Recent News

• Supreme Court tackles student loan discharge

  Published Friday, December 11, 2009

  Student loans are extremely difficult to discharge in bankruptcy.  To avoid future obligation, a debtor must show that having to make those payments in the future would constitute an undue hardship.  Typically this is done by filing a separate adversary action in bankruptcy court.  The Supreme Court said it will decide whether student loans can be dismissed more»

• International adoptions through the Hague Convention

  Published Friday, December 4, 2009

  A recent development in international adoption which changed the process of international adoption in many countries is the Hague Convention which was entered into force in the United States on April 1, 2008.  The Hague Convention will only effect international adoptions if the child's country of origin is also a signatory.  Under the Hague Convention, both more»

• Handling Damage Deposits

  Published Wednesday, November 25, 2009

  Many landlords are not aware of what their responsibilities are when handling damage deposits at the end of a tenant's lease.

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• Lien Priority

  Published Tuesday, November 24, 2009

  A hotly contested area of mortgage foreclosure concerns the priority between mortgages and mechanics liens.

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• Think Before You Post

  Published Monday, November 23, 2009

  In our modern information friendly society, client's can find themselves convicted based upon their own postings on "myspace" and "facebook".

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