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Well, that is a decision only you can make. Among the aspects that should guide you are those: -how likely is recovery, that is, how likely is it that you will get any money from her if you should win? If she is poor, hard to find etc etc. it might be that you will not be able to recover...

oops, from what you write it sounds like you have a case. You should talk with your doctor first to get an idea about what is going on and then talk to an attorney who handles medical malpractice cases and personal injury cases. Of course the details will decide, but talk to the doctor first...

Every state has different laws about this, but generally if the parents are known, they need to give consent to an adoption unless a court has taken away that right from them. More about this here: http://www.abcadoptions.com/consent.htm

That is the point here, though for other people the recod might be expunged, for immigration purposes it is still there. What you want to do is to avoid any conviction or any pleading guilty. If you can get the charges dropped by joining a program or anything like this, that would probably be...

well, the good news first: This is not fraud. You had no intent to defraud these people, so this is no case of criminal fraud. What you might have had is a contract with them to sell certain goods. I say might have had, because on ebay things are even a little trickier. There are some...

It depends. Normally an alien convicted of a crime of moral turpitude, that is theft for example, is deportable or inadmissible. The law gives you one chance, though: if you are convicted of a crime that has a maximum penalty of not more than a year, you will not be deportable. But this...

Because of the stakes in this case you should hire a lawyer. Look for a criminal defense lawyer who has experience in defending alien perpetrators and knows about immigration law. Ask them before you hire them, a lot of defense attorneys do not know enough about immigration law and the...

Yeah, I discussed that issue here in my office and we all said the same: this is a lawsuit waiting to happen. It opens up a whole new book full of questions: liability, insurance, jurisdiction etc. Very interesting for attorneys, but you don't want to be the guinea pig :)

Now I have seen a lot, but this is a new idea I have never ever come across. Fascinating what people invent to make money. I am sure the lawmakers never thought about the internet when they drafted the gun laws. Therefore all I can say is, that it probably has never been contested in a court...

every state has its own "statute of frauds", so the rules might differ from state to state, but normally they only require that certain contracts are signed and in writing (actually the contract does not even need to be in writing, as long as other documents pertaining to it are signed), but...

LOL it always depends on how big that piece of land is, where it is, what is on it, under it, above it, next to it etc. I could sell you a piece of my backyard for $ 25, but with New York City prices I fear it would not be big enough to even put your shoes onto it :)

you are not. On the voter registration form there is a box: "no party affiliation" which you have to mark. It might be that some people mistake "independent" with "no party affiliation"

I am not quite sure I understand what you mean. If your grandmother dies the social security benefits she received will be terminated. You cannot "inherit" social security benefits. In certain situations someone can be entitled to survivor benefits, like a husband or a wife or a child of...

You get a writ of execution and then go to the Sheriff and have him go after the guy's assets. Hopefully he has some. Look here: http://www.overdue.com/Garnishment_Statutes/pa.html and here for an example: http://www.chesco.org/sheriff/sheriff_writs.html

that is even more complicated, because once it is done on private property by private security it depends on what kind of consent has been implied or expressly given. Theoretically a private property owner could tell you: if you want to enter my property you have to consent to a strip search...

It really depends on what the situation is. The "pat down" or "Terry search" is a search the police officer is permitted to perform to find possible weapons that could endanger him. He is permitted to perform the search in any reasonable way that would ensure his safety. The Supreme Court...

oops, no, I am not Erik. Erik is the author of the article named "keep your case is state court." What you are experiencing is the reality of the legal business today. Big lawfirms always bury their opponents in paperwork, and they usually don't advise you in advance of what they will do...

Just last month I read an article about this in TRIAL, the magazine of ATLA. It seems you fell into a very typical trap. Big companies like to remove to Federal Court because they think they have better chances for a favourable verdict there. Now the rules are pretty concise, they can remove...

It depends on how you got the green card and how long you have actually been in the country and some other facts. Basically you are eligible to apply for naturalization after being a legal permanent resident )having a green card) for five years. Should you have become a LPR by marrying...

whoa, what an idiot. Somehow all these neighbor issues here make me long to live on a ranch far far away from every other human being somewhere in the southwest desert. :) If this happened and you can prove that and that because of this you lost the deal, you could sue him. The tort...