Tag: legal beagle

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Wendy Diamond

Legal Beagle: Pet Laws and Public Housing

“Tips for Legally Living With Dogs” – rights afforded for those living in public housing. This  is pretty basic, pretty clear—you’re allowed to have dogs, under the guidance of certain regulations.  For instance, the public housing agency can charge pet fees, create limitations on size, weight and number of pets. 

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PET CUSTODY- It Has Judges Chasing Their Tails

While Barney the dog may not consider himself a piece of property, the Pennsylvania Superior Court does. Last July the court denied a Philadelphia man’s request for visitation rights with Barney, ruling that the Golden retriever/Golden Labrador mix was his estranged wife’s property.  The court concluded that the man was

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Wendy Diamond

COURT TV’S CATHERINE CRIER

Giving Us Her Verdict on Pet Owner’s Responsibilities Law and animals are the two most important things to Catherine Crier, host of Court TV’s Crier Live and first-time author of “The Case Against Lawyers” due out October 8th from Broadway Books.  She has shamelessly used her talk shows at CNN,

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Beagle for bed bugs
Wendy Diamond

Legal Beagle: A New Breed Of Lawyer

Malpractice. Custody Battles. Estate Planning. If the notion of a pet lawyer sounds like a New Yorker cartoon, it’s time to enter the 21st Century. Marc Bluestone’s grief may eventually subside, but he wants to make sure Shane’s death was not in vain. So, he hired Robert Newman, a California pet

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Flying Pets?

Mary, a 65-year old grandmother of four and her faithful companion Betty, a chocolate Labrador retriever, boarded the noon flight from Minneapolis to Tampa. Though both of them were in the same flight, Mary and Betty went through entirely different experiences. Mary sat in the cabin with the rest of

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