lay readers to understand, and the writing is often dull. One of the hardest things for new law students is learning the lingo of old court opinions and articles. Fortunately, that is changing. Slowly but surely, lawyers and judges have… read more