You don't "file" for IP rights, you apply for them - you do automatically own copyrights and trademarks when you create them, but you don't have...

Yes you have to have a book option to do anything with your spec script (not to mention preventing copyright infringement liability). Whether your...

Hopefully the contract is clear about how it's enforced, and provides that the prevailing party in a dispute is entitled to their legal fees. It's...

The law says that if both of you are on the title/pink slip as owners, then you both co-own the car, regardless of who paid for what and who...

The parties' respective rights are governed by the contract no one has reviewed, apparently including you. You accepted their offer, apparently...

If you don't have something in writing that says THAT your deposit is refundable, and WHEN and HOW, then you have no argument to get ANY of your...

I agree with both of the above comments. I'd add that you shouldn't let the friend's status cloud your judgment or make you treat this casually....

Any civil litigator could help you. This implies maybe extortion (since you were emailed at your job) and personal injury. Responding with a...

Litigation should be your last resort, not your 1st. Try the BAR: https://bar.ca.gov/ .............

A judge will look at whether a meet and confer happened, and will not count days, especially when the defense counsel was only retained within the...