Am I liable? Should I seek representation prior and during deposition/arbitration? I don't have a lot of money.

This takes me back to law school. As I recall you are protected by a Latin phrase: Respondeat superior. This means that the employer is...

Correction: After I wrote the above, I looked at the California Corp. Code, Sec 164, which says " 'directors' means natural persons . . ." So...

Registering a business as an LLC

The threshold question is whether to incorporate (forming an LLC or an S Corp). This is a question only you can answer. It is a tradeoff between...

Fraud on my tax return

The first thing to do is to talk to the preparer. If you are not comfortable with this, write him a letter and ask what happened. It could...

Why do you expect them to be "upfront" when you are not? Why didn't you tell them you had received the denial letter from the bank? This might be...

Possible breach of contract?

Reasonable men could differ. That's what makes horse races and lawsuits. You argue that the contract endured as long as the cotract continued on...

Novel question. The main question is: can an individual use the name of an apparent individual as a fictitious business name? My answer is: I...

If I sign a personal gurantee on a loan for a corporation I am a partner in can the bank take assets of another LLC of mine?

If the corp defaults on the loan, the bank can get a judgment against you. It can then either levy execution on your LLC, i.e. take its assets, or...

Although, there are no points left, I must agree with Ms. Heckler. It sounds to me as if the writing service was practicing law without a license,...

Your question is not clear, but I think you must have entered into an Agreement with DTV authorizing them to draw on your account to pay your...