by Brian Huddleston | Aug 17, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
The Nontestamentary Transfer of Property Act (“Act”), set forth in 58 O.S.Supp.2008, ?? 1251 – 1258, allows a record owner of an interest in real estate to designate who will receive a transfer of the interest in the future, effective upon the...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 15, 2009 | Firm News, Real Estate Law
Title insurance is an absolute necessity in every real estate conveyance transaction. The problem is that most home buyers don?t know what title insurance is or what it covers, and only see it for the first time on the closing settlement statement. So, what Is Title...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 12, 2009 | Uncategorized
A few weeks back, my six year old son and I were fishing in the Canadian Outback?for a?week.??I used my iPhone to post?photos and?Facebook status updates?about landing the float plane safely on the lake, the?lodge accomodations, and the fish we caught.??My wife and...
by Brian Huddleston | Aug 3, 2009 | Real Estate Law
Many elderly people think or are told that the best way to avoid having their house go to income taxes, estate taxes, capital gains taxes, probate fees, to pay for their medical bills, or to their creditors is to place one or more of their children on the title to...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 31, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
Until June 30th, in the area of landlord tort liability for a tenant’s injuries within the leased premises, Oklahoma followed the common law maxim of “caveat emptor,” which states: ?”The right of possession and enjoyment of the leased premises...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 31, 2009 | Real Estate Law
The Oklahoma Association of REALTORS? wants to inform you of a recent Opinion by the Oklahoma Supreme Court and its impact on Oklahoma ?s real estate industry. On June 30, the Court issued an Opinion in Bowman v. Presley which reversed prior rulings and permitted a...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 31, 2009 | Legislation & Case Notes
By ROBERT BOCZKIEWICZ World Correspondent Published: 7/31/2009??2:27 AM Last Modified: 7/31/2009??5:04 AM DENVER ? A hotly divided appeals court narrowly let stand on Thursday last month’s decision against a Ten Commandments monument on the Haskell County...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 29, 2009 | Real Estate Law
Posted Jul 28, 2009, 11:38 am CDT By Sarah Randag An apartment management company in Illinois has sued a tenant for libel over a “malicious and defamatory” tweet about the state of her apartment to her 20 followers on Twitter. Chicago Bar-Tender has the...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
“You don’t have to say much to set off an avalanche in the blogosphere,” observes?James M. Beck, counsel in the Philadelphia office of Dechert, in a?post yesterday at the blog?Drug and Device Law, which he co-authors with?Mark Herrmann, a partner in...
by Brian Huddleston | Jul 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
By: Alfred K. ?Kent? Morlan When I entered law school in 1969, the legal world was about highly cross-referenced books, electric typewriters, fax machines and telephones.? Law libraries were the intellectual warehouses of the legal world and Corpus Juris Secundum,...
