Author : Wensley McKenney
Lawsuit Loans which are also known as pre settlement cash advances allow a financially strapped plaintiff to access a portion of their future legal settlement to pay today's necessary living expenses. Personal Injury and worker compensation lawsuits can take years to resolve and large insurance companies have the financial strength to legally delay the process which can financial ruin an injured claimant who is looking for a fair settlement offer.Companies like Global Financial (http://www.glofin.com) offer cash advances against all types of Personal Injury & Worker Compensation claims. It works like this: Global Financial will review the merits of an applicant's legal claim and determine the chance & size of a financial recovery. They then offer the claimant a small percentage of the total value of their claim in return for an assignment of a portion of the potential future proceeds in the claim. If there is no financial recovery from the claim then the funding company receives nothing. This makes lawsuit loans very risky and actually a venture capital investment rather than an actual loan as the names suggests.The fees charge by lawsuit loan companies can vary dramatically but it is usually best to stick with the larger companies, like Global Financial because they work on larger volumes and lower pricing. Usually a funding company will charge either a monthly fee or a flat fee depending on the risk associate with the claim.It is my personal opinion that a claimant should ask themselves one question before applying for a cash advance against their pending claim. Will the advance that I receive pay immediate and necessary living expense? If the answer is yes then you should accept a cash advance and continue with your legal claim. If the answer is no then it might be wise to hold off and wait before applying for a lawsuit loan or cash advance against your pending claim. In addition, a lawsuit loan may be a very important tool when the defendant's insurance carrier decides to make a low ball offer for settlement in the claim. You can then use a lawsuit loan as a financial tool to say no to the low ball offer and have the financial strength to wait for a higher and fairer settlement.Lawsuit Loans have been trademarked by Global Financial as "Lawsuit Insurance" because they offer insurance like protection to plaintiffs in the event that their claim is unsuccessful. If a plaintiff takes a cash advance against their pending legal claim and their claim is unsuccessful then they get to keep the money that was advanced to them. Thus the cash advance guarantees that their claim will be financially successful either by way of the cash advance or by way of settlement or judgment.About The AuthorWensley McKenney is a graduate of Tulane University and has 15 years of experience in the financial and legal fields.Lawsuit Insurance is a trademark of Global Financial Credit, LLC, http://www.glofin.comwensley@glofin.com
Keyword : legal,legal costs,lawyers,attorney,attorney fees,claims,settlements,finances,legal loans
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Eco-Terrorism is International Terrorism
Author : Lance Winslow
The largest Eco-Terrorist Group is not from the United States they are based in Canada. They often destroy property and think it is funny. This ELF Group is a problem, they are environmentalists, who go around screwing up things to make a point. They claim they care about the environment then start fires polluting the air. Burning down brand new homes being built on what they believe should remain undeveloped, they torch car dealerships to show people that they should not buy SUVs because they pollute too much and things of this nature.The FBI thinks they may go after bigger projects. Not sure if this is reality or a reason to go seek them out, but either way it is not good for America to allow these groups to commit acts of arson, property crimes or vandalism. We may be giving them ideas through the media, egging them on, or giving them ideas through the Cable Media's announcements of possible targets. If they really are going after bigger acts of vandalism and terrorism, that would be terrible to have an infrastructure problem sending everyone back into fear mode during already heightened states of alert. The media would blow it out of proportion.What is very unfortunate about this, is with the changes in government recently, these groups will cause a problem in the balance of security and the general agreement amongst most of the population that we all need to do basic things like recycle, stop dumping, clean up the water and pay attention to discharges into the air. Such terrorism causes a rebellion of the average American to do the right thing and stick together, which we are. If these groups continually disrupt to prove a point, they will ruin any chances for positive changes in the minds of the masses to do the right thing and thus politics of mankind will not follow suit in the proper direction. I bet our homeland security teams could infiltrate this group and talk some reason into these people using the web sites and online cyber psyche techniques, maybe they already have? We must stop Eco-Terrorists and if they are coming from Canada, that makes them International Eco-Terrorists and we need to catch them, kill them or put them in nice gated community in Guantanamo Bay. Think about it.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
Keyword : Eco-Terrorism, International Terrorism, arson, polluting, air, vandalism, canada
The largest Eco-Terrorist Group is not from the United States they are based in Canada. They often destroy property and think it is funny. This ELF Group is a problem, they are environmentalists, who go around screwing up things to make a point. They claim they care about the environment then start fires polluting the air. Burning down brand new homes being built on what they believe should remain undeveloped, they torch car dealerships to show people that they should not buy SUVs because they pollute too much and things of this nature.The FBI thinks they may go after bigger projects. Not sure if this is reality or a reason to go seek them out, but either way it is not good for America to allow these groups to commit acts of arson, property crimes or vandalism. We may be giving them ideas through the media, egging them on, or giving them ideas through the Cable Media's announcements of possible targets. If they really are going after bigger acts of vandalism and terrorism, that would be terrible to have an infrastructure problem sending everyone back into fear mode during already heightened states of alert. The media would blow it out of proportion.What is very unfortunate about this, is with the changes in government recently, these groups will cause a problem in the balance of security and the general agreement amongst most of the population that we all need to do basic things like recycle, stop dumping, clean up the water and pay attention to discharges into the air. Such terrorism causes a rebellion of the average American to do the right thing and stick together, which we are. If these groups continually disrupt to prove a point, they will ruin any chances for positive changes in the minds of the masses to do the right thing and thus politics of mankind will not follow suit in the proper direction. I bet our homeland security teams could infiltrate this group and talk some reason into these people using the web sites and online cyber psyche techniques, maybe they already have? We must stop Eco-Terrorists and if they are coming from Canada, that makes them International Eco-Terrorists and we need to catch them, kill them or put them in nice gated community in Guantanamo Bay. Think about it.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
Keyword : Eco-Terrorism, International Terrorism, arson, polluting, air, vandalism, canada
Attornies Are The Last Superheros In A Society Gone Mad
Author : Lawrence X. Young
Need to take legal action or perhaps looking for a career?
