by Brian Huddleston | Apr 16, 2014 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
This week I was able to obtain a?dismissal?of a foreclosure case filed in 2011 after my client successfully completed his loan modification. He just needed some time, and that is what I was able to obtain for him. Good people sometimes need a second chance. Most...
by Brian Huddleston | Dec 13, 2013 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
I am pleased to announce that I have another appellate court victory. This time in an unreported case where I was hired only after the homeowner had already had judgment granted against him by the trial court. Here is a link to the slip opinion: BAC vs...
by Brian Huddleston | Dec 5, 2013 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
I am pleased to announce that I have a new reported case (that I won at trial and on appeal): DELMAR BYRL GARRETT vs. CARLOTTA GORDON, 2013 OK CIV APP 96 (June 12, 2013). Plaintiff/Appellant Delmar Garrett (Delmer) appeals the September 13, 2011, Journal Entry Order...
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...
by Brian Huddleston | Jun 4, 2013 | Legislation & Case Notes
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is significantly changing employer health care obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Prior to ACA, the Supreme Court held that ERISA did not require employers to offer any level or type of welfare...
by Brian Huddleston | Apr 19, 2013 | Firm News, Legislation & Case Notes, Real Estate Law
We were successful in having a summary judgment in favor of the bank reversed and remanded. ?This decision will be helpful to persons defending against a purported successor trustee of a securitized trust where there is no new assignment of the note to the successor...
