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 ...

In life, Alfred M. Hagler shared a name with his son, unfettered by appellations like “Jr.” or “Sr.” that would distinguish one from the other. In death, the address they also shared remains subject ...

Business enterprises routinely conclude commercial contracts on a credit basis, billing customers at a later date. Some customers fail to deal in good faith, but it is difficult to know if that ...

When your efforts to collect a bill from a business that owes you money have been unsuccessful, you can place a lien on the assets of the business. As a lienholder, you gain legal rights to the ...

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 ...