Archive for the ‘Real Estate’ Category
Suing the Penal System, Facebook Hacking, and More Free Joe Friday 4/15/2011
What are the legal ramifications of someone hacking into another individuals Facebook account? Is it a state or federal offense?
Trademark Ownership, Collecting Damages from Squatters and More – Free Joe Friday 3/18/11
Every Friday, attorney Joe Escalante answers legal questions for free on the LegalZoom Facebook Page. Did you miss last week’s Free Joe Friday? Don’t worry. We’ve got it all right here. Kellie: Hi Joe – Happy Friday! Any information you can offer with the following trademark question would be greatly appreciated: If I have been [...]
Car Searched Without a Warrant, Considering Bankruptcy and More – Free Joe Friday 3/11/11
Every Friday, attorney Joe Escalante answers legal questions for free on the LegalZoom Facebook Page. Did you miss last week’s Free Joe Friday? Don’t worry. We’ve got it all right here. Angel: Under what circumstances can a cop search your car without a warrant? Joe Escalante: Angel O, make no mistake, a Cop can always [...]
Realtors’ Duty of Disclosure on Stigmatized Properties
Recently in Waterloo, Illinois, the house of a horrific triple murder received just one bid at a foreclosure auction—from the bank that held the mortgage. About a year ago in the upstairs of the suburban lakeside home, Christopher Coleman strangled his wife and two young sons. The marked lack of interest in buying the house [...]


