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Venetir posted:Hey everyone! I have a question about presenting evidence in small claims court. I'm suing my ex-landlord over a whole slew of things. A great deal of evidence supporting my case is in the form of e-mails between the landlord and myself. I'm suing over a number of things we discussed, and due to the incoherent nature of my landlord, conversations about various things appear in replies to several different e-mails. For example, he was to replace some electronics damaged due to his negligence and he responds to this first in the e-mail about those electronics and again in another e-mail about sewage backing up into my apartment. Anyone reading the e-mails would have to read both for it to make any sense and we have a TON of e-mail. How should I present all of this so the judge's head doesn't explode? Should I compile the pertinent parts of each e-mail conversation into a document related to each separate point over which I'm suing him? If I do, should I provide another copy of the e-mails in their original, somewhat incoherent format? Not your lawyer, not an American lawyer, but I would make 3 points:- 1. Courts generally have written rules of procedure covering such issues as how evidence should be presented, and I would hazard a guess that would extend even to small claims courts which are designed to be less formal. As you don't have your own attorney, you'll need to find out what those rules are, either by asking court staff for some guidance/information or seeing if you can track down the relevant rules online or in a library. 2. Leaving aside the specific requirements of this court, a good practical way of presenting documentary evidence is to have a folder with the e-mails and any other documents you want to refer to in, printed out and with page numbers, and perhaps separated by dividers too. In English courts we refer to the court bundle, and a file of that kind usually what it boils down to. This allows you to refer to "the e-mail dated 2 June 2013 at p.3 of divider A in the bundle" in the documentation in which you set out the details of your claim, at least if it allows for that much detail, or in front of the judge when you present your case to him. BUT whether this format is advisable here depends on whether this court's procedural rules allow for it. 3. It's really impossible to tell you exactly how to complete the forms without seeing what they're like. Again, court staff may be able to give some guidance and presumably there are guidance notes on the forms themselves.
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Windfall posted:All right folks, my timeline for researching law on my fraudster landlord situation just became a lot more rushed. Rent was due 10 days ago and yesterday my landlord delivered me a "3 day notice to pay rent or quit". Obviously, I don't want an eviction proceeding marring my credit history and making it impossible to get new apartments. Your question is very specific, we don't know what your lease says, and it's difficult to give you any advice without skirting into "legal advice" territory. You need a lawyer yesterday. The best I can say right now is that you need to decide whether you want to be right, waste huge amounts of your time, and also very possibly be locked out of your house (however wrongfully), or do you want to have a place to live and access to your things while you hunt for a new place? It can take a long time to resolve a lawsuit, even if you're 100% in the right, and you may be better off cutting your losses, moving, and screwing the guy over later by reporting everything to the relevant authorities.
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Usually when your question involves multiple paragraphs and bullet points, you need a lawyer.
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Thanatosian posted:Out of curiousity, when you say "a TON of email," do you mean, like, fifty, or, like, five hundred? It's 23 separate subject lines with 10-15 responses apiece, so I'm sitting on a little over 300 e-mails to organize on top of all the other physical paperwork. General Panic posted:3. It's really impossible to tell you exactly how to complete the forms without seeing what they're like. Again, court staff may be able to give some guidance and presumably there are guidance notes on the forms themselves. Our guidance notes direct us to seek detailed help from a privately run non-profit business in our state, who says they can't provide any help and promptly refers you back to the courts. I think I'll have to hope for the best from the court staff. My state isn't exactly known for being organized or well run. Thank you both for the advice, and good luck with your landlord situation, Thanatosian!
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Venetir posted:It's 23 separate subject lines with 10-15 responses apiece, so I'm sitting on a little over 300 e-mails to organize on top of all the other physical paperwork.
