It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time to discuss wellness. Today’s topic: tips on recognizing and responding to anxiety.
I’ll cut straight to the chase: I recommend The Legal Burnout Solution: How to Identify and Manage Attorney Anxiety. It’s by Cynthia Sharp and Rebecca Howlett and appears in the latest report from the ABA’s Solo…
Nominations for the three State Bar seats on the Judicial Nominating Board will take place on the floor at the VBA Annual Meeting on September 30 at Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee
Members in attendance at the business meeting that day will nominate candidates for the Bar seats on the JNB. Elections will be held…
In February, I blogged about an advisory opinion in which the North Carolina State Bar addressed a lawyer’s professional responsibility to learn to identify a common trust account scam.[i] The opinion concluded that failing to recognize the scam violated the duties of competence and diligence. In doing so, the opinion cited to “the…
Computer tech support scammers are imposters that immediately gain trust by using well-known company names like Norton, Microsoft, or Apple, or by expressing a desire to help fix a daunting problem. Ranking third among the scams with the highest dollar loss, $695,240, in Vermont in 2021, this scam is historically successful due to its ability to…
DeucesBy Andy DelaneySCOTUS issued a whopper yesterday and we’ll leave it at that. SCOV’s offering from yesterday is far more mundane. As we all know, jurisdiction matters. No jurisdiction? No case. Here, defendant was tried and convicted. He sent a pro se motion for a new trial to his mom to file but for whatever…
‘Nuff said. By Andy DelaneyAs you might have guessed (or not), there were no opinions the past couple of weeks. But one issued Friday. I opened the link thinking we were going to be talking about medical negligence due to the case title (Kelly v. The University of Vermont Medical Center), but this…
In a new variation of the family emergency scam in which scammers are demanding that cash be handed over in person to a “courier.” By presenting a fake emergency in which their loved one needs help getting out of trouble, scammers pressure panicked family members, including grandparents, into acting before they can realize it’s a…
The Consumer Assistance Program (CAP) has received scam reports from Vermonters who have reported receiving calls from scammers claiming to be grandchildren or lawyers representing loved ones in an emergency and that money is needed. When contacted by someone who asks for money, a gift card to be purchased, funds to be wired, or for…
There are only two kinds of food a newborn baby can eat: breastmilk and simulated breastmilk, otherwise known as baby formula. months. The parents that have been navigating this well know best, but perhaps I can help simplify some of the information that has been circulating. Continue reading →
In a joint press conference last week, Governor Phil Scott announced that the state has committed $6 million in brownfields funding to redevelop a parcel of land along Pine Street in Burlington. The eight-acre parcel at 453 Pine Street has been vacant for decades due to redevelopment issues associated with its proximity to the Pine…
