At MPB we want to give you what you want to know about – just ask us. Someone wanted to know about military courts, so we’ve got attorney Franklin Rosenblatt from the firm of Butler Snow on the show today. “Armed forces” means the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard and now Space Force. The term “uniformed services” means— the armed forces; the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; and the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service. Mr. Rose...
Jun 29, 2021•50 min
Mississippi is in the national news. The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. It’s a case about Mississippi’s Abortion Ban. We’ve got Constitutional Law professor Yvette Butler to explain what’s going on. https://www.supremecourt.gov/ https://www.scotusblog.com/ If you’re an In Legal Terms fan, I hope you’ve listened to our podcast from October 13th of 2020 when we talked about the US Supreme Court case Flowers v. Mississippi http://inlegalterms.mpb...
Jun 22, 2021•50 min
Boundary disputes, leases, real estate closing. They aren’t everyday problems for most of us. But it’s good to know IN CASE. We’re discussing property law with attorney Terry Little. https://www.harperlittlelaw.com/about Terry was alson on the Nov 17th 2020 podcast: http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-real-estate-law Discussion: What is a closing? What are Section 1031 property exchanges? Settlement agents Calls: mineral rights HOA language neighbor's tree inherited land cr...
Jun 15, 2021•51 min
We’re answering questions about age, race, gender or national origin employment discrimination. Marsha Rucker the Regional Attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is our guest. Employees and Job Applicants, also employers can find lots of information at eeoc.gov Employment Discrimination types are: Age, Disability, Equal Compensation, Genetic Information, Harassment, National Origin Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Race/Color Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Re...
Jun 08, 2021•50 min
Do you love a good legal thriller? But just like you shouldn’t get your legal advice from Google, you shouldn’t base your legal knowledge on movies and tv. Sometimes they are so wrong! How wrong? Professor Gershon is going to tell us. Great movies - bad legal advice! Body Heat Married in Vegas Daredevil Batman https://www.ranker.com/list/legal-drama-tv-shows-and-series/ranker-tv https://www.biglawinvestor.com/lawyer-movies/ https://www.paralegaledu.org/2017/10/5-ways-movies-and-tv-get-the-legal-...
May 25, 2021•49 min
Did anyone see this coming? Surprise! It doesn’t matter whether you wanted medical marijuana or not or you wanted Initiative 65 or the Alternative – Mississippi voters can not at this time pass any initiatives – the process is unconstitutional no matter the subject area. This morning we’re talking about the recent – last Friday – Mississippi Supreme Court ruling that our state’s initiative process is unconstitutional with our guest: attorney Mark Garriga of Butler Snow. Mississippi Supreme Court...
May 18, 2021•51 min
Divorce is a time that could change your financial status for the rest of your life. What do you need to know about alimony, child support, or who gets the retirement account? Our guest, Medora Justice, Certified Financial Planner, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst and Accredited Investment Fiduciary will speak about financial planning around a Divorce and answer your questions. Ms. Justice works for Hardy Reed. www.HardyReed.com mjustus@hardyreed.com info@hardyreed.com Medora Justuce , Financ...
May 11, 2021•51 min
The land that you take to get to your home. Is that yours? What if you share that path? Does that make it a road? How can you get access to your land and who else could use that method? We’re talking about roads and easements today with our friend, attorney Francis Springer https://www.springerlawoffice.com/about 601-605-5004 MDOT has free resources to help you deal with traffic. Access what you need to know about road conditions, construction zones, weather and more – even locate welcome center...
May 04, 2021•51 min
Guest: Pshon Barrett, a former assistant US Attorney, now a private attorney with The ADA Group . Pshon was honored with the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by Mississippi Women Lawyers’ Association and is an ambassador with The ABLE National Resource Center Discussed: ABLE Center the definition of having a disability with respect to the ADA the American's with Disabilities Act Websites mentioned: U.S. Department of Justice https://www.ada.gov/ National Federation of the Blind https://www.nfb.or...
Apr 27, 2021•48 min
What’s up with income taxes for 2020? We’ll talk about how to get them done, what’s new, and what do you think is fair. Federal and Mississippi Income Taxes due date and file date is now May 17th, 2021. Where can you find someone to help you do your taxes? https://southernpartners.org/vita/ Southern Bank Corp banks: Curbside service is available Tuesdays & Thursdays, 9AM – 4PM. Call your local branch for details on contactless (email) tax preparation. Here’s a list of cities with Southern Ba...
