What happens when “until death do us part” doesn’t seem to be coming fast enough? What if you wake up one day next to someone who is nothing like the person you married? They have become so different that you reach a point where you no longer want to ... [Read more...]
How to Protect Your Trademark Rights
Once you register a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), you must take care to protect your trademark rights. If you fail to use the trademark, or if you fail to prevent others from using your mark, you could lose your rights. ... [Read more...]
Workplace Bullying: You Don’t Have to Take It
Bullying is something most of us have to deal with as children, either on the playground or in grade school. Some might argue that bullying builds character and prepares you for the “real world” and all of its injustices. That may be so, but what ... [Read more...]
GetLegal Moves to New Headquarters in Downtown Fort Worth
GetLegal opens the doors to its new Downtown Fort Worth headquarters this week. GetLegal’s new location is just north of I-30 in the Frost Bank Building of The Summit Office Park. Here is our new street and mailing address: 1300 Summit ... [Read more...]
Why You Should Contact a Lawyer After an Accident
When you or someone you know has been involved in an accident, or suffered serious injuries or other personal losses, it is crucial to contact an attorney as soon as possible. A personal-injury attorney will look at the facts and circumstances of ... [Read more...]
The Story of Independence Day
Independence Day commemorates the legal separation of the original thirteen colonies from Great Britain. The actual separation occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve The Resolution for Independency (aka the ... [Read more...]
Supreme Court Allows Limited Version of Trump’s Travel Ban to Take Effect
The Supreme Court issued a decision today lifting parts of the injunction against Trump’s executive order seeking to ban foreign nationals of six countries from entering the United States for 90 days. The ruling effectively allows foreigners with ... [Read more...]
What Is Obstruction of Justice?
The news this week is dominated by discussion of whether President Trump is or is not being investigated for obstruction of justice. At issue is whether Trump asked FBI Director James Comey to drop the FBI’s investigation into former National ... [Read more...]
Supreme Court Strikes Citizenship Law Favoring Children of Unwed Mothers over Fathers
The U.S. Supreme Court this week struck down part of the Immigration and Nationality Act that favored mothers over fathers in conferring U.S. citizenship to children born abroad to an unwed American parent. The opinion in Sessions v. Morales-Santana, ... [Read more...]
50 Years Ago, the Supreme Court Struck Down Laws Banning Interracial Marriage
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Loving v. Virginia. The Court’s opinion, issued June 12, 1967, struck down the anti-miscegenation laws remaining in 16 U.S. states. Anti-miscegenation laws prohibited ... [Read more...]