Top 10 Tips on How to Help Your Family Lawyer Help You – Part 1

May 19, 2015

There’s this great scene in the movie Jerry Maguire (back in the good ol’ days when Tom Cruise was still good) in which Jerry begs his client, Rod Tidwell (played by Cuba Gooding, Jr.), “Help me help you!!!”  Although Rod’s response is a comical, mocking rendition of Jerry’s plea for help, the theory behind “Help…

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Facebook Introduces “Legacy Contact”

February 16, 2015

Warning. This post could get a little morbid, but let’s just call it “estate planning.” Up until now, Facebook had no mechanism to deal with a personal Facebook page once the person had passed away. Some of you might already have cared for this by giving your log-in information to a trusted relative or friend,…

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Before You Post That Facebook Copyright Declaration, Read This

January 7, 2015

It’s a new year but the same online hoaxes are making the rounds. While you were posting photos of your festivities on Facebook over the holidays, you might have seen this: As of January 5th, 2015 at 6:20 a.m. Eastern standard time, I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to…

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