"Bird & Bird's international corporate offering is growing from strength to strength. In the past year we have launched some outstanding initiatives and welcomed 13 new partners to the team, an 18% increase from 2017. This rapid and strategic expansion helps to realize our vision to become the number one law firm in the world for organisations being changed by technology and the Digital World. Interestingly, nearly 30% of the deals we worked on in 2018 were crossjurisdictional."
Over the past 12 months our cooperation agreement with AllBright has led to a significant increase in mandates from Chinese clients, strengthening our China outbound and global corporate capabilities. We continue to support non-Chinese clients with their inbound legal requirements too. This is an area of growth for our team due to China's ongoing commitment to boosting its economy through working alongside foreign investors.
We have already started to benefit from having partners on the ground in the US, with our San Francisco office playing an important role in introducing our corporate capabilities to existing clients whilst strengthening our international team's reputation with US law firms.
We are seeing more diversity in the work we're completing, such as exploring recent rules changing around the investment in cannabis production to acting as nominated adviser and broker on the initial public offering of an advanced stage potash exploration and development company whose primary project is located in the Republic of Congo. Our clients are sharing the results too. The Nisus Client Satisfaction Survey reported our further improved client service since 2016 in areas including teamwork, market understanding and proactive communication.
We expect 2019 to follow the same upward climb, working collaboratively with colleagues to provide our clients with the advice they truly need.
"Despite the press around Brexit, our M&A team was incredibly busy in 2018. We have continued to see significant interest from acquirers, particularly in companies which are developing, or own, technology assets. Technology assets are currently able to attract strong valuations and deal terms."
While the continued uncertainty around Brexit is no doubt having an impact on the risk appetite of acquirers, we predict that non-UK acquirers will continue to show a strong interest in UK based assets and in using English law as the governing law for cross-border transactions. We have seen growing interest from buyers based in China and Japan, and predict that trend will continue.
As a result of recent changes to the rules requiring declarations with the Committee on the Foreign Investment in United States (CFIUS), we expect CFIUS considerations will have a strong impact on M&A transactions in the technology sector, particularly in respect of deal structure and timings.
We have seen a sharp increase in the use of W&I insurance on M&A transactions, typically at the request of sellers in order to mitigate the level of ongoing liability they are willing to assume, and particularly on exits in the technology sector. We predict that this trend will continue.
We have seen a significant number of technology convergence transactions in which non-technology companies acquire or make strategic investments in technology companies with a view to developing the acquirer's expertise and product offering. We are seeing increasing competition for venture capital and private equity investors from corporates in the technology sector, a trend which is likely to continue gathering pace.
Bird & Bird's M&A team was nominated for "M&A Team of the Year" at the British Legal Awards 2018 in recognition of delivering a complex, high value and multi-jurisdictional transaction in the cyber security space".
We advised Elcograf SpA, a major European printing group, on its acquisition of Clays. Clays is an iconic book production business that has been operating for more than 200 years and has printed many of the UK's best loved books, including bestsellers by the likes of J.K. Rowling and Dan Brown.
We advised DXC Technology, an American multinational end-to-end IT services company, on a number of matters including on its acquisition of UK-based TESM Limited, a global end-to-end ServiceNow partner and Sable37, a global software provider based in Melbourne.
We advised ELEVEN Sports, the main subsidiary of Aser Media on its sale of a majority stake to one of Poland's largest TV channels Polsat for 38 million. Eleven Sports is one of the fastest growing media companies, currently delivering premium sports action to 17 million paying subscribers in seven markets.
In the M&A market there is a continuing demand to reduce and manage due diligence costs. Bird & Bird has tried to address this through effective project management, through focussing on what really matters in the context of each transaction and through using an artificial intelligence tool, Luminance, to reduce the resource spent on manual document review and add value beyond what traditional legal due diligence processes are able to offer.
We continue to encourage acquirers to devote sufficient time and attention to due diligence on a target's core assets. This is particularly true in the technology space where unexpected issues surrounding matters such as ownership of intellectual property and third party license terms might not be immediately apparent but can turn out to have a significant impact on the value of the target.
"Over the last year we have seen funding options becoming increasingly international with more companies looking to foreign investors and markets for finance. Popularity of new growth markets is on the up. We are increasingly being asked to work with clients to assess eligibility and criteria of multiple international exchanges to ensure clients have the full picture when making the next step in their growth."
Whilst the Hong Kong and US markets were particularly active throughout 2018, deal volume and capital raised on European markets declined, particularly in Q4. This may be caused by heightened geopolitical tensions between the US and China and the trade restrictions being imposed. This, plus perhaps uncertainty over Brexit, impacted investment in AIM listed companies towards the tail end of the year despite investor successes in early 2018. Southeast Asia has performed well, raising comparatively more capital despite a slight drop in deal volume. This performance was led by Vietnam and Thailand which accounted for 78% of capital raised in the region.
In 2018 we signed up as global partners to ELITE, the London Stock Exchange Group's international business support and capital raising programme.
Supporting the growth of visionary, innovative and fast growing companies is at the core of Bird & Bird's offering so collaborating with ELITE is a very 'natural fit'. The relationship has developed across our international network including China, Dubai, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Saudi Arabia and Spain.
We advised Agillic A/S on its listing on NASDAQ First North Copenhagen (an alternative exchange based in Denmark and Scandinavia).
We advised Alpha FX, a foreign exchange specialist on its oversubscribed secondary placing raising 20m. The financing follows its successful IPO in 2017 and being named as 'deal of the year' by the London Stock Exchange.
We advised C&N Holdings Limited, a logistics company, on its IPO of, and 72m fundraise, on the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.
We advised Canaccord Genuity Limited as nominated adviser and broker on the initial public offering of Kore Potash plc on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange, with a market cap of AUS$92.6m.
We advised Liberum Capital, as sole bookrunner, on a secondary fundraising for AIM-listed Gresham House PLC, raising gross proceeds of 15 million.
We advised Banca Akros S.p.A., the investment and private banking arm of the Banco BPM S.p.A., as Sponsor and Global Coordinator for the capital increase of Industria e Innovazione S.p.A. subscribed by PLC Group S.p.A.
We anticipate that 2019 will be a better year all-round. Denmark and Sweden are seeing more listings on First North than ever before and this trend is expected to continue. The market correction suffered by the UK in October 2018 has resulted in many companies indicating a decision to IPO in H1 of 2019 instead. It is expected that there will be a resurgence in resource companies; these were badly hit in 2018 but given their continuing strong fundamentals, investors are likely to be attracted to these companies with favourable economics.
Growing urbanisation in China, Africa, South America and India accompanied by shrinking government budgets gives scope for the financing void to be filled by institutional investors and new legislation passed by the Italian government now encourages alternative forms of lending, such as mini-bonds, which can be listed on a new multilateral trading system, ExtraMot. The retail sector has struggled recently where the healthcare and technology sectors saw success in 2018. With the continued development of disruptive technologies in the form of cloud technology, machine technology and blockchain as well as recent entrants to the capital markets stage, cryptocurrencies and cannabis, we are looking forward to an active 2019.
