Recent content by jhrebik

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? DC My client, a nonprofit organization, has been contracted to distribute payments from a legal settlement to individuals from the tenant association who sued building ownership for violation of TOPA rights. Some of the tenants intend to claim...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? DC What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? DC My nonprofit client was asked to disburse settlement funds from a lawsuit to the individual plaintiffs (about 250) by the Tenant Association they formed. The settlement was in response to a...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MD When it comes to the state saying I owe money, I usually don't question it. However, the state of MD has taken my tax return and is billing my husband $10,000 for car insurance on two vehicles from the years 1998 and 2002. He has proof of...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MD My company has a client who was contracted for an event in Nov and was supposed to pay in full prior to the event. They paid a deposit of $5000 prior to the event, but did not pay the balance. After the event, the check was returned as...

What is the name of your state? Maryland I am having some trouble determining overtime for employees whose primary earnings are received as a gratuity from a service charge in Maryland, as banquet servers are. (The employer charges an x% gratuity on food and beverage and then allocates a...

What is the name of your state? AR/MD I live in MD and was just sued by the bank for a van my ex-wife had repossessed after our divorce. Needless to say, despite our divorce decree stating that she would take full responsibility, she filed bankruptcy and they went after me. The ex lives in...

What is the name of your state? MD My husband was divorced about 3 years ago. Part of the divorce agreement was that his ex keep a van they bought together and make payments for the remainder of the loan. At some point, she was to have established financing and removed him from the loan...

MD, AR My ex-wife was a very bitter divrocee, which is why I went to great lengths to be fair and to uphold my end of the divorce decree. While living in MD, but prior to the divorce, I bought a house AR where she lived with our kids, which I agreed to keep paying for for 18 months and she...

What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? AR I am writing in behalf of my mother-in-law concerning a $3900 purchase she made for furniture about 7 months ago. She chose furniture for her new home, which she had not yet moved in to, and asked that if she found the...

What is the name of your state? DC A government agency recently incurred attrition for room cancellations. In their contract, they stated that invoices for such must be submitted as a claim under the Contract Disputes Act. Instructions state that a claim must be sent to a "contracting...

Precisely the question I am asking. Is there no obligation of an advertising stie, internet or not, to qualifiy the credentials of their advertisors? If no, then that is the end of this route. If no, then there is also a widespread existense of false advertising being promoted through many...

What is the name of your state? VA Last year the state filed a criminal case on my behalf against an illegitimate plumbing contractor. (Facts brought forth in the case showed that he was falsely doing business under the name of another legitmate licensed contractor). The defendant failed to...

What is the name of your state? VA (work in DC) Hi all. I'm at my wits end at work. One year ago, I moved here and took a $25,000 pay cut to work at my current company. Of course my boss sold me on the fact that my bonus potential was based on 10%, but was unlimited based on performance...

What is the name of your state? VA I am a homeowner renting out my property in VA. I was in the process of selling the home to the tennants, with the stipulation that I would replace pipes which were found to be flawed in a recent class action suit. My claim was denied based on a...

What is the name of your state? VA I am one of several victims of a major US pest control company. The home I sold to my best friend, after obtaining a $1500 termite protection contract and treatment system, now has active termites, and damage to the tune of $17,000. The company first...