A Baltimore County jury has awarded damages of more than $176,000 against a longtime Pikesville lawyer who erroneously assured a client that a judgment lien on his Howard County home had been ...

At the end of a lawsuit, the prevailing party often ends up with a final judgment awarding it some monetary amount from the losing party. This amount can include amounts for damages, attorney fees and ...

Q:My partner and I own a four-unit apartment building as tenants in common. A few years ago, my partner lost a negligence lawsuit, and the court rendered a $200,000 judgment against him. He has a ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

Business enterprises routinely conclude commercial contracts on a credit basis, billing customers at a later date. Some customers fail to deal in good faith, but it is difficult to know if that ...

Dad was a debtor and owned 49% LLC (Mom owned 49%, and Son owned the other 2%). Creditor first moved to reverse veil-pierce the LLC, and the Court denied this request. Creditor then obtained a ...

When your efforts to collect a bill from a business that owes you money have been unsuccessful, you can place a lien on the assets of the business. As a lienholder, you gain legal rights to the ...

In life, Alfred M. Hagler shared a name with his son, unfettered by appellations like “Jr.” or “Sr.” that would distinguish one from the other. In death, the address they also shared remains subject ...