
Drafting Bullet-Proof Legal Documents
Some lawyers are gunslingers litigators, and others aren’t. Either choice is fine, as we all have our preferences and comfort levels. Life is far too short

Some lawyers are gunslingers litigators, and others aren’t. Either choice is fine, as we all have our preferences and comfort levels. Life is far too short

“The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he

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The following Summary addresses the major changes made to the OREF forms that will become available for 2018. Some changes were stylistic and grammatical, and

What is a Contingency? In its simplest form, a contingency is generally an event that must first occur before the contract will become fully binding.

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” ~Ronald Reagan

Answer: When the provision making it non-refundable has been poorly drafted. Too many times I have seen sellers want to lock their buyers into a

Background. The painted surfaces of homes built before 1978 used lead based products. In 1971, a federal law was enacted prohibiting the use of these

Generally. The concept of title to land, i.e. its “ownership”, is fairly obvious, just like ownership of a vehicle, personal property, or other tangible and

Some good news from the latest RMLS™ Market Action letter. New listings for May 2017 reached 4,388, which was 5.9% higher than May 2016, at 4,144.