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- Borrowing from Your Retirement Accounts: Issues to Consider
- 5 Tire Safety Hazards
- Family Business: Preserving Your Legacy for Generations to Come
- When Will I Receive My Inheritance?
- 6 Events Which May Require a Change in Your Estate Plan
- Estate Planning: The Medicaid Asset Protection Trust
- Damages Allowed in Personal Injury Cases
- Mediating Personal Injury Lawsuits
- Negative Online Reviews - Do they Constitute Business Defamation?
- The Role of Distracted Driving in Personal Injury Cases
- Can You Sue if You Signed A Liability Waiver?
- Testamentary vs Inter Vivos Trusts
- Your Wishes in Your Words
- Personal Injury Cases & Minors
- Do Heirs Have to Pay Off Their Loved One’s Debts?
- Preserving and Protecting Documents Is Part of Healthy Estate Planning
- Joint Bank Accounts and Medicaid Eligibility
- Recovering Damages for a Dog Bite: Do I Have a Case?
- If You're Over 70 and Have Considerable Assets, Should You Consider Medicaid Planning?
- Estate Planning: How Certificates of Shares Are Passed Down
- Role of the Successor Trustee
- “We Don’t Get Paid Unless We Win” – What Does It All Mean?
- Protecting Your Vacation Home with a Cabin Trust
- Wrongful Death Law
- Injured While On Medicare: What Happens Now?
- Paying for Your Grandchildren’s Education
- Planning Pitfall: Probate vs. Non-Probate Property
- Does Willful Conduct Automatically Lead to Higher Recoveries?
- Spinal Cord Injuries Overview
- What Not to Do After a Car Accident
- What You Should Know About a Brokerage Agreement for the Lease of Commercial Space
- Do You Have a Medical Malpractice Case?
- How the IRS Treats Personal Injury Awards
- Tenant-in-Common Investments
- How are Damages Calculated in Personal Injury Cases?
- Filial Responsibility Laws
- What You Should Know Before You Sign a Co-Working Space Agreement
- How to Prove Mental and Emotional Distress After an Automobile Accident
- Why You Should Consult a Personal Injury Lawyer Before Agreeing to a Settlement
- Why Does a Tenant Need to List "Additional Insureds" on its Insurance Policy for Leased Property?
- What Does Joint & Several Liability Mean?
- Why Landlords Want Tenants to Obtain Renter's Insurance
- Why You Should Give Your Spouse Power Of Attorney
- What Would Happen if Another Child Is Born After Establishing an Estate Plan?
- Children and School Injuries: What are Your Legal Rights?
- What Is Soft Tissue Damage and How Is It Treated?
- Dealing with an Uninsured Driver After a Car Accident
- Common Injuries in Rear-End Collisions
- Hurricane Insurance and Why You Need It
- The Value of a Police Report After an Accident
- The Effect of Traffic Tickets on Car Accident Cases
- Who Is Liable for Fire-Related Accidents in Your Kitchen?
- What to do if you are Injured at an Airbnb
- Umbrella Insurance
- Estate Planning Don'ts
- Real Estate Tips for Small Businesses
- Do I Really Need Advance Directives
- Considering Online Estate Planning? Think Twice
- Five Common Reasons a Will Might Be Invalid
- Bringing a Claim for Injuries When the Accident Was Partly Your Fault
- Have You Been Injured on the Job? What if Your Employer Has No Workers’ Compensation Insurance?
- Coordinating Property Ownership and Your Estate Plan
- How Do I Know if I Have a Slip and Fall Case?
- Overview of Life Estates
- Common Injuries in Automobile Accidents
- Glossary of Estate Planning Terms
- What Are Punitive Damages?
- Common Types of Will Contests
- Risk-Benefit Test in Product Liability Cases
- The Revocable Living Trust
- 4 Reasons Everyone Needs an Estate Plan
- Deciding Whether to Try Your Case to a Judge or Jury
- What is a Contingency Fee?
