A Baltimore County jury has awarded damages of more than $176,000 against a longtime Pikesville lawyer who erroneously assured a client that a judgment lien on his Howard County home had been ...

At the end of a lawsuit, the prevailing party often ends up with a final judgment awarding it some monetary amount from the losing party. This amount can include amounts for damages, attorney fees and ...

Q:My partner and I own a four-unit apartment building as tenants in common. A few years ago, my partner lost a negligence lawsuit, and the court rendered a $200,000 judgment against him. He has a ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Doretha Clemons, Ph.D., MBA, PMP, has been a corporate IT executive and professor for 34 ...

Dad was a debtor and owned 49% LLC (Mom owned 49%, and Son owned the other 2%). Creditor first moved to reverse veil-pierce the LLC, and the Court denied this request. Creditor then obtained a ...

Imagine this. You’re ready to put your house on the market and find out there’s a lien on it. All of a sudden, you have to postpone the process so you can overcome the hurdles that are required for ...

Dear Bankruptcy Adviser, When we went bankrupt, we had a loan to have a new roof put on. The contractor was a crook and scammed many people in our area. We put this loan in our bankruptcy. The ...

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Albert Barcroft appeals the trial court’s order of May 4, 2001, denying his “Motion for Judicial Review of a Documentation Purporting to Create a Judgment Lien.” See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. 51.902 ...