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July 5, 2022 | Category:
NewsPeople buy insurance liability policies (such as automobile insurance, homeowner insurance, professional liability, and business insurance) with the general expectation that if they are sued by somebody hurt in an accident the insurance company will hire a lawyer to protect them. If an insurance company does hire a lawyer to protect you if you are […]
Lemons, Grundy & Eisenberg is proud to announce that managing partner and shareholder Robert L. Eisenberg was recently inducted into the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, a prestigious organization with limited membership across the United States. The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers was founded in 1990 to recognize outstanding appellate lawyers and promote the improvement […]
Community access to government documents promotes transparency and oversight of governmental entities by the general public those entities serve and, as recognized by the statutory scheme, such access fosters democratic principles. Chapter 239 of the Nevada Revised Statutes governs the public’s access to “all public books and public records of a government entity, the contents […]
May 23, 2022 | Category:
NewsA frequent occurrence in the world of trusts and estates is the scenario where an individual or couple undertake the time and expense of creating a trust to avoid probate but then never actually fund that trust with the assets intended for the trust. To “fund” a trust means that, after the trust agreement or […]
May 17, 2022 | Category:
NewsThis article is Part 2 of our blog discussing child labor laws. The first article discussed state laws in Nevada. This next discussion covers federal law. Employers must comply with both state and federal law. This is intended to be an overview and not exhaustive as to what is permitted or prohibited. FEDERAL LAW 16- […]
May 11, 2022 | Category:
NewsWhen my son, now 43 years old, was 14 years old, he desperately wanted to find a job, and I was even more desperate for him to find something to occupy his time. I was so desperate that when we found out a local water slide company would hire 14-year-olds to serve up Dipin’ Dots […]
By Rebecca Bruch, Esq. Minimum Wage: Just like clockwork, on March 13 we sprung our clocks forward (maybe for the last time), and just like clockwork, on July 1, 2022, the Nevada two-tier minimum wage will go up (definitely not for the last time). Nevada has one of the few two-tier minimum wage rules in […]
March 29, 2022 | Category:
NewsFor many people, their home is their largest asset. Despite the importance of protecting your assets, homeowners overlook a statutory mechanism that can provide protection from creditors. In Nevada, a homeowner can prepare and record a Homestead Declaration in the county in which the residence is located. Upon the recording of a properly prepared homestead […]
March 18, 2022 | Category:
NewsHistorically, evidence to be presented at trial consisted of physical documents and other tangible things, i.e., a weapon in a murder trial. Proper preservation of physical evidence is critical. The failure to adequately preserve evidence is referred to as “spoliation.” If evidence is not properly preserved, an adverse party may request that the presiding court […]
March 11, 2022 | Category:
NewsSometimes a person or company can be in possession of property or money that should go to other people but the other people won’t or can’t accept the property or money… or might even disagree who should get the property or money. For example, if both the buyer and seller of a car ask you […]
