Court cases and one important lesson
… in 2015 the Superior Court of the State of California (Orange County) in a jury trial found that the …
Tag Archives: Auction Law
United States v. Blair, 193 F.2d 557 (10th Cir. 1952) Revisited
We’ve written prior about United States v. Blair, 193 F.2d 557 (10th Cir. 1952) and United States v. Weisbrod, 202 …
Does “No Reserve” mean absolute?
Our phone rings regularly from attorneys all over the world. A few days ago, this particular attorney asked the same …
Auctions and disclosing the sale price
Kathy is an auctioneer at an onsite real property auction and a good crowd is in attendance. She opens the …
Auctioneer: I’m lying but you know it?
Could an auctioneer lie about what is being sold, the high bid, shipping charges, provenance, and a bunch of other …
Auctions and the restraint of trade
Could an auctioneer (and/or seller) be guilty or liable for restraint of trade for restricting an auction to only certain …
More on COVID-19 magic waivers
It seems no matter the issue, some people always assure everyone all we need is yet another disclaimer and/or waiver …
A $1,000,000 reason to …
One might ask, “Do auctioneers need to treat all bidders the same, other than ‘price’?” In other words, do we …
Auctioneer at a laundry
I had reason to stop in briefly to this laundry near our auction house. Probably not unlike countless small-town laundries …
How different attorneys can (and shouldn’t) help auctioneers
In a recent story, we noted attorneys (lawyers) can represent clients as advisors, advocates, negotiators or evaluators. As well, lawyers …
Mottram and “what if?”
J. G. White & Co., Limited (Auctioneers) of London, England was contracted to sell property held by the United States …
” … not responsible for the online platform’s performance.”
You are an online auctioneer and you know that online platforms sometimes aren’t reliable. As such, your attorney has told …
Commercially reasonable & Inspection
We wrote about a week ago about a case litigated in Kansas and the citing of the basic tenets of …
Auctioneers and what’s reasonable
A host of laws and rules auctioneers are encouraged to follow use the word, “reasonable.” So, what does reasonable mean? …
Bidder can’t reasonably inspect?
I’ve had this question dozens of times when I talk about pre-auction inspection opportunities. That question is generally, “What if …
Attorneys often don’t agree …
As I’ve pointed out in a few prior blogs, attorneys often don’t agree. One attorney states some auction-related law, rule, …
Can auctions be irritating?
Our question today is: Can auctions be irritating? I’ve held they can be, but when a fellow auctioneer tells me …
The Supreme Court of the United States & auctioneers
I’ve seen reference to the Supreme Court of the United States (the Court) and “common law” rulings, and that decisions …
Auctioneers and attorney opinions
The last number I could find (2018) noted there were 1,338,678 licensed practicing lawyers in the 50 states, Washington, D.C., …
Auctioneers and case law
Auctioneers (along with the public) are regulated by law here in the United States. Where does that law come from? …
