Taxation & Estate Planning

100 year-old lawyer still practicing
Weatherford lawyer Jack Borden, who turns 100 today, says he?s still practicing law after 72 years, because it?s keeping him alive. ?If I didn?t come down here, I?d die,? Borden says about his regular work hours at his firm, Borden...

Should Roberta Borden be a free woman
Thirty years ago, Borden was convicted, with her lover, of shooting her husband through the heart while he was watching TV. The Springfield woman was supposed to serve 50 years before she could qualify for parole but a relatively new...

Starting on Monday
A big week for housing law next week. The House of Lords is hearing Knowsley Housing Trust v White [2007] EWCA Civ 404 (tolerated trespassers and assured tenancies in the context of a preserved Right to Buy) Porter v Shepherds Bush Housing Association [2008] EWCA Civ 196 (do assured tenancies give rise to tolerated trespassers [...

Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Allowing Evangelist To Preach On Public Plaza
In Borden v. City of Modesto, (ED CA, Nov. 19, 2008), a California federal district court issued a preliminary injunction requiring the city of Modesto to give evangelist Kevin Borden equal access to the city's pedestrian Tenth Street Plaza to preach and proselytize...

More on Jack Borden, the 100-year-old attorney
Yesterday Tex Parte did a story on Jack Borden, an 100-year-old attorney who is still practicing. Here is a photo of him from his birthday party. (Photo credit: Steven Shilio) --Jonathan Fox

Same sex marriage: Does Justice Borden really oppose it
We all know the vote tally in Kerrigan v. Comm’r of Public Health: 4-3 in favor of the plaintiffs. Justices Palmer, Norcott, Katz and Judge Harper voting in favor and Justices Borden, Vertefeuille (Ryan takes a stab at unpacking her dissent) and Zarella against...

Nationwide Recall Of All Lots Of Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap
Tylenol Arthritis Pain 100 Count With Ez-Open Cap All Lots Recalled Nationally

Family Law
involving divorce, child custody, spousal support, common law, adoption and same sex marriage.

Wegmans Food Market
alleging the retailer revealed too much information on their credit and debit card receipts, violating the FACTA law, and leaving customers open to identity theft

AireSurf Networks Holdings Inc.
$23,147 debt settlement made by issuance of 115,735 common shares.

Common Stock Shareholders
LaBranche & Co. LLC agrees to $13 million securities fraud class action settlement.