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On December 16, 2014, Congress finally passed a bill that extends the Mortgage Debt Relief Act through 2014.  This is a great law for home owners and provides a tax exemption for debt relief...

The Department of Justice will now instruct all of its employees to strive to extend equal protection rights to legally recognized same sex couples.  The new policy change was announced by Attorney General Eric...

You can drink.  But if you do, please do not drive.  Even a first time conviction for operating under the influence of alcohol can carry hefty fines and potential jail time. If you do...

Cain & Herren, ALC, now has an after-hours phone number, which you can call to reach an attorney 24-7. Please continue to use our main phone number, 242-9350 for non-emergency situations or to schedule...

For continued judicial foreclosure auctions following June 26, 2013, there must be a one time publication of the notice of postponement no sooner than 14 days prior to the new sale date, mailing of the...

The general treatment of debt forgiveness outside of bankruptcy is that it is income subject to income tax.  I.E., when a debtor owes $10,000 of debt and is forgiven $5,000, then the debtor must...