"With many exciting companies throughout the world who are looking to disrupt traditional industries and business models, there is an ever-increasing need for the VC group to continue its focus on working with high quality start-ups with good growth and global potential. This year we are launching an online platform to guide and support fast-growing companies throughout their growth lifecycle. This platform will be an international offering for clients and potential clients looking to expand globally."
Market consolidation within the technology and communications field saw 2018's growing trend of ten-figure valuations for VC funding rounds, partly due to the `SoftBank effect'. Our core focus on technology has paved the way for involvement in exciting deals such as helping our long term client Darktrace, on its $50 million series E financing led by European private equity firm Vitruvian Partners with participation from existing investors KKR and 1011 Ventures. The deal gives the machine-learning cyber security company a valuation of $1.65 billion, making it our latest Unicorn client.
We continue to be involved in the venture financings of all types of technology across a broad range of sectors from fintech (with Blockchain technology expected to continue to attract significant attention from VCs and the venture arms of corporates), cybersecurity, life sciences and healthtech, insuretech, legaltech to the emerging and growing femtech, proptech and madtech sectors.
We have advised international venture capital firm Index Ventures for over a decade, including numerous investments in household names such as Citymapper, Property Partner, Notonthehighstreet, Astley Clarke and Just Park. In 2018 we advised Index on its Series A financing of FactoryMarket.
We advise Kreos Capital, the largest and leading provider of growth debt to high-growth companies, throughout Europe. We have advised on multiple loans to companies including Rockley Photonics, Seal Software, Currency Cloud and Mister Spex GmbH.
We advised 3ST Engineering Ventures Fund Pte. Ltd, the Corporate Venture Capital unit of SGX listed Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd, on its investment into Azendian Holding Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-based data analytics company.
We have advised Albion Capital Group, a leading independent investment manager, for over 7 years. In 2018 we advised on investments in over 17 companies across the UK, most commonly within the medtech and healthcare industry. The wider Albion Group has funds of over 1 billion under investment management or administration.
Technology has an every increasing place in people's everyday lives, so it continues to attract significant investment across the globe.
Political upheaval can also have a profound impact on growing companies. Brexit has the potential to shift the UK's attractiveness to start-ups and investors to other EU capital cities. Currently, the UK attracts about a third of all VC money available within Europe. Brexit has made raising money harder (following the vote, capital raised in Europe dropped 25%) and the biggest investments are coming from outside Europe. CFIUS is a powerful gatekeeper to major deals with the US (potentially regulation of start-up investments from foreign firms). It is also interesting to see Chinese, and other Asian VC investors increasingly looking towards Europe with interest as China's trade pressures with US continue.
We expect to see more financing activity at the later stage of a company's financing lifecycle and for this funding to come not only from the venture community but also from corporates who are increasingly realising that they are missing out on good opportunities to complement or ultimately improve their existing businesses.
"Throughout 2018 we are pleased to have continued to successfully establish new, and develop existing relationships, with local, regional and international private equity houses. Beyond assisting in local transactions and regional cross-border transactions, we have broadened our relationship with a number of private equity players, assisting them independently in two in several jurisdictions where Bird & Bird is active. Our clients have benefited from international coverage and appreciate our ability to combine robust transactional expertise with genuine wide sector knowledge."
In 2018, the strong trend among both traditional private equity funds and those originally more active on late-stage large-volume venture capital investments was towards more and larger investments in asset-light and IP-heavy industries. This trend essentially mirrors the general evolution towards an increasingly digitalized industry in many sectors.
Within this movement, private equity investors have become aware of the disruptive potential of relatively new market entrants within perceived "traditional" sectors and their value potential when their digital business model takes flight, e.g. logistics, healthcare, financial services.
The private equity market is becoming more international (including emerging markets) which complements our expanding global footprint. The landscape in the Nordic region is strong, with high fundraising activity anticipated in the next few years. As Bird & Bird holds the unique position of being the only truly integrated international law firm with offices in Sweden, Finland and Denmark we can capitalise on these growth opportunities.
We advised the Finnish construction equipment rental company, Renta (a portfolio company to the Finnish private equity firm Intera Partners) in their international expansion through the acquisition of the Swedish Stl och Hyr Group.
We advised vitronet and private equity house Deutsche Beteiligungs AG (DBAG) on a successful management buyout (MBO)-financing, including demand-oriented financing of future acquisitions. Central to the project was the refinancing of the purchasing price of vitronet Projekte GmbH that DBAG Expansion Capital Fund (DBAG ECF) paid in 2017, as well as further payments regarding completed add-on transactions.
We advised Stl & Hyr Group AB (and Intera Partners) on the add-on acquisition to private equity company's Finnish portfolio company Renta Group (owner of Swedish Stl & Hyr Group AB), we also advised Stl & Hyr Group on the acquisition of the holding company Sr Vs Intressenter AB owning all outstanding shares in Aros Hyresmaskiner i Vsters AB.
In 2018 private equity funds turned to Bird & Bird for support on various occasions, particularly for our sector expertise in digitalized business models. We expect this development to intensify in 2019, and senior fund managers will increasingly use their specialisation for certain sectors and evens subsectors like health-tech and SaaS-based business models to have a timing and potentially pricing advantage in completive deal opportunities.
Funds will have to combine such specialised investment approach with a buy-and build strategy as in many IP-heavy sectors large targets are scarce. When selecting the management team, investors will now increasingly be looking for a combination of entrepreneurial attitude and superior sector expertise. This may allow them to actively create a larger, and in the long-run, vertically integrated portfolio company.
Sivantos and Widex, which will create the world's third largest hearing aid manufacturer, a global R&D powerhouse as well as an innovation leader. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
in the sale of, and reinvestment in, the company.
company Prexton Therapeutics and its founders in relation to the sale of Prexton to Danish pharma Lundbeck, a global pharmaceutical company specialising in psychiatric and neurological disorders. Prexton applies a new scientific approach that fully integrates molecular, behavioural and chemistry technologies to address Parkinson's disease and other brain disorders.
leading Swedish open world game developer Avalanche Studios as they are acquired by entertainment company Nordisk Film. The transaction with Nordisk Film comes on the back of a first minority investment in Avalanche Studios in April 2017.
team at Anglo-Canadian insurance broker, Beach & Associates, in its acquisition by Acrisure LLC for a mixture of cash and share consideration. In addition to advising on the terms of the trans-Atlantic mid-market sale, we demonstrated our considerable expertise in structuring the management equity piece which represented around two thirds of the project.
(GE) on the sale of its global industrial solutions business to ABB Group which involved three major phases: legal due diligence, the pre-sale restructuring and the transfer of the business to ABB Group. The combination will allow ABB to provide a more technologically advanced and digitally connected offering to their customers.
minerals group on its acquisition of the business of Francis Flower, comprising two companies Francis Flower (Northern) Ltd and Gurney Slade Lime & Stone Ltd. Included in the purchase is the substantial Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag plant operated by Francis Flower on the British Steel site in Scunthorpe. It employs 130 people across four sites in the UK.
equipment rental company, Renta (a portfolio company to the Finnish private equity firm Intera Partners) in their international expansion through the acquisition of the Swedish machinery and equipment rental company Stl och Hyr Group.


