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      The spelling Police and new posters

      Ivy A duck is walking through the Harvard campus and comes across a law student. "Excuse me," the duck asks, "Can you tell me where the library is at?" The law student sneers at the duck and says "At Harvard, we do not end our sentences with a preposition." "Ok." says the duck. "Can you tell...
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      Partnership or Inc: Who to sue?

      I see your point. It's similar to the way lawyers bill, actually -- clients get an invoice every two weeks if time was spent on the account, regardless of the type of work performed. In this case, however, it was all for the same project but the invoices span several billing periods.
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      Partnership or Inc: Who to sue?

      Thanks very much for your reply. Would separate invoices satisfy a legal basis for separate claims?
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      small claims court date

      I'm a small business owner myself and have been through a similar situation, albeit in California. Here's what I did to prepare for small claims court: 1. Have a SHORT summary of what the defendant owes you and why. Don't mention how rude they were on the phone, don't talk about how hard it...
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      Partnership or Inc: Who to sue?

      What is the name of your state? California I'm an LLC that was unfortunately burned by a dot-bomb customer almost 2 years ago. They did not pay their final bills to the tune of $30k. At the time I consulted with a collection agency and a law firm. Their consensus was that I have sufficient...
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      CA FTB Got Game

      What happened. Just a follow up on what happened: I called back and spoke to another person who was able to nullify the C Corp returns and treat the amended (partnership) returns as the real deal. They would not abate interest and penalties since the amended 2000 return required a larger tax...
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      CA FTB Got Game

      What is the name of your state? CA I'm an LLC. Had the world's worst accountant for 1999 and 2000 tax years. (Short story: he filed the wrong forms -- C Corp returns instead of Partnership returns!) I sued the accountant and won back damages. My new accountant has helped me refile 1999 and...
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      House Construction Lawsuit

      I think witch hunt is the appropriate term. I've talked to the immediate neighbors that I know, and none of them have any problems with their houses and have ignored all the letters. There are at least 300 houses in the development. There is a meeting being held at the local library in a couple...
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      House Construction Lawsuit

      What is the name of your state? CA I bought a house almost 4 years ago - new construction. Nice house. Nice neighborhood. It even came with a 1-year warranty. A law firm sent a letter several months ago soliciting clients for a lawsuit against the builder for "serious construction defects". It...
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      Lawyer trying to contact me?

      Won the case Our case was heard today. It was over in about 5 minutes and we won. He even wrote a check right there. I'll spare the details. The only interesting thing was that the defendant was almost sent home packing because he is an attorney and not the sole owner of the company. Since...
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      Window Repair After Break-In

      >A2) "You need to get a copy of what you signed. Are you saying they didn't give you a copy (unusual) or that you lost the copy they gave you? They didn't give me a copy. I had my guard down since the police were the ones who called them in for the repair and they told me they just deal with...
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      Lawyer trying to contact me?

      Called but no luck Thanks for the advice. I called him back -- he claimed not to know anything about my claim. He requested a copy of the invoice, which I faxed again. I have not heard back. Looks like it's going to court. I'll post the outcome after the court date at the end of the month.
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      Window Repair After Break-In

      What is the name of your state? CA I'm an LLC and lease an office suite. 6 months ago there was a break in. Outside windows were broken during a weekend. The police came and called a glass repair service (that they recommended) to board up the windows as a temporary fix. I told the repair guy...
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      Lawyer trying to contact me?

      What is the name of your state? California I am an LLC. A former client (also an LLC) failed to pay an invoice for $2k. They completely ignored my collection attemps for over a year. I finally took them to small claims court and have a court date next month. I have a strong case: a signed...
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      Ambiguous Employee Policy about Vacation Accruals

      What the labor board decided . . . Got the decision today -- the labor board decided that the employee was indeed entitled to a partial year of vacation pay. "Since the policy states that employees are eligible for up to 10 days per year, and the employee worked for a partial year, he is...
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      Ambiguous Employee Policy about Vacation Accruals

      Hearing was today The hearing was today -- the Labor Commissioner is taking 15 days to serve us with his ruling, so we'll see what happens. His questions seemed to indicate that this type of retroactive cliff vesting may be a problem -- that you can have 0 vacation days on one day and suddently...
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      Ambiguous Employee Policy about Vacation Accruals

      thanks for the reality check Cool. Thanks for the advice. I should come clean now and tell you that it's really the other way around -- I actually represent the company, not the employee. We're just trying to figure out how he can reasonably think he's entitled to vacation pay when we think our...
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      Ambiguous Employee Policy about Vacation Accruals

      What is the name of your state? California I quit my job after only working 3 months. The company paid me in full, but did not pay any unused vacation pay. The question is whether or not I had accrued any vacation pay. The company's employee handbook states: "New employees can take a vacation...
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      moonlighting or stealing?

      I'm undercutting my employer by offering my services on the side at a lower rate. My moonlighting customers are totally separate from my employer's customers except for one. My boss doesn't know about it, but is it "stealing" to moonlight for an existing customer? The customer offered to pay me...
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      Should I respond to a nastly letter?

      Non-complete I'm 100% certain that I have never signed a non-compete agreement. In any case, I'm under the impression that non-competes are tough to enforce in California. Again, I've never signed a non-compete, only an NDA.

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