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Nov. 13, 2013

Estate planning is serious business. When writing a will or trust, one wrong word may change the entire intent of the document. It pays to hire an experienced, qualified estate planning attorney to draft your estate planning documents.

Nov. 10, 2013

Another banking giant has been found guilty of fraud in its mortgage dealings that helped lead to the financial crisis in this country. Last month, according to Reuters, after a month-long trial, a New York jury found Bank of America liable on one civil fraud charge over defective mortgages sold by the bank’s Countrywide unit.

Nov. 3, 2013

When you have entered into a contract with a business partner or a vendor and they fail to perform the obligations under the contract, a breach of contract has occurred. When one party goes against the terms of the contract, it makes it difficult or impossible for the other party to perform, and when this happens...

Oct. 27, 2013

The federal government and one of the biggest names in banking are close to reaching a settlement in mortgage-securities litigation. JPMorgan has tentatively agreed to pay approximately $13 billion to settle civil cases pending with the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Justice Department and the New York Attorney General.

Oct. 20, 2013

William McGarry the former manager of the Bridgeport Holiday Inn alleges in a lawsuit that his former employer fired him after he refused to raise rates on the hotel’s rooms and impose minimum stays as well after last year’s Superstorm Sandy.

Oct. 13, 2013

Is the housing market back to normal yet? According to experts in the field the answer to that question is, “No, we are getting close, but aren’t there yet.” Although the number of foreclosed homes across the nation continues to fall, the number still remains higher than normal.

Oct. 6, 2013

How could a $500,000 property in Hartford, a city facing a $70 million deficit, be sold for $1.00? This is a question many Hartford residents are asking themselves.

Sept. 29, 2013

Every year, thousands of people in the United States launch small businesses to sell their products or services. Although some of these businesses grow and become successful, many others fail.

Sept. 22, 2013

One Hartford homeowner has lived in the same house for thirty-seven years. Butch Lewis raised his children in his home on Vine Street. When the drug dealers tried to take over the neighborhood, Lewis formed a neighborhood watch group and ran the drug dealers out.

Sept. 15, 2013

The Statewide Legal Services of Connecticut, an agency that assists low-income clients in dealing with landlord disputes, commented that in recent years the agency is taking many more calls than they have in the past from tenants claiming their landlords won’t return their security deposits.