Tips for Car Seat Safety

​Here's a good blog article on properly installing and adjusting child car seats. Tips include:

• Proper placement of the chest clip
• Correct belt tightness and position
• ​How to clean your car seat
• When to replace your car seat

If you've got kids, this article is worth a read to make sure your kids are safe. ​

Nathan makes the Arkansas Bar Association's magazine — as a chef

The picture does full justice here...

Chaney Firm lawyers to teach CLE classes on bad faith, common auto defenses

​Nathan and Taylor are each scheduled to teach a continuing legal education class during a program sponsored by the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association on June 6–7. Nathan's topic is insurance bad faith, a topic on which Nathan has written before. His presentation will explain the different types of the tort, and will offer tips and advice on successfully bringing and proving a bad faith case against an insurance company. 

Taylor's topic will cover defeating the so-called MIST defense in auto injury cases.​ In many cases without much external damage to the vehicles involved, insurance companies will defend the cases on the theory that because the cars aren't hurt, the occupants of those cars shouldn't be hurt either. Taylor's presentation will focus on scientific literature published over the past 20 years that roundly rejects this theory, and will provide legal authorities showing that insurance companies cannot meet the burden of proving these flawed scientific arguments.

The CLE lineup contains several notable Arkansas lawyers, and we invite you to attend.​

Banish the Paper Blizzard, Part 1: Introduction

Since beginning the practice of law nearly a decade ago, I have studied the problem of paper overflow from the perspective of an attorney in a document-driven practice. Why listen to me? Well, I happen to have almost two decades of work experience with computer networking and administration. With the patient support of a willing lawyers around me, I have tried and discarded many options while navigating two firms to a workable paperless solution that provides the benefits we need at a cost we can afford. 

The purpose of this series is to provide you with insight on what I believe to be a better way to practice law.  I hope to help you establish a framework upon which you may build a less paper-reliant practice.  For most law firms, effective paper management necessitates a change in philosophy about when paper is truly necessary.  I hope this series encourages you to commit to such a change, as I believe it will improve your practice and ultimately your quality of life.

Why is intellectual property important? — Part 2

Justification No. 2: 

Intellectual Property = Big Business

Let’s look at the iPhone. It’s covered by 100’s or 1000’s of patents. There’s currently a worldwide patent fight between Apple and Samsung over phones and tablets. The loser gets products taken off the billion-dollar smartphone market.

Proponents say intellectual property helps companies bring cool new products to market.

Others think that being first to make a new product, or making the best product, results in the best company rising to the top.

Which argument do you think is better?