Individual Bankruptcy Filings
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] Individual Bankruptcy Filings: Chapter 7 vs. Chapter 13 [2020-05-08 APD Rev.] Under the Bankruptcy Code, individual debtors have different options when seeking bankruptcy protections: chapter 7 and chapter 13. Chapter 7 is a liquidation bankruptcy which wipes out most of an individual filer’s unsecured debts, such as credit cards and medical bills. Generally, chapter 7 […]
Election 2020
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″] The recent Nevada and National elections provide an opportunity for a perspective aside from commenting on the individual wins and losses. The founders of this country, in reaction to the dominance of a faraway absolute monarch, a colonial experience and a revolutionary war, created a government unique in the history of mankind. The […]
Holiday Risk
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] Its Winter flu season, it’s the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season and, unfortunately, it is still COVID season. COVID seems to have altered everything. What we used to think of as normal simply isn’t any more. It simply is a time to be careful about safety and security for reasons […]
2020 Nevada General Election Legislative Results – Final
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] All the ballots cast in Nevada have now been counted and the various county commissions have finalized the canvas of votes. The composition of the 21st Legislative Session is now set. The complete list is below this email. The Republicans had a strong election down-ballot. The GOP held every seat it was […]
Employer COVID Liability Protections
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] COVID-19 Employer liability lawsuits commenced early after state quarantines began. Generally, the suits allege employers should be held responsible for an employee’s contracting COVID as a result of working or the working environment. Historically, Nevada Employers have been protected from these claims due to the enactment of Nevada’s Worker’s Compensation Act but that protection could be […]
State Count: Legal Cannabis
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] Voters turned out on Tuesday to deliver another undeniable step to legalizing cannabis throughout the United States. With the addition of Arizona, Montana, and New Jersey the Nation’s total of legal recreational cannabis rises to 15 while the number of states with medical programs has increased to 36 with the addition of […]
Contracts and the Internet for Small Business
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] In this COVID environment, small business is at even greater risk than what we previously thought of as normal. Those days are becoming a distant memory. For those small businesses that have managed to survive the shutdowns and lockdowns and are trying to recover under the restrictions on capacity, spacing and […]
Investigation of Claims/Defenses or The Facts that Support a Claim/Defense
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] One thing that was not told to this young and impressionable to-be-attorney in law school was the fact that you will also need to be a private investigator of sorts. There are at least three reasons for this activity. First, ethically, an attorney must have a reasonable, good faith basis to assert claims or […]
In the New World of COVID-19, Risks and Insurance Needs Should Be Reevaluated
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] As all of us continue through the pandemic with all of the social and business adjustments that have been made, we are distracted by what appears to be the “new normal” — the continuing shutdown of certain activities and limitations on others; children going to school or attending by Zoom; and, of course, the effort and desire to […]
Special Sessions of the 2020 Summer in Nevada
[vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column offset=”vc_col-md-11 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text] Over the course of its history, Nevada has had special sessions for a myriad of reasons. In recent memory, these typically focus on winding up the business of the prior regular session, but sometimes deal with significant matters of business, such as addressing the fallout of the Great Recession and now […]