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When Can Foreclosure Start?
By Javier Lavagnino, Esq. | Last updated on
Actor Steven Baldwin's foreclosed home in New York is going to public auction later this month, and although the AP reports that Baldwin reportedly paid only...
Tweeting or Facebooking Divorce: Beware the Private Info You Broadcast
By Caleb Groos | Last updated on
When combined with divorce, social media sites like Facebook and Twitter don't simply give us anecdotes about the seemingly least human ways to communicate...
Steps to Deal with Workplace Sexual Harrasment, and Worse
By Javier Lavagnino, Esq. | Last updated on
The CEO of Steiff, the toy maker known for the original Teddy bears, and the company itself have been slapped with an $80 million sexual harassment and assault...
Adoptions, Divorces, and Marriages: All Slowed by Recession
By Javier Lavagnino, Esq. | Last updated on
Although some have suggested that the ongoing recession may result in a rise in the divorce rate, results from a FindLaw survey may indicate that the recession...
Judge Says Horn Honking Is Not Free Speech: Neighbors' Dispute Leads to Arrest
By Javier Lavagnino, Esq. | Last updated on
People who honk their horn gratuitously and/or angrily better watch out because they might not have the First Amendment to fall back on if they get in trouble...
"Widow Penalty" Finished? DHS Suspends Actions Against Widowed Immigrants
By Javier Lavagnino, Esq. | Last updated on
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that it is going to stop deporting certain widowed immigrants under an oft-criticized "quirk" in...