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Beatrix Market brings variety to Loop campus
Mackenzie Born, Contributing Writer|April 9, 2018
The main area in Beatrix Market, a new dining option for DePaul students in the Loop campus. It features a salad bar, hot food bar, sandwiches and much more. (Photo courtesy of Mackenzie Born)
DePaul students now have a new food option at the Loop campus after the Tuesday opening of Beatrix Market.
A wall mural outside the new Beatrix Market, located directly next to DePaul Center.
(Photo courtesy of Emily Rutherford)
Part of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Beatrix Market has presented the perfect mix of convenience and variety for DePaul students and staff. Directly across the street the DePaul Loop campus on East Jackson, Beatrix Market offers a salad bar, hot food bar, sandwiches, pizza by the slice, coffee and sweets. And, for those of drinking age, there is a bar.
"We want to be part of the neighborhood," said Marc Jacobs, executive partner and divisional president of Beatrix Market.
We want to be a meeting place for the students, for the faculty, for people who work in the neighborhood. That's our goal."
— Marc Jacobs, Divisional President of Beatrix Market
Jacobs is the president and partner of popular spots around the Chicago area including Antico Posto, Ema, Beatrix, Foodlife and Mity Nice Bar & Grill, and he brings with him years of experience in the food industry. Plus, he has a close connection to DePaul, which he says is one of the reasons he chose this specific location.
"Emmys GF Coffeecake" has been the most popular sell among the bakery options.
(Photo courtesy of Lauren Taylor)
"DePaul was a big part of that – the density of both students and workers in the neighborhood is tremendous," said Jacobs, who has been an active member on the board for the DePaul School of Hospitality for over five years. "We are always looking for great talent in our business, and to be able to drive and pull from the school by being right here on campus was a great idea," he said.
Although still relatively new to the Loop, Beatrix Market is already populated with DePaul students. Anthony Wong, an undergraduate finance major, was there Wednesday for the second time since Beatrix Market opened.
"It's really convenient and I like the environment," said Wong, who sat on the downstairs level with his laptop, textbooks and a plate of food taking up most of his table.
"I think I'll be coming back here a lot more because the food is really good," he said, motioning at his mostly eaten meal.
Rebecca Akli, a DePaul undergrad from the College of Computing and Digital Media, sat with a friend near the window as they ate pizza by the slice. "I love it here," she said. Its proximity to her classes where she spends most of her days studying animation with a concentration in game art doesn't hurt either. "I will definitely be back for this pizza by the slice," Akli said.
The street level of Beatrix Market houses the trendy grab-and-go restaurant, filled mostly with its food and coffee bar, walls of premade snacks and meals, and some scattered seating for customers. But on the level below, accessible only by a wooden staircase in the corner, is a larger seating area and fully stocked bar, creating a very different ambiance from the busy market above.
"By being an all-day meeting place, we're open for breakfast, lunch and everything in between, and we also have a little bit of that after-work and after-school vibe with the bar downstairs," Jacobs said. "We're hoping to capture all the meal periods and just be a place where people feel comfortable, love the food, the drink and the community."
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Car Wreck in Howard County Injures State Trooper
March 18, 2013 by Jonathan Smith Leave a Comment
Maryland State Trooper Injured in Howard County Car Wreck
A car wreck on January 16, 2013 in Howard County injured Cpl. Matthew Telep, assigned to the JFK Barrack near Perryville. The car accident was believed to have been caused when his vehicle was cut off by an unidentified motorist, according to the Maryland State Police. The trooper sustained serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Trooper Telep was traveling in the eastbound lane of I-70 in Howard County when he was forced off the road and hit a tree. The magnitude of the impact trapped Telep in his vehicle until Howard County Fire Department personnel could extricate him. He was flown by helicopter to the University of Maryland Trauma Center.
At the time of the car wreck, Telep was returning from a work assignment, having escorted an oversized load from Baltimore to western Maryland that morning. A motorist called state police after the accident, claiming to have witnessed the car crash and indicating that Cpl. Telep had been cut off by another vehicle. Neither the vehicle nor its driver were identified.
Top-Ranked Ellicott City Car Wreck and Personal Injury Lawyer
Attorney Jonathan Scott Smith has fought for the rights of personal injury victims in car wreck cases in Maryland for more than three decades. He has built an outstanding reputation with clients and colleagues.
Mr. Smith's extensive trial experience — and track record of successful Past Results— has earned him the recognition of his peers and clients:
Maryland Super Lawyer.
"10.0 Superb" as a litigation attorney by AVVO.
"AV-Preeminent™*" Peer Rating by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (25 consecutive years).
"Client's Choice Award" by AVVO, based on average client reviews of 5 stars — the highest client review possible.
2013 Top Rated Lawyer by The American Lawyer magazine and Martindale-Hubbell.
2013 Top Attorneys in Maryland (American Registry)
These are the highest ratings possible for legal skill, ethical practice, a lawyer's years in practice, disciplinary history, professional achievements and industry recognition.
Lawyer Smith aggressively protects the rights of people who have been hurt, handling all types of car wreck and motor vehicle accident claims. He can help you pursue compensation if you have been injured in a hit-and-run car wreck.
To learn how we can help you obtain full and fair compensation for injuries suffered in a car wreck or motor vehicle accident, contact us online, or call 410-740-0101 to schedule an appointment.
We represent injured people throughout Maryland, including Howard County, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Frederick County, and Prince George's County.
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Drivers Die in Howard County Fatal Car Accidents
April 24, 2012 by Jonathan Smith
Deaths in Howard County Fatal Car Accidents
Tragically, many drivers and passengers die in fatal car accidents. In 2009, 547 people died from fatal car accidents in Maryland, according to Census Bureau statistics. Howard County is no exception. Just this month, two drivers died in separate fatal car accidents.
On April 16, 2012, the driver of a 1985 Mercedes apparently turned in front of another car on Robert Fulton Drive in Howard County. The driver was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he died of his injuries, according to news reports. On April 22, another driver's car left the road on Route 32 in Howard County and struck a tree, resulting in the driver's death, reported Howard County police.
Fatal Car Crashes Result in Tragic Deaths
Any fatal car wreck causes untold grief on loved ones, but fatal car accidents caused by another driver's carelessness is even more devastating. While nothing can replace a lost loved one, the law does provide for restitution from the negligent driver.
Legal claims for wrongful death of a loved in a fatal car accident include compensation for:
Medical Expenses.
Funeral Bills.
Lost income or earnings.
The victim's injuries, and pain and suffering.
Family members' loss of the relationship, including emotional pain and suffering, and loss of companionship, advice, counsel, and comfort.
Howard County Wrongful Death Attorney
Jonathan Scott Smith is a top-rated trial lawyer, with over 30 years of courtroom experience. As you can see by his background, Jonathan Scott Smith is an experienced, respected, and credentialed trial attorney. He has successfully handled wrongful death cases, including fatal car accidents, for over three decades. He fights hard for his clients. That's why many satisfied clients think so highly of him.
Mr. Smith's extensive trial experience — and track record of successful results in fatal car accidents and other cases — has earned him the recognition of his peers, with an AV® Preeminent™* Peer Review Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating process, and a 10.0 Superb AVVO rating. These are the highest ratings possible for legal skill, ethical practice, lawyer's years in practice, disciplinary history, professional achievements and industry recognition.
