Stephen D. Richman | May 17, 2018 | Blog, Ohio Real Estate Law
As established in other “Watch Your Language” articles for this Blog, as a general rule, courts will typically uphold commercial document provisions unless they are contrary to public policy or statutory law, or the subject of a mutual mistake. Courts...
Stephen D. Richman | Mar 26, 2018 | Articles, Ohio Real Estate Law
Criminal Penalties and Lack of Warrant Procedure Held to be Key Failings of Ordinance By Stephen Richman, Senior Counsel It is not easy being a municipality (such as a city or village) in Ohio these days. With the Ohio estate tax having been repealed several...
Stephen D. Richman | Feb 12, 2018 | Ohio Real Estate Law
It’s a lease, it’s a contract, it’s a lease and a contract. Just as Faye Dunaway’s character in the movie Chinatown was both mother and sister to “Katherine”, an oil and gas lease in Ohio (and other jurisdictions) is both a contract and a lease. An oil and gas lease...
Stephen D. Richman | Nov 15, 2017 | Articles, Ohio Real Estate Law
From the Watch Your Language Series, by Stephen Richman As is commonly known, ignorance of the law is no excuse to one who is charged with a crime. In real estate, however, while ignorance of the law will rarely result in a prison term, it will almost always result in...
Stephen D. Richman | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog, Ohio Real Estate Law
(A Watch Your Language Series Article) “If the law supposes that,” said Mr. Bumble, “the law is an ass — an idiot.” Many laymen (and lawyers) believe, as Mr. Bumble in Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist does, that the law, as a general rule, is absurd....