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Aaron Carter’s estate has settled its wrongful death claims against Walgreens and Santa Monica Medical Plaza Pharmacy. A court filing dated October 15, 2026, reported by Billboard and Rolling Stone, says the parties reached a settlement resolving all claims between the estate and the two pharmacies. The terms are confidential, so the amount has not…
On October 21, 2026, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a federal civil lawsuit against Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime attorney, Darren K. Indyke, and longtime accountant, Richard D. Kahn. The complaint alleges they helped finance and conceal Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking operation, including abuse at his former Zorro Ranch near Stanley, New Mexico. The state asks…
On October 14, 2026, the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed a trial court ruling that had recognized Kathleen Edwards’ right to live for life in a Salem, Oregon home she sold to her son-in-law, Scott Short, for $270,000. The home was worth about $398,000 at the time. The court held that the signed sale documents…
Do you qualify for the Progressive settlement? Quick answer: if Progressive paid a Texas PIP medical bill more than 15 business days after receiving it, you’re likely included. Progressive County Mutual Insurance Company agreed to a settlement capped at $8,000,000 in Koetter v. Progressive, No. D-1-GN-18-005132. There’s no flat check. You have until January 19,…
A federal appeals court has upheld the sweeping antitrust settlements that reshaped how Americans buy and sell homes, closing the door — for now — on a wave of objections from home buyers and sellers who argued they got shortchanged. What the Court Decided On August 19, 2026, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S….
Texas’s medical power of attorney is a separate legal document from the state’s financial durable power of attorney, governed by an entirely different section of law, with its own signing rules and its own built-in limits on what an agent can decide. If you’ve already looked into the Texas durable power of attorney form for…
A medical power of attorney names one person — your agent — to make healthcare decisions on your behalf the moment you can’t make them yourself. It’s a document almost everyone puts off, usually until a hospitalization or diagnosis forces the question, even though setting one up takes most people under a week and costs…
Florida handles power of attorney differently than most states in one important way: there’s no waiting period built in. Since 2011, Florida law requires every power of attorney to take effect the moment it’s signed — the option to delay authority until incapacity, common elsewhere, simply doesn’t exist here anymore for financial documents. That single…
There’s no clock built into a power of attorney. It doesn’t quietly expire after five years the way a passport does, and it doesn’t come with a renewal notice in the mail. A power of attorney lasts until something specific ends it — and which “something” applies depends entirely on the type of POA your…