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Engage: Nominations open for Asheville’s small-business awards – Asheville Citizen
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 7–> New video games may break through sales slump USA Today reports that two much-anticipated games, “Max Payne 3” and “Diablo III,” due in stores today, could bring respite from a five-month slump in video game retail sales. The arrival of the third-person action game and the PC-based fantasy role-playing game will [...]
John C. Goede: How should rental income from association foreclosed properties …
Editor’s note: Responding to questions about Florida community law, this is a series of columns by attorneys at Goede Adamczyk, PLLC a full-service law firm with a focus on condominium and homeowner association law, real estate law, litigation, estate planning and business law. With offices in Naples and Miami, the firm represents community associations throughout [...]
Lawyers accused of overbilling Parks saved her belongings, attorney says
A lawyer for two probate attorneys fought back Thursday against accusations that his clients drained the estate of civil rights icon Rosa Parks with excessive and unnecessary legal fees. “I’m going to be coming out with both barrels blazing because the reputations of the people I represent have been besmirched,” said attorney Alan May of [...]
2 charges dropped against Mishawaka wrestler
May 19, 2012 (SOUTH BEND, Ind.) — Prosecutors say two charges have been dropped against a Mishawaka High School wrestler after evidence showed he wasn’t present when a teammate was allegedly sexually assaulted. The South Bend Tribune reports the teen pleaded guilty Friday in St. Joseph County Probate Court to interfering with reporting a [...]
Lawyer sues judge, 2 others in Rosa Parks estate case
In a highly unusual move, a lawyer is suing a Wayne County probate judge and two court-appointed lawyers, accusing them of looting the estate of the late civil rights icon Rosa Parks. Attorney Stephen G. Cohen said in court papers that Judge Freddie Burton Jr. conspired with probate lawyers John Chase Jr. and Melvin Jefferson [...]
Tenant praises Reservoir estate
A NEW $16.9 million public housing estate in Reservoir was opened last week. The Cheddar McMahon Estate in Cheddar Rd East includes 39 new apartments in a three-storey building and 14 self-contained units at the rear. Tenant Debbie Smith, who lives in a three-bedroom unit with her three adult children, praised the estate’s design and [...]
Judicial Candidates Plead Their Cases
Candidates for Gwinnett County Clerk of Court, Superior, State and Probate Court were given an opportunity to plead their case before about 120 people during the Gwinnett Bar Association‘s judicial candidates forum May 18 at the 1818 Club in Duluth. Bar Association President Matt Reeves was excited by the large turnout. “This is a record-breaking [...]
Nursing homes urged to prioritize abuse prevention
A task force is calling for Ontario’s long-term-care homes to make the prevention of abuse and neglect their top priority in the year ahead. The provincial Long-Term Care Task Force on Resident Care and Safety says that the people managing and working in these homes must ensure their organizations are committed to preventing abuse, both [...]
An Upbeat View From JPMorgan’s Private Bank
John Duffy, the new CEO of JPMorgan’s U.S. Private Bank, is trying to help clients manage $530 billion of wealth at a time in history when they are desperately clinging to the comfort and transparency of cash, thanks to their still-tender scabs from the scandal-and-recession years. Duffy’s approach is to argue, not unreasonably, that the [...]