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Guests from Kansas and Tennessee discuss the growth of medical debt lawsuits, their impact on patients, and efforts to mitigate these suits on Talk Justice. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on this issue in Kansas in an article, “In This Kansas Courtroom, the Hospital Dominates the Docket.” A hospital sued 400 of the 9,000 people living in Pratt County over a period of less than a year. Meanwhile, a Tennessee pilot program gives patients a better option through online dispute resolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special, high-energy episode, we’re getting down and dirty and talking about fixing your firm. Consider this is a “visit to the doctor.” What’s ailing your firm? Guest RJon Robins is the founder and CEO of the firm How To Manage A Small Law Firm. He fixes things. Get real about the cost of client acquisition, marketing, revenue building, financial control, and finally your life as a business owner. Start with knowing that when you hang out a shingle, you run a business. You just happen to be a lawyer. Lots of lawyers have gone through what you’ve gone through. How do you turn your passion for the law into a profitable business? Hear how you can focus on the fundamentals of running a real business. Law firms are simple, at their core. Don’t overthink it. Lawyers have been running businesses for a thousand years. Learn the core nuggets that will drive your business. No fads, just the honest realities of business. No excuses. Learn how your firm can serve you, instead of you sacrificing for your firm. Get fired up, take charge, and get ahead.Mentioned in This Episode:Join the next Community Table live. What’s on your mind?Profit First for Lawyers, by RJon RobinsRJon Robins Podcast How To Manage A Small Law Firm, Free Resources Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How will AI help us help workers injured on the job? What voids will AI help us fill as we work to help people get back to work and life? Treatment authorizations, document delivery, and automation of mundane tasks such as signature acceptance help an injured person get back on the job faster and speed operations for the adjuster. Let’s work together. As guests from digital communications platform Gain Life Tycho Speekenbrink and John Peters explain, claims are complicated. But automation can help speed the process by analyzing how prior cases and even patient locations have worked in similar cases. Today’s tech can help both sides eliminate bottlenecks, including routine treatment approvals, medical appointment scheduling, even transportation to and from care. Hear how AI can accelerate and simplify the process. Can AI help adjusters get past routine tasks and learn a little bit about empathy and collaboration, things that work for both the worker and the adjuster? Workers’ Comp is struggling to get past the old “snail mail” and paper files era. Hear how AI can advance reaction time and attract new, younger, talent that has grown up in the digital age. The systems aren’t yet perfect, but you don’t want to be left behind. Change (for the better) is coming. AI won’t replace adjusters and attorneys, but it will help them do their jobs better.Mentioned in This Episode:“AI Sparks New Era In Empathetic Workers' Comp Claim Management,” PropertyCasualty360, by Tycho Speekenbrink and John Peters (free registration required)OpenAI ChatGPTGoogle Gemini AICoursera Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Were the Beach Boys once on track to become America’s version of the Beatles? Surprisingly, maybe. Disney recently put out a less-than-stellar Beach Boys documentary, so Jared takes on the task of dishing on the true talent, grit, beauty, and tragedy of the group’s career. Next, We all have connections that carry the potential to be valuable in our professional lives, but if those connections are difficult to maintain, possibilities may slip away. How can attorneys deepen relationships and strengthen their business opportunities? Just like everything else—with AI, of course! Jared talks with Jody Glidden about new AI-fueled software that helps attorneys with front-office tech geared toward nurturing your network.And last, Jared hands over the Rump Roast to Real Housewives superfans Ally Kvidt and Lindsey Egan! As it turns out, Jody is a regular on Real Housewives of Miami (gasp!). So, now it’s their turn to dish on the talent, grit, beauty, and vapidity of the RHOMers. Plus, you’ll finally find out whether Jody and Lisa really stole that waffle iron.------Good, good, good, good vibrations (oom-bop-bop). This episode's playlist is all about the inventors of the California sound: The Beach Boys.-----Our opening song is Two Cigarettes by Major Label Interest.Our closing song is Kokobongo by Alessandro Gugel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The separation of church and state has always been a contentious topic in political circles. Now more than ever, we are seeing religion & our government collide in our classrooms and before our Supreme Court. On June 19, 2024, Louisiana governor Jeff Landry signed into law legislation requiring a poster-sized display of the Ten Commandments in “large, easily readable font” in all public classrooms, from kindergarten to state-funded universities.In this episode, Craig is joined by Rebecca S. Markert, Vice President and Legal Director at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, as they discuss Louisiana's Ten Commandments classroom law, the separation of church and state, and what this could mean for classrooms across the country.Mentioned in this episode: We Dissent PodcastJustice Department Press Release on DOJ v. Live Nation-Ticketmaster Lawsuit Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today’s world, our first instinct is to add. Do more. Consume more information. But, should we be subtracting instead? Doing less. Simplifying.  In today’s episode, Stephanie talks with author Leidy Klotz about his book, Subtract, and why taking away should be part of our decision-making toolkit.  Links from the episode:  Check out CosmoLex!  Subtract by Leidy Klotz   If today’s podcast resonates with you and you haven’t read The Small Firm Roadmap Revisited yet, get the first chapter right now for free!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On November 20th 1999, Angela Garcia’s home caught on fire. Surprised and crawling in the dark, she was not able to find her children before the blaze forced her to jump out of a 2nd floor window. She ran to get help but tragically her children would die before anyone could reach them. The State wrongfully accused and convicted her of arson and murdering her family. After nearly 20 years in prison, the prosecution’s case began to fall apart for lack of evidence. A “dark plea” was offered to Angela in May of 2016. If she accepted, she would be released from incarceration in 5 years. But there was a catch, she would have to admit to guilt. What would you do? This is her story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

They're not sending their best.-----The Department of Justice has appointed special counsel to investigate politically charged cases for over a century. But Judge Aileen Cannon decided she has found a nugget of wisdom that every judge since the late 1800s overlooked and jettisoned Trump's classified documents case claiming that Jack Smith's was unconstitutionally appointed. Another of Trump's appointees stepped down after the circuit compiled nearly 1000 pages of misconduct allegations against him. And Northwestern's overwhelmingly white faculty isn't white enough for some and they've filed a lawsuit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There has been a lot of talk and concern about generative AI tools and how they are changing the legal industry.A major worry for many lawyers is that these tools could replace them or make them redundant.But what about the potential of generative AI to help lawyers generate business, market themselves more effectively, and make more money? On this month's episode of the Legal Rebels Podcast, Gyi Tsakalakis, founder of AttorneySync and EPL Digital and digital marketing expert, talks about how generative AI can help lawyers generate business and market themselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer is conference season, and whether you love them or dread them, it’s wise to prepare a positive mindset before you go. Learn how to enjoy and benefit from the “forced fun” of these events while protecting yourself and your reputation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices