Campfire songs can raise surprising legal issues. Take, for example, the plight of Mr. Johnson's yellow cat who always came back despite facing significant adversities. He just couldn't stay away.
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A writ of seizure through a replevin action is one of the few ways the law allows animal owners to recover the family members that they love. When one person impermissibly possesses the property of ...
From Peruto v. ROC Nation, a federal district court case decided yesterday by Judge Gerald Austin McHugh (E.D. Pa.): [1.] In common parlance, when someone regrets words spoken in haste, the speaker of ...
On September 25, 2025, the Eighth District Court of Appeals issued a decision in Graves v. Solorzano, affirming the Parma Municipal Court’s ruling in a dispute over the possession of a cat named ...
The legal profession has made a concerted effort to make its vernacular more accessible by reducing the amount of “legalese” in contracts and statutes. Charmingly though, the law retains certain ...
A contractor client of White and Williams recently found itself in a prickly situation. They had default terminated a subcontractor on a major commercial project and withheld payment to that ...
It’s one of those obscure legal things. Does that do it for you? Nah, I thought not. So allow me to explain. A legal definition first and then we’ll flesh it out. Replevin is a personal action, ex ...