Check out the winners of our 2018 Halloween Costume Contest! Continue reading

From our Reno Office, the newest member of the LegalMatch Team joined the rest of the office in "Bow Tie Thursday"! Welcome to the world, little one! Continue reading

Being involved in a car accident can be scary and confusing, more so if you are a passenger. You may not know what to do and what not to do. You don’t know which insurance covers you as a passenger and what you are supposed to do to receive compensation. For passengers, one of the most common questions that come up after being involved in a crash is; can a passenger file a personal injury claim? Continue reading

The LegalMatch Reno Office is proud to be a part of Operation Backpack, and hopes that, in our small way, we can help those in need. Continue reading

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Last Thursday, the Reno LegalMatch Office decided to kick it up a notch and put on their finest bowties to make a statement! Our CEO, Laurie Ziffrin (center), and the LegalMatch Team are always aiming to keep it classy. Continue reading

On October 24th, businesses big and small gathered in Reno, NV for the 6th annual Existing Industry Awards from the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN). We are excited to say that LegalMatch was nominated for the Company of the Year – Small, award! While we did not win this year, instead Gyford Productions LLC took the prize, we at LegalMatch are excited to be nominated for the award. EDAWN is an organization that encourages business growth in Reno, Sparks, and Tahoe (Western Nevada). It was founded in 1982, and since then it’s focus has been on creating higher... Continue reading

It's the spookiest time of the year... and time for LegalMatch's annual Halloween Costume Contest! Here are the winners from this year: 1st Place - The Addams Family They're creepy... they're kooky... and they're Beck Pemberton as Gomez Addams, Summer Lawson as Morticia Addams, Lexi Brown as Grandma Addams, David Ouelette as Cousin It, Don Stierwalt as Uncle Fester, William Hales as Lurch, Jeremey Voehl as Pugsly Addams, and Christine Ermis as Wednesday Addams from the Reno Office. 2nd Place - Mermaid Chanel Bates from the Reno Office knows that flipping your fins doesn't get you far. 3rd Place -... Continue reading

One of the most common questions about divorce, or any legal procedure, is “how does this work?” That is, what is the divorce process? Continue reading

Retirement benefits can be tricky to divide during a divorce. Unlike other assets, retirement benefits are often intangible – they are not physical objects that can be given or kept from the other party, they are often controlled by third party administrators, and any dividends they yield may not be realized for decades. Continue reading

With social media becoming a big part of the economy, public discourse, and the average person’s life, there would inevitably be an increased pressure to scrutinize those connections. The Trump administration has approved of social media checks as part of its new immigration vetting procedures. Continue reading

Divorce has always been contentious, but social media has added a new twist. During the divorce, couples may find their e-mails, text messages, tweets, and Facebook postings used against them. These social media posts will often be attached to legal briefs and memorandums as exhibits and evidence for the public record. Over the last several years, three major issues have come up around social media that divorcing couples should be aware of before they click “send” on their phone or laptop. Continue reading

Christopher Wheeler was ordered to spend 180 days in jail for contempt of court after he refused to open his phone to authorities investigating the potential child abuse of his eight year old daughter. Continue reading

After repeated campaign claims that Obama’s executive order on immigration was an extreme overreach of executive power, it doesn’t come as a surprise Trump has issued an executive order of his own that runs contrary to what Obama was trying to accomplish. In the wake of several questionable orders that have incited national outrage, San Francisco is fighting back and has filed a lawsuit against Trump in an attempt to block the order that would defund sanctuary cities. Continue reading

The Internet is a relatively safe place where it is unlikely you will see content that would offend you or that is illegal, such as videos celebrating animal abuse and child pornography images. This protection from offensive content is possible in part due to the efforts of Microsoft’s Online Safety Team. Continue reading

This past summer, America watched in horror as the news broadcast the story of a mass shooting that resulted in the death of so many innocent lives. It was the deadliest mass shooting by a single person in our history. Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 others. Continue reading

Google is infamous for all of the perks that they offer to their employees. Employees can grab lunch at one of the many restaurants at their sprawling business campus in Mountain View. If an employee has a new baby, they get over a month of paid leave regardless if they are a father or a mother. However, not all things at Google are amazing for their employees, namely some of their employee confidentiality policies. Continue reading

We use the internet every day, but we don't always think about the sheer breadth of information we share with strangers assuming they are taking steps to protect that knowledge. As much as we like to think that businesses are taking all the steps necessary to protect our private information from hackers, and they often are, many times this simply isn't the case. Continue reading

With the new year coming up, politicians across the country are busily introducing bills with the hope to create new laws promoting their agendas and fulfilling their many campaign promises. Continue reading

Since 1973 when the Supreme Court of the United States legalized abortions through its decision for Roe v. Wade, state government and reproductive rights groups have battled over every aspect of the abortion process from at what pregnancy stage a woman can get an abortion to all of the steps she needs to take before she can actually have the abortion. Continue reading

A 3-year-old girl was left partially paralyzed after being left in a wrecked vehicle for hours after a 3-vehicle crash. Continue reading

A restraining order is a court order placed against a person. It instructs (requires) the individual to either do, or not do a specific action. There are typically for types court orders that are used in situations that involve domestic... Continue reading

Mississippi lawyer tried to pursue because a Popeye’s chicken failed to provide him with a knife for his drive-through order. Yes, you read that right. Continue reading

No one likes speeding tickets, despite their necessity as a way to enforce speed limits. They are expensive, often costing upward of $100, and usually lead to other costs, such as traffic school and increased insurance costs. Additionally, a speeding... Continue reading

U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch argues there’s no equal protection violation because the law is based on the citizenship of the parents rather than the gender. When a child is born to parents of two nationalities, there will inevitably be competing interests. Continue reading