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Elder abuse often includes financial crimes that are, most frequently, crimes of opportunity because the senior has diminished mental capacity. What is an elder to do if she finds herself the victim of fraud, particularly if she does not have the wherewithal to protect herself? Or the converse, can an incompetent person be sued? Some…
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Legendary journalist and radio host Larry King passed away on January 23, 2021 at the age of 87 after his hospitalization in December for COVID-19. According to his seventh wife, Shawn Southwick King, he ultimately succumbed to a sepsis infection after surviving the coronavirus. King wrote his will on October 17, 2019, two months after…
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While still a college basketball player at Duke University, Zion Williamson signed an agency agreement with Prime Sports Marketing and its founder, Gina Ford. Six weeks later, Williamson announced he found a better deal and was (fast) breaking the contract to team up with another agent. He then filed suit in the Middle District of…
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Lord & Lindley is pleased to announce Trey Lindley’s election to Business North Carolina magazine’s Legal Elite in Litigation for 2021. Business North Carolina magazine sends ballots to all active North Carolina lawyers asking them for the state’s best practitioners in their respetive fields. This year fewer than 4% of North Carolina’s 28,000 active attorneys…
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Financial abuse of elder Americans is considered by some to be “the crime of the century” since it amounts to as much as $30 billion per year in losses. One study found 37% of seniors are affected by abuse over any five-year period, which can result in them skipping meals or medications to compensate…
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Financial abuse of elder Americans is considered by some to be “the crime of the century” since it amounts to as much as $30 billion per year in losses and, statistically, few culprits are ever held accountable. One study found 37% of seniors are affected by abuse over any five-year period, which can result in…
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Chadwick Boseman, the actor behind Marvel Comic’s titular character in Black Panther, died earlier this year at the age of 43. Doctors diagnosed Boseman with stage III colon cancer in 2016, and he battled it in secret as it progressed to a terminal, stage IV diagnosis. Despite having four years to determine how to divide…
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If you’ve only seen one piece of artwork from the elusive British street artist Banksy, there’s a good chance it is “Flower Thrower”. Originally appearing on a West Bank, Bethlehem wall in 2005, Pest Control (the official entity that authenticates Banksy’s art) trademarked the image in 2014 without endeavoring to use it in commerce (as…
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Beginning September 4, 2020 and lasting through the end of the year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) announced a national moratorium on evictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The moratorium is not automatic for all renters, however, and those eligible must sign and deliver to their landlords a declaration under penalty…
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After public displays of her deteriorating mental health, including shaving her head and attacking a paparazzo’s car with an umbrella, a conservatorship was established for Britney Spears by her father, Jamie, in 2008. Also, known as guardianship, a conservatorship is a legal construct by which someone can be appointed to manage a ward’s (in this…
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