Ellicott City and Columbia Car Accident Attorney
If a driver's negligence or carelessness has caused the death of a family member in a fatal car accident in Howard County, you need an experienced wrongful death lawyer and car accident attorney. Jonathan Scott Smith will help guide you through this tragic loss, and help you obtain justice and closure. Call 410-740-0101 now, or fill out our intake form, to schedule a consultation.
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Car Accident Fatalities on the Rise among 16 and 17 Year Old Drivers
Maryland Car Accidents and Car Crash Fatalities: Give Them Good Driving Advice
While there has been a general downward trend in the number of car accident fatalities in Maryland and elsewhere across the country, preliminary numbers from the Governors Highway Safety Association in Washington D.C., indicate the trend is being bucked by 16 and 17 year old drivers. If the statistics bear out, this will mark the first time in five years that fatalities have increased.
There is some speculation that the cause in the rise of these teenage car fatalities is due to an improvement in the economy, where high gas prices and unemployment limited the driving of many teens. Others speculate that cell phone and texting are partially responsible for many of the teenage fatalities.
What Advice Can You Give Maryland Teenage Drivers to Help Them Avoid Accidents and Death?
Make sure they understand the rules of the road. This is important and can help them avoid an auto accident because of committing a traffic violation.
Teach them defensive driving. Being right doesn't mean they won't get hurt in a traffic accident caused by someone else.
Teach them to turn their cell phones off when driving. The temptation is too great to look at a text, or see who is calling when the phone rings.
Make sure they either have cab fare or someone they can call if they are too tired to drive. Driving tired, falling asleep at the wheel or not paying attention due to fatigue can all lead to a fatal car crash.
Let them practice driving when they are with you. The more they practice, the better drivers they will become.
If your teenage son or daughter was involved in a car accident or auto wreck fatality in the Baltimore, Maryland area, including the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), the B-W Parkway or one of the interstate highways (such as I-95, I-70), or major local roads such as Route 29 and Route 40, please contact an experienced Maryland personal injury attorney to ensure they and your family receive the advice, representation and counsel needed to make informed decisions.
To schedule an appointment, contact us online or call us now at 410-740-0101. Let us use our skill, experience, knowledge and resources to help you get full and fair compensation for your car accident injuries.
Attorney Jonathan Scott Smith represents clients in wrongful death cases and personal injury cases involving bodily injuries in auto accidents, truck wrecks, drunk driving wrecks and motorcycle wrecks on the Baltimore Beltway, Washington Beltway, MD 295, Baltimore Washington Parkway, B-W Parkway, I-695, I-495, Interstate 95 in Maryland, I-70, Maryland Route 32, U.S. Route 29, Baltimore National Pike, Route 40, I-83 and serious injury accidents throughout Maryland.
Ellicott City Car Wreck Attorney
Lawyer Smith also provides experienced legal representation for clients in Baltimore, Columbia, MD, Clarksville, Sykesville, Fulton, Elkridge, Frederick, Mt. Airy, Ellicott City, Laurel, Westminster, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Prince Georges (Prince George) County, Howard County and Montgomery County, MD.
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Driver Convicted of Wrongful Death in Fatal Car Accident
Accident in Car Results in Two Deaths
On November 10, 2010, a car accident occurred on Route 175 in Columbia, Howard County. A Saturn Ion that was traveling westbound on Route 175 was speeding in excess of the 55 m.p.h. speed limit on a spare tire. It crossed the median and then entered the eastbound lanes, crashing into a minivan, killing the driver. A passenger was thrown from the Saturn and also died. On April 11, 2012, the Saturn's driver, Joseph G. Lawrence, entered an Alford guilty plea to negligent manslaughter, according to the Baltimore Sun.
Fatal Car Accidents Claim Many Lives
In 2009, 33,808 people died in fatal car accidents in the United States, according to U. S. Census statistics. A car accident that results in deaths of loved ones leaves tragic and devastating consequences on surviving family members.
Compensating Victims of Wrongful Death in a Car Crash
No amount of money can replace a loved one killed by a driver's carelessness. Wrongful death can result in not only the loss of a loving relationship, but also medical expenses, funeral expenses, and lost income. Maryland law permits legal claims by the deceased's estate, as well as wrongful death claims by surviving spouses, parents, and children.
Howard County Car Accident and Wrongful Death Attorney
Jonathan Scott Smith is a top-rated trial lawyer, with over 30 years of courtroom experience. He has successfully handled many car accidents, fatal car accidents, wrongful death, and other injury cases. He fights hard for his clients. That's why many satisfied clients think so highly of him. Mr. Smith is considered to be one of the best lawyers in Howard County.
Mr. Smith's extensive trial experience — and track record of successful results — has earned him the recognition of his peers, with an AV® Preeminent™* Peer Review Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating process, and a 10.0 Superb AVVO rating. These are the highest ratings possible for legal skill, ethical practice, lawyer's years in practice, disciplinary history, professional achievements and industry recognition.
To schedule an appointment, contact us online or call us now at 410-740-0101. Let us use our skill, experience, knowledge and resources to help you get full and fair compensation for your car accident injuries and wrongful death.
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Successful Claim for Pedestrian Killed in Car Wreck Caused by Drunk Driver
March 6, 2012 by Jonathan Smith
Deaths Caused by Drunk Drivers in Car Wrecks
Too many innocent people are injured or killed by drunk drivers in Maryland and the United States every year. Tragically, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics reveal that over 13,000 people were killed annually in the United States by alcohol-impaired drivers. DUI drivers should be punished for causing fatal auto accidents, and make restitution to their victims. Mothers Against Drunk Driving was established to stop drunk driving and to support its victims.
Pedestrian Killed by Drunk Driver
On October 1, 2010, Scott T. Berenbach left a wedding reception where he had been drinking alcohol and chose to get behind the wheel of a car. He struck and killed Adam J. O'Connor, a pedestrian who was attempting to cross Ft. Smallwood Road in Anne Arundel County. Investigating police officers made Berenbach submit to an alcohol test, which revealed his blood alcohol level to be .07 – equivalent to driving while impaired by alcohol in Maryland. He later plead guilty to a drunk driving offense and was sentenced to jail.
Death Claim Settled Against Drunk Driver
The drunk driver's victim, Mr. O'Connor, left behind a mother and 15-year old daughter to grieve over the loss of their son and father. Attorney Jonathan Scott Smith, an experienced personal injury lawyer, represented the victims and successfully resolved their claims with the insurance company. The insurer agreed to pay the full policy limits. The money was used to pay for Mr. O'Connor's funeral expenses and to create a fund to pay for his daughter's future college education.
Drunk Driving Victim Attorney
Attorney Jonathan Scott Smith represents victims of drinking and driving accidents in wrongful death cases and personal injury cases involving bodily injuries in auto wrecks truck wrecks drunk driving wrecks and motorcycle wrecks
on the Baltimore Beltway, Washington Beltway, MD 295, Baltimore Washington Parkway, B-W Parkway, I-695, I-495, Interstate 95 in Maryland, I-70, Maryland Route 32, U.S. Route 29, Baltimore National Pike, Route 40, I-83 and serious injury accidents throughout Maryland.
