Posts written by buteralaw

SATISFACTION

The Rolling Stones couldn’t get it. Sometimes landowners can’t get it either. A mortgage is an instrument of security usually for an accompanying loan. When recorded at the county Recorder of Deeds’ office, a mortgage creates a lien on real property until the underlying debt… Continue reading

Contracts with Key Employees

Employment relationships often are not embodied in a written contract between employer and employee. Instead, most employment is of an “at will” nature, terminable by employer or employee on a moment’s notice, with or without cause. Some employment relationships should be embodied in written agreements,… Continue reading

New Uses for the Old IRAs

Much of the press given to the changes in Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”) in the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 has been directed at the new Roth IRA. However, there are other changes that benefit those who have existing “traditional” IRAs. The biggest change is… Continue reading

Five Practice Areas You Should Be Aware Of

Many of our clients have come to know us as a commercial law firm with strong emphasis on real estate, tax, corporate and financial areas of practice. This is certainly true; however, clients are sometimes surprised to learn that our practice touches other fields with… Continue reading

Subdividing Your Property

From time to time clients ask us to represent them in connection with subdividing a property into two or more separate parcels. Exactly what is subdivision and how is it accomplished? In its simplest form, subdivision is the division of a single tract of land… Continue reading

Cyberspace Privacy

Now that computer online services are becoming more prevalent in the workplace and accessible by an increasing number of employees, what privacy rights does an employee have in his or her personal e-mail or internet access? To what may an employer rightfully have access? Suppose… Continue reading

The Queen’s English – Pronouns That Challenge!

What, which, and who are often used interchangeably, but each has its special meaning, and they are not synonymous when used at the beginning of clauses in complex sentences.Where a clause is “restrictive”, or necessary, to the meaning of a sentence and refers to a… Continue reading

The Explosive, “Hidden” Branch of Government

When the U.S. Constitution was formally adopted, the drafters envisioned a government essentially consisting of three branches: executive (President), legislative (Congress), and judiciary (Supreme Court).It was obvious that the three branches would need administrative assistance to operate, but until early in the Twentieth Century the… Continue reading

You Are Your Credit Report

Important decisions are made based on the information in your credit report; not just about whether you receive a credit card or a car loan, but even whether you get insurance or a job. In most cases your credit report will be the determining factor… Continue reading

What is Negligence?

In our litigious society, we seem to hear it all too often – one person claiming in a lawsuit that another was “negligent”, often seeking millions of dollars in damages. The news media probably make more of these cases than would otherwise be justified, and… Continue reading