by Brian Huddleston | Sep 20, 2013 | Firm News, Real Estate Law
UPDATE Phase II of Compensation from the Oklahoma Mortgage Settlement Fund now open Free legal help available through Resolution Oklahoma OKLAHOMA CITY ? Attorney General Scott Pruitt Monday announced the opening of Phase II of homeowner compensation from the Oklahoma...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 19, 2013 | Legislation & Case Notes, Uncategorized
Is your Oklahoma law based non-compete agreement with your old employer enforceable? The short answer is, in all likelihood, “No”. If you are in Oklahoma the non-compete agreement is not enforceable under 15 O.S. 2001 ?219A. With a couple of exceptions,...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 2, 2013 | Legislation & Case Notes, Uncategorized
“Stand-your-ground” laws were first adopted in the United States by the State of Florida in 2005. Since 2005, thirty-one states, including Oklahoma, have enacted some form of stand-your-ground law, in which a person is granted certain immunities against...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 23, 2013 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes
An interesting point of law (at least to me) came up at a hearing today. “Summary Judgment” (12 O.S. ?2056) is a new statute added in 2009 by House Bill 1603 ?17, also known as the “Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act of 2009”. That Act was...
by Brian Huddleston | Jun 14, 2013 | Legislation & Case Notes
On June 4, 2013, the Oklahoma Supreme Court struck the sprawling mass of statutes passed in 2009 as H.B. 1603, or the?Comprehensive Lawsuit Reform Act?(CLRA), finding the statutes violate the Oklahoma Constitution. The CLRA required only injured plaintiffs to submit...
