General Law Blogs

Audit Clauses ARE for the creative.

Posted on December 14, 2006
In their most simple form, audit clauses allow one or both parties to audit each other's bookkeeping.In very brief and straightforward clauses, the party requesting the audit is authorized to: 1) request an audit, 2) with adequate notice, 3) at reasonable business hours, and, 4) hire a competent accounting professional to conduct the audit...

Of Orcs and Audits

Posted on December 09, 2006
This is the first post in a series I'll be doing on audits. If you haven't heard about Peter Jackson being pulled as the director of The Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit have a look at the CNN article. The letter written by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh appears on The One Ring, a fan site...

When the Government Calls . . . Answer

Posted on December 05, 2006
Woody Allen famously said, ?Eighty percent of success is showing up.?One sure way to insure non-success in legal matters involving the government is to fail to appear. The classic failure to appear occurs in judicial settings. Ignoring traffic citations and parking tickets, phone calls and letters from representatives of taxing entities, failing to file various documents and non-conformance to various formalities imposed by law, all amount to potential future problems and are another form of "failing to appear...

A few more or less random thoughts and notes on estate planning which are not to be regarded as legal advice or endorsement of any particular action:

Posted on December 04, 2006
The statutory scheme for disposal of assets, ie. dying intestate (without a will), may be an acceptable solution for some folks. But, if you have minor children wills are necessary if you don't want the court appointing their guardian. Probate in Washington State is not the bugaboo it is in some other states...

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Seattle Times exposes the seamy underside of the guardianship business in Washington State

Posted on December 03, 2006
Kudos to the Seattle Times for exposing the weaknesses and failures of the court appointed guardianship business. It is a relief to see the problems of professional guardianship brought forward into the light of day. For too long, court commissioners, judges, guardian ad litems, and many lawyers have perpetuated the image of the abusive, neglectful, and, spendthrift family member as the rule rather than the exception...

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