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Venetir posted:Hey everyone! I have a question about presenting evidence in small claims court. I'm suing my ex-landlord over a whole slew of things. Organize each item into individual "Exhibits". Make at least two copies of each. Go to office depot and buy a set of "Exhibit Stickers" that you can apply to each item as you hand them to the court. Organize them in your binder or whatever however works best for your presentation. When you want to show one to the court, you say the following: 1) "Here is (an email/text message/lease) that says (what it says). "I would like to offer this as Exhibit ____" a) If no objections, hand it to the Judge and give a copy to the defendant. b) If defendant says "I've never seen that before, its a fake!", then proceed to 2) 2) "I recognize this and I have personal knowledge of its contents." 3) "I recognize this as a true and correct copy of the original." 4) "I would like to offer this as Exhibit ____" Venetir posted:How should I present all of this so the judge's head doesn't explode? one by one, and in whatever format that shows the sender, recipient, text of the message, and date/time stamp. same thing for any reply emails you may have sent. If you need to edit, cut, paste, or manipulate the document to make it easier for the judge to read and understand, then feel free so long as the contents of the communications remain unaltered. If there is an issue as to the form of the communication, the onus is on the defendant to object to it. JP courts have wide discretion, generally, and if you garner favor with the judge, you should get the court to accept all the evidence you need. Venetir posted:I also received some text messages from the landlord I'd like to use as evidence. I have them backed up to my g-mail account. How exactly should that be presented? Print them out, individually, however you can so that they show the sender, recipient, text of the message, and date/time stamp. Venetir posted:should I also write up a short summary of what I'm suing for, what makes me feel justified in doing so, and references as to which parts of the evidence back up each point? Yes. This will not be an exhibit, but it will make for a good outline to help you as you organize your thoughts and words. Use it like a script. As a final piece of advice, try to weed out anything that is totally irrelevant or unnecessary. If you start wasting a judge's time with "and heres an email where he called me a butt-head", you're going to try the court's patience. Remember that you are in a room full of humans, with human emotions and human attention spans.
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Venetir posted:It's 23 separate subject lines with 10-15 responses apiece, so I'm sitting on a little over 300 e-mails to organize on top of all the other physical paperwork. P.S. there is no way you need 300 emails to prove your case. I honestly can't give you any advice on how to trim the fat, because you don't want to leave out the one email you need, but if you try to present that many emails to a freaking JP judge you're in trouble. I don't know what to tell you. Ask an attorney in your jurisdiction.
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blarzgh posted:Organize each item into individual "Exhibits". Make at least two copies of each. Go to office depot and buy a set of "Exhibit Stickers" that you can apply to each item as you hand them to the court. blarzgh posted:P.S. there is no way you need 300 emails to prove your case. I honestly can't give you any advice on how to trim the fat, because you don't want to leave out the one email you need, but if you try to present that many emails to a freaking JP judge you're in trouble. I don't know what to tell you. Ask an attorney in your jurisdiction.
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Yeah, I think his best bet is to prepare three binders with all the e-mail chains in them, one chain per tab. (Three so you have one, the judge has one, and you can give one to the other side). Then pull out all the relevant excerpts for your claims, organize those by subject, and print those e-mails/arrange them in order so that you can see the To/From/Date on them, and have three copies of those with you. When talking to the judge, just explain how/why you did things. Say, your honor, we had these e-mails, communication was chaotic, but I've got reproductions of the whole list of the conversations here, along with copies of what I feel are the relevant excerpts.
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Arcturas posted:Yeah, I think his best bet is to prepare three binders with all the e-mail chains in them, one chain per tab. (Three so you have one, the judge has one, and you can give one to the other side). Then pull out all the relevant excerpts for your claims, organize those by subject, and print those e-mails/arrange them in order so that you can see the To/From/Date on them, and have three copies of those with you. Got it! It sounds like I should compile each e-mail into a pdf file and print it out with page numbers and numbers for each of the replies, so I can say, for example, "see Exhibit C, Page 4, E-mail 9" or the like. Then we'll make excerpts showing the most relevant e-mails (so the judge doesn't want to kill me), and for each excerpted e-mail reference back to its exhibit, page, and e-mail number. I'm definitely not including any extra e-mails where he was just being verbally abusive; however, I do have one that I'm trying to figure out if I should include or not involving his character. Our attorney general's office has a dispute resolution process where they'll act as mediator. In his response to my complaint, my ex-landlord just straight-out lied multiple times, contradicting documented facts and even his own earlier e-mails. Because of his dishonesty, the AG's office said they can't mediate and I'd have to just sue him. Should I include that in an attempt to show that he is lacking in character or am I just going to look petty?