The answer could be with an attorney, otherwise known as
a lawyer. An attorney seeks to represent individuals, groups
of people and companies in a court of law on varying
matters. An attorney is usually a specialist in one or two
fields allowing them to be the expert when it comes to the
legalities within their chosen field.An attorney is by no way a cheap method of getting your
point across in a court of law. On the other hand,
representation by an attorney, mainly by one who really
understands their specified are, helps you in winning your
case. Depending on the situation that you find yourself in,
you may be fortunate to get a pro-bono offer from an
attorney. Pro bono is an agreement to help out a client on a
free arrangement. Pro-bono proposals may have terms
along
with it, that should the case be won, a fixed percentage of
the money awarded will be passed on to the representing
attorney. Attorneys may give this proposal, in order to
attract people, and gain goodwill or there may be another
reason for this arrangement.Hiring services of an attorney is not easy, especially when
there is a money consideration such as fees. It is also
not easy to become or be an attorney. It requires lots
of hard work, years of study, long hours of work and never
ending research after the fact.To become an attorney, candidate must have a bachelor
degree of approximately three to four years duration in any
field. Even postgraduate students have to study and attend
law school for three years, in order to become an attorney.
There are several options of fields at law school, most of
the students choose the most popular general law degree
and
not specialize in anything. That leads to broadening their
option for a wide range of case load. They can also take
suggestions from your mentors.In today's society, being an attorney is rated as being one
of the busiest and wealthiest occupations around. With
society's incessant need to sue people for the smallest of
things, the attorney quite obviously is reaping the
benefits. But for how long will this go on? For how long can
an attorney be given super hero status at the expense of
eliminating everything life has to offer us for fear of a
lawsuit is the question.The author, has learned that having access to an Attorney is
a
necessity. Lawrence X. Young is founder of Fair Attorney, an
excellent resource site dedicated to information about
Attornies and the law.
Keyword : lawyer, attorney, legal, lawsuit, pro-bono, career,peace of mind, will
Need to take legal action or perhaps looking for a career?
The answer could be with an attorney, otherwise known as
a lawyer. An attorney seeks to represent individuals, groups
of people and companies in a court of law on varying
matters. An attorney is usually a specialist in one or two
fields allowing them to be the expert when it comes to the
legalities within their chosen field.An attorney is by no way a cheap method of getting your
point across in a court of law. On the other hand,
representation by an attorney, mainly by one who really
understands their specified are, helps you in winning your
case. Depending on the situation that you find yourself in,
you may be fortunate to get a pro-bono offer from an
attorney. Pro bono is an agreement to help out a client on a
free arrangement. Pro-bono proposals may have terms
along
with it, that should the case be won, a fixed percentage of
the money awarded will be passed on to the representing
attorney. Attorneys may give this proposal, in order to
attract people, and gain goodwill or there may be another
reason for this arrangement.Hiring services of an attorney is not easy, especially when
there is a money consideration such as fees. It is also
not easy to become or be an attorney. It requires lots
of hard work, years of study, long hours of work and never
ending research after the fact.To become an attorney, candidate must have a bachelor
degree of approximately three to four years duration in any
field. Even postgraduate students have to study and attend
law school for three years, in order to become an attorney.
There are several options of fields at law school, most of
the students choose the most popular general law degree
and
not specialize in anything. That leads to broadening their
option for a wide range of case load. They can also take
suggestions from your mentors.In today's society, being an attorney is rated as being one
of the busiest and wealthiest occupations around. With
society's incessant need to sue people for the smallest of
things, the attorney quite obviously is reaping the
benefits. But for how long will this go on? For how long can
an attorney be given super hero status at the expense of
eliminating everything life has to offer us for fear of a
lawsuit is the question.The author, has learned that having access to an Attorney is
a
necessity. Lawrence X. Young is founder of Fair Attorney, an
excellent resource site dedicated to information about
Attornies and the law.
Keyword : lawyer, attorney, legal, lawsuit, pro-bono, career,peace of mind, will
Railroad Accident Lawyer Says: Buckle Your Seatbelts
Author : Anna Henningsgaard
Massive train crashes seem the dramatic stuff of movies and novels, billowing steam engines destined for disaster, fixed irreversibly on track to collide. Indeed, in the 19th century train companies used head-on train collisions as a publicity stunt. The Crush Crash in Waco, Texas drew so many observers that Waco became, for one night, the second largest city in the state. Even this staged event ended in disaster, however, when a boiler burst and the flying debris killed two in the crowd. Unfortunately, this less-than-dramatic conclusion represents the reality of train wrecks, and these days that reality is represented in lawsuits as soon as the smoke clears.Perhaps modern day railroads do not encounter anything so catastrophic as the rerouted steam locomotive that caused a mountain to collapse in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, but train crashes are still a major problem in the United States. Train crashes injure more than 500 people every year, though deaths remain relatively rare. Aside from catastrophic collisions, railroad deaths usually occur at crossings, where the train's course crosses the path of car traffic. The chances of dying in a car-train crash are ten times more likely than dying in a regular car collision.Settlements with railroad companies for crashes can amount in the millions of dollars, but this just reflects the severity of injuries incurred in such accidents. Trains are currently set up in compartments to reduce the distance people would fly in the event of a major collision. However, safety experts with the Federal Railroad Association have conducted full-scale crashes and found that the dummies in such seats were flung up and over the backs of the seat compartments, some striking luggage racks. Seatbelts would prevent this sort of injury, but they are not a standard installment of most trains.At least half of all the railroad tank cars on the tracks today were built before 1989 when new regulations required them to be reinforced with steel. About 30,000 of these tankers have not been rebuilt at all, and no government agency forces the companies that own these tank cars to spend money to bring them up to safety standards. This results in another great railroad danger, as many of these tankers carry dangerous chemicals. Just this past January, nine people died and an entire geographic region had to be evacuated from homes, businesses, and schools in South Carolina when a train collision caused a tanker to leak chlorine gas.Train wrecks are clearly not an entertaining matter. Because of the structure of the tracks and signals, train collisions are nearly always due to negligence, either human error or faulty equipment. As such, any injuries incurred on a railroad are entitled to compensation and should be discussed with a lawyer right away.If you have more questions, contact a railroad accident lawyer or read about railroad collisions at http://www.hugesettlements.com.If you use this article, please include these links.
