Why second and 3rd offenses are treated with more punishment?

Q. Why are second and third offenses punished more harshly? A. Because the defendant didn't learn his lesson from being convicted the first...

Can a person be held liable for compensatory damages after he or she ruins the professional reputation of another?

Generally speaking, in civil cases the plaintiff at all times has the burden of proving his or her case by a preponderance of the evidence ("more...

Am I within my constitutional right to do this, and how should I go about handling authority if confronted about it?

If you operate an unregistered and unplated motor vehicle upon a public road without a driver's license and you are caught, you will probably be...

Is it uncommon or unwise to cite cases from another state?

They can be, especially when there is no binding authority directly on point from a hierarchically superior court. A court must apply law which...

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Explain estoppel please.

Estoppel is an equitable concept that comes up in different ways: equitable estoppel, promissory estoppel, judicial estoppel, estoppel in pais,...

The situation you describe, i.e., of a house with a wet basement, a sump pump, and a dehumidifier, is extremely common in Vermont. The electrical...

We run a .com furniture store. We offered a customer a coupon code of SAVE300 ($300 OFF).

Every law student learns that one of the essential features of contract formation is a meeting of the minds. In the circumstance you describe...

Generally speaking, the exclusive remedy of an employee vis-a-vis his or her employer, for injury or harm arising in the course and scope of...

Under the Postal Reorganization Act, 39 U. S .C. § 101 et seq., the United States Postal Service is "an independent establishment of the executive...

What you are telling us, I think, is that your financial circumstance has you over a barrel. I suspect what is really frustrating you is not so...