If you have been injured in an accident, you may be able to recover damages for your injury. This area of law is known as personal injury law. In today’s America it is difficult to miss advertisements from personal injury attorneys. Although we are aware that there is help out… read more →
With the majority of Americans living in cities and living closer together than they ever have, clashes with neighbors are inevitable. Most of us have probably had to deal with a neighbor who plays his music too loud or doesn’t shovel her walk. But only some of us have had… read more →
Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in education based on a person’s race, color, sex, religion or national origin. It prohibits this discrimination not only in public elementary schools, secondary schools, public institutions of higher learning, but also in trade schools, technical schools or business… read more →
Have you ever been denied an apartment or rental and was never told why? Did you suspect that there could have been a discriminatory reason behind it but you weren’t sure what your rights were? Many people are unaware that they have been the victims of housing discrimination. Thousands of… read more →
So you got fired from your job and you don’t know why. You came in to work one day and your boss told you she was letting you go. She did not give you an explanation; she simply showed you the door. Or maybe she told you the move was… read more →
Many of us work for corporations and unless we live under a rock we know that corporations have officers, shareholders and directors. But do we really understand the role and powers that each one of them play? Probably not. The truth is that the role can be different in each… read more →
Before your first year of law school, current and former students will give you loads of advice on how to succeed. Some good and some bad. As a recent law school grad I have had some time to reflect on my academic career and I’ve identified three things that helped… read more →
Oftentimes when a person feels wronged they do not know what to do. Perhaps you had a spoken agreement with your painter to pay him and have him do the work, but after you paid him, he never showed up. Maybe your boss fired you and refused to pay you… read more →
Imagine you have a large tract of land, a few acres. You know the boundaries, but you can’t see them all from your house and your borders bump against other people’s borders. Now imagine your neighbor put a shed up on your land and started to use it to park… read more →
A residential lease is typically an agreement whereby the landlord or owner of the property contracts to grant exclusive possession of the real property to the tenant. A lease can also apply to personal property, but different rules apply so we will focus on residential and household leases. In a… read more →