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Venetir posted:I'm definitely not including any extra e-mails where he was just being verbally abusive; however, I do have one that I'm trying to figure out if I should include or not involving his character. Our attorney general's office has a dispute resolution process where they'll act as mediator. In his response to my complaint, my ex-landlord just straight-out lied multiple times, contradicting documented facts and even his own earlier e-mails. Because of his dishonesty, the AG's office said they can't mediate and I'd have to just sue him. Should I include that in an attempt to show that he is lacking in character or am I just going to look petty? As far as this goes, I'd recommend: First, include all of that in the "giant pile of evidence" binders. Just don't specifically refer to it unless it comes up. That way if he brings something up you've got it printed and there for use if necessary. Second, as far as mediation, I'd mention to the judge that you attempted to go through the AG's mediation process but that you were unsuccessful. Don't go beyond that, but have the documents there in case they ask.
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Venetir posted:Got it! It sounds like I should compile each e-mail into a pdf file and print it out with page numbers and numbers for each of the replies, so I can say, for example, "see Exhibit C, Page 4, E-mail 9" or the like. Then we'll make excerpts showing the most relevant e-mails (so the judge doesn't want to kill me), and for each excerpted e-mail reference back to its exhibit, page, and e-mail number. What about this: 1 binder with the 7 - 10 emails that you feel prove the essential prts of your case, and the other documents. 2 - X binders with the rest of your emails, with just a red sticky/tab on each important email so that if it comes up you can run to it real quick. I'm telling you, if you bog down in 300 emails, the judge is going to get tired of you.
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Dogen posted:
What's the best move from here? A nicely worded email, politely informing her of this fact, and asking for the security deposit? Should we ask for the interest that we're legally entitled to? Or, should we just send her a firm email, quoting the relevant MA law and letting her know that we are willing to take her to court? I'm in favor of the first option, but my roommate's father supports the second. Is there any reason not to try being nice first?
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Large Hardon Collider posted:Well, I just got a copy of the lease, with our landlord's signature at the bottom. There's no 60 day notice clause. I'll bet you a donut there is a "no-subletting" clause in it, and the landlord is going to claim thats a breach. The lease probably sets out your entitlement to refund of the security deposit in the event of a breach. MA should have landlord/tenant statutes dealing with return of securtiy deposit, and more importantly, the statutory minimum for notice to move out. You had really better get your ducks in a row before you start sending demand letters, whether nice or lovely.
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Panda Time posted:I'm also curious as to what laws there may be regarding a situation where a manager has taken employee #1's product and discounted it (in order to sell a warranty to the same customer, although giving commission to employee #2) without the consent of employee #1 - consequently resulting in the removal of employee #1's commission payments due to an automated company policy. Most places, its straight "Whats in your contract?" California is pretty goofy, though, but I don't see anything on the regulation of commission payments. There aren't many protections for commissioned employees in general. Unless a California goon can navigate the Golden State's lovely legislative codes page better than I can... how much money is this dispute over?
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blarzgh posted:I'll bet you a donut there is a "no-subletting" clause in it, and the landlord is going to claim thats a breach. The lease probably sets out your entitlement to refund of the security deposit in the event of a breach. MA should have landlord/tenant statutes dealing with return of securtiy deposit, and more importantly, the statutory minimum for notice to move out. You had really better get your ducks in a row before you start sending demand letters, whether nice or lovely. MA law posted:No deduction may be made from the security deposit for any purpose other than those set forth in this section. So, is the right order Nice letter -> Nasty letter -> Lawyer, or should the lawyer come earlier?
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So I have a bit of a question in regards to wage payment and legal footing. I work for a local small valet company in Florida, and have been there for about eight months now. For the most part, I'd work at one site, and get paid the next day, in cash, and all was well and good. But recently (2-3 months ago) I was given my own site that I run by myself, and I don't get paid at all by the company. I get to keep whatever tips I earn, but I have no hourly or shift pay. There's actually several sites in the company that are run like this, and sometimes the owner will pay a little if it's slow, but for the most part everyone's on their own. Sometimes the amount earned can be way above the minimum wage, and other times it can be lower. The other thing I'm concerned about is there's no way to prove that I or anyone worked for the company, or that anyone did or didn't get paid. I signed no contracts, no tax forms, or anything. Just had to send in a copy of my driver's license and SS card, for "insurance purposes" (Which may or may not be real) But at this particular site I've never got a check, never logged hours, or anything really. I do have a bunch of texts sent between me and the owner, telling how much I made and how many cars I parked, but that's it. So TL;DR, I earn only tips, is this legal?
