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Alan Segal - Real Estate Law Attorney Massachusetts
Court Press News |
2014/08/28 11:25
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Looking to purchase your first home in Massachusetts? Bostonians are beginning to save up to buy real estate as safe equity. Property would include all of the following: house, commercial building, or even a lot. When people think property, they usually think of residential real estate, which is property that involves houses, condos, and townhouses. If you’re planning on buying real estate in Massachusetts, it’s in your best interest to contact
a Massachusetts Real Estate Lawyer for legal advice.
Buying real estate in Massachusetts is a big cost, but investors stand to make a profit by flipping property and selling at a higher value. Whether you’re planning on purchasing or selling real estate, it’s advised that you have an experienced Massachusetts residential real estate lawyer by your side.
Below you’ll find the different types of Real Estate to purchase:
- Commercial Properties
- Low Income Housing
- Boarding Houses
- Open Land Lots
- Rental Properties
- Residential Properties
Before any real estate purchase, contact and consult a Massachusetts real estate lawyer to assist you with real estate purchasing and trends. Failure to do so will result in steadily accumulating equity.
If you’d like to speak with a Massachusetts Real Estate Lawyer regarding legal assistance with real estate law, contact us today!
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California high court pick up for confirmation
Legal Career News |
2014/08/28 11:23
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California Gov. Jerry Brown's nominee to fill a vacancy on the state Supreme Court has received strong support during the run-up to his confirmation hearing.
The three-member Commission on Judicial Appointments is widely expected to confirm Stanford University law professor Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuellar after a two-hour hearing Thursday in San Francisco.
If approved, the registered Democrat would fill a vacancy created by the retirement in January of conservative Justice Marvin Baxter. The Mexican-born Cuellar will also be placed on the November ballot for voter approval if confirmed Thursday.
The three witnesses scheduled to testify say they are supporters. In addition, the commission received seven written endorsements, including one from former FBI chief Robert Mueller. The commission hasn't received any written opposition.
"I believe Tino to be of the highest caliber and a man of character," Mueller wrote. "He is reasonable, even-tempered and moderate in his approach to the law."
Cuellar was born in Matamoros, Mexico, and walked across the border to attend school in Brownsville, Texas, according to the governor's office. He earned his law degree from Yale Law School and a doctoral degree in political science from Stanford University. He has been a law professor at Stanford since 2001. |
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Court: Silence can be used against suspects
Legal Business |
2014/08/19 14:50
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The California Supreme Court has ruled that the silence of suspects can be used against them.
Wading into a legally tangled vehicular manslaughter case, a sharply divided high court on Thursday effectively reinstated the felony conviction of a man accused in a 2007 San Francisco Bay Area crash that left an 8-year-old girl dead and her sister and mother injured.
Richard Tom was sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter after authorities said he was speeding and slammed into another vehicle at a Redwood City intersection.
Prosecutors repeatedly told jurors during the trial that Tom's failure to ask about the victims immediately after the crash but before police read him his so-called Miranda rights showed his guilt.
Legal analysts said the ruling could affect future cases, allowing prosecutors to exploit a suspect's refusal to talk before invoking 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination. |
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California high court strikes measure from ballot
Headline Legal News |
2014/08/19 14:50
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The California Supreme Court on Monday blocked an advisory measure backed by Democrats from the November ballot.
By a 5-1 vote, the court ordered the removal of Proposition 49, which would have asked voters if they want a federal constitutional amendment to overturn the U.S. Supreme Court's so-called Citizens United ruling allowing unlimited corporate spending in elections.
The majority opinion said no harm will come from removing the nonbinding measure while courts determine its validity. The court said it would consider the issue in more detail in September.
Writing separately, Justice Goodwin Liu agreed with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, an anti-tax group that filed a lawsuit seeking to remove the measure from the ballot. The group argued that advisory measures are not a proper use of the ballot.
Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said she would have allowed placing the proposition on the ballot, as a divided appeals court had ruled earlier.
The bill to place the measure on the ballot was introduced by Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance, and it passed over Republicans' opposition. Brown, a Democrat, let the bill become law without his signature. Lieu's Sacramento office didn't return a phone call placed late Monday. |
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Tennessee man pleads guilty to forgery
Headline Legal News |
2014/08/13 14:59
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A Tennessee man has pleaded guilty to two counts of forgery of the signatures of a district court judge and an officer of the U.S. District Court.
U.S. District Judge Pamela L. Reeves set sentencing for 49-year-old Scott Thibault of Maryville for Dec. 1 in Knoxville. Thibault entered the plea Wednesday.
Prosecutors say Thibault has also agreed to plead guilty to one-count information of use of the mail to defraud.
Prosecutors say Thibault falsely represented himself as an attorney in an adoption case and forging the name of U.S. District Judge Thomas Varlan on the documents.
Thibault told the court he obtained at least $400,000 from the victims to further his scheme to defraud and obtain money.
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