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What is the procedure in Harris County, Houston TX to fire my attorney while the case is still in litigation and hire a new one?

Simply put, you tell your current attorney that you are firing him. He will then prepare a motion to withdraw. One note of caution: if your company is a defendant, it cannot represent itself pro se. It must hire another attorney.

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My company keeps employee discipline log they call EDL. Do I have the right to see my "EDL"?

In Texas, an employee has no right under law to review his or her personnel file, but check your employment policies and procedures, if there are any. They might offer you the right to request a review.

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The resultant Judgement

The company may not have lost its right to sue you later for the $6200 or to foreclose on its lien -- assuming that it filed the lien. To get a certain answer, you should have an attorney look at the default judgment entered by the court and any pleadings filed in the lawsuit by the builder.

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I accidentally released confidential info from my job. Do I have to give them my computer?

You haven't received an answer to this question yet because there is no boilerplate response. What your rights are and what your employer's rights cannot be fully determined without a review of all of the relevant facts. As a general rule, your property is your property. If you have deleted all traces of the confidential information from your laptop, you have no obligation to turnover your personal laptop. Be forewarned, however, that it is likely that your employer is under no obligation...

Do I have a case against a private for-profit college, that failed to provide education?

Any question that asks "Do I have a case?" is hard to answer, as it seeks a prediction about how a judge or jury would decide the case. A slightly easier question to answer is "Do I have the grounds for a lawsuit?" As you might imagine, the barriers to filing a lawsuit are are few. If the college promised you and your classmates a certain level or quality of services in exchange for tuition and failed to do so, you may have the grounds to file a lawsuit for breach of contract....

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Can I sue for Defamation of Character?

The law on defamation differs from state to state, so you should speak to a Pennsylvania attorney about the law in that state. That being said, because defamation involves the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued several opinions detailing what a plaintiff in a defamation suit must prove to succeed. Most importantly, you would have to prove falsity -- that is, that you did not steal the iPod -- and fault. Fault means that the customer told the lie with malice or with negligent...

I have just been served a subpoena for me to attend a deposition regarding a lawsuit do i have to attend ?

The law on witness subpoenas differs from state to state. Generally speaking, if the subpoena was served on you by a process server, you need to attend the deposition. The fact situation that you have described suggests that you could have some exposure in the lawsuit. You should not attend the deposition without speaking to a lawyer. He or she may be able to delay or reschedule the deposition, and under rare circumstances, protect you from the deposition entirely.