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blarzgh posted:Most places, its straight "Whats in your contract?" California is pretty goofy, though, but I don't see anything on the regulation of commission payments. There aren't many protections for commissioned employees in general. $20 on average each time it happens. It's hard to tell what actually happened when a commission is removed and whether it was due to the manager manually applying a discount in order to sell the warranty or whether it was a legitimate customer return.
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blarzgh posted:What about this: Arcturas posted:Second, as far as mediation, I'd mention to the judge that you attempted to go through the AG's mediation process but that you were unsuccessful. Don't go beyond that, but have the documents there in case they ask.
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My parents are moving out of the country to enjoy a more affordable retirement and would like me to take over their current home. Since I currently live in it and fore see doing so for the next 15 years, I fully support this idea. Living in this Californian city is extremely expensive and having no rent to pay is a huge advantage. Currently, as we understand it, we have 2 options: Option 1: Gift. We are aware that my parents are allowed to gift $26k to me a year and the rest of the property value will be taxed. How much, I'm not sure. My mum is throwing out 35% but I cannot find that number in my searches. Option 2: Sell to me. Apparently this has to be made at market price or "it'll look suspicious to the IRS." Their current strategy for this option is to become my private mortgage providers and I'll make "mortgage" payments to them. Of course, I cannot afford a standard mortgage but they plan to forgive late payments. I have no idea how this will affect my credit score and how is this not suspicious to the IRS. My Dad and I are trying to find reputable legal advice. In the meantime, how do people usually transfer a property from parent to child without having to pay massive amounts of taxes or resorting to overly complicated schemes?
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Genewiz posted:My parents are moving out of the country to enjoy a more affordable retirement and would like me to take over their current home. Since I currently live in it and fore see doing so for the next 15 years, I fully support this idea. Living in this Californian city is extremely expensive and having no rent to pay is a huge advantage. Currently, as we understand it, we have 2 options: A will.
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Kalman posted:A will. From what I understand, property tax in California is basically locked in at the purchase price of the home... until you transfer ownership. Which would mean that you would get hit with a higher property tax once they transferred it to you (there may be a way around this, but I don't know). Additionally, while there is a gift tax limit of $26k a year, the limit in an estate is millions, so unless you're going to be inheriting considerably more than just the house, you won't have to worry about the estate taxes.
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Why don't you just rent it from your parents at a dollar a month?
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FrozenVent posted:Why don't you just rent it from your parents at a dollar a month? It's a gift of market rent minus one dollar for tax purposes. Large Hardon Collider posted:So, is the right order Nice letter -> Nasty letter -> Lawyer, or should the lawyer come earlier? I would generally combine the first two into a polite but firm letter mentioning the relevant provisions. In Texas in particular, you can be entitled to three times your security back if it's withheld in bad faith, bad faith is presumed after certain things have happened (basically landlord keeps money without providing itemized list of deductions). That usually makes them be like "oh! ok." I don't know what your state's law is regarding any possible statutory notice provisions for residential leases, if your reading of your lease is correct, or what you are entitled to if withheld, so this is pretty general advice. Dogen fucked around with this message at 14:15 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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Large Hardon Collider posted:There's no information in the lease as to what actually happens after a violation. Usually a violation of the lease give the LL the right to evict.
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Kalman posted:A will. Or a trust. Also combined gift tax exclusion is now 28K.
