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Incredulous Red posted:You're talking about the contract issue, where the CEO is taking an action in contravention to the consideration offered in the contract. Since the poster was released from his non-compete, whether or not it's presumptively unconscionable is irrelevant. But calling up another CEO and saying, "Yo, don't hire my laid off guys," has nothing to do with a non-compete, and it's probably some form of anti-competitive collaboration between the two companies. This would be correct, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm specifically pointing out the possibility that because the CEO released the contract, but then took actions in direct opposition to that, there is the possibility that he would argue that the contract was never released in the first place (possibly through some sort of defect in the modifying contract), which would put the validity of the non-compete at issue.
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Who knows about false marking w/r/t patents because I got some nice lawsuits in holding but I need to know more.
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SWATJester posted:This would be correct, but that's not what I'm talking about. I'm specifically pointing out the possibility that because the CEO released the contract, but then took actions in direct opposition to that, there is the possibility that he would argue that the contract was never released in the first place (possibly through some sort of defect in the modifying contract), which would put the validity of the non-compete at issue. But if he were arguing a defect in the release, he would sue the poster, and not just call up another CEO and ask him not to hire the poster.
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Which of those is less work and cost: suing the poster and getting an injunction? Or calling up the other guy and saying "Yo, don't hire any of my former employees. Thanks, wanna get coffee?"
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SWATJester posted:Which of those is less work and cost: suing the poster and getting an injunction? Or calling up the other guy and saying "Yo, don't hire any of my former employees. Thanks, wanna get coffee?" Apparently the former, given the antitrust liability attaching to the latter!
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:Apparently the former, given the antitrust liability attaching to the latter! Explain again how it eliminates competition or prevents new participants from entering into the market to compete. Because as far as I can tell, there are still two companies competing, whether or not this deal is agreed upon by the second employer.
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TheBestDeception posted:Explain again how it eliminates competition or prevents new participants from entering into the market to compete. Because as far as I can tell, there are still two companies competing, whether or not this deal is agreed upon by the second employer. If you're not at least passingly familiar with antitrust law, this is a pointless conversation, because I'm being descriptive, not proscriptive.
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Not sure if this the right thread for this, so please direct me elsewhere if I've hosed up. I'm in a bit of a situation I don't much care to be in. I've been working at an American University for approximately 7 months, and plan to leave in about 3 months to go back to graduate school (at a different university). Everything was going fine and dandy till I strained my back on the job. I was moving a very heavy piece of equipment using "proper" procedure and about 2 hours later my lower back did a big "gently caress you" and I've been in pain ever since. This was last Wednesday, I followed all the proper procedures (notify supervisor, fill out 'first report of injury' and get an initial appointment at the workers health clinic). The nurse there said I had a lumbar strain and gave me naproxen, a heating pad and put me on restricted duty. Since then, my back has gotten worse. I have a meeting with an occupational health and safety representative the day after tomorrow to discuss how I managed to hurt myself; and earlier this evening I received a notice from a compensation claims management contractor with some important and complicated looking paper work. I'm relatively young and don't much care to be in this situation at all and would prefer it all just go away smoothly. However, some of my more senior co-workers have advised me that if I'm not careful I could get screwed over. They said that the University will try to give me some small compensation and have me sign away my right to sue them and that I shouldn't accept anything until I talk to a proper lawyer, preferably one with a last name ending in "-stein" or "-witz". I'm leaving the job in a few months and I don't want to get hosed long term with a chronic back injury, but at the same time I don't want to get involved in some drawn out and painful process. I'm pretty ignorant on the whole situation really, so any advice would be appreciated.
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sticky wizard posted:Not sure if this the right thread for this, so please direct me elsewhere if I've hosed up. I'm not a lawyer, however here are some common sense things you need to start thinking about. 1. If you were doing your job responsibly, then you didn't do anything wrong and the only thing you should be concerned about is getting your back healthy. Back injuries can very often stay with you the rest of your life, even if you start to feel better in the short term. You need to be sure you get the proper care for your injury first and foremost. 2. Do not sign any paper work, no matter how benign it may look to you, without consulting a lawyer. This doesn't mean you intend to sue your employer, but you do need to have someone knowledgeable look things over. As you admitted, you are ignorant on these things. 3. This isn't a lottery ticket. Not that you've indicated at all you think this way, but don't let your mindset start going there. Accidents and injuries happen, and in this case it doesn't seem like it's anyone's fault. Your work will cover your medical expenses to get you better. That's reasonable, and you shouldn't accept anything less and you shouldn't expect anything more. 4. This situation is here now, whether you want it to go away or not. The only thing you should want to go away is your back injury. Dealing with it is something you will have to do no matter what. If your employer isn't a dick, it won't be a long drawn out process, but there's always the possibility it could be. You need to be OK with sticking it out no matter what to make sure you are taken care of appropriately.
