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    Alcohol & Drugs: MIP, MIC, Intoxication open container on sidewalk

    Does open container arrest show up on my criminal record If you plead guilty, then you would have a conviction on your record. You would only do that if the prosecutor cut you a deal, which he did not. So pleading not guilty is one way to go, and you can dispute what type of container you had...
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    Credit Cards, Rating, Repair hello

    do you really think someone may have your missing check, or is it more likely that you voided it or used it in some manner. who has physical access to your checkbook?
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    Loan from friend with no stated repayment plan

    Since those emails seem to be the only written record, you should review the emails to see what admissions were made by your girlfriend. Remember fredrikklaw's 3 points about: initial offer, acceptance, and meeting of the minds.
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    Trying to collect on a debt owed by an individual

    Enforcing a verbal agreement will be difficult. So you should get a written admission from him that he owes the debt. Send him a nice letter discussing the debt, without making offensive demands. Get the correspondence going with him, because each letter and argument that he offers is a written...
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    Purchase & Sale Sale Of My Business / Sublease

    You already have the landlords permission to sublease to your brother, just ask the landlord to put it in a letter. Send her another letter, which states her verbal agreement for the sublease, and ask for written confirmation. She really does not want to litigate to enforce a lease on an empty...
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    Purchase & Sale Non Compete - Sale of Business

    In Cal. non-compete agreements are legal when a business is sold, which applies to you. But non-compete agreements need to specify and length of time and an an area, or the the agreement can be pierced in court. However, court battles are expensive. If all you really want to do is maintain...
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    Having a Background Check Issue

    Having Background Search Issue A background search of criminal records can turn up anything that you have been charged with, or even arrested for. Then, you are protected by the Fair Credit Reporting Act, which also applies to employers. The FCRA makes employers tell you why you were denied...
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    Employee Files

    Who wants to obtain it? and why? If they have legal cause, maybe they can get it.
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    Criminal Records, Expungement Expunged Record

    Expungement only hides the government record. But private background search companies already obtained the information before the expungement, so it is still available in any pre-employment background check.
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    More Qualified for position

    Lesson for next time. Rarely is the most technically qualified person promoted. Typically, there are 3 or 4 of those. So it boils down to personal preference. You may see a coworker as a lazy time waster for wandering around gossiping with other workers. You boss may see the same coworker as...
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    Personal Bankruptcy Can I be fired after Bankruptcy? (Job as bank manager)

    It is still an informative thread for people that are facing foreclosure in this economic crisis.
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    Personal Bankruptcy I have filed Chapt 7 and there is an adversary proceeding

    Go to a library and use their computers to access "lexis-nexis" research database for Chapter 7 laws, and for fraud. You can search it just like you search Google.
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