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Baltimore Insurance Claims Adjusters and Other Car Insurance Representatives Are NOT Looking Out for Your Best Interest
Why Maryland Car Insurance Companies Are Not on Your Side after a B-W Parkway or Other Auto Accident
(Even if it is your own insurance company!)
Most people feel that because they pay their insurance company premiums, the insurance company is on their side. Many claims adjusters would have you believe the same thing, claiming they are trying to get you the most money in your pocket and telling you that you do not need a lawyer.
The fact is that insurance companies, and their representatives, are not on your side and do not even consider your interests. They are accountable to shareholders, who are only interested in profit. Profit is created by collecting as much as possible in car insurance premiums and paying out as little as possible in car accident claims.
Studies have shown, and it has been our experience as well, that the vast majority of people who hire an auto accident attorney net more money than they would have if they had accepted the initial settlement offer by the insurance company. Why else would an insurance company try to convince an injured party to settle without having a lawyer? Many people are not savvy enough to retain a personal injury attorney after a Baltimore car accident, which can be a catastrophic mistake. First, chances are you will not receive the compensation you deserve for your Maryland auto accident. Second, and equally important, without representation, you may prematurely sign a waiver, and not receive compensation if an injury sustained in a car accident manifests itself at a later time, which is not an uncommon event.
Insurance companies take advantage of your situation and your ignorance of Maryland personal injury laws. The insurance companies do not take any action before consulting their lawyers, why should you?
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Howard County Police Officer Injured by Alleged Drunk Driver
Drunk Drivers Cause Injuries and Deaths in Maryland
Drunk drivers are responsible for causing untold tragedies in Maryland every year. Unfortunately, drunken driving accidents are responsible for injuries to other drivers and passengers. Tragically, sometimes people have been killed by DUI drivers in fatal auto accidents. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics reveal that over 13,000 people were killed annually in the United States by alcohol-impaired drivers.
Recently, a Howard County police officer who was conducting a traffic stop was struck by an alleged drunk driver. The officer was hit while investigating a traffic violation at Route 40 and Route 29. An alleged drunk driver struck the rear of the police car, pushing it into another car, which then struck and injured the police officer, according to the Baltimore Sun. Drinking & driving often results in car wrecks that cause personal injuries to innocent people.
If you or a loved one was the victim of a drunk driver in a car accident or auto wreck fatality in the Baltimore, Maryland area, including the Baltimore Beltway (I-695), the B-W Parkway or one of the interstate highways (such as I-95, I-70), or major local roads such as Route 29 and Route 40, you need an experienced Maryland personal injury attorney to ensure you and your family receive the advice, representation and counsel to obtain restitution from the drunk driver.
Attorney Jonathan Scott Smith represents victims of drinking and driving accidents in wrongful death cases and personal injury cases involving bodily injuries in auto wrecks, truck wrecks, drunk driving wrecks and motorcycle wrecks on the Baltimore Beltway, Washington Beltway, MD 295, Baltimore Washington Parkway, B-W Parkway, I-695, I-495, Interstate 95 in Maryland, I-70, Maryland Route 32, U.S. Route 29, Baltimore National Pike, Route 40, I-83 and serious injury accidents throughout Maryland.
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Car Bus Accident in Howard County Results in Injuries
February 23, 2012 by Jonathan Smith
Route 40 is one of the busiest roads in Ellicott City and Howard County, Maryland. Route 40 runs east and west, and has numerous car accidents. It is no surprise that many car accidents and collisions occur on Route 40 in Ellicott City.
On February 21, 2012, a car was traveling traveling eastbound on U.S. 40 in Howard County when the vehicle made a left turn toward Pebble Beach Drive in Ellicott City and struck a school bus traveling westbound on U.S. 40, according to news reports. One driver and a passenger were taken to Shock Trauma for treatment. Howard County Police indicated that the bus had a green traffic light and the right of way in the intersection. Howard County car crashes often result in serious injuries and, unfortunately, sometimes even fatalities.
If you or a loved one has sustained injuries in a Howard County car crash, you need an experienced car injury lawyer to fight for you. A personal injury or accident attorney can fight for you to make sure you receive the compensation you deserve.
Personal injury lawyer Jonathan Scott Smith has more than 30 years of experience negotiating with insurance companies after car accidents, truck accidents and motorcycle accidents. When the insurance company won't budge on its lowball offer, Mr. Smith fights hard for his injured clients in court. He has extensive trial experience and knows what it takes to get successful results. He has achieved some of the highest personal injury verdicts and settlements in his area.
Mr. Smith's extensive trial experience — and track record of successful Past Results — has earned him the recognition of his peers, with an AV® Preeminent™* Peer Review Rating in the Martindale-Hubbell peer review rating process, and a 10.0 Superb AVVO rating. These are the highest ratings possible for legal skill, ethical practice, lawyer's years in practice, disciplinary history, professional achievements and industry recognition.
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Evaluating Maryland Car Accident Claims
December 21, 2011 by Jonathan Smith
If you have been injured in a car accident in Maryland, you probably want to know the value of your personal injury claim. Quite simply, you want to know, "what is it worth?" Set forth below are the factors commonly considered in arriving at the fair value of bodily injury claims in Maryland automobile accident cases.
If an injury case goes to trial, Maryland law requires that the judge or jury itemize their verdict and allocate the award to economic and non-economic losses. Economic losses commonly include past (and future) medical expenses and lost income. Non-economic losses include the injuries, physical pain, mental suffering, effects on the injured person,
scarring or disfigurement, and any permanency.
1. Fault.
Whether another person is at fault, and to what extent, is the first and most important factor. In most car accidents it is obvious and undisputed which driver is at fault,
whether from rear end collisions, failing to stop at stop signs, going through
red traffic lights, or failing to yield the right of way.
In some cases, insurance companies will look for any way to avoid or minimize their insured driver's responsibility. Maryland is one of the only states left that recognize
the affirmative defense of "contributory negligence," which is where the injured
person failed to exercise reasonable care for their own safety, and caused or
contributed to the cause of their injuries. Contributory negligence completely
bars an injured party from recovery, even when the other party is at fault.
A common situation involves multiple vehicle, or "chain" collisions. For example, assume three cars are involved in a rear end collision. If the first driver in line states
that they felt two impacts, the insurance company for the third car may argue
that the second car rear ended the first car, and then the third car rear ended
the second. The insurance company may argue that the property damage to the
front of the second car was not caused by their insured. In addition, the
insurer may refuse any payment on the injury claim by claiming that the driver
of second car was contributorily negligent, or only accept responsibility for
one-half of the injury claim.
An experienced Maryland car accident attorney can evaluate your claim, and fight
aggressively for you.
2. Nature and Extent of Impact.
The nature and extent of the impact, and the resulting property damage, can carry a lot of weight in determining whether an insurance company will offer a settlement and, if so,
the amount. Special attention must be paid to those accidents resulting in
minimal damage. An insurance company will reason that if the damage to the
vehicle is minor, then it is unlikely that a driver or passenger sustained any injury
or anything more than a minor injury. Insurance companies litigate thousands of
cases and know from experience that judges and juries frequently award nothing
or perhaps only out of pocket expenses only, in these cases
A rough rule of thumb is that if the damage is difficult to see, or appears minor, in a photograph, or the repair estimate or bill is less than $1,000.00, it will be difficult or
impossible to obtain any personal injury settlement voluntarily from a car
insurance company.
