Wayne Silver Blog

BRACING PRESUMPTIONS AND SHIFTING BURDENS

“In that direction,” the Cat said, waving its right paw round, “lives a Hatter, and in that direction,” waving the other paw, “lives a March Hare. Visit either you like: they’re both mad.” “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.“

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BRACE YOURSELVES FOR SUMMER’S PASSING

Ahh, summer in Vegas. When venturing outside during the day is an act of courage, and you find yourself asking Alexa for the melting point of the soles of your sneakers. And yet each year as the days grow shorter

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Eviction and Bankruptcy

Eviction and Bankruptcy Remedies The 120-day CARES Act eviction moratorium expired on Saturday, July 25. At the expiration of the moratorium, landlords covered by the federal moratorium could begin serving eviction notices, and begin filing eviction lawsuits 30 days thereafter.

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CC - Mostly Dead

Suspended Corporations Are Only Mostly Dead

Suspended corporations have long fascinated me. They seem to exist is some legal netherworld. “Wandering between two worlds. One dead, the other powerless to be born. With nowhere yet to rest my head, like these, on earth I wait forlorn.

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hearsay objection

Objection: Hearsay

There you are, client on the witness stand, jury in the box, story being told on direct exactly the way you prepared her, things going just swimmingly. And then opposing counsel stands and utters those two lovely words…”Objection, hearsay.”  Huh?

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