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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? I reside in Texas, but my legal situation is in Arizona, where my father had lived. While my father was still living he purchased points in a vacation timeshare company at three different resorts. His upfront cost for the timeshare points was...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas A couple months ago, my wife and I attended (were bribed to attend) an owner update meeting (sales presentation) at a timeshare vacation resort where we have been owners since 1996. After several hours of being bamboozled and deceived, we...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? TX Q1. My father (God rest his soul) recently passed away. For the past several years, he had been living in Arizona prior to his passing. His will and living trust documents stipulate that his estate goes into his living trust, and that...

I wonder if your friend could use the same legal stategy that models may employ, when someone uses their photograghs without a proper "RELEASE". see this link for an example... http://www.comstock.com/web/IHF/COLLEGE/Models/Default.htm If not, then it really ought to come under the laws...

Not in person... None of the conspiracy group live in my same state (TX). However, about 4 or 5 times throughout the past couple years, I have received hate email from one or another of them containing false allegations about me and (CC:) copying anywhere from two to five others of their...

Does the word "reckless" connote anything different than the word "negligent" in connection to a libelers "disregard" of the truth ? Although the woman who sent me a threatening coercion email did not copy others on her email, she did violate a different law, which was previously addressed in...

I believe that I can show that a civil conspiracy exists, because in most (but not all) cases the conspirators have copied each other their defamatory emails to me. They seem to take turns at it. In one case, the conspirator having the most esteemed reputation amongst all alumni has made...

TexasTom said earlier: >> I believe I possess ample evidence to prove each of these crimes has been committed against me... and committed with callous disregard of the truth. I assume that your response means the common vernacular of "callous" has no legal meaning, whereas the word "negligent"...

In my situation, the blackmail contained no demand for money, it was a threat to disclose or publish my nudie pix (potentially humiliating pix in the wrong hands) to the alumni board of directors, if I attend the alumni reunion. To the best of my knowledge, the threat was not carried out... or...

I believe that your assessment of my damages is not relevant. If you want the thread to end, you are welcome to leave, but please let the thread continue, as I am still learning useful information from others who are willing to share what they know.

Damages to my reputation have already occurred amongst certain groups of my fellow alumni/ae and among the alumni board of directors. If the false allegations about me were to continue unabated, I suspect that the board of directors could possibly prohibit me from attending future reunions...

Thanks for the tip. Where can I find out the SOL for crimes of slander, libel, defamation of character, and blackmail ? Does the SOL vary in different states ? I believe I possess ample evidence to prove each of these crimes has been committed against me... and committed with callous disregard...

Oooops, sorry. I thought you asked if there was anything you could do. Could you be a little more specific of what type of "anything" you had in mind ? Were you thinking along the lines of getting a restraining order ? TexasTom

Justin, You might want to hurry up and buy the domain names of mydomain.biz and mydomain.org before your competitor gets them. You might also might consider getting the domain name of mydomainsucks.com . Don't laugh, I've heard of that happening to others. TexasTom

It's tough to prove that a website does not exist. The burden of proof should be on that acquaintance to substantiate her claim. If she is telling the truth, then she ought to be able to identify the URL of the website, and be able to determine the owner of the domain name. If she can't...