How do general partners in CA, with no formal partnership agreement, dissolve a partnership when at an impasse ?

Find a good business mediator with experience dissolving and winding up partnerships. There are dozens of them. Lock both parties in a room with...

Is Academic Ghostwriting legal or acceptable?

Great question. Rules depend on your definition of "Academic" writing. Writing essays or reports for students is fraud and should get the student...

Can i still collect?

Not sure if a Limited Jurisdiction or Small Claims Judge would entertain such a motion. Better possibly to file a new Small Claims action against...

Counterfeit money?

Sounds like a cool training excercise to me. Asl an employment lawyer.

You may have misunderstood the trademark regulations. You need 5 years of continuous use to register a mark that is primarily a surname (if...

Hard to tell. Might be fraud, in which case the contract is void, or just innocent incompetence. Contracts are supposed to reflect the intention of...

How can I get an alias?

Interesting question. Yes, there is nothing illegal, immoral or fattening about adopting and using one or more pseudonym(s), 'nom-de-plume(s),' or...

Is it illegal for a manger in the music industry to keep signed documents of the artist.?

Yes. The manager has a "fiduciary duty" to the artist --- the highest duty of trust and loyalty. The contracts belong to the artist. The physical...

The primary complaint is Copyright infringement, Does 28 U.S.C. § 1367 allow me to sue for defamation, fraud, etc. as well?

You are on the right track. Filing counter-claims might work for leverage if they arise out of the same nucleus of operative facts, same parties,...

Can we sue a competing company for accepting personal company documents from a (soon-to-be-fired) employee of ours?

Oh yeah. California Civil Code section 3426 - 3426.11 codify the Uniform Trade secrets Act. The Act defines misappropriation to include the conduct...