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  • How Did the 2020 Election Impact Marijuana Laws? Marijuana Laws and the 2020 Election Behind all the rancor and sensationalism of the 2020 Presidency and Senate elections lies significant progress and change in the expansion of Marijuana Legalization and Drug De-Criminalization.  The 2020 Election’s impact on Marijuana Laws coupled with COVID-19 will heavily pressure other

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  • Marijuana Legalization has been a popular and exciting topic for the last couple of years.  It began with the introduction of medical marijuana in several states, then the full legalization in Colorado.  Each year additional states followed the path of Colorado.  Those include Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Maine, Vermont, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, and the District

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  • On April 27, 2020, I wrote an article called COVID-19: A Retail Apocalypse and Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Tsunami.  Since then, the retail industry has slowly resumed business, albeit later than many expected.  Additionally, the recent social justice protests and the rioting and looting that followed in some areas led to property and inventory damage, as

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  • Background Currently, our country has experienced mass protests over Law Enforcement and America’s treatment of African Americans in response to the horrific, tragic, and shocking murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  The protests have occurred all of the United States, mostly in major cities such as Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York, Washington D.C., Miami, Seattle,

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  • When faced with unmanageable debt or the loss of property such as a home or car, filing bankruptcy may be an option for relief.  If considering bankruptcy, you can file a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.  The answer to what is the difference between the two is found in this article: Chapter 7 vs.

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  • The impact of a bankruptcy on one’s job is often a concern and question clients ask.  These are all valid questions you should ask your bankruptcy attorney.  “Can Bankruptcy Affect my Job?” is a question worth exploring and understanding. Why is an Applicant’s or Employee’s Bankruptcy Filing Important? First, if an employer wants to use

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  • When considering filing a Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, a common concern among clients is whether they may lose their home, car, retirement accounts, or other assets and property.  The federal bankruptcy laws include specific protections for the property and assets of bankruptcy debtors.  When a one files Bankruptcy, all his/her property becomes part

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  • Employment Law and Workplace Discrimination primarily focus on individuals falling within a defined “protected class.”  The Federal Government has a list of specific “protected classes,” and states and municipalities are free to add to the Federal Government’s “protected classes” list.  This results in the common questions to Attorneys and Human Resource Professionals: What are Protected

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  • The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became a federal law in 1990.  It was amended in 2008 by the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA). The primary purpose of the ADA is to provide workplace protections for individuals with a qualifying disability.  The protections include the requirements of employers implementing a “reasonable accommodation” for the employee, and

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  • There is a common misconception when it comes to Bankruptcy and Tax Debt, being that Tax Debt will not get erased in a Bankruptcy filing.  While not all Tax Debts get erased in Bankruptcy, certain Tax Debts can if meeting specific requirements.  When discussing Bankruptcy and erasing debts, the term “Erase” is replaced with the

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