In Legal Terms

Guest: Lisa Shaw Roy, Professor of Law and Jessie D. Puckett, Jr. Lecturer https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/lisa-shaw-roy/ Discussion centered around are restrictions on religious gatherings and mandatory mask orders during a pandemic constitutional. On shutting down one group verses another? Liberty concerns vs equality concerns https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-rej...

Guest: Ron Rychlak, Distinguished Professor of Law, Jamie L. Whitten Chair of Law and Government, and Faculty Athletics Representative https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/ronald-j-rychlak/ Discussion included: how has COVID19 impacted gambling online gambling in Mississippi sports betting Some websites: https://news.yahoo.com/california-man-accused-gambling-away-covid-relief-funds-013747667....

Guest - Claiborne Ferguson, from The Claiborne Ferguson Law Firm  https://www.midsouthcriminaldefense.com/ Discussion: families who have children on the Autism Spectrum Disorder needs for juvenile defendants change in dealing with mental illness training court personnel to recognize mental illness special resources attorneys need The animation that was used in the Heider and Simmel study http...

Guest is attorney Louis Watson from Watson & Norris Law Firm. https://www.watsonnorris.com/attorneys/ We started the hour discussing terminations over social media posts then learned about "employment-at-will" and how the pandemic has affected employment law. Here are some of the information that was mentioned during the broadcast: CARES Act https://www.cbh.com/guide/alerts/cares-act-what-you-...

Calls: home sales PERS taxable? http://moneytalks.mpbonline.org/episodes/money-talks-pers rolling over an IRA to a Roth IRA early withdraw from IRA due to COVID-19 military taxes https://www.irs.gov/individuals/military filing taxes when you don't owe https://www.cbh.com/guide/alerts/cares-act-what-you-need-to-know/ CARES Act: Highlights of the Tax Provisions Provisions Applicable To Individuals E...

Guest Ben Griffith https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/ben-griffith-2/ discusses voting in Mississippi and voting during a pandemic. Calls concerned: mail in voting in other states padded voter rolls and piles of ballots contacting Circuit Clerks office for absentee ballots learning where your polling place is located what if voters are kept away from voting HB 1521 https://legiscan.com/MS/b...

Protest concerning police actions have taken place all over the country. One of the prominent signs held up was “Defund the Police”. What does that mean? It’s a catchy phrase for a poster but do Americans REALLY think the police should be abolished? Let’s learn from Cliff Johnson from the MacArthur Justice Center – Mississippi. It’s been a minute since we’ve had someone from the MacArthur Justice...

Guest: Joshua F. Tom, Legal Director and Interim Executive Director of ACLU of Mississippi https://www.aclu-ms.org/ Discussed: individual protests group protests permits speech vs actions difference between protests and civil disobedience rights when you encounter law enforcement protests on streets, sidewalks, parts protests on private property protests at shopping malls burning flags police inte...

Our guest, Charles Stotler, Co-Director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law, brought us up to date on on the changing world of space law. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/charles-stotler/ Past episodes on this subject can be found: In Legal Terms: Aviation Law http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-aviation-law 01/21/2020 I...

HOAs what can they legally do, what do they protect, and what can they exclude. Our guest is attorney Reed Marts from Oxford’s and northwest Georgia’s Freeland – Marts law firm . This is an encore broadcast from June 18th 2019.  http://inlegalterms.mpbonline.org/episodes/in-legal-terms-home-owners-associations Questions included: covenants, antennas, publishing names of those with unpaid dues...

Are there rough seas ahead for you due to the pandemic? Foreclosures, bankruptcy, or predatory lenders? Our guest from the MS Center for Justice, Director of Consumer Protection, Charles Lee took questions for this podcast. https://www.mscenterforjustice.org/ Resource Information for Consumers A resource on managing personal finances curing COVID19 for Mississippians created by the Mississipp...

A former host of In Legal Terms, Professor Matthew Hall, was our guest for our show concerning The Balance Between Civil Liberty and Public Safety in a Time of Crisis   https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/matthew-r-hall/ The U.S. Supreme Court found that the “police power” of the States embraces “reasonable regulations …as will protect the public health and safety.”  Jaco...

