Jun 9
Will my tax debt be wiped out in a bankruptcy? For many, that’s a huge question. It’s also a question that a lot of professionals, bankruptcy attorneys included, don’t have the answer to. In most cases, the answer is “No.” Taxes are not discharged in a bankruptcy. That’s because the same people who wrote the […]
Jun 1
A Chicago lawyer has filed a novel motion in a small claims action involving a car dealership and a married couple. Thomas Gooch, who represents the dealership, filed a motion to exclude “a large-breasted woman” from sitting at the plaintiff’s counsel table with the plaintiffs and their attorney, Dmitri Feofanov. According to CBS News, Gooch […]
May 9
I’ve been following an interesting string of comments on “incentive trusts.” These are trusts that tie distribution of the trust corpus (money) to the beneficiaries to the beneficiaries’ achieving some benchmark, such as graduating from college, kicking a habit or otherwise conforming to some standard the donor wants. The discussion has centered around whether attorneys […]
Apr 29
I’ve been trying to serve a defendant (Mr. X) on behalf of a local bank for about six weeks. He’s been lying to the constable about his whereabouts (strange, but true — defendants sometimes lie to avoid being sued). His last story was that he was out of state for an extended period. A few […]
Apr 28
A few days ago I received a call from a credit union about one of my clients. Apparently my client is hiding his motorcycle, which was security for a loan from the credit union. The credit union asked for my help in getting it back. Now there’s not a lot I can do for the […]
Apr 21
Major League Baseball’s commissioner Bud Selig has announced that MLB will take over day to day control of the Los Angeles Dodgers because the team’s owners, Frank and Jamie McCourt, are locked in a nasty divorce where ownership of the team is up for grabs. Frank McCourt is threatening to sue Bud Selig and MLB […]
Apr 18
Apr 11
Did you get a gift card to Blockbuster that you haven’t used completely? If so, throw it away. Blockbuster filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year, as was widely expected. Up until last week, it looked like Blockbuster might be destined to become one of those companies that just quietly fade away until one day you […]
Mar 24
Whenever I speak with a potential client, one of the questions always asked, often one of the first, is “how much will it cost?” This is a legitimate question, but, upon hearing my estimate (which varies from case to case) some potential clients never become clients. I am sure that in many cases they find […]
Mar 22
The trial of Barry Bonds, major league baseball’s home run king, for lying to a grand jury about whether he used steroids during his career, began today. But as Tom Verducci, columnist for Sports Illustrated, points out in his article on SI.com, this trial isn’t about Bonds’ legacy, which, according to Verducci (and whose opinion […]
