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Business Law
Generating a contract is the easy part. Understanding what the contract actually obligates you to do is the part most AI legal tools skip. Smart Legal Documents includes an inline clause explainer that translates each provision into plain English without requiring a separate session with a lawyer.
Business Law
Most solo and small-firm attorneys lose to bigger firms on Google not because the bigger firms have better lawyers, but because the bigger firms have someone whose entire job is local SEO. LawSensai Marketing Suite automates the audit, the fixes, the local pack tuning, and the answer-engine optimization that produce attorney-client phone calls.
Workers Compensation
The first two weeks after a workplace injury usually decide how the claim resolves. Reporting in writing, getting evaluated by the right physician, and filing the state claim form within the statutory window are the actions that protect benefits. Delays in any of the three are the most common reason claims are denied.
Landlord-Tenant
Landlords keep a surprising percentage of security deposits, often without the itemized statement most states require. Tenants who follow a five-step playbook (move-out inspection, written demand with the right citation, statutory penalty calculation, small claims filing, judgment collection) recover at much higher rates. Here is the playbook.
Personal Injury
Most generic demand-letter templates miss the state-specific rules that move offers: the statute of limitations clock, the comparative-fault posture, the no-fault thresholds, and the tort-claim notice windows. The Personal Injury Recovery Center builds a demand keyed to the jurisdiction where the crash happened, with citations the insurer recognizes.
Estate Planning
Most adults do not have a will. The default rules (intestate succession) often produce results the deceased would not have chosen. A simple decision tree helps a healthy adult pick between a will, a revocable living trust, and a hybrid arrangement based on family structure, asset complexity, and state.
Consumer Law
EasySuit ingests the complaint and summons, identifies the claim type and likely defenses, and produces a draft Answer with the right captions, deadlines, and affirmative defenses for the state where the suit was filed. Here is what each step actually does and why the timing matters.
Estate Planning
A power of attorney is the document that lets someone else act for you, and the differences between general, durable, springing, and limited POAs are the difference between a tool that protects you and one that exposes you. Here is a plain-English breakdown of each type and how to pick the right one.
Consumer Law
Most consumer creditors can take at most 25% of your disposable earnings, or the amount your weekly pay exceeds 30 times the federal minimum wage, whichever is less, under federal law. Child support, taxes, and student loans follow different rules with higher ceilings. Here is what each creditor can take and where your protections are.
Personal Injury
Alabama's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under Ala. Code section 6-2-38(l). The trap most plaintiffs do not see coming: Alabama is one of only a handful of states still applying pure contributory negligence, which bars recovery entirely if the plaintiff is even 1% at fault.
Personal Injury
Alaska's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under AS 09.10.070. The traps: Alaska is a pure comparative-fault state under AS 09.17.060, the Alaska State Tort Claims Act requires a written claim before suit under AS 09.50.250, the medical-malpractice SOL runs two years with a discovery rule under AS 09.10.070, and maritime and ferry-system claims may run under a different federal clock entirely.
Personal Injury
Arizona's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under ARS 12-542. The traps: a 180-day Notice of Claim under ARS 12-821.01 for any government defendant, a one-year SOL for claims against public entities under ARS 12-821, pure comparative-fault under ARS 12-2505, and a medical-malpractice 2-year SOL with a discovery rule.
Personal Injury
Arkansas's general personal-injury statute of limitations is three years under Ark. Code section 16-56-105. The trap: claims against the State of Arkansas must be filed with the Arkansas Claims Commission within one year of accrual, and Arkansas applies a modified comparative-fault rule with a 50% bar (plaintiffs 50% or more at fault recover nothing).
Personal Injury
California's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years from the date of injury under CCP 335.1. The exceptions are where cases die: a six-month government-claim deadline, the MICRA three-year-or-one-year medical-malpractice window, minor tolling, and the discovery rule. This post walks each one, plus what California's pure-comparative-fault rule means for a real case in 2026.
Personal Injury
Colorado's personal-injury statute of limitations is two-track: three years for motor-vehicle injury claims under CRS 13-80-101(1)(n)(I) and two years for most other PI claims under CRS 13-80-102. The traps: the 182-day Notice of Claim under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act, modified comparative-fault with a 50% bar under CRS 13-21-111, and a three-year medmal SOL with a discovery rule.
Personal Injury
Connecticut's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under Conn. Gen. Stat. 52-584. The traps: a six-month CGS 13a-149 notice for highway/sidewalk defect claims against a municipality, a modified 51% comparative-fault bar under CGS 52-572h, and a three-year statute of repose that runs from the act or omission, not discovery.
Personal Injury
Delaware's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under 10 Del. C. 8119. The traps: a one-year notice to the State under the Delaware Tort Claims Act, a modified 51% comparative-fault bar under 10 Del. C. 8132, and stacked PIP/UM thresholds that compress the practical decision window.
Personal Injury
Florida's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years from the date of injury under section 95.11(4)(a), as amended by HB 837. Pre-March-24-2023 accidents keep the 4-year SOL. Florida is also a no-fault auto state with PIP, a serious-injury tort threshold under section 627.737(2), a 14-day PIP rule, and a 90-day medmal pre-suit notice. This post walks every deadline and the HB 837 trap that ends Florida cases early.
Personal Injury
Georgia's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under OCGA 9-3-33. The traps: a six-month ante-litem notice to Georgia municipalities, a 12-month ante-litem to the State and to counties, a five-year medmal statute of repose under OCGA 9-3-71, the Rule 9.1 expert affidavit, and a modified 50% comparative-fault bar (not 51%).
Personal Injury
Hawaii's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under HRS 657-7. The traps: Hawaii is a no-fault auto-insurance state under HRS 431:10C with a tort threshold, modified comparative-fault with a 51% bar under HRS 663-31, and the Tort Liability Act requires a written claim against the State or county within two years.
Personal Injury
Idaho's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under Idaho Code 5-219. The traps: a 180-day Notice of Tort Claim under the Idaho Tort Claims Act (Idaho Code 6-906 for State, 6-906 / 6-908 for political subdivisions), modified comparative-fault with a 50% bar under Idaho Code 6-801, and a two-year medmal SOL under Idaho Code 5-219(4) with a short discovery rule.
Personal Injury
Illinois's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under 735 ILCS 5/13-202. The single biggest trap in Illinois PI practice: claims against local public entities (cities, counties, park districts, school districts, transit authorities) carry a one-year SOL under the Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/8-101). Miss it and the case ends even though the general two-year clock has not run.
Personal Injury
Indiana's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under Indiana Code 34-11-2-4. The traps: a 180-day Indiana Tort Claims Act notice for political subdivisions and a 270-day notice for the State under IC 34-13-3-6 to 34-13-3-8, a modified comparative-fault 51% bar under IC 34-51-2-6, and the Medical Malpractice Act with its damage caps and Patient's Compensation Fund.
Personal Injury
Iowa's general personal-injury statute of limitations is two years under Iowa Code 614.1(2). The traps: a six-month Iowa Tort Claims Act notice to the State under Iowa Code chapter 669, a parallel six-month municipal-tort notice under Iowa Code chapter 670, and a modified comparative-fault 51% bar under Iowa Code 668.3.