PLDO Law Blog

Month: September 2017

Mechanics’ Liens: A Complex but Powerful Remedy

For a contractor, subcontractor or supplier who has not been properly paid, few remedies match the power of the mechanics' lien. A properly-recorded mechanics' lien allows a party to file an action in state court against the subject property, and to foreclose and...

HASTE MAKES WASTE . . . CASH THE CHECK.

One never knows what corner the grim reaper lies behind. A final illness can often accelerate quickly and deprive a donor of adequate time to complete gifts for tax purposes that he intended to make. In a recent federal court case, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals...

ATTENTION SNOWBIRDS: DO YOU PASS THE DOMICILE TEST?

“A person doesn't know how much he has to be thankful for until he has to pay taxes on it.”  This anonymous quote is timely.  It is rumored that the Rhode Island Division of Taxation (“the Division”) is reviewing its procedures for determining whether a Rhode Islander...