Keyword : railroad collision,train wreck,train crash,train,accident,injury,lawyer,attorney,railroad
Massive train crashes seem the dramatic stuff of movies and novels, billowing steam engines destined for disaster, fixed irreversibly on track to collide. Indeed, in the 19th century train companies used head-on train collisions as a publicity stunt. The Crush Crash in Waco, Texas drew so many observers that Waco became, for one night, the second largest city in the state. Even this staged event ended in disaster, however, when a boiler burst and the flying debris killed two in the crowd. Unfortunately, this less-than-dramatic conclusion represents the reality of train wrecks, and these days that reality is represented in lawsuits as soon as the smoke clears.Perhaps modern day railroads do not encounter anything so catastrophic as the rerouted steam locomotive that caused a mountain to collapse in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, but train crashes are still a major problem in the United States. Train crashes injure more than 500 people every year, though deaths remain relatively rare. Aside from catastrophic collisions, railroad deaths usually occur at crossings, where the train's course crosses the path of car traffic. The chances of dying in a car-train crash are ten times more likely than dying in a regular car collision.Settlements with railroad companies for crashes can amount in the millions of dollars, but this just reflects the severity of injuries incurred in such accidents. Trains are currently set up in compartments to reduce the distance people would fly in the event of a major collision. However, safety experts with the Federal Railroad Association have conducted full-scale crashes and found that the dummies in such seats were flung up and over the backs of the seat compartments, some striking luggage racks. Seatbelts would prevent this sort of injury, but they are not a standard installment of most trains.At least half of all the railroad tank cars on the tracks today were built before 1989 when new regulations required them to be reinforced with steel. About 30,000 of these tankers have not been rebuilt at all, and no government agency forces the companies that own these tank cars to spend money to bring them up to safety standards. This results in another great railroad danger, as many of these tankers carry dangerous chemicals. Just this past January, nine people died and an entire geographic region had to be evacuated from homes, businesses, and schools in South Carolina when a train collision caused a tanker to leak chlorine gas.Train wrecks are clearly not an entertaining matter. Because of the structure of the tracks and signals, train collisions are nearly always due to negligence, either human error or faulty equipment. As such, any injuries incurred on a railroad are entitled to compensation and should be discussed with a lawyer right away.If you have more questions, contact a railroad accident lawyer or read about railroad collisions at http://www.hugesettlements.com.If you use this article, please include these links.
Keyword : railroad collision,train wreck,train crash,train,accident,injury,lawyer,attorney,railroad
Class Action Lawsuits Defined
Author : Margaret Wommack
A class action is a civil lawsuit filed by multiple people who experienced the same injury from the same product, a single trial to hear all claims. The difference between their cases as individuals is only the extent to which each was injured. For instance, one anti-inflammatory medication user who developed SJS may have the associated rash while another may have lung damage and blindness as well. Often when a party was injured by a product but they do not have a strong enough case to file an individual lawsuit against the company, they can band together with others who suffered injury from the same product to make their case stronger by numbers.Another benefit of class action lawsuits is pursuing a suit for only small losses. For example, $100 spent on a product that doesn't work or spent to correct problems the product causes is a mall amount of money and does not justify the expense and time of filing a lawsuit. However, many people who have all lost $100 can band together and file a class action suit, splitting amongst them the cost of lawyer fees and filing the suit, and can hope for a settlement to be reached. If not for class action suits, that $100 lost, small in the court's eyes but substantial to the individual, could never be recovered and the company responsible for the faulty product would never have to reform. Class action lawsuits are most often for defective products, asbestos, prescription drug side effects or tobacco. If your case involves people across state borders then you may file a Federal class action. These suits are much more complicated and require a good, experienced lawyer.Class action lawsuits have many benefits. They are more efficient, presenting witnesses and exhibits and facts of the case all at once rather than holding up the courts with trying them separately. They spread the burden of cost between all the different plaintiffs who, on their own, might not have been able to file suits. Furthermore, if recoveries are small (although no less significant to the individual) it is not cost beneficial to file a suit independently because of fees. They ensure that all plaintiffs get their portion of the settlement; here, the plaintiffs who first complained are not given extra money.If you have any questions about class action lawsuits, please contact a class action lawyer right away.