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Quasi-legal question for a quasi-legal situation: I've been receiving two emails a week from a company asking me to pay an "invoice" for a web hosting account that I canceled over a year ago. The "invoice" is dated on my cancellation date, and is for the six months after my account was (or should have been) closed. One emails comes from billing@[company].com, and the other comes from my email address, spoofed. I've called, written (email and postal mail), and opened tickets in their billing system. All have been ignored. I opened one last ticket last night and was more than a little terse. I asked them, point blank, to stop harassing me. Here's the response (emphasis mine): quote:The emails you receive are automated. We don't sit here sending out emails to piss you off, nor do we intentionally remove any return address to prevent the emails from being filtered. If we were actually trying to harass you, it's insulting to my intelligence to assume that's the best we could come up with. We'll do better. How do I stop these constant emails from a company (they're in MD, I'm in OH)? They're clearly trying to get me to sign up again by paying my "bill" and reactivating my account, but two emails every Monday for over a year is insane. I don't want anything out of these guys (well, except to see the above rear end in a top hat fired). I just want to stop having to filter their email, and I want them to stop sending me poo poo. Does anyone know where I go next? Sonic Dude fucked around with this message at 15:17 on Mar 2, 2010 |
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Sonic Dude posted:Quasi-legal question for a quasi-legal situation: Best option: Improve your spam filter. Other options: Call the Maryland Better Business Bureau and lodge a complaint. If they are owned by a parent company, call the parent company. Post your story on Consumerist. Change your email address.
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Sonic Dude posted:Quasi-legal question for a quasi-legal situation: Is there any chance that you actually owe this money?
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Incredulous Red posted:Is there any chance that you actually owe this money? I sent a written cancellation notice (per the terms of the agreement) over a month in advance. The day that my account was to be cancelled, I got an "invoice" for another 6 months (beginning with the then-current month, which had already been paid for with their "pay for the first/last month" system when I signed up). All of my previous (real) invoices start with 9. This most recent one starts with a 1. When I call in, I'm asked for my invoice number. I get about three numbers out of my mouth before I'm hung up on. It's pretty apparent to me that this is a ploy to get another $72 out of me, but I'm tired of getting their emails. At this point (based on the rear end in a top hat's response), I'm willing to put a little effort into getting them to quit rather than just filter it. I'll look into a BBB complaint, but they already have an F due to refusal to respond to "Billing or Collection Issues" so I'm not thinking that will go anywhere.
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Sonic Dude posted:I do not. BBB does nothing. Try this website under Maryland: http://www.consumeraction.gov/state.shtml
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I live in Louisiana. My employer is in Pennsylvania. Someone from the state of Louisiana wrote a letter to my employer that was full of lies about me - things that I can easily disprove. This was not in an email or spoken word but in a hard copy letter. I'm considering suing them for Libel. My question is since the third party is out of state, is this a matter for the state of Louisiana, the state of Pennsylvania or is this a federal matter? Side question - is there a statue of limitations on this?
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Internet says 1 year in Louisiana from the time of the offense, which is where you want to sue because that's where the defendant is. You can always sue the defendant in their home state because that state always has jurisdiction over them. Since you are there anyway it works out. You'll want to sue them in state court, I don't know how it works in your state as far as districts and what not talk to a real lawyer.
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Were you damaged by those words? In some definable way, not just "they hurt my feelings", i.e. you got fired or something.
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MissConduct posted:I live in Louisiana. My employer is in Pennsylvania. It's a state court matter. Tort occurred in Louisiana since the letter was (presumably) written and mailed there.
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Incredulous Red posted:It's a state court matter. Tort occurred in Louisiana since the letter was (presumably) written and mailed there. I'm rusty on my civ pro, but it can't be correct that he couldn't sue in Pennsylvania, could it?
