No matter the income, today’s practice of law carries a notoriety that is far from the noontime martinis and Bentley-driven glamour portrayed on television. For many attorneys, the typical day begins and ends with a text, tweet or email, staring at one screen or another, carrying the weight of their clients’ problems or fending off...
Dr. Richard Alley asked the audience to think back to last January. “You may remember the polar vortex. It was cold here.” But at that time, the rest of the world was dealing with milder-than normal temperatures. “But we happened to be in a cold spot.” Skeptics pointed to those milder temperatures and repeated their...
There a number of truths in life from “the only certain things are death and taxes,” to “the sun rises in the East and sets in the West,” and, my personal favorite, “everyone hates being nickeled and dimed.” While I can’t address the metaphysics of death or why the Earth rotates clockwise, I can speak...
One of the things it seems we all get in the mail from time to time is a notice of the settlement of a class action case that somehow we are a part of. If we send in some information we can participate in the settlement. Otherwise, we can’t. At the beginning of the year...
In the world of corporate law, there may be no more important concept than the corporate shield and limited personal liability. The concept is very simple. Generally speaking, if you are a shareholder of a corporation (or a member of a limited liability company), you are personally protected against any claims against the business. The...
Many lawyers tend to think of ‘corporate separateness’ as a line dividing the business owner and the business itself. In this context, creditors of the business may reach assets of the business, but not the owner. However, owners may have creditors too. In this context, personal creditors of the owners may attempt to reach the...