Keyword : class action,suit,lawsuit,lawyer
A class action is a civil lawsuit filed by multiple people who experienced the same injury from the same product, a single trial to hear all claims. The difference between their cases as individuals is only the extent to which each was injured. For instance, one anti-inflammatory medication user who developed SJS may have the associated rash while another may have lung damage and blindness as well. Often when a party was injured by a product but they do not have a strong enough case to file an individual lawsuit against the company, they can band together with others who suffered injury from the same product to make their case stronger by numbers.Another benefit of class action lawsuits is pursuing a suit for only small losses. For example, $100 spent on a product that doesn't work or spent to correct problems the product causes is a mall amount of money and does not justify the expense and time of filing a lawsuit. However, many people who have all lost $100 can band together and file a class action suit, splitting amongst them the cost of lawyer fees and filing the suit, and can hope for a settlement to be reached. If not for class action suits, that $100 lost, small in the court's eyes but substantial to the individual, could never be recovered and the company responsible for the faulty product would never have to reform. Class action lawsuits are most often for defective products, asbestos, prescription drug side effects or tobacco. If your case involves people across state borders then you may file a Federal class action. These suits are much more complicated and require a good, experienced lawyer.Class action lawsuits have many benefits. They are more efficient, presenting witnesses and exhibits and facts of the case all at once rather than holding up the courts with trying them separately. They spread the burden of cost between all the different plaintiffs who, on their own, might not have been able to file suits. Furthermore, if recoveries are small (although no less significant to the individual) it is not cost beneficial to file a suit independently because of fees. They ensure that all plaintiffs get their portion of the settlement; here, the plaintiffs who first complained are not given extra money.If you have any questions about class action lawsuits, please contact a class action lawyer right away.
Keyword : class action,suit,lawsuit,lawyer
Lemon Law Basics
Author : John Lee
Lemon laws are laws to protect consumers who purchase defective automobiles. For example, if you buy a new or used car and then find out the car has a serious problem that is not fixable, the manufacturers is requested by lemon law to buy back or replace the defective vehicle if the defect can not be repaired within a certain number o attempts or within a certain time frame.Generally speaking, cars and trucks are covered by lemon laws in most states, while some states' lemon laws cover motorcycles and motor homes as well. Also, the exact criteria for what falls under a lemon law differ from state to state. Most lemon laws define a lemon as a new vehicle with condition or defect that substantially impairs the value or use of the vehicle and which has not been repaired after a reasonable number of attempts.If you are a victim of a lemon law violation, you should first try settling the matter with the manufacturer. Talk to the manufacturer about your situation and see if the manufacture is willing to offer a reasonable settlement. If you can't reach a satisfying settlement with the manufacturer, you can work with an attorney and take the case to court. Make sure you have enough documents to prove your vehicle falls under the lemon law.John Lee is an Internet writer who has written articles for a number of Internet columns and websites, such as Attorney Help ( http://www.attorneyhelp.org ) and Notary Public Guide ( http://www.notarypublicguide.com ), etc.
Keyword : lemon law, lemon laws
Lemon laws are laws to protect consumers who purchase defective automobiles. For example, if you buy a new or used car and then find out the car has a serious problem that is not fixable, the manufacturers is requested by lemon law to buy back or replace the defective vehicle if the defect can not be repaired within a certain number o attempts or within a certain time frame.Generally speaking, cars and trucks are covered by lemon laws in most states, while some states' lemon laws cover motorcycles and motor homes as well. Also, the exact criteria for what falls under a lemon law differ from state to state. Most lemon laws define a lemon as a new vehicle with condition or defect that substantially impairs the value or use of the vehicle and which has not been repaired after a reasonable number of attempts.If you are a victim of a lemon law violation, you should first try settling the matter with the manufacturer. Talk to the manufacturer about your situation and see if the manufacture is willing to offer a reasonable settlement. If you can't reach a satisfying settlement with the manufacturer, you can work with an attorney and take the case to court. Make sure you have enough documents to prove your vehicle falls under the lemon law.John Lee is an Internet writer who has written articles for a number of Internet columns and websites, such as Attorney Help ( http://www.attorneyhelp.org ) and Notary Public Guide ( http://www.notarypublicguide.com ), etc.
Keyword : lemon law, lemon laws
Law School Accreditation
Author : David Hallstrom
Accreditaiton and what it means to you. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the definition of accreditation is "to recognize (an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher or more specialized institutions or for professional practice." Law schools generally fall into three catagories of accreditation, American Bar Association (ABA) accredited, state accredited or unaccredited.
ABA accreditation - According to the American Bar Association, "Law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) provide a legal education which meets a minimum set of standards as promulgated by the ABA. Every jurisdiction in the United States has determined that graduates of ABA-approved law schools are able to sit for the bar in their respective jurisdictions. The role that the ABA plays as the national accrediting body has enabled accreditation to become unified and national in scope rather than fragmented, with the potential for inconsistency, among the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,and other territories. The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is the United States Department of Education recognized accrediting agency for programs that lead to the first professional degree in law. The law school approval process established by the Council is designed to provide a careful and comprehensive evaluation of a law school and its compliance with the Standards for Approval of Law Schools."
State accreditation - Most states have their own accreditation process and in most cases give accreditation status to ABA accredited schools. However, there are many law schools that for one reason or another do not meet all of the ABA accredition requirements. Some of these schools, however, do meet the states requirements. Note: State requirements can vary by state. If a school meets state requirements it can apply to that state for state accreditation.
Unaccredited - According to the California Bar Association "An unaccredited law school is one operating as a law school in the State of California that is neither accredited nor approved by the Committee, but must be registered with the Committee and comply with the requirements contained in Rules XIX and XX of the Admission Rules, applicable provisions of the California Rules of Court and relevant sections of the California Business and Professions Code. A law school operating wholly outside of California is unaccredited unless it has applied for and received accreditation from the Committee or is provisionally or fully approved by the American Bar Association."Rules in many other states are the same.
Most states require that you meet certain requirements prior to being eligible to take their bar examination. The California Bar states "To be eligible to take the California Bar Examination, one must have completed at least two years of college before beginning the study of law or must have passed certain specified College Level Equivalency Program examinations before beginning law study and must have graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association or accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California or have completed four years of law study at an unaccredited or correspondence law school registered with the Committee or studied law in a law office or judge's chambers in accordance withthe Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California." Most states have similar requirements.
