By: Robert J. Nahoum   THE PROBLEM: You were surprised to learn that your bank account had been frozen or your wages had been garnisheed due to a default judgment entered against so you quickly filed an order to show cause to vacate the default judgment arguing that you were never served with the papers.  Now, the judge has ordered […]

By: Robert J. Nahoum “Stipulations†are written agreements between parties to a lawsuit. You can stipulate to almost anything.  The most common types of stipulations are stipulations of adjournment (postponing a court date or deadline), stipulations of settlement (a settlement agreement resolving the case) and stipulations of discontinuance. When the stipulation is being used to dismiss the case as with […]