Below you will find articles from our legal journals on a variety of pressing legal topics.
Property owners, tenants, and their attorneys and other advisers have lately spent a lot of time negotiating lease amendments and waivers to give tenants breathing room in today’s COVID-19-driven shutdowns. These negotiations typically deal with...
As an ambitious attorney, you’re likely faced with difficult, complex challenges almost daily. When issues snowball into frustrating problems, your stress level is likely to increase, and your professional satisfaction is likely to decrease. Below...
The things that Rainmakers do differently from other attorneys are very simple (but not necessarily easy): Rainmakers have a plan: If you have spent any time following me, you know I am a rabid believer in planning. You wouldn’t take a road...
Loan applications are an important, but sometimes overlooked, component of the mortgage financing process. A properly drafted loan application, among other things: • Identifies the correct borrower and guarantor (if any) and describes the proposed...
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...