The foregoing suggests that many states will not allow, non ABA accredited out of state law school graduates to take their bar examination, unless they attended school in that state or a school that is certified by that state. Therefore students graduating from non ABA accredited law schools may not be allowed to practice in any state other than the state they attended school. Note: Some states have reciprocal agreements with other states allowing attorneys registered in one state to become a member of the bar in another state without taking a bar examination in the new state.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there are many fine law schools in this country that are not ABA accredited. Additionally, many ABA accredited schools do not offer night time or part time classes. Finally, there are many more applicants that spaces available in ABA accredited schools, forcing many good students to attend other schools. Therefore, accreditation should not be your only criteria in choosing a law school or in deceiding whether or not to hire a particular law school graduate.
Permission is given to reprint this article providing credit is given to the author, David G. Hallstrom, and a link is listed to Resources For Attorneys the owner of this article. Anyone or any company reprinting this article without giving proper credit and the correct link, is doing so without permission and will be subject to legal action.David G. Hallstrom, Sr. is a retired private investigator and is currently the publisher of several internet directories, including http://www.resourcesforattorneys.com a directory of legal and lifestyle resources.
Keyword : law school,accreditation,law,legal,resource,resources
Accreditaiton and what it means to you. According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the definition of accreditation is "to recognize (an educational institution) as maintaining standards that qualify the graduates for admission to higher or more specialized institutions or for professional practice." Law schools generally fall into three catagories of accreditation, American Bar Association (ABA) accredited, state accredited or unaccredited.
ABA accreditation - According to the American Bar Association, "Law schools approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) provide a legal education which meets a minimum set of standards as promulgated by the ABA. Every jurisdiction in the United States has determined that graduates of ABA-approved law schools are able to sit for the bar in their respective jurisdictions. The role that the ABA plays as the national accrediting body has enabled accreditation to become unified and national in scope rather than fragmented, with the potential for inconsistency, among the 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,and other territories. The Council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar is the United States Department of Education recognized accrediting agency for programs that lead to the first professional degree in law. The law school approval process established by the Council is designed to provide a careful and comprehensive evaluation of a law school and its compliance with the Standards for Approval of Law Schools."
State accreditation - Most states have their own accreditation process and in most cases give accreditation status to ABA accredited schools. However, there are many law schools that for one reason or another do not meet all of the ABA accredition requirements. Some of these schools, however, do meet the states requirements. Note: State requirements can vary by state. If a school meets state requirements it can apply to that state for state accreditation.
Unaccredited - According to the California Bar Association "An unaccredited law school is one operating as a law school in the State of California that is neither accredited nor approved by the Committee, but must be registered with the Committee and comply with the requirements contained in Rules XIX and XX of the Admission Rules, applicable provisions of the California Rules of Court and relevant sections of the California Business and Professions Code. A law school operating wholly outside of California is unaccredited unless it has applied for and received accreditation from the Committee or is provisionally or fully approved by the American Bar Association."Rules in many other states are the same.
Most states require that you meet certain requirements prior to being eligible to take their bar examination. The California Bar states "To be eligible to take the California Bar Examination, one must have completed at least two years of college before beginning the study of law or must have passed certain specified College Level Equivalency Program examinations before beginning law study and must have graduated from a law school approved by the American Bar Association or accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California or have completed four years of law study at an unaccredited or correspondence law school registered with the Committee or studied law in a law office or judge's chambers in accordance withthe Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California." Most states have similar requirements.
The foregoing suggests that many states will not allow, non ABA accredited out of state law school graduates to take their bar examination, unless they attended school in that state or a school that is certified by that state. Therefore students graduating from non ABA accredited law schools may not be allowed to practice in any state other than the state they attended school. Note: Some states have reciprocal agreements with other states allowing attorneys registered in one state to become a member of the bar in another state without taking a bar examination in the new state.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there are many fine law schools in this country that are not ABA accredited. Additionally, many ABA accredited schools do not offer night time or part time classes. Finally, there are many more applicants that spaces available in ABA accredited schools, forcing many good students to attend other schools. Therefore, accreditation should not be your only criteria in choosing a law school or in deceiding whether or not to hire a particular law school graduate.
Permission is given to reprint this article providing credit is given to the author, David G. Hallstrom, and a link is listed to Resources For Attorneys the owner of this article. Anyone or any company reprinting this article without giving proper credit and the correct link, is doing so without permission and will be subject to legal action.David G. Hallstrom, Sr. is a retired private investigator and is currently the publisher of several internet directories, including http://www.resourcesforattorneys.com a directory of legal and lifestyle resources.
Keyword : law school,accreditation,law,legal,resource,resources
Plastic Surgery - Can I bring a lawsuit against my surgeon if he destroyed my breasts?
