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Unusual gender discrimination case

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 30, 2013

When you ask a lawyer to take a case on contingency, you ask the lawyer to work for free now on the promise of being paid later IF you prevail. ...

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Federal court, pro se, default judgement, is now the time to ask for one

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 30, 2013

Grasping at straws. Don't waste your time. What you are saying is, one lawyer answered on behalf of everyone, and because the lawyer didn't file...

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Can Baby feeding Bottle brand be held liable for Severe Tooth Decay on my Toddler ?

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 30, 2013

You might find useful the following link on early childhood tooth decay, from the National Institutes of Health. The culprit is not a particular...

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My daughter worked in a doctors office as a medical receptionist for about a year. She made a mistake in billing and was let go.

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 30, 2013

Is she entitled to be paid for accrued vacation upon termination? As a general principle of law, only if there's a contract, a company policy...

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Do I have any legal recourse against my boss who was paying me a weekly salary and after two months decided to lower my pay?

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 30, 2013

Employers can't reduce wages for hours already worked. But they can prospectively reduce the pay for at-will employees, i.e., for hours not yet...

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I was injury and at fault in a car accident while driving someone else car can I file for pain and suffering

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 30, 2013

Can you recover for pain and suffering which occurred because you flipped your own car through your own fault, without the fault of anyone else? No.

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Can I sue DMV for making me lose an opportunity with a vehicle purchase that I will never see again?

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 29, 2013

Technical answer: you can sue a ham sandwich for failure to contain mustard, but you can't win. Same here. You can scrape together a filing fee...

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Why would a corporation request jurisdiction in FL for a debt contract (they are incorporated in KY)?

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 29, 2013

There could well be. If you are talking about a circumstance where big bucks are at issue you owe it to yourself to hire counsel to research the...

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Legal advice for the workplace

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 29, 2013

Do not lie to the IRS. An employee who is dismissed for refusing to lie to the IRS may, as a general principle of law, have an actionable claim...

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The opposing party giving the deposition is insisting on holding the deposition at his counsel's law office. Since I have no

L. Maxwell's answer | Answered on May 29, 2013

Just show up and do the depo at the lawyer's office. Most lawyers' offices are plain vanilla locations and are not intended to make witnesses...

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Unusual gender discrimination case

Federal court, pro se, default judgement, is now the time to ask for one

Can Baby feeding Bottle brand be held liable for Severe Tooth Decay on my Toddler ?

My daughter worked in a doctors office as a medical receptionist for about a year. She made a mistake in billing and was let go.

Do I have any legal recourse against my boss who was paying me a weekly salary and after two months decided to lower my pay?

I was injury and at fault in a car accident while driving someone else car can I file for pain and suffering

Can I sue DMV for making me lose an opportunity with a vehicle purchase that I will never see again?

Why would a corporation request jurisdiction in FL for a debt contract (they are incorporated in KY)?

Legal advice for the workplace

The opposing party giving the deposition is insisting on holding the deposition at his counsel's law office. Since I have no