by Marshal S. Willick | May 5, 2020 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about the law concerning engagement rings in Nevada – how and when are they considered gifts, and under what circumstances they must be returned to the giver. This is a surprisingly consistent source of inquiries, and litigation, and...
by Marshal S. Willick | Apr 9, 2020 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about how the Nevada law governing property transfers between unmarried persons is different from – and less predictable than – the law governing property transfers within a marriage. For married persons, Nevada law has evolved, from...
by Marshal S. Willick | Feb 4, 2020 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick announcing two new tools for the family law legal community, one of which is free, and the other of which is free to all subscribers. The change from child support statutes to regulations has made the calculation of support more...
by Marshal S. Willick | Nov 1, 2019 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick concluding (for now) a series about Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) of Lawyers in Nevada: how it got here, what just happened, and where it is likely to go in the future – including a startling admission from the folks running the...
by Marshal S. Willick | Oct 17, 2019 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about the most recent proposal to move Nevada to a merit selection system for picking judges, and how and why it should be implemented in the next Legislature. The Nevada Legislature missed an opportunity to put beneficial reforms...
by Marshal S. Willick | May 25, 2018 | Newsletter
A legal note from Marshal Willick about how Nevada’s CLE system has been made destructive to both education and scholarship while increasing dramatically in cost, and why only the Nevada Supreme Court – which ultimately is responsible for this mess – can do anything...