Apr 20, 2021•52 min
What do you do when some dies? What does an executor do? That’s today’s topic with guest Rick Courtney from Courtney Elder Law Associates. https://elderlawms.com/ You can find his podcasts on the following dates: October 27th 2020 , July 2nd 2019 , and May 14th 2019 If you find someone has died - call the police or sheriff, or their doctor. Thank you to Elder Law Associates for this checklist. CHECKLIST THINGS TO DO WHEN A PERSON DIES Notify immediate family and close friends Evaluate the emotio...
Apr 13, 2021•51 min
It’s been 12 months, but did you watch Tiger King on Netflix? We’re going to talk about Animal Rights and Captive Animal Law Enforcement with Brittany Peet, PETA Foundation’s Deputy General Counsel for Captive Animal Law Enforcement from PETA – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-peet-84763b1b/ https://www.peta.org/ Calls: book suggestion: A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement by Ernest Freeberg owning a de...
Apr 06, 2021•49 min
We’re pleased to have representatives from Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project on the show today. They’ll tell us about expungements and foreclosure prevention their work with family law matters and how they have shifted to virtual clinics in light of the pandemic. https://mvlp.org/ https://mvlp.org/clinics October 29 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Stabilizing the Economy: Expungement Clinic Topics: Felony Expungement and Misdemeanor Expungement Helping low-income individuals solve legal problems http...
Mar 30, 2021•49 min
Mississippians overwhelmingly passed Initiative 65 to enable medical marijuana. What’s next? Why is the legislature working on legislation about it now? We'll learn from guest Mark Garriga, an attorney with Butler Snow. https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/mark-garriga/ Our discussion touched on why the legislautre is involved in the issue, why the MS Supreme Court is involved, how the medical marijuana issue brough together so many different voters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Mar 23, 2021•42 min
Have you filed your taxes yet? We’re going to give you tips on filing your 2020 income taxes or give you a jump start your 2021 return. Our guest Gray Edmondson from Edmondson Sage Allen will talk about the tax laws surrounding working from home and take your questions. We’ll also give some IRS tweet tips. https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment https://www.irs.gov/filing/free-file-do-your-federal-taxes-for-free Volunteer Income Tax Assistance: Northeast Mississippi United Way events for ...
Mar 16, 2021•49 min
You may have seen her on @Issue or heard her reporting, but today you get a chance to ask MPB News legislative reporter Desare Frazier about what’s going on up at the capitol. We’re going to discuss the bills that are and aren’t going to be passed by your lawmakers. https://www.mpbonline.org/news/meet-the-team/desare-frazier/ Calls: where do bill come from HB 1439 income tax / sales tax grow marjiuana sales tax transgender sales tax for retirees Discussion: teacher pay raise income tax / sales t...
Mar 09, 2021•49 min
What do you know about drones? Are you involved in piloting one? Have you ever had one fly over your house while you were in the backyard? Our guests Michelle Hanlon, Co-Director of the Center for Air and Space Law and an instructor of aviation and space law, and law student Nestor Delgado will be here to answer your questions. Our experts want to work with you to find out what concerns you about drones and where think the law should go. mlhanlon@olemiss.edu https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-direc...
Mar 02, 2021•49 min
Guest: attorney Kelly Kyle from Kyle Wynn & Associates http://www.kyle-wynn.com/ Calls: trust and probate life insurance power of attorney and advanced health care directives life tennant dementia what can go into a trust heirs at law estate planning - special needs trust Past podcasts with Kelly Kyle 3/27/2018 titled Avoiding Probate and 3/5/2019 Wills and Probate also 11/26/2019 Revocable Trusts most recenly 3/31/2020 Medical Directives If you’d like some reading material, our guest is a c...
Feb 23, 2021•50 min
Guest: André de Gruy, State Defender Additional information: Mississippi Bail Fund Collective https://www.peoplesadvocacyinstitute.com/mbfc 2019 Mississippi Code Title 99 - Criminal Procedure Chapter 5 - Bail https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2019/title-99/chapter-5/ American Bar Association: How Courts Work : Steps in a Trial : bail https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_related_education_network/how_courts_work/bail/ The Eighth Amendment to the United States C...
Feb 09, 2021•50 min
Guest: Associate Dean Stacey Lantagne from the University of Mississippi School of Law author of “ Famous on the Internet: The Spectrum of Internet Memes and the Legal Challenge of Evolving Methods of Communication.” How to protect your intellectual Property? Listen and find out. {an idea is NOT able to be copywriten} Calls: Merger doctrine - recipes Fair use of images Art gets a copywrite; Inventions get patents Genitic material Poor Man's Copy Protection Flea Market Sales Notice of copywrite? ...
