Legal
STOP Collection Harassment
By B Baker · 17 years ago
"Hello Amy?" Uh oh --- You know the collection harassment is about to begin when debt collectors start calling you by your first name. Darn credit companies.
Maybe it's some sort of psychological ploy to ...
Filing A Lawsuit In Small Claims Court Against A Collection Agency And The Credit Bureaus
By Eric Gartle · 17 years ago
As a follow up to our Validating Debt article, if a collection agency has failed to remove a listing, the next step to be taken is to file a lawsuit against the collection agency in ...
Limiting The Automatic Stay, Not Very Limiting
By David Siegel · 17 years ago
Some ideas which sound good in theory, do not measure up in practicality. For example, take one of the most significant changes to the bankruptcy code which became effective a little more than two years ...
What is Medical Malpractice?
By Joe Devine · 17 years ago
Medical malpractice is the very broad term given to a very wide variety of incidences where a doctor or someone with a medical license makes some sort of mistake that results in the injury or ...
6 Tips for What to Do If Your Child Is Arrested.
By Patrick Adams · 17 years ago
Nothing can cause more stress for a parent than when your child is in trouble. Here are 6 steps to follow to help guide you.
1. Don't panic! This can be a very scary time ...
12 Steps of a Class Action Lawsuit
By B Baker · 17 years ago
Thousands if not millions of claims might flood the court system without the ability to file together in a class action lawsuit. Filing together in a class action suit not only allows for the courts ...
Criminal Assault in Canada
By Daniel Brown · 17 years ago
Criminal Assault in Canada
What is an assault?
The definition of assault is found in the Criminal Code at section 265. Generally an assault occurs when a person directly or indirectly applies force intentionally to ...
Lawsuit Loans - 3 Things You Must Know About Lawsuit Loans
By Steven Ross · 17 years ago
If you have heard the term lawsuit loan and want to know what it is all about, then you will want to read this article. Specifically, I will discuss the options that people who are ...
How to Skip Trace Without Pretext
By Frank Ahearn · 17 years ago
My name is Frank M. Ahearn and I am a skip tracer, a skip tracer is someone who finds people, my clients range from private investigators, lawyers to finance companies. Typically, the people I search ...
A Bankruptcy Attorney's Perspective
By David Siegel · 17 years ago
One of the most rewarding things about being a bankruptcy attorney is the ability to help people. I am really not interested in how people got into debt. That fact really doesn't matter to me. ...
Disability Fraud - The Best Way to Stop Social Security Disability Fraud
By Steven Ross · 17 years ago
It is a good act for society to help prevent Social Security disability fraud. In this article, I will give you advice on how to properly report Social Security disability fraud, and also some things ...
Thinking about Reporting Disability Fraud? Read This First!
By Steven Ross · 17 years ago
Every day there are people out there who are illegally collecting disability checks from the Social Security administration. This is a shame and needs to end. However, not everyone who appears not to have a ...
Keeping a car with Chapter 7
By David Siegel · 17 years ago
People love their cars. They would give up just about everything they have, as long as they don't have to give up their car. One of the great things about Chapter 7 is that a ...
Trial Attorneys Take on Loss of Consortium in California
By Lala C. Ballatan · 17 years ago
There is an eclectic system in each state concerning the "Loss of Consortium" laws. However, most of the state's jurisdictions give permission to wives and husbands of those who have been victims, usually in a ...
Trademark Dilution, Part 1
By Olivier Taillieu · 17 years ago
* This article is for non-lawyers, or attorneys practicing in areas of law other than trademark law, seeking to familiarize themselves with the basics of trademark dilution. This article is Part I of a three ...
Contested Versus Uncontested Cases
By David Siegel · 17 years ago
It amazes me that so many potential clients do not know the difference between contested and uncontested cases. For example, many who call my office believe that a case is uncontested simply because both parties ...
Yes, You Can Even Get Contracts on the Web
By James Cochran · 17 years ago
Does it really matter where legal contracts come from? If you write a contract on the back of a napkin, does it make it any less binding than one produced formally in a lawyer's office? ...
What Documents Cannot Be Notarized?
By Ntsikelelo Willis · 17 years ago
Documents are notarized to prevent fraud and protect the parties to ensure that the signing party signature is authenticated. A notary public acts as an impartial witness to identify the signers to screen out impostors ...
Claim for a Whiplash Injury
By Paul Steven · 17 years ago
Its no secret our roads are getting busier. The motorways of the UK are straining to cope with the amount of traffic that relentlessly pounds the tired tarmac each and everyday.
Cities fare no better ...
A Review of Supplemental Security Income Benefits
By Lala C. Ballatan · 17 years ago
Another program being administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in ensuring social protection for the citizens of the United States is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
The SSI program's main targets are the poverty-stricken ...