The University of Central Florida is taking a bold step in bringing attention to the growing problem of human trafficking. In recent years, the school has worked to be at the forefront of human trafficking research and to help build awareness. This year, a new Center for the Study of…
Year: 2019
We’re all familiar with the retail giant that is Walmart. While the chain started with a single store in 1950, today it is an international industry leader with stores across the world. Its meteoric rise to success has not come without controversy. Even in recent history, Walmart has been embroiled…
Welcome back to this Friday’s Inside Look by Brooks. On this week’s episode, Steve Brooks will set down with Robert, a Social Security case manager at the Brooks Law Group. World War 3 on Fat! We’ve talked in the past about some of the health and wellness initiatives at our…
The Food and Drug Administration is a federal agency that wears many hats. One of these hats is supervising and controlling medical device manufacturers for the safety of the public. The FDA maintains a public database of medical device failures, injuries and deaths. This database is a helpful resource used…
We’re joined as always by Steve Brooks, managing partner of Brooks Law Group, for another week’s episode of Friday’s Inside Look by Brooks. The Increasing Truck Driver Shortage in America On this week’s episode, Steve tackles the topic of an increasing shortage of truck drivers in the US. A quick…
Well, look no further! This week, a man driving a scooter caused a car accident after driving on Interstate 75 for an hour. In the light of this news, it felt appropriate to take a look at Florida’s scooter laws and what they have to say about keeping riders safe…
Sharing the road with commercial vehicles can sometimes be dangerous. In fact, in 2016 alone, there were about 475,000 police-reported accidents that involved large trucks. Trucking accidents are pretty common and can often result in severe damage, both property damage and injuries. And unfortunately, unlike car accidents, it’s not always…
Every time we leave the safety of our homes, there are risks that we encounter. Whether we’re on foot or in a vehicle, we put our lives into the hands of others. We have to trust that the people zipping by us on the roads are paying attention and are…
Friday’s Inside Look by Brooks Welcome back to this week’s edition of Friday’s Inside Look by Brooks. As always, we’re joined by our host, Steve Brooks, managing partner at Brooks Law Group. Today we’ll be talking about a recent report by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association. Based on preliminary reports,…
With well over 260 million vehicles registered in the United States alone and nearly 218 million people with a valid driver’s license, it is no wonder that every single year, around 3 million are injured because of a car accident. Because of this, the team here at Brooks Law Group,…