Guest, attorney Francis Springer,updates us on how Mississippi's Legal System is functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion included: meeting with clients legal research electronic (or not) court filings emergency proceedings jury duty social distancing courts that are open courthouses that are open rights of the accused people in jail access to hearings confidentiality in communications...

Guests were Stephanie Showalter-Otts, Director of National Sea Grant Law Center. https://law.olemiss.edu/faculty-directory/stephanie-showalter-otts/ Catherine Janasie, Senior Research Counsel for the National Sea Grant Law Center. https://law.olemiss.edu/staff-directory/catherine-janasie/ Both are attorneys and are a part of the University of Mississippi School of Law.  The episode discusses...

Guests: attorney Vangela Wade, president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Justice and Will Bedwell an attorney in the Center's Biloxi office. Immediate protection for housing: The eviction moratorium operates by restricting lessors of covered properties # from filing new eviction actions for non-payment of rent, and also prohibits “charging fees, penalties, or other charges to the tenant rela...

Are you being creative during the pandemic emergency? Taking photographs? Performing on Tik Tok? How can you protect these intellectual properties?  Guest: Professor Stacey Lantange, Associate Dean for Faculty Development spoke about teaching online and students learning online. Streaming services, inventors, and 3D printing we also discussed. Calls concerned: copy-writing an image Chine...

Guest: John J. Green, Ph. D. Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology  Director, Center for Population Studies & Society and Health Minor     Affiliated Faculty, School of Law  The University of Mississippi http://cps.olemiss.edu/ Be ready to be counted, Mississippi! April 1st, 2020 Census Day https://2020census.gov/ Kids Count in Mississippi...

Guest attorney, Kelly Kyle, discussed Advanced Healthcare Directives and powers of attorney. http://www.kyle-wynn.com/r.-kelly-kyle.html For a copy of the statute and form: https://www.nrc-pad.org/images/stories/PDFs/mississippi_adstatute.pdf Example of the Docubank card that was discussed.

Our guest, attorney Tina Seymour Demoran https://www.seymourlawms.com/ discusses Protection Order in Mississippi. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest is attorney, Craig Robertson. He has his own podcast available on his firm's website and podcasts platforms listen under the name of his firm: Robertson and Easterling http://www.robertson.ms/ https://www.msbar.org/for-the-public/consumer-information/what-are-the-grounds-for-divorce-in-mississippi/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Professor Richard Gershon (author of seventh edition of “ A Student’s Guide to the Internal Revenue Code (with Professor Jeffrey A. Maine ) talks about the tax issues surrounding divorce Alimony - paid is taxable for divorces (or modified decrees ) after 2019. It's not taxable if received. Child Support payments - never has been taxable Property Settlements - basis stays the same when transferred...

Professor Deborah Bell discusses with Professor Richard Gershon Family Law issues with regards to children in Mississippi. Call topics: child support signing over parental rights custody payments of child support Legal clinics that may provide help: North Mississippi Rural Legal Services Oxford (662) 234-2918 West Point (662) 494-6122 Clarksdale   (662) 627-4184 Greenville   (662) 335-82...

We're pleased to hear from Mississippi's Secretary of State, Michael Watson. We learn about the SIP Plan https://www.sos.ms.gov/Pages/SIP-Plan.aspx Discuss the March 10th primary and voting in Mississippi https://www.sos.ms.gov/Vote/Pages/default.aspx Do you need assistance in getting a voting ID? Call 1-844-MS VOTER or 1-844-678-6837 In Legal Terms talked about Real IDs on a previous podcast: htt...

Guests: Glenn Lautzenhiser, Chairperson of the Lowdes County Crime and Addiction Task Force and Dr. Charles Rhea, orthopedic surgeon discuss why they believe the unregulated and legal substance - Kratom should be added to Mississippi's list of Schedule 1 Controlled Substances. Discussed on the broadcast: Notes from the Field: Unintentional Drug Overdose Deaths with Kratom Detected — 27 States, Jul...

If your employer provides a benefit to you it might be taxed. https://www.irs.gov/publications/p15b Are Fringe Benefits Taxable? Any fringe benefit you provide is taxable and must be included in the recipient's pay unless the law specifically excludes it.  Section 2  discusses the exclusions that apply to certain fringe benefits. Any benefit not excluded under the rules discussed in sect...