Standard language in a commercial lease?
Not long ago, a corporate client of mine asked me to review the terms of a commercial lease that her company was considering signing. The lease offered a great location…
Read moreTerminating consensual guardianships
For some reason, I’ve gotten a few calls lately about terminating guardianships. What some people don’t realize is that it is quite common for parents to terminate consensual guardianships over…
Read moreAttorney’s fees and breach of contract actions
It might be difficult to believe, but people aren’t typically in love with the idea of paying attorneys to represent them. Shocking, I know. One of the questions we hear…
Read moreThere’s nothing wrong with barter
Not long ago, I accepted a Smith & Wesson handgun as part of a fee in a criminal case – the pistol had been confiscated during a criminal matter and…
Read moreDischarging student loan debt in bankruptcy?
Just a few months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal from a Wisconsin man claiming a bankruptcy court improperly denied the discharge of $260,000 in student…
Read moreBankruptcy and evictions
Being an attorney who handles both bankruptcies and evictions comes with certain advantages – it can be handy to understand the strengths and drawbacks of both areas of law when…
Read moreScam alert — ISEA AB
I’ve got to hand it to the folks who came up with what I’ll call the “ISEA AB” scam — those folks sure do work hard to trick attorneys and…
Read moreMarital property redefined in Arkansas
Earlier this month, the Arkansas Supreme Court issued a ruling that could substantially change the way state courts have defined marital property for years. The Supreme Court’s opinion at issue…
Read moreHow to render the Fourth Amendment useless
There are times when cases show up in my office that are almost too bizarre to be believed. I got one of those recently and the odd thing about it…
Read moreMay 1 is Law Day
Since the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration, May 1 every year has been Law Day in the United States. Some may notice that Law Day falls on the same day as…
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