A common definition of “conflict of interest” is, “a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgment or actions...

As well, we wrote that these contracts have three (3) essential ingredients: https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/the-...

Facebook messages and phone calls from other auctioneers — almost every day. Maybe we all do? Most of these questions from auctioneers...

What is customary practice? What is the industry standard? What is considered commercially reasonable? Today we discuss these three...

Supreme Court of the United States case Coffin v. United States, 156 U.S. 432 (1895) and numerous subsequent cases has established the...

Our analysis today regards the seller bidding in an absolute auction — and in particular if the seller bids first. Within the few legal...

Mike Brandly, Opening Speaker, Ohio Auctioneers Association Conference 2019, Columbus, Ohio Seemingly everyone has an opinion about...

We have argued for years that auction contracts (listing contracts, consignment contracts, terms and conditions, bid calling contracts)...

However, what if my $270 bidder was paying with a credit card costing the seller 3.5% and the $265 bidder is paying cash? $270 minus 3.5%...

https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2010/02/04/unethical-bid-calling-3-he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not/ Amplifying this attorney’s...

Shortly thereafter our first blog, fellow blogger extraordinaire and good friend Aaron Traffas wrote about our undertaking: ...

I stay at many hotels throughout the year (although I have never stayed at the Black Bear Hotel in Allentown, Pennsylvania.) In doing so,...

We help attorneys with appraising and selling assets held in estates, guardianships, bankruptcies and other similar situations. We assist...

J. Stephen Proffitt III, Esq. (known by most as “Steve Proffitt”) was a well-known attorney and auctioneer. He had a remarkable impact on...

Since opening an auction school, and especially since being asked to teach auctioneer continuing education, I have become intensely...

As I frequently teach auctioneer continuing education, I am often asked about this particular issue, as well as more general 1099...