Firm Insights

Total Eclipse of the Yard – Adverse Possession Law in Missouri

By Brian J. Sabin / August 21, 2017 / Comments Off on Total Eclipse of the Yard – Adverse Possession Law in Missouri

The Great American Solar Eclipse is scheduled to cross through the United States from coast to coast on August 21, 2017.  Solar eclipses occur when the moon moves between the Earth and the sun, which causes the shadow of the moon to be projected on the Earth.  As an aside, for those curious, The Moonrise…

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Trademark Tales: Covfefe® Really?

By Michael A. Kahn / July 11, 2017 / Comments Off on Trademark Tales: Covfefe® Really?

A lexicographer’s task of pinning down a word’s origin can often mean hours, and even days, of ink-stained research drudgery. But when it comes to one particular word, even we non-lexicographers can identify the precise time it entered our lexicon: 12:06 am on May 31, 2017. At that very moment, the President of the United…

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Former Tax Court Judge Sentenced to Prison Time

By Sanford J. Boxerman / June 28, 2017 / Comments Off on Former Tax Court Judge Sentenced to Prison Time

For those of you following the case of the Tax Court Judge turned Tax Fraud Defendant, the final chapter of that saga appears to have been written.  In April 2016, ex-Tax Court Judge Diane Kroupa and her husband, Robert Fackler, were indicted on a host of federal criminal tax violations.  In September of 2016 Mr.…

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