Author : Gerry Oginski
Q: I just had a breast implants put in and I don't like the way they came out. Can I bring a lawsuit against my plastic surgeon if he won't fix them for free?A: There are two issues here. The first is your unhappiness with the result of the breast implants. The second is whether you can sue if he does not repair the first result for free.First- the fact that you had breast implants suggests that you were not satisfied with your physical appearance to begin with. Breast implant and plastic surgery cases are inherently bad cases for me to take because they involve subjective feelings, opinions and impressions by the patient. Specifically, the patient is not happy with how they appear initially, and after the procedure, they are still not happy with the result. Just because you are unsatisfied with the breast surgery results does not mean that there was evidence of malpractice.There are always risks associated with any surgery. I am positive that your plastic surgeon gave you a detailed form called an Informed Consent sheet that described the procedure. You may have also been given brochures or reading material describing the risks, benefits and alternatives to this breast surgery you were going to have. Again, I assume that since you went forward with the surgery, you signed this consent and recognized that there was a possibility the outcome might not be perfect.The second point is that you must address your displeasure with your plastic surgeon. There are times when the doctor will agree to revise the procedure at no cost to you. At other times the doctor believes he or she did a good job, but other factors contributed to the poor outcome, and he may not be agreeable to revise the procedure for free.Remember, you are free to bring a lawsuit, but the question is whether your case really has merit, and whether it is financially beneficial for you and your attorney to proceed.In my opinion, I do not accept plastic surgery cases unless it is clear, based upon expert medical review, that there are departures from good care (not just that the patient is unhappy with the outcome of their boob job, or nose job), that the departures were a substantial factor in causing injury, and that the injury is permanent.Attorney Oginski has been in practice for over 16 years as a trial lawyer practicing exclusively in the State of New York. Having his own law firm, he is able to provide the utmost in personalized, individualized attention to each and every client. In our office, a client is not a file number. Client's are always treated with the respect they deserve and expect from a professional. Mr. Oginski is always aware of every aspect of a client's case from start to finish.Gerry represents injured people in injury cases and medical malpractice matters in Brooklyn, Queens, New York City, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. You can reach him at http://www.oginski-law.com, or 516-487-8207. All inquiries are free and totally confidential.
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Q: I just had a breast implants put in and I don't like the way they came out. Can I bring a lawsuit against my plastic surgeon if he won't fix them for free?A: There are two issues here. The first is your unhappiness with the result of the breast implants. The second is whether you can sue if he does not repair the first result for free.First- the fact that you had breast implants suggests that you were not satisfied with your physical appearance to begin with. Breast implant and plastic surgery cases are inherently bad cases for me to take because they involve subjective feelings, opinions and impressions by the patient. Specifically, the patient is not happy with how they appear initially, and after the procedure, they are still not happy with the result. Just because you are unsatisfied with the breast surgery results does not mean that there was evidence of malpractice.There are always risks associated with any surgery. I am positive that your plastic surgeon gave you a detailed form called an Informed Consent sheet that described the procedure. You may have also been given brochures or reading material describing the risks, benefits and alternatives to this breast surgery you were going to have. Again, I assume that since you went forward with the surgery, you signed this consent and recognized that there was a possibility the outcome might not be perfect.The second point is that you must address your displeasure with your plastic surgeon. There are times when the doctor will agree to revise the procedure at no cost to you. At other times the doctor believes he or she did a good job, but other factors contributed to the poor outcome, and he may not be agreeable to revise the procedure for free.Remember, you are free to bring a lawsuit, but the question is whether your case really has merit, and whether it is financially beneficial for you and your attorney to proceed.In my opinion, I do not accept plastic surgery cases unless it is clear, based upon expert medical review, that there are departures from good care (not just that the patient is unhappy with the outcome of their boob job, or nose job), that the departures were a substantial factor in causing injury, and that the injury is permanent.Attorney Oginski has been in practice for over 16 years as a trial lawyer practicing exclusively in the State of New York. Having his own law firm, he is able to provide the utmost in personalized, individualized attention to each and every client. In our office, a client is not a file number. Client's are always treated with the respect they deserve and expect from a professional. Mr. Oginski is always aware of every aspect of a client's case from start to finish.Gerry represents injured people in injury cases and medical malpractice matters in Brooklyn, Queens, New York City, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. You can reach him at http://www.oginski-law.com, or 516-487-8207. All inquiries are free and totally confidential.
Keyword : Breast surgery, plastic surgery, breast, implant, implants, breast implants, boob job, breasts
Media: Privacy Rights - Publishing
Author : Rosanna Cooper
The case of Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others (2005), concerns the long running battle over the publication of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones' wedding photographs by Hello! magazine.Ok! had a £1m deal with the couple to publish exclusive pictures of the ceremony and the reception, however, Hello! Magazine used paparazzi images of the events to lessen the impact of the exclusive (known as a 'spoiler').On 18 May 2005, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment on the various appeals before it. The case is significant because it permitted the court to lay down guidance on a number of principles in the sphere of privacy.In the original judgement, the court found in favour of Michael and Catherine Douglas and OK! Magazine and awarded:OK! approximately £1m in damages for its commercial loss;Michael and Catherine Douglas £14,750 for distress and inconvenience; and
Hello! to pay approximately £1m in costs.Hello! appealed against this decision and the Court of Appeal held that:There is in effect a law of privacy now in the UK prohibiting the unwarranted publication of private details of celebrities and other individuals;At the time the photographs were published by Hello! they had not yet emerged into the public domain but they plainly portrayed aspects of the Douglas's private life, and fell within the protection of the law of confidentiality, as extended to cover private or personal information;
The appeal against the award of damages to the Douglas's was therefore dismissed;Privacy rights are personal and cannot be transferred as if they were commercial rights;OK! magazine did not therefore enjoy any rights against Hello! in relation to the spoiler, even though they had exclusive rights to photographs of the event;The damages awarded to OK would be disallowed; and
