by Greg Overstreet | Sep 15, 2022 | OLG Blog
I think all adults can agree that kids and most teens do not have an adult sense of judgment. It might make sense to someone under 18 to buy that really cool car for double what it’s worth. Montana protects them from unfair contracts. Kind of. A Montana statute, MCA...
by Greg Overstreet | Mar 29, 2022 | OLG Blog
Many local business owners ask me if they need to trademark their business’ name or product by registering it with the federal trademark office. The answer is, “Not really.” A trademark is legal protection for the trade name of a business or product. (A service mark...
by Greg Overstreet | Mar 28, 2022 | OLG Blog
You sometimes hear people say, “That’s just an oral contract. It doesn’t count.” This is incorrect. Most oral contracts do, indeed, count. But their terms are usually hard to prove. Montana law provides, “All contracts may be oral except such as specifically by...
by Greg Overstreet | Mar 28, 2022 | OLG Blog
Many people are shocked to learn that it’s actually illegal to name babies certain names. A recent article on KLYQ.com described the law of naming babies in the U.S. in general and Montana in particular. It turns out Montana has almost no restrictions on babies’...
by Greg Overstreet | Mar 24, 2022 | OLG Blog
In Montana, the property a spouse owns is his or hers; it is not the joint property of the marital community like in community property states such as California. This means that in Montana the property a spouse brings to the marriage is his or hers and he or she can...
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