In line with what many have predicted, the CFPB announced yesterday in a press release that the Bureau Encourages Financial Institutions and Debt Collectors to Allow Stimulus Payments to Reach Consumers. Over the past week, many industry trade associations have...

Who must be served notice in a personal injury law suit? This question usually occurs after the first personal injury verdict, when the plaintiff(s) are ready to file their civil suit. In that situation, who must be served notice of the pending civil suit? The answer...

(this article first appeared in Occupational Outlook Quarterly Spring 2012) When a process server is at your door, you might be in trouble. Legal trouble, that is. We’re going to talk about the life of a Process Server, using an Alias of Amy Jones.  As a process...

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Who Must Be Served Notice in a Personal Injury Lawsuit? After a personal injury case verdict, the plaintiff may file a civil lawsuit seeking further damages from responsible parties. An early procedural requirement is properly serving legal notice to all defendants...

How many times have you been at a gas station, restaurant, bank or any other business where you were a customer, asked for something simple, expected a certain level of service and were told No, or worse ignored. As I go about my daily routine, I encounter way too...

It is hard to believe that the venerable Fax machine has been with us 1964, (Xerox (LDX) or Long-Distance Xerography).  Many of us that have been in business for a few decades probably remember office discussions, at times heated discussions, on whether or not to get...

Writ of Replevin: The Replevin Process   This replevin process can be broken down into two stages:   The replevy, are the steps the owners take to secure the physical ownership of the property, by providing security for prosecuting the action and for the...