The right to privacy would be enforced by means of a pre-publication injunction.This case is an important decision in the law of privacy:-Firstly, the court found that its own earlier decision to lift the interim injunction granted to Michael and Catherine Douglas was wrongly decided, and that it should have remained in place as damages would not have been an adequate remedy at the trial; andSecondly, the court found that following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Von Hannover v Germany (2004), the UK courts have a duty to protect the privacy rights given to individuals by virtue of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.This means that the prospects of individuals succeeding in bringing injunctions to protect their privacy have improved. This decision is likely to affect all publishers with exclusive rights in these circumstances as rivals may be free to run 'spoilers' without fear of legal challenge. Hello! is appealing to the House of Lords.If you require further information contact us.Email: enquiries@rtcoopers.com© RT COOPERS, 2005. This Briefing Note does not provide a comprehensive or complete statement of the law relating to the issues discussed nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to highlight general issues. Specialist legal advice should always be sought in relation to particular circumstances.Rosanna Cooper is a partner in RT Coopers Solicitors a full service law firm in London. The firm specialises in media and entertainment law advising film companies, record labels, producers and directors on all aspects of media law.Contact us at enquiries@rtcoopers.com. visit our website at http://www.rtcoopers.com
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The case of Douglas and others v Hello! Ltd and others (2005), concerns the long running battle over the publication of Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones' wedding photographs by Hello! magazine.Ok! had a £1m deal with the couple to publish exclusive pictures of the ceremony and the reception, however, Hello! Magazine used paparazzi images of the events to lessen the impact of the exclusive (known as a 'spoiler').On 18 May 2005, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment on the various appeals before it. The case is significant because it permitted the court to lay down guidance on a number of principles in the sphere of privacy.In the original judgement, the court found in favour of Michael and Catherine Douglas and OK! Magazine and awarded:OK! approximately £1m in damages for its commercial loss;Michael and Catherine Douglas £14,750 for distress and inconvenience; and
Hello! to pay approximately £1m in costs.Hello! appealed against this decision and the Court of Appeal held that:There is in effect a law of privacy now in the UK prohibiting the unwarranted publication of private details of celebrities and other individuals;At the time the photographs were published by Hello! they had not yet emerged into the public domain but they plainly portrayed aspects of the Douglas's private life, and fell within the protection of the law of confidentiality, as extended to cover private or personal information;
The appeal against the award of damages to the Douglas's was therefore dismissed;Privacy rights are personal and cannot be transferred as if they were commercial rights;OK! magazine did not therefore enjoy any rights against Hello! in relation to the spoiler, even though they had exclusive rights to photographs of the event;The damages awarded to OK would be disallowed; and
The right to privacy would be enforced by means of a pre-publication injunction.This case is an important decision in the law of privacy:-Firstly, the court found that its own earlier decision to lift the interim injunction granted to Michael and Catherine Douglas was wrongly decided, and that it should have remained in place as damages would not have been an adequate remedy at the trial; andSecondly, the court found that following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Von Hannover v Germany (2004), the UK courts have a duty to protect the privacy rights given to individuals by virtue of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.This means that the prospects of individuals succeeding in bringing injunctions to protect their privacy have improved. This decision is likely to affect all publishers with exclusive rights in these circumstances as rivals may be free to run 'spoilers' without fear of legal challenge. Hello! is appealing to the House of Lords.If you require further information contact us.Email: enquiries@rtcoopers.com© RT COOPERS, 2005. This Briefing Note does not provide a comprehensive or complete statement of the law relating to the issues discussed nor does it constitute legal advice. It is intended only to highlight general issues. Specialist legal advice should always be sought in relation to particular circumstances.Rosanna Cooper is a partner in RT Coopers Solicitors a full service law firm in London. The firm specialises in media and entertainment law advising film companies, record labels, producers and directors on all aspects of media law.Contact us at enquiries@rtcoopers.com. visit our website at http://www.rtcoopers.com
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The Benefits to Hiring a Lawyer
Author : Philipp Kostins
Some people may assume that hiring a lawyer and working with a lawyer during a legal issue will be comparable to the client/attorney relationship portrayed on television. However, the reality is that the proceedings are often very different.While most television proceedings are highly charged and full of courtroom actions, your lawyer will probably doing more research, paper filing and phone work behind the scenes than actual courtroom litigation. Because motions and research that you will not see will make up most of your legal case, it is important to understand exactly what you should expect from your attorney.By hiring a lawyer you will have access to expert legal experience, knowledge of uncommon laws, legal advice, support and open communication. This type of service is especially valuable for individuals with no prior knowledge of the law they are trying to fight. Experience can also help clients avoid costly legal mistakes that they might have made on their own.Aside from the regular service provided by an attorney, you can also expect certain rights to be upheld during your client/attorney relationship. These rights include confidentiality, protection of your interests, diligent representation, and competent representation.The right of confidentiality means that the lawyer cannot talk about or compromise any information that you pass along to them during the course of business. This information can include such mundane things as business ideas or operating secrets, but can also include such things as facts concerning your innocence or guilt.The right of protection of your interests involves more than just confidentiality. It also means that your lawyer cannot represent any other client that has business that may be adverse to your business while representing you. This does not mean that a lawyer cannot represent both you and your partner in legal business matters, it just means that he or she cannot represent both of you if your interests in that business become a conflict, for instance, during the sell of your business. It also means that your lawyer cannot represent both you and the defendant in case, but they can, however, represent you and the owner of your competition as long as neither of you has legal business with each other.The right of diligent representation means that your lawyer must put a fair amount of time into your case and use all of his or her available talents and knowledge to defend your side of the argument. Diligent representation also means that your lawyer has a duty to keep you informed of all aspects of your legal issue in a timely manner. If you find yourself conversing more with a legal aid than your own attorney, it may be time to rethink your relationship and look into hiring a lawyer that has more time to devote to your case.The right of competent representation means that your lawyer must do all that he or she can to represent you in the best possible manner. If he or she is unfamiliar with an aspect of your case, then they must educate themselves on the issue or recommend you to another lawyer that can better handle your issue. Although your attorney has the right to take a reasonable amount of time to educate themselves on your case, some cases will be to complex to learn in a few days or weeks and your attorney should be professional enough to admit when they are in over their head and refer you another lawyer.By understanding your rights as a client and the expectations of an attorney/client relationship you will be better able to choose a lawyer that is right for you. You will also be better prepared to aid your lawyer in your case and understand the legal aspects of each step along the way.© 2005 LawyerVista, a website where you can find a lawyer in your city or state, including Sexual harrassment lawyers and Employee lawyers. You may reprint this article as long as you don't alter or edit it in any way and include the author's credits and this copyright notice including a working link to us
