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30
Aug
2010
Study on Dog Bites and Victim Behaviour in US
Dog bites often feature tales of persons attacked outside their homes – on a sidewalk, by the lake, in a park – by a dog on the loose that is unknown to them.
That certainly happens often enough, but a new study by researchers shows strongly that many, if not most, dog attacks – at least where children are concerned – occur in the victim’s home or another home routinely visited by the victim and involve either the family pet or another dog known well by the child.
The study examined information on more than 500 children under 18 between 2003 and 2008 for dog bites to the face. Most commonly, the victims were five years of age or younger, and knew the dogs that bit them in virtually every instance. In almost half the cases, the animal was the family dog. In other instances, the dog belonged to a friend, relative or neighbour.
Why do kids get bitten? For starters, it usually happens when they are alone and did something to provoke the attack, such as playing or petting too forcefully, surprising or stepping on the dog – in short, things that children do because they take an animal for granted.
What researchers want people to take away from the study is that any dog can bite, and that a biting episode depends less on breed than on it does on early experience, socialization and – especially where a child is the person bitten – victim behaviour.
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11
Aug
2010
Litigation Outsourcing in 2010
2010 recent study suggests daunting picture to corporate counsel struggling with shrinking legal budgets. Large cap companies will see an increase in matters in 2010 as compared to 2009.
During the slowdown, it is expected that litigation matters in various fields will increase. Moreover, the slowdown will bring with it new, multifaceted regulation leading experts to believe that complex litigation will also grow.
Because of the slowdown, law firms are figuring out alternative fee arrangements for their law firms. Many of the law firms have responded by cost cutting methods. They have also sought the other way by outsourcing their work for pre-litigation, litigation and non- litigation matters.
Outsourcing by setting up their own back up office or through a retainer is working successfully for the law firms. Many have entered into deals with some prestigious outsourcing companies.
However, the problem arises with these client companies are to manage the process of outsourcing. Basic issues which always concern them are of security, quality, productivity level, handling procedures and many more.
At Xxon we believe in direct relationship between client company and outsourcing provider can offer the most effective and efficient legal services. Once we are aware about your needs, style, and requirement we adept ourselves in such a position that it helps overall improvement and development of legal business processes.
Feel free to contact us to discuss your legal support strategy for the upcoming year.
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5
Aug
2010
Teens Know Distracted Driving Car Accidents Kill, But Text, Call Anyway
In a very interesting reporting by USA Today reveals that America’s teens seem to have a disconnect between what they’ve been told and what they do. They’ve been told and given fair warning that distracted driving is deadly, killing 6,000 Americans yearly and injuring hundreds of thousands. Yet 86 per cent of teen drivers indulge in distracted driving anyway, often in the form of texting or making cell phone calls while at the wheel.
USA Today via a study conducted by Seventeen magazine and AAA auto club brought this fact in limelight. It reported other common forms of distracted driving among teens as eating, adjusting a music device, applying makeup and driving with four or more other teens in the vehicle.
Actually, texting wasn’t the top distraction revealed by the survey.
The worst was adjusting a radio, CD or MP3 player, with 73 per cent of teens doing this. That was followed by eating while driving, 61 per cent; talking by cell phone, 60 per cent; and texting, 28 per cent.
Thirty states and the District of Columbia now ban texting while driving. Texas only bans texting for inexperienced drivers.
Other survey findings were that teens 18 and 19 years old are more likely to engage in distracted driving than those who are 16 and 17 years old, and that teens who own their own car are more apt to be distracted drivers than teens who share a vehicle with others.
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