Hosting a server in the U.S. does not automatically trigger a permanent establishment. Hence, your activity is not carried out in the U.S.. You...

What do you have to do to legally disolve a non for profit club, or get officers out of office?

Although the NPO is unincorporated, you must have some sort of AOI or bylaws to see what procedures are specified re the dissolution. If not,...

Scope of the liability of a lease guarantee

The scope of the liability may be (more likely than not) extended to other type of liabilities if not specified otherwise. You can enter into an...

Freight Co. claim issues

Responsibility lies with the Carrier. For obvious reasons, its claim dept. is trying to lower the claim amount to minimize the Carrier's loss. You...

Can a buyer's attorney deduct his fees from escrow on a deal that did not go through?

The funds were held in an escrow. S/he should not have retained the fees without your consent. However, s/he is entitled to a reasonable fee for...

Marine Insurance - U.S. import - coverage

If your company is not covered by any insurance, you will be self-insured (as you rightly observed). This means that in the unfortunate...

Can I change lawyers

Lawyers are not assigned to you by the Gods. You can always change him/her. Just make sure you agree to pay the reasonable fees for the work s/he...

On 5/30/2009 cargo was damaged going from US to Japan, which rates will the damages be figured at?

Since the air waybills was issued before the change of law, I'd say 17SDR. Most likely this was the amount shown in the terms and conditions of the...

What is the best way to get a trademark done?

If you want to save money, you can check yourself by running some searches: on google and on sites like godaddy (to check if the domain name is...

Value entitled to for lost freight.

Among the claim docs, you need to submit copy of the commercial invoice. If you do not have one, draft an affidavit stating that the goods were...