Feb 02, 2021•50 min
Guest: Baskin Jones from Jones Law Firm https://injuredinmississippi.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/baskinjonesattorney Suggestion: READ THE DECLAIRATIONS PAGE OF YOUR INSURANCE FOR UNINSURED OR UNDERINSURED MOTORIST COVERAGE Our show discussed: how cyclists ARE treated what to do if injured MS state laws safe passing dooring laws DUI vehicle Insurance issues Calls concerned: biker's rights car drivers experence getting hit by car uninsured "what if" some can't pay for insurance Resources: ht...
Jan 26, 2021•50 min
Guest: Professor Patrick Longan, Chair in Ethics and Professionalism from Mercer University School of Law https://law.mercer.edu/academics/centers/clep/ Discussed: Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism Challenges for Lawyers law students classes training Current Events Confidentiality Wills The Ideal Lawyer: Is competent Shows fidelity to client Shows fidelity to the law Is public spirited Has civility Has practical wisdom Ways Attorneys Get Into Trouble: Trust account abuse Neglect of cli...
Jan 19, 2021•51 min
Guests: Amelia McGowan and Max Meyers from the Mississippi Center for Justice to discuss Immigration and answer questions. To contact the MS Center for Justice: For the Jackson office call: (601) 352-2269. For the Biloxi office call: (228) 435-7284. To reach the Indianola office call:(662) 887-6570. Their website mscenterforjustice.org/contact/ also has a form to fill out to reach them. DACA Contact form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe4R2ZahNv1iuLL_N4fI1szq0XbbgcXwZGHjAg6HdIhPiIm8g/...
Jan 12, 2021•50 min
A repeat broadcast from 08/04/2020 Guest: University Press of Mississippi’s Courtney McCreary, Publicity and Promotions Manager discussing their law and true crime books https://www.upress.state.ms.us/ Books discussed: Crooked Snake https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/C/Crooked-Snake2 A Legal History of Mississippi https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/A/A-Legal-History-of-Mississippi Mississippi’s Federal Courts https://www.upress.state.ms.us/Books/M/Mississippi-s-Federal-Courts Heroes, Rascals...
Jan 05, 2021•48 min
Can I deduct home office expenses while I'm working from home? It depends. The short answer is, probably not. If you work full-time for someone else, you're out of luck. "Employees who receive a paycheck or a W-2 exclusively from an employer are not eligible for the deduction, even if they are currently working from home," the IRS noted last month. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/success/wfh-home-office-tax-deduction/index.html The people most likely to be eligible to claim the home office tax de...
Dec 22, 2020•48 min
Our topic is housing at the end of the 2020 pandemic year with Will Bedwell and John Jopling from the MS Center for Justice. https://mscenterforjustice.org/about/ On April 21st of 2020, In Legal Terms discussed Housing at the beginning of the pandemic with Will Bedwell and MS Center for Justice CEO Vangela Wade. http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-housing-with-ms-center-for-justice Justice.gov has information on the Fair Housing Act. The MS Center for Justice has informatio...
Dec 15, 2020•49 min
Our guest, attorney Francis Springer from the Springer Law Firm, discusses Administrative or Regulatory Law. https://www.springerlawoffice.com/ Discussion: Email concerning name change Department of Enviromental Quality requirements Agencies presumed to be correct Courts list four conditions for agency rulings to be reversed: Ruling not supported by substantial evidence Ruling was capricious or arbitrary Ruling was beyond the power of administrative agency Ruling is a violation of statutory or c...
Dec 08, 2020•49 min
Guest: attorney Marc Chamberlain from the Butler Snow law firm https://www.butlersnow.com/attorney/marc-chamberlain/ We discuss strategic lawsuits against public participation. Learn more here: https://www.iadclaw.org/assets/1/17/Business_Litigation_March_2020.pdf What are they? Who brings these lawsuits? What's Mississippi's stance on SLAPPs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 01, 2020•42 min
Guest: Attorney Reed Martz from Freeland Martz https://freelandmartz.com/reed-martz/ To find state laws about gun rights: https://midsouthgunlawyer.com/welcome-to-the-website-for-the-midsouth-gun-lawyer/ or https://www.handgunlaw.us/ Calls concerned: 2nd amendment and marijuana shootings at protests restrictions on buying guns carrying a gun in a car buying guns in MS calaber of amunition Alabama fees travel between states fire arms in cars Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Nov 24, 2020•48 min
Guest: Terry Little from Harper Little https://www.harperlittlelaw.com/ Real Estate Closings were discussed before the calls came in. Calls concerned: title theft property disclosure hurricane damage multipe owners of home encroachment leaving property by will or deed property in IRA heirs property Email about gain in property value Listen to Money Talks discuss real estate investment: http://moneytalks.mpbonline.org/episodes/money-talks-real-estate-investment Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...
Nov 17, 2020•48 min
