Many types of people can be mediators: psychiatrists or businessmen; Lawyers; Educators; and others. To be certified by the Florida Supreme Court, a mediator must meet many requirements. There are ethical standards for mediators that have been adopted by the Florida Supreme Court. See the Standards of Professional Conduct in Part II of the […]

In most civil law countries, judges at all levels have received professional training in law, but in many other countries they are not. In England, the number of part-time lay judges is far higher than that of full-time professional judges. Called magistrates or justices of the peace, they handle more than 95% of all […]

Counsel from authors, doctors, lawyers, accountants, and business owners use warnings to protect against certain lawsuits. Professional advice is helpful when users misinterpret published documents as advice for their unique situation. At common law, disclaimers may also be a condition of the effective date of a licence (i.e., permission) to enter land. A landowner […]

Sometimes an entire industry is in the middle of an exciting period of innovation and expansion and becomes popular with investors. At other times, the same industry could stagnate and have little appeal to investors. Like the stock market as a whole, sectors, industries, and individual companies tend to go through cycles that deliver […]

Section 498(A) is the only section of the Indian Penal Code of 1860 that recognizes domestic violence against women as a crime. The insertion of Section 498A was made with the idea of reducing cruelty to women married to her husband and in-laws, and subsequent amendments were also made to the Criminal Procedure Code, […]