Napoli Shkolnik Blog

Type II diabetes is a life-threatening disease, and as such, those who suffer from type II diabetes often turn to medication for help in treating the illness. One such prescription medication is Invokana (canagliflozin), which helps to lower blood sugar by forcing the kidneys to remove sugar through urination. However, in June 2016, the FDA…Read the article

As The New York Times recently reported, Uber drivers have won a tentative victory in their on-going legal battle to be classified as employees as opposed to independent contractors. Due to a North Carolina federal court granting conditional certification to a class-action lawsuit that was filed on behalf of several Uber drivers under the Fair…Read the article

In January of 2017, President Trump signed an executive order that has since become known as the “travel ban,” as it blocked the entry into the United States for those from certain African and Middle Eastern countries, including Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, including Syrian refugees. As federal judges acted to halt…Read the article

When you’re seriously injured in any kind of accident and it’s someone else’s fault, you deserve to get compensated for the harm that you’ve suffered. You could be subject to a range of debilitating injuries that could require years of therapy to recover from, if at all. And that doesn’t even begin to touch the…Read the article

In negligence cases, “damages” refers not to an amount of money but to a concept that victims should be restored to their condition before the negligence occurred; in this case, that negligence is exposure to dangerous asbestos. However, since no one on this earth has the power to turn back the clock to a time…Read the article

Eric Smokes and David Warren spent years behind bars after being convicted of murdering and robbing a 71-year old French tourist in the late 1980’s. Today, with Napoli Shkolnik Civil Rights attorneys Craig Phemister and James Henning on their side, the duo are looking to vacate the guilty verdicts against them. When the murder occurred,…Read the article

The below article originally appeared on ProPublica.org. The ongoing investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia involve reams of classified material. Yet Marc Kasowitz, the New York lawyer whom President Donald Trump has hired to defend him in these inquiries, told ProPublica through a spokesman that he does not have a security clearance —…Read the article

Nursing homes are designed to be places of safety and protection for those who are elderly, sick, and unable to care for themselves as such. Unfortunately, however, nursing homes are businesses, and sometimes, corners are cut for the purpose of saving on costs. As a  result of this, nursing home injuries occur at a surprisingly…Read the article

Webster’s defines “duty” as “obligatory tasks, conduct, service, or functions that arise from one’s position,” as in he has a “duty to support his family.” There are some other definitions as well, like a sense of duty propelled him to the battlefield, but none of these other meanings come as close to the term’s specific…Read the article

Before delving into the legal implications of a New York car crash, the first step is to label these incidents properly. There is a growing movement afoot to replace car accident with car crash. After all, some point out, trains derail, planes crash, and ships sink. Furthermore, these people claim, “accident” implies an uncontrollable event…Read the article