Whether judges should use social media has been a contentious issue for some time now. Early on, the consensus seemed to be that it was problematic for judges to do so, but over time that’s changed. For example, in 2012 ...
Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black
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It can be a common practice for U.S. investors to focus a large portion of their equity allocation on domestic stocks. This is commonly referred to as a “Home Bias.” With the recent outperformance in returns of domestic vs. international ...
Tagged with: Money Management Steve Reynolds
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has decided that it will change the claim construction standard it previously used in inter-parties proceedings. On Nov. 13, 2018, the USPTO, in inter-parties reviews and post-grant reviews before the Patent Trial ...
Tagged with: IP Frontiers Nick Mesiti
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The rule requiring many contracts to be in writing and signed by the party sought to be bound in order to be enforceable is called the “Statute of Frauds.” As everyone who has searched Wikipedia knows, that term comes from ...
Tagged with: Civil Litigation Thomas F. Knab
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Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, far few taxpayers will itemize their deductions when filing their tax returns for 2018 and beyond. This has sent many charities into a bit of a panic as many would be charitable givers ...
Tagged with: Keeping Your Balance Kristina Stamatis
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“Live life fully while you’re here. Experience everything. Take care of yourself and your friends. Have fun, be crazy, be weird. Go out and screw up! You’re going to anyway, so you might as well enjoy the process. Take the ...
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The percentage of people that like to discuss their personal finances with a family member is surprisingly small. However, it is important for your adult children to be aware of your finances so that they can respect your wishes upon ...
Tagged with: Money Management Victoria A. Hemiup
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When I graduated from law school in 1995, the world was a different place. Legal research still took place in law libraries using books. Windows 95 had not yet been released, and MS-DOS reigned supreme. The internet was just emerging ...
Tagged with: Legal Loop Nicole Black
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“Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.” ― ...
Tagged with: GRAWA President's Message Katie Courtney
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While most lawyers agree there are both benefits and potential pitfalls to certain types of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) such as arbitration, most would argue there is really no downside to engaging in mediation at the outset of a lawsuit. ...
Tagged with: Laura Myers Trials and Tribulations
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To dive into fixed income asset allocation, first let’s break this into two pieces: Fixed income How well do you really know fixed income? Many of our clients would tell you that it’s a ladder of bonds, yet the full ...
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As Benjamin Franklin once famously wrote, “nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Arguably, nowhere has this saying rang truer than in the context of taxes imposed in connection with an individual’s death. State and federal ...
Tagged with: Diane Donnelly Legal Bytes
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