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I try to keep this Blog fairly apolitical, but during an election season that can be difficult. My feelings about so-called “tort reform” are pretty clear: it is generally a terrible idea that only hurts the truly innocent- people who have been hurt by someone else’s negligence. That said, where do Obama and McCain stand…

Well, the world’s ugliest law blog has hit 30,000 unique visitors after a little less than 2 years of operations. Not bad for a blog concentrating on one of the more boring topics in the world: liens and subrogation. Here are the stats as of today: Maybe I’ll set my summer intern loose on trying…

I’m happy to say that today www.NCTriallawblog.com turned “10,000” so to speak. I’ve had 10,000 visitors since the “launch” of the Blog last August. Honestly, I have no idea if this is “good” or not, but it averages out to about 30 new visits per day, so I think in general, it’s been a good…

My new law firm website is almost ready to go “online” now. I need to upload some articles and make a few typo corrections, but it is ready to be viewed and critiqued. New Nichols Law Firm Website(beta) Check it out and feel free to comment here, or send me an email privately. Thanks, Chris…

This post is being placed under this heading in order to allow people to find this Blog easier with Google searching. The website is http://www.NCTrialLawBlog.com The topics of this Blog include: Medicare, medicaid, trial law, liens, subrogation, personal injury, ERISA, lawyers, and law The North Carolina Trial Law Blog is published by Nichols Law Firm…

Fine Discussion! Thanks to Health Plan Law.com for the positive mention of my recent post setting out practical guidelines for using the recent Supreme Court Ruling in Ahlborn to reduce Medicaid liens in personal injury settlements. Here is what they had to say: Nonetheless, U.S. Supreme Court has held that these provisions do not support…

My dog, Winston. About as excited as he ever gets when I’m blogging. I really do not intend to make the NCTL blog into some sort of law-like “My Space” and I promise we will keep things serious and on point, but I gotta tell you, when I’m reading articles on thrilling topics like “liens…

Well folks, a momentous day for the NC Trial Law Blog….this Blog was actually mentioned and linked in another legal Blog, Insurance Coverage Blog.  A positive review Here is the specific post from Insurance Coverage Blog that starts with an analysis of the “family member exclusion” and ends with the comment about my Blog. For…

This is the area to make any general comments about the Blog. You can comment below, make requests, complain, compliment, or whatever you would like. At some point, we will enable the function to allow other authors to post on this blog. Thanks for posting, Chris Nichols