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The goal of Chapter 7 bankruptcy is to give a debtor a fresh start. After Chapter 7 bankruptcy has concluded, the debtor has no liability for the discharged debts. To provide some immediate relief for debtors, filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy...

The Michigan Gaming Control Board (“MGCB”) released the revenue and wagering tax data for October 2013 for the three Detroit, Michigan, commercial casinos. The three Detroit commercial casinos posted a collective 4.2% decrease in gaming revenues...

Facebook use in the workplace is a mind-boggling issue for employers. On one hand, employers don't want to come across as controlling "Big Brothers" who don't trust employees to get their work done. But on the other hand, well, your employees may not be getting their work done.

Our final Alabama SALT Alert of 2013 summarizes the major legislative, judicial, and administrative developments affecting Alabama taxpayers with respect to income, transactional, and property taxes so far this year. The 2013 regular legislative...

Elder abuse is the shorthand term for an extensive Nevada law that covers the much broader categories of neglect, abuse, isolation or exploitation of vulnerable or elderly people. Nevada law defines an elderly person as someone age 60 or older....

A prominent Pennyslvania attorney has left the law firm at which he had practiced for 39 years after being criminally charged in a rape case concerning a former firm employee. Kerns, Pearlstine, Onorato, and Hladnik has now dissolved, and was reconfigured on Dec.

When business owners sign a lease for a new space, their key concerns are typically the rent amount, location and the disruption to business from moving. However, a lease is one of the most important contracts a business owner will ever sign, because...

When you get pulled over by the police while driving, the best way to handle is to be pleasant and not be argumentative. You listen to the officer as to why he pulled over. Being belligerent and non-cooperative will only lead you to a ticket....

Resolving a circuit split, the U.S. Supreme court has sided with the Internal Revenue Service in a dispute over the maximum penalty that can be assessed when a taxpayer misstates the value of a tax shelter partnership due to incorrect legal analysis.

The movie Seven taught me that the seven deadly sins are wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony. It also taught me not to open up any boxes delivered by a truck in any desolate place. Seriously, there are many mistakes that retirement...

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