Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
In theory, turning over control of a community association from the developer to the homeowners should be relatively easy. The governing documents advise when transition occurs, the date arrives, and then the developer delivers a bunch of documents...
For more than 25 years, Professor Jeff Pennell and a nationally renowned faculty of estate planning lawyers have been providing a review of significant developments in the estate planning field at our Advanced Estate Planning Practice Update. This...
1. Notify your client if property being sold could qualify for section 1031 treatment Section 1031 applies to real property held for use in a trade or business or for investment. If the real estate deal that you are working on involves business-use...
Ultimately, you may find yourself in trial, with your collection of transcripts of depositions taken months and even years earlier. What can you do with them? Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (Rule) 32(a)(1) permits the use of “all or part of a...
As more businesses prepare to open in the fall, staying in compliance with OSHA is critical to a smooth transition. Take a look at these free flow charts that help you asses how to report and record an employee’s illness during the COVID-19 health...
Drafting contracts is one of the pleasures of practicing law. In what other profession will someone pay you by the hour to write? But if your contract ends up in court, you’d better be ready to defend your work. This article provides fifty...
Given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers around the country have been expressing concern that anxious Americans and patients don’t really understand what is involved with the various medical interventions needed as a result of...
The confident proponent of 2020: Proving the Case for Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives The following article is the first in a series on how to deliver on the promise of diversity and inclusion (D & I) initiatives for the professional...
ALI Podcast series - Coping with COVID - presents - Trial Courts As we saw in the first episode of Season 2, our state and federal courts have adapted much of their work to digital platforms. But some procedures or litigation events do not easily...