On the other hand, if the damage in a photograph appears extensive, or if the vehicle is declared a total loss, then this will cause greater value to be placed on the claim and
usually result in a higher settlement.
3. Initial Injury and Treatment.
The nature and extent of the injuries is an important factor in evaluating a car accident claim. Many accidents cause neck and back strains, or bruises from seat belts and air bags
that deployed. These "soft tissue" injuries will not be valued as much as more serious injuries such as fractures, ruptured or herniated disks, facial fractures, serious lacerations resulting in scarring and disfigurement.
Another important factor is whether the injured party was treated and/or transported by an ambulance to a hospital emergency room, or whether the first medical treatment
occurred within a couple of days after the accident, or much later. The longer a person waits to see a medical provider, the more likely questions will be raised whether they were in fact injured in the accident.
The best scenario is when the injured party is transported by ambulance to a hospital emergency room, and then receives prompt follow-up treatment by their primary care
physician or a specialist, such as an orthopedic surgeon.
4. Follow-up Treatment.
In cases where the injured claimant is treated at the emergency room, followed by a couple of doctor visits, the claim will be evaluated as minor. Often, experienced car accident lawyers will not handle these cases because the time and expense to open a file, obtain police reports and medical records and bills, is not worth the eventual fee.
People who are treated at an emergency room, regularly see treating physicians, receive physical therapy, and undergo common diagnostic tests such as x-rays, MRI's, and CT
scans will have their claims evaluated much higher. The most serious cases involve treatment for fractures, in patient surgeries, long term treatment and rehabilitation, and are evaluated higher. Car accidents involving fatalities are evaluated as the most serious and usually receive the highest awards. It is critical to have an experienced Maryland wrongful death lawyer to represent you.
Insurance companies also consider the identity of the treating physician. Does the health care provider treat a high volume of injured claimants? Do personal injury lawyers regularly refer clients to the provider? Was the injured party referred to the doctor or chiropractor by their attorney? Insurers also consider the nature and extent of the treatment. Physical therapy or chiropractic treatment lasting no more than two to three months is considered reasonable. Long term therapy, or therapy initiated or repeated many months after the accident is considered unnecessary or unreasonable and will be discounted or ignored in the evaluation of the claim. Under Maryland law, a negligent party is responsible only for the "reasonable and necessary" treatment of the injured person.
5. Effects on Claimant and Activities.
One of the most important elements of an injury claim is the physical pain, and emotional
suffering, that a person sustains as a result of the injuries and any treatment.
An important question is what effects the injuries have on the injured person. This runs the gamut from the inability to work, attend school, engage in the usual activities of daily living, recreational pursuits, social activities, family life, and marriage. The extent of the effects, and the duration, are evaluated. Often, little or no documentation will appear in medical records. An injured party can document this on a calendar, in a journal, or with documents prepared by third parties.
6. Economic Losses.
Economic losses include medical expenses and lost income. Medical expenses includes hospital treatment, doctor's bills, physical therapy bills, the cost of medical appliances and
prescriptions, and diagnostic tests, such as x-rays, MRI's, CT scans, nerve conduction studies, etc. A claim can be made not only for past medical expenses, but also for medical expenses that a medical doctor or other expert states are likely to be incurred within a
"reasonable degree of probability." This is defined as being more likely so than not so (or at least 51%). The mere possibility that an injured person might have surgery, or incur other future medical treatment does not meet this test and is not provable legally.
Economic losses for lost income include lost income from time missed from work, even if the injured party used sick or disability leave and received their normal pay. This is so
because the law recognizes that their sick leave or other work benefit was reduced. Most people return to work. In serious injury cases, the resulting disability may reduce the injured person's earning capacity. This is compensable and involves experts to prove. Often experienced personal injury attorneys will have the client evaluated by a vocational rehabilitation expert to assess the estimated income the injured person would have received if the injuries had not occurred, compared with the estimated income after the injury and disability. Next, an economist determines the respective income streams and
work life expectancy, and reduces the difference to present value.
7. Permanency.
Fortunately, the typical person injured in a Maryland car accident undergoes medical treatment and returns to their normal functional state after reaching their "maximum
medical improvement."
In more serious cases, people injured in motor vehicle collisions are left with impairments after treating professionals have done all that is possible. The resulting permanent impairments are significant factors that should result in a much higher settlement. Life expectancy tables can be consulted to determine the estimated time remaining in the injured person's life during which they will endure the permanent impairment, pain, and effects on activities.
8. "Horrible Factor."
This refers to a variety of situations where a claim will be given more value than another case where the injuries, treatment, and economic and non-economic losses are the same. For example, a case where the accident was caused by a drunk driver with a revoked license will have more value than where the negligent driver is a nun driving home from volunteer work at a soup kitchen.
9. The Parties.
Some parties are more presentable, or sympathetic, than others. Accidents caused by tractor trailers, young inexperienced drivers, drivers engaged in texting or cell phone calls,
will be more likely to be won by claimants. Claimants who make a good appearance are more likely to receive higher awards. Race also plays an important factor. An African American claimant in Baltimore City or Prince George's County is likely to be more successful because jurors are predominantly of the same race.
10. Jurisdiction.
Some Maryland jurisdictions are known to be more likely to award higher verdicts than other more conservative ones where defendants are more likely to win, or where the
awards are lower. Baltimore City and Prince George's County are known to be more
claimant friendly and juries more likely to award higher amounts. Suburban counties, counties in Western Maryland, and counties on Maryland's Eastern Shore are more conservative.
11. Summary.
There is no book, table, or formula that can provide the value of a personal or bodily injury
claim in a Maryland car accident case. In the past, many insurance companies and adjusters used a rule of thumb where they would multiply the medical expenses by three, and then add the lost income, to arrive at a settlement amount. This type of formula has been abandoned years ago and cannot be relied upon. Every case is unique. An experienced Maryland car accident lawyer can evaluate the case using the factors above, and settlements in previous cases, to arrive at a fair value.
If you have been injured in a car accident or motor vehicle collision in Maryland, you need an car accident lawyer such as Jonathan Scott Smith of the Smith Personal Injury Firm to assist you. Call now 410-740-0101, or contact his office online.
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Tax Season is Fast Approaching!
#1) If you have employees, you will have until January 31, 2019 to get them their W-2's and 1099's. If we are taking care of your books and/or payroll, please get us updated information as soon as possible. It is pertinent that we do not miss the January deadline. For contract labor or "subs" you are not required to issue them a 1099 unless you paid them more than $600 in total for the year.
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#3) Have any business losses? Losses happen and is all part of the entrepreneurial game. Without some risk, would there be much appreciation for the reward? If your business didn't see much profit in 2018, it may provide you a tax break to help with cash flow. If your business had more expenses than income, tax refunds from previous years for that loss may be available. Check with my office if this is your situation.
#4) Pull together all those receipts. Now is the time, if you haven't already, to enter all those expenses and offset any income you may have to pay less taxes. Get with me and we will go through your expenses and losses and calculate your tax liability. Never assume that an expense is not business related unless you ask your accountant. Some people do and then loose out on legit tax benefits.
