Blog Posts in 2018

5 Notary Defects to Raise in Collection Defense Cases The affidavit lacks a signature to which the notary applies. The date on the affidavit is different than the notary date. The notary is located in ...

I found the below personal-finance books and business books to be immensely helpful. My last blog post, 100 Examples of the 80/20 Rule, set off a chain reaction of personal-finance and business books. ...

Also known as: The Pareto Principle The Principle of Least Effort The Principle of Imbalance The Law of the Vital Few and the Trivial Many The More with Less Principal The Rule The 80/20 Rule asserts ...

The same tax rules apply whether the award is made by settlement (before or after lawsuit) or awarded through a judgment. But the parties can influence taxation by inserting pivotal facts in a ...

Tax law is harsh when it comes to most filing deadlines, which are considered jurisdictional and not subject to equitable tolling. Even one day late, regardless of the harshness of result, will block ...

Under the tax code, the confidentiality privilege only applies in non-criminal tax matters. But United States v. Kovel (2nd Cir. 1961) stepped in to extend the attorney-client privilege to cover ...