Nonprofits provide important services and support many important missions both locally and globally. But it can be difficult to create and build a nonprofit that will serve its mission and make a difference. There are many differences between a for profit corporation and a nonprofit. Fortunately, Nolo, a company that makes the law accessible to anyone, has an excellent guide to help you get started or ...
I helped my wife, at the time my fiance, emigrate to the U.S. while I was attending law school. I was not yet an attorney, nor had I taken any classes on international law or immigration. Unfortunately, finances were such that it necessitated that I do the work myself, rather than hire an experienced immigration attorney to assist me. That proves that it can be done by yourself. As an attorney, I assisted a number of people with immigration matters, ...
Continue Reading →Many people don’t realize just how important contract law is to our everyday lives. Contracts are not something reserved for lawyers and business executives, but govern many transactions from buying a house or car, signing up for a credit card, or insuring that car or house you purchased. If you purchase anything at a store you’ve entered a contractual transaction. We are constantly entering into, enjoying the benefits of, and possibly violating, contracts each and every day. If you run ...
Continue Reading →As a mediator, I’ve spent a lot of time helping divorcing parents work out a fair and realistic paranting plan or custody agreement that works for them and their children. The plan needs to protect the best interests of the children, and it is the parents who know the children best. Absent any abuse, it really is the parents, not the court or other experts, who need to work together to create a parenting plan that will work for everyone ...
Continue Reading →You & The Police by Boston T. Party is an important book in that is provides an easy reference to our constitutional rights when dealing with police and other law enforcement officials. I agree with the book’s tag line that, “if you don’t know your rights, you have none.” You do not have to share Boston’s political views and opinions of the government and law enforcement to gain valuable knowledge from this book, and it is knowledge that I believe ...
Continue Reading →If you are looking for a book to assist you with making business decisions regarding your LLC, this is not necessarily the right book for you. However, if you would like a book to assist with keeping the proper records of your meetings with forms to help you keep minutes and memorialize the decisions you do make, this book, Your Limited Liability Company: An Operating Manual by Attorney Anthony Mancuso, is the book you are looking for. The book includes ...
Continue Reading →Nolo’s Crash Course in Small Business Basics is just what it claims to be. It is a very good source for basic business information. It is provided on 5 audio CDs that are approximately one hour each. The packaging is not as fancy as many of the other audio programs I have, but that does not distract from what is important, the content. (Basically you have five CDs in slip covers inside the box).
The information on the five CDs ...
The Foreclosure Survival Guide: Keep Your House Or Walk Away With Money In Your Pocket by Attorney Stephen Elias, Author of How to File for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy is if nothing else, very timely. Unfortunately so, the rise in foreclosures this past year makes a book like this most welcome for many people going through foreclosure, or for those that the dreaded fear of foreclosure looms overhead.
In these uncertain times, with more foreclosures than ever before, a book like this ...
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