- Disinheritance
- Selling Your Business
- Preventing Will Contests
- Misconceptions About Personal Injury Claims
- Removing a Trustee
- Strict Product Liability
- Buying A House After Bankruptcy
- Testamentary Substitutes
- An Overview of Retirement Plan Options
- The Damages Calculation: Predicting What Your Case Is "Worth"
- Avoiding Common Mistakes in Estate Planning
- The Basics of Powers of Attorney
- What Is the Difference Between Contributory Negligence and Comparative Negligence?
- The Importance of a Jury for Your Personal Injury Case
- What Are the Powers and Responsibilities of An Executor?
- Using Your Will to Dictate How to Pay Off Debts
- Who Is Responsible for Injuries Caused by Animals?
- What is a Subpeona?
- Need to Know Differences Between a Commercial and Residential Lease
- How to Calculate Estate Tax
- 4 Common Will Contests
- Neighbor Disputes: Property Boundaries
- How Is Workers' Compensation Different from Personal Injury?
- When is a Manufacturer or Seller Liable for a Defective Product?
- If an Intruder Gets Hurt on My Property, Am I Liable?
- Can a Living Trust Replace a Will?
- Who Benefits from an IRA Inheritance Trust?
- Should a Power of Attorney be a Part of my Estate Plan?
- Serious and Catastrophic Injuries: Is Your Attorney Up to the Job?
- Proving Your Slip and Fall Claim
- What Is the Burden of Proof in A Personal Injury Case?
- When Is a Person Unfit to Make a Will?
- An Overview of the Residential Real Estate Sales Process
- Don't Disinherit with a Dollar
- How Does Life Insurance Fit Into My Estate Plan?
- Factors Used to Determine Fault in a Traffic Accident
- Dangerous Medications & Class Action Suits
- Is a Copy of A Will Sufficient?
- I Wasn’t Wearing My Seatbelt. Can I Still Sue?
- 10 Things to Bring to Your First Meeting With Your Attorney
- What to Do after a Loved One Passes Away
- 8 Things to Consider When Selecting a Caregiver for Your Senior Parent
- NFL Concussion Suit Sheds New Light on the Inherent Risk of Workplace Injuries
- Can I Get In Trouble With the IRS for Trying to Reduce the Amount of Estate Tax That I Owe?
- Overview of the Ways to Hold Title to Property
- Why Shouldn't I Use a Form from The Internet for My Will?
- Things to Consider When Picking an Executor
- What Is Strict Liability?
- Injured at Daycare
- What is an Estate Tax?
- What Is a Tax Basis and How Will It Affect My Estate Plan?
- Deciding Who to Sue: How Do I Know Who to Name as Defendants?
- Can an Individual Be Held Responsible for His or Her Deceased Loved One's Debts?
- Does Old Man Winter Shield Property Owners from Slip and Fall Liability?
- The Rule Against Perpetuities
- Suing for Injuries Sustained While Playing Sports
- What is Whiplash?
- Controlling Estate Planning Through Trusts
- What Is the Spousal Share of an Estate?
- "The Baseball Rule" & Sporting Event Injuries
- What is a Life Estate?
- What Is the Effect of Signing a Liability Waiver Before Engaging in An Activity?
- The Risks of Tenant-in-Common Investments
- Why Do I Need a Fence if I Have a Pool?
- What Do Insurance Policy Limits Mean for My Case?
- Three Real Examples of Medical Malpractice
- What is Estate Recovery?
- Medical Malpractice
- What is Nursing Home Negligence?
- Leading Reasons for Medical Malpractice
- What Is Pain and Suffering?
- Life Insurance and Medicaid Planning
- A Shared Home but Not a Joint Deed
- Common Types of Personal Injury Cases
- Mediation: Is It Right For You?
- Cardiac Stents Medical Malpractice Claims
- Young and Ill, without Advance Directives
- Business Succession Planning Tips
- Distracted Driving Laws in the U.S.