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The Canadian Federation of Library Associations recognizes and values the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as the guarantor of the fundamental freedoms in Canada of conscience and religion; of thought, belief, opinion, and expression; of peaceful assembly; and of association.
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The Grenada government would only allow the entrance of fully vaccinated travellers to the country either from the airport or from the seaport. The government has been taking some more measures to mitigate the effect of the COVID-19 virus in the country.
Tourism Minister Dr Clarice Modeste said that they had intensified their discussions with the Ministry of Health (and) being involved in tourism and having seen the suffering of the tour operators, of the vendors, of everybody else, her first impulse has to take what they get, but that has not been ordinary times.
Tourism Minister Dr Clarice Modeste said that was COVID times, and therefore, with them being led by the Ministry of Health, they have been insisting that 100 per cent of their guests might be fully vaccinated.
Tourism Minister Dr Clarice Modeste while talking to reporters at the Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) news conference that the health authorities want to make sure that all of the T's have been cross and the I's have been dotted, and that Grenada's protocol and requirements have been adhered to.
According to the policy of giving permission to full vaccinated travellers to enter the country through airport or seaport but their would-be exemption for the returning nationals of Grenada.
Tourism Minister Dr Clarice Modeste said that they could not put those conditions for Grenadians, the terms and conditions for Grenadians will have to be different.
The current policy is that all visitors who are fully vaccinated will only be required to spend no more than 48 hours in quarantine. All incoming passengers who are fully immunised with received two doses of an approved vaccine are mandated to do an on-island PCR COVID test.
Persons with only one dose of the vaccination are required to spend up to seven days in quarantine and must test negative before they are allowed to mingle with citizens.
The health authorities say they are aware of people using fake documents and are examining documents for authenticity. Several incoming passengers have been charged for presenting falsified documents to immigration and health authorities.
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The way the media would have you see it, the pharmaceutical industry is made up of a bunch of greedy businesses trying to make a buck off of you and your ailing family members' illnesses.
And the truth is that they are trying to make a buck, but only by curing your sickness. Critics allege that drug prices are set 'arbitrarily' high, but this neglects the fact that prices are a function of supply and demand. They also neglect that the greatest benefit to the consumers is the medicines themselves–and that the pharmaceutical industry only benefits when they deliver valuable products that promote your health.
The pharmaceutical industry functions according to the principle of voluntary exchange to mutual benefit. Sadly, this is rarely explained and in general poorly understood. Yet knowing the truth about how the pharmaceutical industry operates is so important that it is literally knowledge that will help you save your life.
When the media makes the claim that the pharmaceutical industry sets "arbitrarily high drug prices," they have already fallaciously assumed that the industry is somehow able to work outside the constraints of the laws of supply and demand. On the supply side, drugs are costly to produce and investors demand hefty return for their very risky investment On the demand side, people are (or ought to be) willing to pay for medicines because of the incredible life-saving benefits.
Producing prescription drugs is extremely expensive and risky. In 2001, the pharmaceutical industry spent $30 billion dollars in drug research. Each therapy area (oncology, respiratory, neuroscience, etc.) produces, on average, 1 million new drug compounds yearly. Of those 1 million compounds, 250 will make it to pre-clinical trials and only 5 of those will make it to actual clinical trials. As if these barriers were not enough, there is still the ominous prospect of the FDA, which companies must pay to evaluate their products–and there is nothing to stop them from failing to approve these drugs in the end. The research and development (R&D) cost of a single drug usually totals $800 million.
Like any business, the pharmaceutical industry has to make a profit above these high costs in order to afford to continue to pay its hundreds of thousands of employees, compete within its extremely competitive market, advance technology, continue to reinvest in R&D, and return its investment to its shareholders. Unlike most industries, which reinvest 4 cents for every dollar they make, the pharmaceutical industry reinvests 18. Despite this tremendous investment, the fact remains that out of every ten drugs produced, only three will ever make enough profit to reinvest in R&D.
The point here is that pharmaceutical production is extremely risky. Drug production is a long-term task of trial and error which often ends in failure. When a major discovery is finally made it is an achievement that deserves profit. The pharmaceutical business requires both a large investment in productive effort and capital, which means that when it is successful it has earned its profits.
Of course it is not hard work that is the measure of an industry's profitability, but the value of its products. The fact remains that while prescription drugs are expensive, the benefits far outweigh the costs. For every $1 spent on prescription drugs, hospital stay expenses are lowered by $3. In just the last ten years, nursing home admissions have declined by 200,000, even though the number of people 85 and older has increased. Since 1980 over 600 new drugs have been developed and marketed in the US, all of which help avoid more expensive treatments, such as hospitalization, surgery, and nursing home care, and reduce your need to see a doctor. Thanks to increased pharmaceutical treatment, life expectancy has dramatically increased from 69.7 percent in 1960, to 77.2 in 2001.
This should not be surprising because saving lives is the purpose of pharmaceuticals. Profits motivate the pharmaceutical industry to produce more effective medicines and technologies. The more life-saving products they produce, the more people will pay them to do it. As these facts illustrates, curing diseases is a mutually beneficial process wherein everyone profits.
In fact, the price consumers pay for medicine is relatively low compared to what companies pay to develop them. In effect, consumers gain much more than the pharmaceutical industry whenever they trade because they do not have to go through the difficult process of discovering and producing new drugs. Think about it: in comparison to the centuries of scientific advancement and the billions of dollars needed to create the drugs you need, the $100 or so per bottle that you pay is an enormous bargain.
Unfortunately, gratitude for these benefits is rarely forthcoming. Instead of thanking the pharmaceutical industry for their irreplaceable life-giving contributions, pundits and politicians envious of their profits demand that medicine be socialized, as in Europe. Yet the commonly held notion that Europe's socialized healthcare systems help reduce drug prices is completely false. The fact is that drugs cost more in the United States because they cost less in Europe.
Nationalized healthcare systems, such as Britain's National Healthcare Service (NHS), offer drugs to their citizens at exceptionally reduced prices, sometimes even for free. They are able to do this because their governments implement controls that set artificially low caps on drug prices. While this may reduce drug prices for the average European for the time being, it means that the pharmaceutical industry must charge more in the US to recoup those lost profits in Europe. They have to do this, of course, because the money to fuel new R&D has to come from somewhere. If the same socialized medicine were to come to the United States, these lost profits could not be recouped, and both Europe and America would lose important medicines they have both come to rely on.
The pharmaceutical industry recognizes the injustice of this situation but is powerless to stop it: there is no way to work around European regulations. It will take far more than objections to these regulations, however, to protect the viability of the pharmaceutical industry. The rising tide of demand from socialized systems is symbolic of a wider demand for the unearned, not only from abroad, but from critics at home, as well. Yet everyone must recognize that is in their interest to protect this industry from price controls and the socialist systems that necessitate them, because these very measures hinder the availability of healthcare in the United States–health care on which the rest of the world depends.
The most important thing to understand about the pharmaceutical industry is the way in which it operates through voluntary trade to mutual benefit. The incentive for profit is what leads this industry to continue its quest for creating and supplying the world with better life-saving drugs that offer a quick fix to diseases that have devastated the globe for centuries. The price you pay in comparison to all the work and investment that goes into drug production is minimal.
