Instead, Macy’s Inc has brought a civil lawsuit against Stewart and her company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc (MSLO), for breach of contract after Stewart’s company allegedly entered into an agreement to sell product’s at store’s [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2012/01/25/macys-sues-martha-stewart/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/12/01/hostages-being-sued-by-their-kidnapper/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/12/01/hostages-being-sued-by-their-kidnapper/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:35:20 +0000 Shannon Blanchard, Esq. http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=15352 A man fleeing from police in 2009 burst into a home and held a husband and wife hostage and is now suing them for breach of an oral contract. There are several things wrong with this picture. For starters, being held hostage is bad enough and then to [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/12/01/hostages-being-sued-by-their-kidnapper/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/10/18/wall-street-occupation-hitting-home-lawinfo-banking-law-resources/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/10/18/wall-street-occupation-hitting-home-lawinfo-banking-law-resources/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:31:43 +0000 Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq. http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=14939 Answers to Your Banking Law Questions

Being involved in legal issues that involve finances can be daunting.  You may wonder whether the banking professional truly has your best interests in mind, or whether the banking decisions you make will have legal implications, especially regarding taxes, or other financial infrastructures. Answers to some questions you may [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/10/18/wall-street-occupation-hitting-home-lawinfo-banking-law-resources/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/08/01/eb-5-the-%e2%80%9cmillion-dollar%e2%80%9d-visa/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/08/01/eb-5-the-%e2%80%9cmillion-dollar%e2%80%9d-visa/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:06:48 +0000 Shannon Blanchard, Esq. http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=11312 EB-5 Background

The Immigration Act of 1990 created the EB-5 visa petition, and in essence, answers the investors’ goal of permanent residency in the most direct route. The investor, their spouse and all unmarried children under the age of 21 enter the United States as conditional residents under the I-526 [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/08/01/eb-5-the-%e2%80%9cmillion-dollar%e2%80%9d-visa/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/07/28/spotlight-lawsmart-articles/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/07/28/spotlight-lawsmart-articles/#comments Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:38:05 +0000 Caitlyn Obolsky, Esq. http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=11261 Last week, I detailed how LawSmart.com is a new website that offers users the ability to create high quality legal documents for free. 

In addition to high quality free legal documents, LawSmart.com also offers articles in seven different categories: http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=11195 LawSmart.com Offers Free Legal Documents

LawSmart.com is a new website that offers users the ability to create high quality legal documents for free. Although LawSmart is still technically in Beta, the legal documents that have been uploaded are attorney written for each specific jurisdiction/state.

LawSmart [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/07/22/lawsmart-com-doc-spotlight-free-estate-planning-documents-at-your-fingertips/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/26/google-under-major-ftc-probe/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/26/google-under-major-ftc-probe/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:17:56 +0000 Mark Sweet, Esq http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=10888 The world’s largest web-search company, Google, is under a serious FTC (Federal Trade Commission) probe.  The FTC is about to hit Google, Inc. with subpoenas, launching one of the broadest investigations into whether Google abused its dominance in web-search advertising.

The FTC investigation is focusing on [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/26/google-under-major-ftc-probe/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/24/new-patent-reform-passed-by-legislature/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/24/new-patent-reform-passed-by-legislature/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 02:06:47 +0000 Mark Sweet, Esq http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=10850 You’ve invented the next big thing; you want your millions upon millions of dollars and world-wide fame.  The question – how do you protect your invention?  In many cases, this means that you will apply for a patent.

A patent protects unique designs, processes or new ideas.  They must fill out [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/24/new-patent-reform-passed-by-legislature/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/23/who-pays-when-more-than-one-person-is-involved-with-a-persons-injury/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/23/who-pays-when-more-than-one-person-is-involved-with-a-persons-injury/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:28:03 +0000 Mark Sweet, Esq http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=10811 When more than one person is involved in an accident that causes an injury, there’s a question of who can be liable for damages.  If the two defendants acted in concert, each will be liable for injuries directly caused by the other, even if the harms caused by each are divisible (i.e. can split the [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/23/who-pays-when-more-than-one-person-is-involved-with-a-persons-injury/feed/ 0 http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/21/children%e2%80%99s-lemonade-stand-fined-500-for-operating-without-a-license/ http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/21/children%e2%80%99s-lemonade-stand-fined-500-for-operating-without-a-license/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:05:49 +0000 Mark Sweet, Esq http://blog.lawinfo.com/?p=10787 It’s summertime, this means running through sprinklers, going to the beach or, for many children, setting up a lemonade stand.  However, four 10-year-olds who set up a lemonade stand in their front yard near Congressional County Club’s golf court (the site of this year’s U.S. Open).  The kids were fined $500 by the [...]]]> http://blog.lawinfo.com/2011/06/21/children%e2%80%99s-lemonade-stand-fined-500-for-operating-without-a-license/feed/ 0