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I'm not actually clear on who is where, but --- bolded section.quote:Pennsylvania Long-Arm Statute
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Yeah, and I'd rather kill myself then think about choice of law so have fun
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It's not entirely clear also why you'd want to sue in PA instead of LA, and you haven't mentioned nearly enough facts to determine whether the elements for libel could be pled.
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SWATJester posted:Were you damaged by those words? In some definable way, not just "they hurt my feelings", i.e. you got fired or something. In some jurisdictions damages are presumed.
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Baruch Obamawitz posted:I'm rusty on my civ pro, but it can't be correct that he couldn't sue in Pennsylvania, could it? SWATJester posted:I'm not actually clear on who is where, but --- bolded section. I'm still taking CivPro, so I couldn't say for certain. But IIRC, libel requires a false statement and a publication of that false statement. Writing and sending the letter in LA would fulfill both requirements, so you could definitely get the letter writer there. You could probably get him in Pennsylvania under their long arm statute, too, but then it seems like you get into issues with (1) is the OP actually employed in Pennsylvania or in Louisiana?; and (2) if he, say, lost his job, did the harm occur in Pennsylvania or in Louisiana? Anyway, I think Louisiana is one of the few states that still has a defamation criminal statute. God knows if it's still enforced, but if it is, poo poo, bring the case in Louisiana and make additional trouble for the letter writer.
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Schitzo posted:In some jurisdictions damages are presumed. The presumed damages may be nominal, however.
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Grumpy Paralegal posted:To continue with the situation above, the boss in question is now sending harassing text messages, late at night. Does this add anything to the situation? So, do you Yanks not have an equivalent to Wrongful Dismlssal, constructive dismissal and the implied term as to trust and confidence in employment contracts? (In the UK, most of the £££ in employment cases arises from claims in 'Unfair Dismissal': a statutory right not be fired in inequitable circumstances. There remains, however, the common law right to claim a breach of the employment contract, aka a claim for 'Wrongful Dismissal'. This also covers the situation where an employeee quits, but then argues that it was the employer who repudiated the employment contract (usually by an alleged breach of the implied contractual term not to act in such a manner as would undermine trust and confidence with the employee) and that the employee, by quitting, merely accepted this repudiation; because the employee was entitled to accept the repudiation and quit, he may claim that he was really 'constructively dismissed' and then sue the employer as if he had been expressly sacked from his job)
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Why are you people debating whether or not suit could be brought in PA? All of the parties live in LA. Why on earth would the plaintiff choose to travel hundreds of miles to prosecute a lawsuit?
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dogbox posted:So, do you Yanks not have an equivalent to Wrongful Dismlssal, constructive dismissal and the implied term as to trust and confidence in employment contracts? Some states have constructive dismissal.
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I got a speeding ticket last week, and it says that I must "Appear On or Before 03/06/2010". Which I feel is misleading because March 6th is Saturday, and the court is only open Monday through Friday. What happens if I try to show up on Saturday and find out the court is closed. I'm in Texas if it matters. For what it's worth I plan on going to court Friday to take care of this.
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carlcarlson posted:I got a speeding ticket last week, and it says that I must "Appear On or Before 03/06/2010". Which I feel is misleading because March 6th is Saturday, and the court is only open Monday through Friday. What happens if I try to show up on Saturday and find out the court is closed. I'm in Texas if it matters. Is it honestly misleading to you? The ticket gives you two options, expects you to figure out which of the options is more doable (or more favorable to you, if they're both doable), and then to do that option.
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Groundskeeper Silly posted:Is it honestly misleading to you? The ticket gives you two options, expects you to figure out which of the options is more doable (or more favorable to you, if they're both doable), and then to do that option. Isn't it misleading if it says I can take care of it on 3/6/10 and they're not open and I really can't? I'd like to think that something that possibly involves issuing a warrant would be a little better thought out than this. I'm certainly not going to try and test it to see where that gets me. But I wouldn't be surprised if other people have been tripped up by the error.
