Legal Update - COVID-19
Events, conventions, weddings, and trade shows are booked months if not a year in advance. Most are time sensitive and cannot be rescheduled in a couple of weeks. Construction contracts with completion dates and penalties for delay will surely be impacted by the virus. Delivery of goods and inventory for retail and wholesale sales of landscaping, gardening, and farming products will be late – who’s liable? Recent events worldwide related to the coronavirus have put many businesses in uncharted waters. As a result of events beyond the control of either party to a contract, one or both of the parties may be unable to perform as anticipated. Who bears the loss and what are the damages? Are contracts that are “impossible” to perform enforceable? Many contracts have clauses to protect the parties known as Force Majeure clauses.
Legal Update New Year 2020
A. Estate Planning – Proactive Planning
B. Hiring a Contractor – Home Services
C. Collect Funds Owed
Legal Update New Year 2019
A. Buying/Selling Residential Homes
B. Fraudulent Solicitation of Periodic/Annual Reports
C. The Camera
D. Restrictions on Ownership Interests
E. Personal Guaranties
Legal Update New Year 2018
A. Mediation
B. IRC § 1031 Like-Kind Real Property Exchanges
C. Late Life Marriages
D. Oil & Gas Business
Legal Update New Year 2017
A. Reverse Mortgage – Beware!
B. Construction Contracts-Change Orders:
C. Revise Your Will?
D. Other Reasons to Update your Estate Planning Documents
Legal Update New Year 2016
A. Don’t Delay Estate Planning
B. High or Low Tech Record Keeping
C. Pipeline Easements – Oil & Gas
D. The Next Generation / Probate of Farms and Ranches
Legal Update New Year 2015
A. Using Appropriate Notary Blocks
B. Updated Employment Verification Requirement
C. Inherited IRAs Are Not “Retirement Funds”
D. Sale Of A Business
E. Your Spouse May Not Inherit Your Entire Estate If You Don’t Have A Will