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A relative confronted someone he knew had stolen from him. Words were exchanged, fingers were pointed, and opinions about what should have happened to the thief were made. No actual threats, nothing physical. The thief went to the local cops and told them he'd been assaulted by my relative...

In a situation I've been trying to resolve for years, my lawyer told me that the "good or bad thing about debt is that it is forever."

You can file a dispute with the credit reporting agencies. Get a copy of your credit report, which will have instructions on how to file your dispute. When you file the dispute, tell them that you were a minor, not able to enter into a legal contract. This gives you the opportunity to...

My son moved off to college. When he went, he took the cell phone, and thereby the cell number, that my mother had bought to keep in contact with me & my family. When he left here, everything about his service was in my mother's name. He called me one day to tell me he was buying a...

Why do you think you will lose your job? Has he threatened to fire you? You know, you can ask him to stop making advances on you. If the advances are unwanted, even if they were accepted at one time, it is sexual harassment. As for the baby, are you reconcilling with your spouse or...

A customer where I work has been charged with a DWI, and I believe, a possession charge. He is a resident of another state, his employment here has now ended, and his lease is up the end of this month. When he made his first court appearance, he made it known that, come August 1st, not only...

I was talking to a local bar owner recently. A few months back, there was an issue involving a minor and a fight on his property, for which the local police got a warrant for his security recording system. (It is a computer based system, so they actually take his laptop.) Only one officer has...

Thanks for that advice. I did request to receive information IN WRITING from them, which I did finally receive. However, in the meantime, I also called the State Commerce Dept., who requires collection companies to be licensed in this state. The company involved is not licensed, and the State...

I own a business and have a HUGE problem. We ordered a product to be used in a job. We ordered the product believing it would be made according to the vendor company's published specifications. We received and installed the product, unaware that the product provided was not manufactured...

First, I would report them to your local Better Business Bureau. If all things are like you say, it sounds like a binding contract. I work in the industry you speak of, and even on the rare occassion I botch a quote, I NEVER raise the price on the customer.... bad business. However, I would...

How can a person estimate how much litigation will cost? Is there anyway to assertain whether or not litation costs would be paid by the losing party?

From my experience, it depends on the wording of your contracts.

What does it take to be considered an "expert witness?" How much does it generally cost to supoena an expert witness? Can one party challenge weather or not the other party's witness is truly an "expert?" Is there a database for locating expert witnesses? Can the fees for expert...

In November 2006, I wrote a check for one of my accounts, noted it "paid in full," and put on my account number in the memo line. I never heard anothe peep out of that company after that; no more letters, no more statements, no more faxes, no more phone calls; and believe me, they were...

A while back, I contacted an attorney about a business matter. At the end of the meeting, I asked him about charges and a retainer fee. He specifically told me there would be no charges unless he got the money owed to my company. After a few months of nothing more than letters back and...

My husband and I operate a small sole proprietorship. We recently contracted to do an energy efficiency window upgrade in a local school. To keep this as to-the-point as possible: Some of the material we ordered and installed is not what it's manufacturer claims it will be. The...

Thanks, SeniorJudge and CdwJava!

Thanks, SeniorJudge!

I had a business situation that required me to hire an attorney. At the end of my initial meeting with the first attorney, I asked him how much I should pay & how much this would cost. His response was "We won't worry about it until I get you your money." I had to fire that attorney. His...

I've had an ongoing issue with a collection company for over ten years. To make a long story as short as possible, my mother forwarded a piece of mail to me, that was addressed to me at a property address my parents own in another state. They were renting the property out at the time. When...