Miami Lawyer Blog

Criminal law, also termed as punitive law, enforces government regulations to protect public safety and welfare. The law also includes decisions by appellate court. The decisions are basically the interpretation of the criminal law where clear law is absent. Substantive criminal law explains the procedure and punishment for crimes committed against the state. Enforcement of this law is the jurisdiction of the state. In USA, the penalty is given with  [ Read More ]

Commercial litigation is an area of legal practice, which concerns legal disputes that involves businesses. Commercial litigation disputes classically involve bond disagreements, over and above property and pecuniary issues. The purpose of commercial litigation is to reconcile business disputes without going to trial. One type of commercial litigation engrosses company mergers and land acquisitions. In Miami when a business is trying to takeover another company, the unit that is being  [ Read More ]

As per the new regulations not all are eligible to file under chapter 7 bankruptcy. If you are a filer with a higher income, then you will not be allowed to file chapter 7 bankruptcy. Your “current monthly income” is measured against the median income for a family of your size in your state. This is to be calculated to find out whether you can file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.  [ Read More ]

There are several issues related to immigrants and immigration. For some immigration is a problem. However, for many people immigration is the source of cheap labor, source of income for US natives from business with immigrants. Immigration has been a tradition of USA, the land of opportunities. People have come in hoards to build their future, to seek political asylum, etc. Different governments have different quotas imposed on the number  [ Read More ]

The concept behind an asset protection trust is to protect your assets. Foreign asset protection trusts goes a step further. It is created to protect your assets from the clutches of creditors in a foreign land. The country chosen is generally one which has no agreements with US about legal decree passed by US courts. People trying to protect their assets often chose nations which have favorable laws in terms  [ Read More ]