An interesting and in-depth article written by California Appellate Law Expert and Super Lawyer, John Derrick, titled "The Civil Appeals Process", got me thinking about the role of defendant's bonds in today's court system. (see John's full article: here) Specifically, the article got me thinking how defendant's bonds (i.e. appeal bonds or stay bonds) are […]
“Simply put, money can be divided but children cannot” This line, by Jeff Landers on Forbes.com, speaks to the extra layer of difficulty when a divorcing couple have children. The article, however, speaks more to the extra (extra!) layer of difficulty when one member of the divorcing couple has an international passport. (see full post […]
As an attorney, have you ever had a client who was looking to start a new business ask you about a License Bond? As a potential small business owner have you ever had to procure a license bond and not known what in the world that would entail? The bond experts at Jurisco will try […]
Recently, the surety bond experts at Jurisco and their blog team read an article on AmericanBanker.com (an online financial publication) about the future of online payment processing, written by Deborah Peace (read it: here). In it, Ms. Peace outlays the growing trend of online payment processing along with the future regulatory challenges and concerns. One […]
In previous articles the bond experts at Jurisco explained why collateral is a necessity in the surety bond industry. To quickly summarize: collateral is required on almost all defendant bonds applicants are appealing a money judgement or court action of some kind. Full collateral of the contested amount is required to provide adequate ‘good faith’ […]
Making a lot of news lately are high profile patent infringement lawsuits coming out of silicon Valley. Clearly one of the biggest (and what The Wall Street Journal termed “The Patent Trial of the Century) was Apple’s suit against rival Samsung. Though this case made international news what a lot of people don’t recognize is […]
California’s legislature is in session. And like every year there are a host of proposed changes to the legal code in California, both civil and probate. For instance, Senate Bill 156 (SB-156) would challenge an attorney’s ability to collect fees from the management of a conservatorship. From the bill text, “This bill would … limit […]
A sad result of the ‘the great recession of 2008’ is that many people fell behind in their auto loans. In the aftermath, many vehicles were repossessed by the crediting institutions. And with the large population and all the car friendly scenery, California has seen a big upswing in the number of automobiles repossessed over […]
Last week I read a great post from Jurisco friend, and appellate law expert Benjamin Shatz, regarding updated rules on posting collateral in an civil appeal action(Appeal Bond vs. Cash Deposit with the Court). Article. In Civil Cases when an appeal bond is statutorily required, or deemed necessary by the judge, the principle has […]