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I have a $10,000 debt to a credit card company in the state of California. I now live in the UK. Can they come after me here?
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Answered on August 03, 2009
So far as I know it doesn't violate the criminal law to default on credit card debt. You could be served with civil process (i.e., a lawsuit...
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I have a personal loan with someone who is getting ready to file bk 7. Is there any way i can stop her from adding me to her bk?
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Answered on August 03, 2009
The general answer is "no." The idea of bankruptcy is that all the unsecured creditors get treated equally. If she made a big payment to you...
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I was fired from my job after being diagnosised being bi-polar/manic depressive. What type of lawyer do I need?
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Answered on August 03, 2009
Consult a Minnesota employment lawyer to determine whether you have a remedy. It's illegal to discriminate in employment on the basis of a...
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Is an establishment (restaurant at an airport) required by law, to provide safe parking for it's employees without fees?
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Answered on August 03, 2009
I've never heard of a law that required an employer to provide its employees free parking.
Free employee parking sounds exactly like the kind...
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If i file for bankruptcy , and they dont clear student loans do they set up payments for you?
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Answered on August 02, 2009
Except in very rare circumstances guaranteed student loans don't get discharged in bankruptcy. Assuming you go bankrupt under Chapter 7 and...
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Can my boss sue me if I start a competing business?
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Answered on August 02, 2009
It depends upon what you agreed to in the non-compete that you signed. Nothing in what you wrote makes me suspect that the non-compete you signed...
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If you switched stickers on meat in a grocery store and they didnt catch you but called you later and said they saw you on video
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Answered on August 02, 2009
What you describe is, I believe, false pretenses or theft of some sort. You took an action to deceive the cashier into charging you less for the...
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If you leave beauty school 1/2 way through do you have to pay the full amont
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Answered on August 02, 2009
It depends upon what your contract says. Usually tuition contracts say that once you start paying tuition, you owe the whole amount. I suggest...
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Can i file a suit?
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Answered on August 02, 2009
What you've written above is confusing. It's clear you think you've been wrongfully discharged, and that they gave you a reason you consider...
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Can I sue my ex-husbands wife on behalf of our 14 yr old daughter for alienation of affection?
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Answered on August 02, 2009
The answer to your question is almost certainly "no." The tort for alienation of affection has been abolished in 42 states. Texas, following the...
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