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Dan's Desk

Why Not?

09/21/2022 Why Not? Estate planning, operating agreements, and addressing a problem. We all have these things. We all have some things lingering. Why not address them?

Challenging Amendments to a Revocable Trust

09/14/2022 Challenging Amendments to a Revocable Trust A revocable trust's assets and bequeaths are readily changed. Usually, the revision will cause someone to be spurned. If that's you, here's what…

Discrimination and Employee Reprisal: A Primer

09/07/2022 Discrimination and Employee Reprisal: A Primer It is a very, very challenging market for employees right now. I cannot identify a single client or employer who I've heard report that they are…

Parol Evidence: A follow-up

08/25/2022 Parol Evidence: A follow-up Last week I wrote on the parol evidence rule and exceptions thereto. This week I write to report on an appellate opinion holding the document at…

Parole Evidence: When the document is unclear

08/18/2022 Parole Evidence: When the document is unclear I commonly write on the value of documenting agreements. That advice holds true. Thankfully many of my clients, many of whom are readers of this…

Operating Agreements for LLCs

08/05/2022 Operating Agreements for LLCs The Operating Agreement - the handbook for the company, the manual for navigation, the least used document in possibly all of corporate history.

Regulatory Update

07/20/2022 Regulatory Update As I do on occasion in this blog, I report on recent enforcement actions from the Department of Commerce and Department of Labor & Industry. Here…

Living Together, Not on Title, but Now We're Split: What Do I Get?

07/06/2022 Living Together, Not on Title, but Now We're Split: What Do I Get? The rapid increase in house prices and rents has caused people to start living together. That comes with share expenses, paying for house…

United States Supreme Court Opinions: What They Are, and Are Not

06/30/2022 United States Supreme Court Opinions: What They Are, and Are Not Remember the opinion in Dobbs, et al. vs. Jackson Women's Health Organization, et al? Almost certainly you do because it reversed Roe v. Wade. …