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carlcarlson posted:Isn't it misleading if it says I can take care of it on 3/6/10 and they're not open and I really can't? I'd like to think that something that possibly involves issuing a warrant would be a little better thought out than this. I'm certainly not going to try and test it to see where that gets me. But I wouldn't be surprised if other people have been tripped up by the error. Yeah, if they were tripped up, then they were pretty dumb. Don't test it, go in by Friday, or if you can't make it by then call the court (at least a day in advance) and see if you can get an extension to appear
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carlcarlson posted:Isn't it misleading if it says I can take care of it on 3/6/10 and they're not open and I really can't? I'd like to think that something that possibly involves issuing a warrant would be a little better thought out than this. I'm certainly not going to try and test it to see where that gets me. But I wouldn't be surprised if other people have been tripped up by the error. Either on or before. If "on" is not an option, guess which one you're expected to do? Those of us in the legal profession routinely deal with "on or before," and "the filing deadline was misleading because it's a Saturday" is a superb way to land yourself in front of the grievance committee. Here's the secret, though. They don't teach us how to interpret "on or before" in law school. That's because it's really straightforward. If "on or before" deadlines were genuinely misleading and technical, everyone would need an attorney to help them pay their tickets. This is not the case, because an iota of common sense resolves the apparent confusion.
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If someone is dealing with some cases in the US, with sentencing in a few months, could that person travel out of the country? My friends grandma is extremely sick and he needs to go to Japan to go see her. Would it be just as simple as his lawyer talking to the courts or would it be more complicated then that?
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Here is a doozy for someone to help me out with. I work at the game store everyone loves to hate. Recently LP came in and decided to do an investigation for fraudulent discount card use and employee discounts. The main reason they are there, I think is because of the recent stuff that has been stolen by a customer who has a magnetic key to open our locking wall pegs. But apparently they forgot to ask us about that and only care about this other stuff. They are asking employees to "guess" how many times we have used a discount card for someone and the average amount saved. Some of us have been there for 4+ years, when we tell them we don't remember exactly they get mad and say guess or were getting the police involved. Then when we do "guess" they calculate how many times we guessed with an average price guess and make pay that amount back. They take our debt cards and charge us right then and there. First of all the "discount card" isn't a perk for working at this store. Its available to the generally public. So if I wasn't an employee and wanted to post my card number online, I would be allowed to do so. I'm going to bring up in the meeting how the assistant manager worked 5 and a half hours without a break because he was working alone on Monday, which is Illegal in my state. I'm the last employee left at the store who hasn't met with them. They tried to trick me and have me come in to work this week, I said no, Ill be in saturday when im scheduled. So im dragging this out and making the guy come back and work a Saturday to interview me. Are they allowed to have us "guess" and just take our money like this. I decided I am not going to pay unless I get real proof that I did such things. As a part time employee, I dont even have the credentials to ring up an employee sale, so I couldnt have been giving discounts, but the manager used to use my employee discount number all the time for her friends, which isnt my fault.
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No, they cannot take your wages away or "set off" your wages against some imaginary debt they're saying you owe. Call the labor board for your state and report what they're doing.
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InternetRulesLawyer posted:No, they cannot take your wages away or "set off" your wages against some imaginary debt they're saying you owe. Call the labor board for your state and report what they're doing. They can however fire him for an imagined or nonexistent slight.
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JudicialRestraints posted:They can however fire him for an imagined or nonexistent slight. Depends on whether it's an "at will" state, although it probably is. They cannot fire him for whistleblowing on them to the labor board for illegal practices, however, and he could probably file suit for wrongful termination if they fired him in proximity to his report.
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MissConduct posted:I live in Louisiana. My employer is in Pennsylvania. I was libeled in print. The party in question sent a hard copy letter to my employer who then forwarded it to me. The person who wrote the letter signed their name in ink at the bottom. The letter states several outright lies about me in which they call me - amongst other things - a criminal and they attempt to harm me within my profession. I learned that the state of Louisiana recognizes something called "Defamation Per Se" which means: The four (4) categories of slander that are actionable per se are (i) accusing someone of a crime; (ii) alleging that someone has a foul or loathsome disease; (iii) adversely reflecting on a person’s fitness to conduct their business or trade; (iv) imputing serious sexual misconduct. The plaintiff need only prove that someone had published the statement to any third party. No proof of special damages is required. I have contacted an attorney and I am in the process of filing in state civil court.
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Well the damages are presumed, but are they nominal? Is it worth hiring an attorney and going through a suit, obtaining a judgment, and then trying to collect it out of state? Does the defendant have any assets at all, or it just some dickhead who doesn't like you who lives in an apartment and drives a 1989 Volkswagon? Lots of people have good causes of action. That doesn't mean it still makes sense to file suit.
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