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Large Hardon Collider posted:So, is the right order Nice letter -> Nasty letter -> Lawyer, or should the lawyer come earlier? IANAL, but I've dealt with landlord disputes in a couple of states now. Getting your security deposit back from scummy landlords is easy once you have been through the process a couple of times. The first thing I would do is send a polite but firm letter, quoting the relevant state statute and explicitly request the return of your full deposit, within the deadline as provided by the statute, giving a specific date. I would not say anything directly about other remedies, but let it be implied (if the statute includes language about tenant remedies, and it looks good for you, include that with the quote) . Send it either registered mail or return receipt requested. If he refuses or doesn't respond by the time indicated in the statute, don't bother contacting him again or paying a lawyer for a letter (if you can get it free, go ahead, but don't pay for it), file to take him to court. Either small claims or housing/landlord-tennant court if your jurisdiction has it. Remember to add filing fees and service fees to the complaint if you are allowed. The landlord doesn't want to end up in court with someone willing to fight. Most problem landlords are used to going to court and having stacks of evictions rubber stamped without having to deal with tenants who have a leg to stand on and are willing to show up on court. They will sometimes go to court out of malice (and blatant greed) but if you show up with documentation that the rental was not damaged on move out (you do have move out pictures with a newspaper to establish a date or something similar, right?) then the judge will usually get mad at them for wasting time. I haven't had to go to court yet. The worst case was when I was in college, and the landlord called me to try and intimidate me into backing down after sending the dispute letter. He went on and on about how he does this all the time and that I should be glad he wasn't charging me for additional damages over the security deposit, because he could, but he was being nice. I told him I had dated pictures, witnesses, and lots of free time to show up to the courthouse. He hung up on me, but I got the check before the time limit was up.
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Bad Munki posted:If I wanted to hold a little members-only poker tournament for a club I'm in (as-of-yet unincorporated, so just a gathering of friends) as a benefit for our club (say, house takes some percentage, winner takes the rest), am I okay to do so? Like I said, our group (makerspace) is currently unincorporated, and at this point, I honestly don't know if we're going to end up as non-profit or LLC or what, so I don't know how much that matters. There are a couple of bar poker tournament companies down here in the Philly suburbs that claim to be legal under PA law, and while I never looked up the appropriate statutes/regulations, a friend who used to deal for one said she had. They are basically set up as charity tournaments, with 10% of donations going to a charity and 90% of donations going into a prize pool. Any donations above $500 go 100% to the charity. Donating is not required to play (although then you aren't eligible for the prize pool). Company is paid by the bar for bringing in patrons, and dealers are paid using tips (which gives you additional chips). I'll ask my friend is she can point me to where she looked it up and report back if so, although its been a year or two since she stopped dealing.
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How is the prize pool paid out / how is it won?
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euphronius posted:How is the prize pool paid out / how is it won? 70% for first place in the tournament and 30% for second, or any other payout/chop that is negotiated by the donating players remaining in the game. If a non-donator is in the top two, the payment will go to 3rd place.
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Here is a PLCB letter which gets into the nitty-gritty of that. http://www.lcbapps.lcb.state.pa.us/webapp/legal/PublicAdvOpnDisplay.asp?opinion_year=2012&opinion_sequence=191 Not quite what Erie guy was trying to do.
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Well, if we go one route for incorporation, we'll end up under the fiscal sponsorship of a 501c3, which may in the end allow for that sort of thing, but at that point, we'll be able to talk to their legal/financial counsel to make sure everything is on the up and up. In the mean time, we're not incorporated at all, so it's best left alone for now.
