Chances are, you will never be sued.  According to U.S. News and World Report, “[t]here were 278,442 civil case filings in the U.S. in 2012, according to the latest government data.”  Though civil litigation is not exactly a rite of passage for most, still the time may come when you need to know how to...Read More

Between 2020 and 2060, the number of adults 65 and over is projected to increase by 69 percent, from 56.0 million to 94.7 million. As the population ages, so will the workforce.  With that, prospects for age discrimination grow.  A recent AARP study of adults age 45 and older found that more than 60% said...Read More

Want to obtain limited legal advice and consultation without paying thousands of dollars or more for drawn out legal representation?  A possible option, available in some but not all situations, is “unbundled” legal service.  Much is being written on the subject these days.  See, for instance, a wonderful piece written by North Carolina attorney Stephanie...Read More

Anyone who has bought or sold a house, applied for a credit card, opened a checking account, borrowed money, or purchased a new car is all too familiar with the accompanying flurry of paperwork. Within the assortment of forms and almost without exception, one will find a dispute resolution provision called an arbitration clause.  A...Read More

When Ben Rogers found his friend Tom Sawyer whitewashing Aunt Polly’s “thirty yards of board fence nine feet high,” he declared that he was going swimming and added, “Don’t you wish you could? But of course you’d druther work, wouldn’t you?” “What do you call work?” Tom asked, not to be outdone and eager to...Read More

PIC Group v. Landcoast Insulation was a federal case in Mississippi arising out of the death of a worker and injuries to six others following the collapse of scaffolding.  Claims for insurance coverage and indemnity followed, during the course of which requests were made for electronic data or what the Federal Rules call electronically stored...Read More

My father Frank D. Montague, Jr. passed away December 22, 2013, peacefully and surrounded by family.  The son of Ida Lois Polk Montague and Frank D. Montague, Sr., he was born in Hattiesburg on August 26, 1925, and graduated with honors from Hattiesburg High School. He obtained his law degree in 1950 and then a...Read More