Do you really need a construction lawyer?
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If you decide to build a house for yourself or as an investment property, you think about finding a reputable contractor and crew but don’t worry about whether or not you need an attorney. In fact, there are issues in the construction that may...

What areas of law are the most sought after?
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Posted by admin on Aug 08, 2012

Of course, there are many different types of law. In today’s hectic world, four of the most common areas of legal practice continue to be personal injury, family law, immigration and criminal defense. The most successful law firms have...

How family law regulates child support
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Posted by admin on Jul 28, 2012

There are many legal responsibilities in a marriage or a union people have to consider and children are introduced into it. When it comes to the dissolution of the family, family law advisors, lawyers and judicial established processes make...

  • Do you really need a construction lawyer?

    Do you really need a construction lawyer?

    If you decide to build a house for yourself or as an investment property, you think about finding a reputable contractor and crew but don’t worry about whether or not you need an attorney. In fact, there are issues in the construction that may require the supervision of a lawyer who focuses on construction law. As suggested, construction law...

  • What areas of law are the most sought after?

    What areas of law are the most sought after?

    Of course, there are many different types of law. In today’s hectic world, four of the most common areas of legal practice continue to be personal injury, family law, immigration and criminal defense. The most successful law firms have achieved this success by developing litigation and trial strategies at these areas. What does personal...

  • How family law regulates child support

    How family law regulates child support

    There are many legal responsibilities in a marriage or a union people have to consider and children are introduced into it. When it comes to the dissolution of the family, family law advisors, lawyers and judicial established processes make arrangements and guidelines for the property that is often involved. All things collected over the years may...

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Shooter’s girlfriend sentenced to 5 years for role in deputy’s death

Posted by Jonathan Watling \\ Jul 18, 2011

More than a dozen Clark County Sheriff’s deputies lined the back of a small courtroom early Monday morning as Maria Blessing was sentenced to serve five years in prison for her role in the death of Suzanne Waughtel Hopper.

Blessing, 56, had previously pleaded guilty to charges that she provided a firearm to Michael Ferryman, despite knowing that he had a history of mental illness.

Hopper was investigating a report of shots fired at the Enon Beach Recreation Park on Jan. 1 when Ferryman fatally shot her.

Blessing’s attorney said she was remorseful, but prosecutors countered that she knew Ferryman had a long history of mental illness, and noted she was present when Ferryman had fired shots at law enforcement officers in Morgan County in a separate incident in 2001.

Make no mistake, said Andy Wilson, Clark County prosecutor. She

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International Justice Day: Monitoring the Process

Posted by Jonathan Watling \\ Jul 17, 2011

July 17 is World Day for International Criminal Justice, marking the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute in 1998, which laid the foundations of the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC). To mark the event, here’s a quick look at the work that the Open Society Justice Initiative is doing to monitor the proceedings of both the ICC and the special tribunals set up for Sierra Leone and Cambodia.

A Judgment in the Charles Taylor Trial

Charles Taylor has been on trial at Special Court for Sierra Leone at The Hague since January 2008, and a judgment in the case is expected later this summer. The Justice Initiative has been tracking the trial since the beginning through the Charles Taylor Trial website, providing daily and weekly updates and analysis. T

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It Is The Plaintiff’s Burden To Prove The Validity Of Service Of Process

Posted by Jonathan Watling \\ Jul 16, 2011

In Silva v. BAC Home Loans Servicing, L.P. (5D10-3511), the Fifth District reversed an order denying a motion to set aside a default judgment. In this case, the plaintiff served the defendant under section 48.031, Florida Statutes, by serving Luz Rodriguez, who was purportedly living at the property. After judgment was entered, the appellant/defendant sought to vacate the judgment and filed affidavits establishing they did not know Luz Rodriguez, that the property had been vacant for “some time” before the purported substituted service, and that they had lived in Miami for at least 18 months. The Fifth District stated:

The party seeking to invoke the courts jurisdiction has the burden to prove the validity of service of process. Se

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Owner of Miami Company Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Export-Import Bank

Posted by Jonathan Watling \\ Jul 16, 2011

WASHINGTON – The owner of an investment planning company in Miami was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of $5.2 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and Osvaldo L. Gratacos, Inspector General of the Ex-Im Bank.

 

Carlos L. Morano, 51, was sentenced by Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga in U.S. District Court in Miami.   In addition to his prison term, Morano was sentenced to three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $5.2 million in restitution and $6.8 million in forfeiture.  Morano pleaded guilty on May 6, 2011, to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Ex-Im Bank of approximately $5.2 million.   M

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Changing Relations Between Europe and Africa

Posted by Jonathan Watling \\ Jul 15, 2011

What is the Joint Africa-EU Strategy?

At its narrowest point, only 15 kilometers separate Europe and Africa in the Strait of Gibraltar. Partially due to their close proximity, relations between the two continents have always been intertwined. Throughout history the prosperity, stability, and security of one region has directly affected the other. Recent events in in North Africa, and the influx of Tunisian and Libyan migrants to European shores, have only underscored this connection, and at times, tension.

Migration, however, is but one issue of importance between Europe and Africa. Trade, energy, climate change, democratic governance, and human rights, are among the joint concerns for these regions bound together by history, culture, and geography.

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