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Oct 19, 2025 • 9 min read

Limitation of Liability Clauses: What You Should Know

A limitation of liability clause caps what you can recover if a contract goes wrong — sometimes to a fraction of your actual loss. Here is how these clauses work, what courts will and won't enforce, and what to negotiate before you sign.

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Oct 15, 2025 • 10 min read

What Is a Force Majeure Clause & When It Applies

Most COVID-era force majeure claims failed — not because the clause is useless, but because contracts were not drafted to cover what actually happened. Here is how force majeure works, what courts look for, and what the pandemic taught us about getting the clause right.

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Nov 10, 2025 • 4 min read

Trust Distributions: Timing, Conditions & Rules

Learn how and when trust distributions work, common conditions or triggers, mandatory vs discretionary distributions, and the rules trustees must follow — explained simply.

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Oct 10, 2025 • 12 min read

Types of Property Deeds & What They Mean

The type of deed you receive at closing determines what the seller is legally promising about the title. Here is what general warranty, special warranty, quitclaim, and grant deeds actually mean — and why deed type alone is not enough protection.

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Oct 21, 2025 • 7 min read

Automatic Renewals & Renewal Traps in Contracts

<p>Somewhere in the contract you signed, there may be a clause that will quietly extend your agreement for another year — or longer — without you doing anything. That is what an automatic renewal clause does. It is not inherently unfair, but it is one of the most reliably surprising clauses peopl...

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Nov 16, 2025 • 10 min read

Updating & Modifying Trusts: Amendments, Restatements & More

Trusts often need updating as life changes — but whether and how you can modify a trust depends on whether it is revocable or irrevocable, your state's law, and the methods available. Here is what each option involves.

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