Life After Bankruptcy: Credit Repair
You filed bankruptcy, received your discharge and now want to start life after bankruptcy. Step one of life after bankruptcy should be to repair your credit and start building a positive credit history. In order to begin building a positive credit history you need to adhere the following steps: Make sure all of your debt […]
LPS Releases Dismal Mortgage Statistics
Lender Processing Services (LPS), the largest mortgage servicer in the United States, recently released its “Mortgage Monitor,” a comprehensive study of the status of U.S. mortgages/foreclosures. The study found the national average of delinquent mortgages at about 12.45%. In other words, nearly 4.1 Million loans are either delinquent or currently in foreclosure. The research further […]
Black & LoBello on the Radio
Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from August 15th, 2011 in which Christopher J. Philips, Esq., discusses the benefits of a living will, trustee questions, avoiding unnecessary probate fees, changes to estate planning documents to conform with Nevada Statutes and Nevada’s new Domestic Partnership law as it relates to probate. Please tune […]
SB 277 Gives Minors Misdemeanor For Inappropriate Texting
Any parent of a teenager in the modern era of instant and high definition technology has concerns about the manner in which their child or children are utilizing this technology. Although we as parents always hope to raise moral children, it is unrealistic to think that our children will never send inappropriate material via email […]
Black & LoBello on the Radio
Click here to listen to the Legal Hour on KDWN AM720 from August 8th, 2011 in which Christopher J. Phillips talks about adult guardianship, probate, trusts and asset protection.
SB 221 Clarifies Trusts and Estates
SB 221 is intended to improve the law relating to trust and estate issues with the following objectives: (a) to simplify the process of transferring assets at death, whether or not probate is required; (b) to clarify the rights of creditors as to nonprobate asset and trust assets; (c) to clarify exemptions from creditors’ claims […]
SB 414 Restricts Banks
Senate Bill No. 414 was introduced to address some of the consequences of the downturn in the current real estate market. Section 2 of the Bill was intended to prevent a bank from calling a commercial mortgage loan due if the borrower is not in default. That section was quickly eliminated by amendment from the […]
NV Workers’ Compensation Ed Conference featuring Mike Ryan
Mike Ryan, Esq., from Black & LoBello was the first to present at the Nevada Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference on August 11, 2011 at the Rio Hotel & Casino. Along with Hearing Officer Mercer Berens and fellow attorney, Erica Tosh, Mr. Ryan discussed the recent Supreme Court cases in Workers’ Compensation as well […]
NV Courts May Allow Audiovisual Appearances
On July 29, 2011, the Nevada Supreme Court issued an order scheduling a public hearing on a pending petition, filed by Supreme Court Justice Mark Gibbons, to amend the rules which allow audiovisual participation in the Nevada courts. This proposed rule would allow witnesses and other participants to appear at trials through audio-visual links, rather […]
AB 571 Smoking Indoors
Effective June 17, 2011, Assembly Bill 571 loosens restrictions on smoking that were put in effect by the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act of 2006. Nevada citizens voted to enact the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act in early November 2006 and it became law in December 2006, receiving approximately 54% of the vote. Among other […]