- Where Can You Bring a Personal Injury Lawsuit
- The Difference Between Equal and Equitable Inheritances
- How Extreme Workouts Can Cause Injuries
- Top Five Estate Planning Mistakes
- What Is Tort Reform and What Are Some of The Criticisms of It?
- Cycling Risks & Injuries
- Removal of a Trustee
- Costs Associated with Dying Without a Will
- What Is a Class Action Lawsuit?
- Common Claims in Personal Injury Cases
- Would Transferring Your Home to Your Children Help Avoid Estate Taxes?
- Weight Lifting Injuries at the Gym: Who Is Liable?
- Executors Fees
- Beware of “Simple” Estate Plans
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- 3 Steps to Follow When You Are Injured or in an Accident
- Refusing a Bequest
- Problems with Using Joint Accounts as a Vehicle for Inheritance
- Injured By A Product: Do You Have A Claim?
- Leaving a Timeshare to a Loved One
- What is the Difference Between a Commercial Lease and a License to Occupy Business Space?
- Selecting An Executor Post Mortem
- The Difference between Defamation, Libel and Slander
- Do I Really Need Advance Directives for Health Care?
- The Pros and Cons of Settling
- Are You Bound by the Terms of a Real Property Letter of Intent?
- Issues to Consider When Gifting to Grandchildren
- The Impact of Marijuana Law on the Workplace
- Changing Uses for Bypass Trusts
- Cannabis Distribution License in New York
- Opening a Marijuana Dispensary in New York
- New York’s Recreational Marijuana Law
- What are Letters Testamentary?
- A Primer on Advance Medical Directives
- Auto Recalls and the Dangers They Seek to Avoid
- What Do You Do If You Are Hit by an Uninsured Motorist
- U.S. Traffic Fatalities Are On The Rise
- How to Leave Gifts to Step-Children
- Why New Parents Need an Estate Plan
- Common Construction Accidents
- Things to Consider Establishing a Charitable Giving Plan
- Using Social Media Can Hurt Your Peronal Injury Case
- Real Estate Contracts in a Nutshell
- Why You Need a Personal Injury Attorney
- Underinsured and At-Fault
- How a Prenuptial Agreement Can Protect Your Estate
- A Primer on Irrevocable Trusts
- How Title Insurance Protects Homebuyers
- When to Involve Adult Children in the Estate Planning Process
- Respondeat Superior and Vicarious Liability
- What Does the Term "Funding the Trust" Mean in Estate Planning?
- Can You Sue City Hall?
- Responsibilities and Obligations of the Executor/ Administrator
- What are My Legal Options as a Passenger Injured in a Car Accident?
- Insurance Bad Faith
- What is Settlement Planning?
- How to Negotiate a Commercial Real Estate Lease
- Making Decisions About End of Life Medical Treatment
- Negligence Claims Against the Government
- What is a Pooled Income Trust and Do I Need One?
- Defamation - Breaking it Down
- What Your Loved Ones Absolutely Need to Know About Your Estate Plan
- What if More than One Party Is Responsible for My Injuries?
- Do I Need an Attorney if I Am Buying a Home?
- Estate Planning for the Chronically Ill
- Is There Anyway a Disinherited Child Could Receive an Inheritance From an Estate?
- Just Discovering Your Injury: Do You Still Have a Claim?
- When Is My Hot Beverage Too Hot?
- What Happens if I Lie about Being Injured?
- Top 3 Real Estate Tips for Small Businesses
- Importance of Credible Accident Reconstruction Testimony
- Choosing a Guardian for Minor Children
- What to Know About Selling CBD Products in New York
- New York Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Law Violations
- Estate Planning Terms to Know
- Why Using an Attorney Instead of Online Forms Is Important
- I’ve Been Named the Administrator of an Estate. What Now?
- Estate Planning FAQ
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