The more that people understand the truth about how the pharmaceutical industry operates, they less likely they will hinder its progress. The people who work for this industry should be applauded for their honesty, integrity, and productivity at a time when they are misunderstood and yet continue to work every day in the pursuit of saving millions of lives. By recognizing the value of the pharmaceutical industry, and how integral making a profit is to ensuring its success, there is hope that this industry will be left free to continue to discover and create new drugs. As long as there is disease on this earth, we should be thankful that there is someone with the ingenuity and the drive to profit from curing it.
Jessica Wilson is a senior at Duke University. Next year she plans to attend law school, where she will begin her training to defend the pharmaceutical industry from unjust attack.


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Juul continues to sell its products despite the FDA's investigation
Are you still reeling over the FDA's decision to ban Juul sales? All may not be lost.
Brittany Vincent
Image: Kevin Raposo / KnowTechie
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday evening it had stayed Juul's marketing denial. The agency determined that there are "scientific issues unique to the Juul application that warrant additional review."
In short, the complete Juul ban is under investigation, but only by a technicality. But while this may sound like great news for the e-cigarette brand, it doesn't change much. The ban is still effectively in place.
Previously, the FDA made the decision to completely ban the brand's products from the U.S. market. Retailers removed Juul and its pods from sale the same day.
On July 5, 2022, FDA administratively stayed the marketing denial order. The agency has determined that there are scientific issues unique to the JUUL application that warrant additional review. (1/3) https://t.co/DHDsFNVe1l
— FDA Tobacco (@FDATobacco) July 5, 2022
Juul, however, fought back by filing a request for an administrative stay on the decision – which the agency is investigating now. That means many retailers are simply letting the brand's products remain on shelves, and selling them to interested parties.
"With this administrative stay from the FDA now in place, we continue to offer our products to adult smokers while we pursue the Agency's internal review process," Juul Chief Regulatory Officer Joe Murillo told Gizmodo.
The FDA, in a similar statement to the publication, isn't exactly okay with that. Legally, Juul can't market, sell, or ship products – as it doesn't technically have the authorization from the FDA to do any of that.
Image: Juul
For now, Juul is operating as it did before. This likely won't be a position that lasts indefinitely. The investigation is still pending. It could take quite a while before completion.
So if you're looking to stock up on Juul pods and products, now might be the time. Or use this development to stop vaping, because you could save money in the long run instead. More cool stuff in your house and fewer e-cigarettes? Sounds like a better deal to me, but you do you.
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How does it work for you after you see a recipe, think you might like to recreate that recipe, finally collect all the ingredients for that recipe then actually cook that recipe? For me it's a lonnnng, lonnnnng, did I say long? process. No joke, years can go by before I actually get to coordinating and cooking recipes. For example, the bean sprouts for this Egg Foo Young recipe literally sat in my pantry for 3 years (did I just confess to that?) before the sprouts became Young. Or take that time I was served Herb Marinated Shrimp Wrapped in Basil at Travis' mom's house, had the cookbook with the recipe at home, wanted to make it, but yet, 2 years passed before I finally made it my own. You get the point. I have a knack for drawing out my timeline to test new recipes. However! None! And I mean NONE! of that happened with Momofuku Compost Cookies. My definition of cookies will never be the same. Imagine, me: zombie-like browsing blog upon blog, staring at cookies, pancakes, brownies and other carbs when I just happened upon this blog, saw the word Momofuku - which I knew was some fancy and exciting restaurant in NYC - but being mostly contained to the Midwest I had no idea what Momofuku really meant. My life has changed. I needed to know more. I needed to smell these. I needed to eat these. I needed to know everything Momofuku. So, of course, I immediately checked my local library out of all cookbooks that I could find when it came to Momofuku. I was urgent! I then commenced upon scouring the interwebs for all versions of Momofuku Compost Cookies. All in the matter of 2 hours, mind you. After a little bit of research on the ingredients and method, I settled on this version. These cookies were so intriguing that I baked them within 24 hours of seeing the initial inspiration. Jump to 3 days post-cookie baking madness and they are all eaten. People - you need to make this cookie - it's so fun because the method is madness - it's a garbage cookie. Consider it perfect timing because you can rid your pantry of all that Valentine's Day candy your sweet kiddos haul home and get yourself ready for Easter candy (what is it with candy holidays?). I now fear no Candy Holiday because I have this ammmmmmmazzzzzzzzinggggggg cookie recipe to make all pantry junk into addictive, buttery, crispity, chocolatey, salty, eat me every day, 3 times a day cookie love.
And I mean pantry junk. See those potato chips? They are the grossest, blandest, no one is going to eat those, how can you call these poatoe chips, type of potato chip. See those pretzels? They sat in my husband's fish house for 5 months. Cloak those chips and pretzels in butter and sugar paired with a chocolate trifecta and you are going to want to drop everything to eat those chips.
Get out your stand mixer. It's kinda a must-do for this recipe because you're going to be running it for 10 minutes. If you don't have one - well - you should just quit reading right now but I know that's impossible because you're going to dream about these cookies until you eat them. I know. It's OK. I do it, too.
And cream. Your sugar and butter, that is.
For a long time. 10 whole minutes. Set the timer. Just do it.
And your creamed butter and sugar doubles. And it's like whipped cream, but dreamier. Is that even possible?
Now add your flour. Only stir for 30 seconds. Promise?
And the garbage. Any salty and crunchy snack. Goldfish, bugles, pretzels, corn flakes, rice crisps, chips, pickles. Just kidding.
Any chocolaty snack. Chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, peanut butter chips, M&Ms, Hershey kisses, Rolos, Kit Kats, Reeses PB cups. All. Of. It.
Using a ice cream scoop to portion onto lined baking trays.
Here is the most important part: Freeze your cookies on the baking tray for one hour or more. If you do only one smart thing in the kitchen for the rest of your life, this will be it.
Cooking Notes: All the candies and salty things are interchangeable and very versatile. Just use about the same proportions. The original recipe called for light brown sugar, but I used dark because that's what I had - I don't think the final product was affected - so feel free to use them interchangeably. The coffee has to be freshly ground beans, no wet, used grounds or no instant coffee either.
Measure the butter, sugars and corn syrup into the bowl of a stand-up mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and mix at medium speed for 2-3 minutes until combined. Add vanilla extract and eggs and beat at medium-high speed for 10 minutes, set the timer. Scrape down the sides at the halfway mark.
Add in the flour, oats, baking powder, soda, and salt. Mix for 30 seconds.
Coarsely chop the pretzels and potato chips. Add in pretzels, potato chips, candies, chocolate chips and ground coffee. Mix for 30 seconds.
Using a large ice cream scoop to measure out the dough, scoop onto a parchment lined baking sheet, placing cookies 4" apart. Freeze for one hour, or up to a week, until firm.
Preheat oven to 400ºF. Bake frozen cookies for 10-12 minutes until brown around edges, and just baked through in the center. If the cookies looked pale upon coming out, bake for an additional 1 or 2 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for a couple minutes on the baking sheet. Using a spatula move to a cooling rack and cool completely. Store on the counter for 5 days or freeze for up to 3 months.