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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts. I have a contract which says that in case of violation, a particular court would be chosen to arbitrate such a legal issue. The contract asks me to waive any objection to this particular court, e.g. if it were an inconvenient...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts I live in a 2 bedroom apartment with a single housemate. Our rental agreement with the land lord is an at will agreement. Either party can terminate the lease at any time, with a month's notice. This means if we want to leave...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts Corporation A offers to act as a middle man for purchasing jewelry for their customers. There are many jewelry dealers: Corp B, Corp C, etc. Consumers always have the option to purchase directly from Corp B, Corp C, etc...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts Is it against the law for a company (for profit or non-profit) to send unsolicited emails requesting donations / contributions? Under what circumstances is it legal or illegal to do so?

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA My co-tenant and I are the only tenants on our lease and living in our apartment. We've already paid our last months rent in advance when we first moved in. My co-tenant may or may not wish to leave. Our lease is at-will--meaning we can...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts Is it legal for a potential tenant to offer to pay additional months upfront when negotiating a lease? e.g. landlord wants 1st and last months rent. As a potential tenant, I offer the landlord 2 additional months rent upfront...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts Suppose person A opens a bank account in their name. They decide to share their account with person B. For whatever reason, it turns out all the money going into the shared account comes from B. A, not being greedy, wishes to...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts I was awakened this morning by one of my co-tenants to alert me that a single tire was flashed on both his car and my own. My co-tenant strongly suspects that our neighbor slashed both tires, though we do not have any hard evidence...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts I am planning on signing a sublet agreement as the sublessor. The rental is in a more upper scale, professional housing community. I looked up a bit of stuff on illegal sublets, and it appears almost always the subtenant needs...