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 With the Ohio estate tax having been repealed several...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 | Dec 11, 2017 | Blog, Ohio Real Estate Law, Real Estate
While title to real estate cannot transfer without a deed and a closing, the closing merely carries out the provisions of the real estate agreement. Accordingly, it is the agreement in a real estate transaction that is of paramount importance as it creates the...
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...
KJK | Aug 1, 2016 | Blog, Ohio Real Estate Law
By Stephen D. Richman It’s a license, it’s a lease, it’s a license and a lease. Actually, while Faye Dunaway’s character in the movie Chinatown could be both mother and sister to “Katherine”, a transferred right regarding real estate cannot be both a license and a...