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• Health insurance companies - Who's the real "Sicko"

  Gary Shipman | July 06, 2007 6:56 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  You and/or your employer pay valuable money for the premiums on your health insurance. You've been told what your coverage includes and doesn't include. You have a "basic" understanding of what your contribution may be (i.e. co-pay). You therefore gain a piece of mind (albeit a false one) that when you or your family needs medical treatment, "cost" is no longer an issue. How wrong we are.Michael...

• Health insurance companies - Who's the real Sicko?

  Gary Shipman | July 06, 2007 9:15 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  You and/or your employer pay valuable money for the premiums on your health insurance. You've been told what your coverage includes and doesn't include. You have a "basic" understanding of what your contribution may be (i.e. co-pay). You therefore gain a piece of mind (albeit a false one) that when you or your family needs medical treatment, "cost" is no longer an issue. How wrong we...

• Dietary Supplements: Where is the FDA?

  Matt Buckmiller | June 28, 2007 2:54 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  To put it mildly, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") regulates dietary supplements much differently then their regulation of prescription and over the counter drug products. "Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the dietary supplement manufacturer is responsible for ensuring that a dietary supplement is safe before it is marketed. Generally,...

• Dietary Supplements: Where is the FDA?

  Matt Buckmiller | June 28, 2007 1:51 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  To put it mildly, the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") regulates dietary supplements much differently then their regulation of prescription and over the counter drug products. "Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA), the dietary supplement manufacturer is responsible for ensuring that a dietary supplement is safe before it is marketed. Generally,...

• Double Dipping and the Erosion of the Duty of Loyalty: The common practice of dual agency by Real Estate Brokers

  Matt Buckmiller | June 19, 2007 5:32 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  In the hopes of obtaining more listings, greater commissions, and overall greater profits, real estate brokerage firms in North Carolina commonly engage in the practice of dual agency whereby they act as both the seller's agent and the buyer's agent in the sale of a particular piece of real estate. one form of dual agency, one broker from a real estate firm will act as both buyer's and...

• Double Dipping and the Erosion of the Duty of Loyalty: The common practice of dual agency by Real Estate Brokers

  Matt Buckmiller | June 19, 2007 3:12 PM | 1 CommentWilmington, NC

  In the hopes of obtaining more listings, greater commissions, and overall greater profits, real estate brokerage firms in North Carolina commonly engage in the practice of dual agency whereby they act as both the seller's agent and the buyer's agent in the sale of a particular piece of real estate. In one form of dual agency, one broker from a real estate firm will act as both buyer's and...

• 2007 Hurricane Season: Do you have your Hurricane Kits ready?

  William Wright | June 12, 2007 4:38 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  With the new Hurricane activity forecast out from the good Dr. Gray, http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts/2007/june2007/ it is time for eastern North Carolinians to prepare for hurricane season. Most people know or should know the necessity of preparing a hurricane kit complete with essentials (candles, water, can goods, fuel, first aid kit, weather radio, cash, etc...) to keep a...

• Who/What is Your Personal Injury Attorney?

  Gary Shipman | June 12, 2007 12:14 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  You Deserve the Best" "We'll Fight for You"As consumers, we are constantly hearing/seeing television and radio ads from law firms, seeking to have those injured in a car accident, on the job, as the result of medical negligence, or in a nursing home, call their offices. Those solicitations use persuasive, but often deceptive, "come ons" in an attempt to convince you to make that call. There...

• Hurricane season -- Do you have your Hurricane Kits ready?

  William Wright | June 12, 2007 12:10 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  With the new Hurricane activity forecast out from the good Dr. Gray, http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts/2007/june2007/ it is time for eastern North Carolinians to prepare for hurricane season. Most people know or should know the necessity of preparing a hurricane kit complete with essentials (candles, water, can goods, fuel, first aid kit, weather radio, cash, etc...) to keep a...

• Who/What is your Personal Injury Attorney?

  Gary Shipman | June 12, 2007 10:03 AM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  "You Deserve the Best" "We'll Fight for You"As consumers, we are constantly hearing/seeing television and radio ads from law firms, seeking to have those injured in a car accident, on the job, as the result of medical negligence, or in a nursing home, call their offices. Those solicitations use persuasive, but often deceptive, "come ons" in an attempt to convince you to make that call. There...