By Robert T. Nickerson For those that have read up on stories of celebrities and how their estates would end up impacting them after their deaths, then you might find the story of Prince Rogers Nelson, otherwise better known simply as Prince, quite interesting and a lesson on how not to prepare your own estate…

Written by Jill Roamer, J.D.  There has been a lot of heated debate on the topic of traveling with emotional support animals (ESA), psychiatric service animals (PSA), and traditional service animals. To resolve some of the conflict, the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a Final Statementelaborating on the department’s expectations and priorities regarding the treatment of…

Written by Jill Roamer J.D. Ms. Irving, a blind woman, lives in San Francisco. In 2018, she filed a Complaint against ride-share giant, Uber, alleging that she was discriminated against during various encounters with Uber drivers. Ms. Irving alleged that drivers refused to pick her up at least fourteen different times, and as such she…

Written by Robert T. Nickerson Within the past week, a lot of the news cycles have covered the reaction to the death of Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s long-time husband who recently passed at the age of 99. Some have felt a loss similar to a family member. Others have celebrated it. But regardless of how…

We all know what happened on October 24, 1929, just eight days after Professor Fisher’s bullish prediction, when the Wall Street Crash ushered in the Great Depression, ruining the great economist’s reputation. In hindsight, it is easy to spot the irrational exuberance exhibited in the run up to the greatest economic crisis in modern times….

Written by Jill Roamer, JD In a recent case out of Ohio, a court of appeals analyzed whether the state could recover child support arrears from the estate of a Medicaid recipient. Here, Betty was the legal guardian of her grandchildren, Emily and Bradley. Their father was under court order to pay child support, with Betty as…

Written by Robert T. Nickerson Don’t be afraid to admit that despite hearing about Bitcoin millionaires and Cryptocurrency trailers, you don’t understand a lot about this kind of new market. Digital currencies are an intangible, electronic form of cash that only exists on computers. Compared to physical currencies like dollars and coins that are physical,…

Written by Jill Roamer J.D. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a program that is overseen by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSDI is funded through payroll taxes, and a recipient is considered “insured” because that individual has a certain amount of work credits to receive benefits. Those work credits are earned by working for…

Written by Robert T. Nickerson As we get older, relationships can change. Sometimes we lose our loved ones. Sometimes we find someone new and want to be with that person. Sometimes we may even get remarried. In fact, grey divorces, which are divorces that happen to people in their sixties, have been more common in…

Written by Robert T. Nickerson Larry King’s wife, who he had been estranged from, has announced that she would be contesting his will.  Both Larry King and his seventh wife, Shawn King, were in the middle of a divorce, as filed back in August 2019. The two were still legally married when Larry died on January…