In Legal Terms

If you are an American, you have civil liberties, and our watchdog is the ACLU. We’re going to learn what is currently on their radar with our guest – Joshua Tom, Legal Director with the American Civil Liberties Union.  https://www.aclu-ms.org/en/biographies/joshua-tom-legal-director Contact the ACLU in Mississippi: 601-354-3408 P.O. Box 2242 Jackson MS 39225 Past ACLU / In Legal Terms shows:...

Having a good relationship with your lawyer will make your legal trouble a little less troubling. That’s especially important during our pandemic. What can you do? What should you know? Our guest Adam Kilgore General Councel of the Mississippi Bar will tell us.  https://www.msbar.org/ Discussion: how are courts working during pandemic lawyer discipline complaints statistics fees contingent fe...

Who provides tax help, fraud assistance, Medicare answers, and is a government watch dog? AARP. We’ll learn today how they fight for the rights of citizens over 50 years of age and their families.  Guest: Kimberly Campbell, State Director of AARP MS https://states.aarp.org/mississippi/ Anyone can become a member. All people age 50 and older are eligible for full membership with AARP. With a l...

Anyone have a 16 to 21-year-old? Or know one? What do you need to know that you can or can’t do when you turn 18? Are you an adult? Are the parents still “in charge”? Guest: attorney Baskin Jones https://injuredinmississippi.com/ who was on our show January 26th 2021 when we talked about Cycling and Insurance.  http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-cycling-and-insurance MS...

Happy New Year – sort of. It’s a new year for legislation in Mississippi. We’ll discuss the new laws that made it through our legislature and got the governor’s signature. Senate Bill 2621: This bill creates a task force to study domestic laws, including those surrounding divorce. Senate Bill 2536: This law mandates that people identified as male at birth cannot participate in female sports activi...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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....

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 pr...

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...

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 n...

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:...

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...

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. CHE...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 a...

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 Revoca...

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/resou...

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 copywr...