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Hello, all. I have a thread running in the BFC subsection about a situation I am in. You can find it here: Unpaid invoices! Freelance FTW and breaking working relationships The rundown: I recently (Wed June 05) terminated an "internship" with a former client of mine. This client is now a former client because when I quit our "internship," he was upset and decided he wished to no longer make use of the services which I provided and was getting paid for (a photo assistant). When I terminated the "internship," I received a check from him for an invoice which was due on June 06. I then returned a piece of equipment I was borrowing from him on June 07, when he gave me a check for the expenses I paid for his business out of my own pocket (camera cleaning, rental equipment, lunch, etc.). On Monday, June 10, he requested a refund from the bank for the checks had written me, which I had deposited on June 07, and which had cleared over the weekend. I now have bank fees for a returned check as well as overdraft fees for this transaction. I intend to charge him for those fees, as well. There are also 4 additional invoices I have with him that are due July 01. I asked him about this transaction, and if he knew anything about it, to which he responded that he would like to talk at a later date, stating that yesterday June 11 or this morning June 12, would be best so he "could get all his info together." I find that phrase to be suspicious. I put the term "internship" in quotations, because, per some responses in my thread, the nature and validity of that internship is in question. During the internship he was training me on how to edit/retouch wedding photos and I was doing work on projects which still needed to be delivered to his clients. Obviously, given the way things typically work these days, "internship" also means "unpaid." When I quit the "internship," he was upset, because he said that I was bound, by some part agreement we had, to carry out the internship to its full extent. I understood the nature of the internship to be probationary, i.e.,that should I not be performing to his standards, that he could terminate the process. But if it works that way, then it works the other and he cannot indenture me to an indefinite amount of time and effort to do his work for him for free. None of this was written down, which is why there was a conflict upon my termination of the internship. One of the reasons I quit the "internship" was because the extent of the "internship" was unclear to me -- what the timeline was or how many projects I would complete for him. Another reason I quit the internship was because I was doing his job for him without pay. And lastly, I quit the internship because, frankly, I am not very interested in weddings, wedding photography, and the fact that working with him in this structure was tedious and time-consuming (to the point where I would take time off or work shorter shifts at my regular place of employment). Also, I was not receiving any college credit for this internship since I have been out of school for a number of years. I feel like he has asked for a refund for the checks from the bank on the basis of him retaliating against me for quitting the internship and wants to get something out of me, which I have yet to discover. A more complete story of my situation is in that thread, and if anyone has any insight into this or further questions of the matter, please let me know in that thread. ----------- A few more notes: I am on my way out the door to my job right now, and will be calling the Department of Labor for clarification on the nature of internships when I get back home this afternoon. I have contacted a couple friends of mine to poll them for their basic interpretation of the situation (one is in Seattle, one is in Los Angeles) and they both believe his stance to be, for lack of a better term, bullshit. He left me a voicemail last night telling me that he wants to speak with me over the phone and then work out an agreement in writing, that he "has spoken with his attorney," and that he thinks it would be best if I comply with him, but implied that he would resort to legal measures if need be. I am aware that photographers often posture and flex when they feel threatened (sending strongly-worded e-mails and threatening legal action, but usually in the case of potential copyright violation), and I think that is exactly what he is doing right now (as do my lawyer friends). I, however, am not (though, I have not yet informed him of this, in the hopes of resolving this matter ourselves). If it does come to that point, I will take legal steps to the fullest extent I can. I have enough time to take out of my schedule to do that, and I know his business can't afford it. Subjunctivitis fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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Subjunctivitis posted:Hello, all. What city/state are you located in? Ham Equity fucked around with this message at 19:34 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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http://www.nbcnews.com/business/fox-searchlight-should-have-paid-interns-judge-rules-6C10292323 This seems mildly relevant, a judge actually going by the DoJ guidelines...
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Genewiz posted:My parents are moving out of the country to enjoy a more affordable retirement and would like me to take over their current home. Since I currently live in it and fore see doing so for the next 15 years, I fully support this idea. Living in this Californian city is extremely expensive and having no rent to pay is a huge advantage. Currently, as we understand it, we have 2 options: I am not an American lawyer so take this with a large pinch of salt but something to ask if you do see a lawyer would be the idea of making a declaration of trust each year for increasing shares of the equity in the house at slightly below $26k each (say 5% each year if it was worth $500k). You could spread the transfer out gradually over time and always stay below the tax threshold.
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Dogen posted:http://www.nbcnews.com/business/fox-searchlight-should-have-paid-interns-judge-rules-6C10292323 This may be huge news for the entertainment industry. The 2008 recession made internships an even more popular way to find a job, but hollywood production companies are notorious for taking advantage of recent college grads and stringing them along for no pay.
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Georgia - Surveillance Systems We finally got our State Beer/Wine license. We do not have any systems in place currently. I plan on installing cameras inside our restaurant to cover tables and registers. What kind of liability/responsibility would be have if we placed cameras in the parking lot? Are there any retention requirements for businesses? No, the Ask Me thread about surveillance systems did. I figured he wouldn't have that much knowledge about laws pertaining said systems in all the US. SlayVus fucked around with this message at 23:05 on Jun 12, 2013 |
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SlayVus posted:Georgia - Surveillance Systems Did the posting about unpaid internships draw you in here?
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