Pets

Pets In The Workplace: Should Your Company Open Its Doors To Employees’ Furry Friends?

by Rachelle E. Hill | Bean, Kinney & Korman, PC on 5/1/2013

Pet Sitter International’s Take Your Dog to Work Day (“TYDTWDay”) is Friday, June 21, 2013. With this event on the horizon, it raises questions regarding the legal and practical aspects of allowing pets in the workplace. ...more

Pet Peeves: Who Gets Custody Of Family Pets In Divorce?

by Bryan L. Salamone and Associates P.C. on 4/17/2013

Our legal system generally regards pets as property – like a sofa or television set. But while the market value of a mutt may be virtually negligible, his human owners may well consider him to be absolutely priceless....more

Pigs In Condominiums?!?

by Keir Wilmut | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 3/28/2013

We have written numerous times on this blog about pets in condominiums – pet provisions in Declarations, enforcement of pet rules, nuisance pets, numerous pet evictions, and more. We’ve even run a popular seminar titled...more

Who Gets Rover?

by Law Offices of Adrian H. Altshuler &... on 2/28/2013

John and Jane Doe have decided to amicably split up. They have simply grown apart, have no children, and thought their divorce would be easy. They both failed to consider, however, their spouse’s undying love for their dog,...more

Don’t Forget to Divide These Things, Too

by Law Offices of Marlo Van Oorschot, APLC on 2/5/2013

In California community property rules control the division of assets and liabilities in divorce. Community property is any property, regardless of where it is situated, which is acquired during the marriage. Unless there...more

Pets in Condominiums

by Matthew J. Wilson | Lerners LLP on 2/1/2013

While many condominium corporations allow pets in the condominium, pet owners who fail to familiarize themselves with the condominium’s restrictions on pets, or who blatantly ignore these restrictions, do so at the risk of...more

No-Pet Clauses In Rental Condominium Leases

by Keir Wilmut | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 12/12/2012

Following on the heels of Heenan Blaikie’s condominium group’s recent seminar “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs”, the Toronto Star has weighed in on the always controversial issue of no-pet clauses in leases. ...more

California Law Blocks Mandatory Declawing of Pets

by Lawyers.com on 10/11/2012

Landlords in California can no longer force tenants to declaw or devocalize their pets as a condition of renting a property, thanks to a new anti-cruelty law. Property owners can still ban animals from a dwelling outright;...more

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