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Some people may assume that hiring a lawyer and working with a lawyer during a legal issue will be comparable to the client/attorney relationship portrayed on television. However, the reality is that the proceedings are often very different.While most television proceedings are highly charged and full of courtroom actions, your lawyer will probably doing more research, paper filing and phone work behind the scenes than actual courtroom litigation. Because motions and research that you will not see will make up most of your legal case, it is important to understand exactly what you should expect from your attorney.By hiring a lawyer you will have access to expert legal experience, knowledge of uncommon laws, legal advice, support and open communication. This type of service is especially valuable for individuals with no prior knowledge of the law they are trying to fight. Experience can also help clients avoid costly legal mistakes that they might have made on their own.Aside from the regular service provided by an attorney, you can also expect certain rights to be upheld during your client/attorney relationship. These rights include confidentiality, protection of your interests, diligent representation, and competent representation.The right of confidentiality means that the lawyer cannot talk about or compromise any information that you pass along to them during the course of business. This information can include such mundane things as business ideas or operating secrets, but can also include such things as facts concerning your innocence or guilt.The right of protection of your interests involves more than just confidentiality. It also means that your lawyer cannot represent any other client that has business that may be adverse to your business while representing you. This does not mean that a lawyer cannot represent both you and your partner in legal business matters, it just means that he or she cannot represent both of you if your interests in that business become a conflict, for instance, during the sell of your business. It also means that your lawyer cannot represent both you and the defendant in case, but they can, however, represent you and the owner of your competition as long as neither of you has legal business with each other.The right of diligent representation means that your lawyer must put a fair amount of time into your case and use all of his or her available talents and knowledge to defend your side of the argument. Diligent representation also means that your lawyer has a duty to keep you informed of all aspects of your legal issue in a timely manner. If you find yourself conversing more with a legal aid than your own attorney, it may be time to rethink your relationship and look into hiring a lawyer that has more time to devote to your case.The right of competent representation means that your lawyer must do all that he or she can to represent you in the best possible manner. If he or she is unfamiliar with an aspect of your case, then they must educate themselves on the issue or recommend you to another lawyer that can better handle your issue. Although your attorney has the right to take a reasonable amount of time to educate themselves on your case, some cases will be to complex to learn in a few days or weeks and your attorney should be professional enough to admit when they are in over their head and refer you another lawyer.By understanding your rights as a client and the expectations of an attorney/client relationship you will be better able to choose a lawyer that is right for you. You will also be better prepared to aid your lawyer in your case and understand the legal aspects of each step along the way.© 2005 LawyerVista, a website where you can find a lawyer in your city or state, including Sexual harrassment lawyers and Employee lawyers. You may reprint this article as long as you don't alter or edit it in any way and include the author's credits and this copyright notice including a working link to us
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Texas - Adopting a Child
Author : Todd Going
Adopting a child is one of the most loving gestures that someone can provide. Welcoming a new child into a family is both a joyous celebration and rewarding. In Texas, one of the few drawbacks of child adoption is the large amount of legal paperwork and waiting time involved in the process.The paper work is something that cannot be avoided if you wish to adopt your child legally. The waiting period is also vital because it ensures the quality and integrity of the parents, as well as the living environment the child will be presented with. Texas law goes the extra mile to protect children from potentially harmful relationships so it is very important that the paperwork is done correctly and in a timely fashion.In certain cases, when older children or adults are adopted, numerous considerations must be made in order to provide for the new status and transfer of responsibilities to the parents. Adopting adult children requires a certain level of trust between the two parties and the adoptee must be willing to surrender part of their identity to grow with this new family.In Texas, Legal counsel can greatly increase the efficiency and expedite the long paper-work process. Hiring a qualified Texas adoption lawyer is often the best resource in these types of situations.To learn more about adopting a child in Texas, please visit http://www.setexasfamilylaw.com for more information. This article may be freely reprinted as long as this resource box is included and all links stay intact as hyperlinks.
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Adopting a child is one of the most loving gestures that someone can provide. Welcoming a new child into a family is both a joyous celebration and rewarding. In Texas, one of the few drawbacks of child adoption is the large amount of legal paperwork and waiting time involved in the process.The paper work is something that cannot be avoided if you wish to adopt your child legally. The waiting period is also vital because it ensures the quality and integrity of the parents, as well as the living environment the child will be presented with. Texas law goes the extra mile to protect children from potentially harmful relationships so it is very important that the paperwork is done correctly and in a timely fashion.In certain cases, when older children or adults are adopted, numerous considerations must be made in order to provide for the new status and transfer of responsibilities to the parents. Adopting adult children requires a certain level of trust between the two parties and the adoptee must be willing to surrender part of their identity to grow with this new family.In Texas, Legal counsel can greatly increase the efficiency and expedite the long paper-work process. Hiring a qualified Texas adoption lawyer is often the best resource in these types of situations.To learn more about adopting a child in Texas, please visit http://www.setexasfamilylaw.com for more information. This article may be freely reprinted as long as this resource box is included and all links stay intact as hyperlinks.
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What Does Speed, Time and Distance Have to Do with My Car Accident Case?
Author : Gerry Oginski
Everything. In order to evaluate liability, a trial lawyer must be able to figure out your speed, the time it took to arrive at the accident point and the distance you travelled from one point to another.We only need two out of the three elements to figure out the third. For example, if you travelled 100 feet in 10 seconds, we can easily calculate your speed. If you were travelling at 50 miles per hour, and you drove 1/4 mile, we can calculate exactly how long it took for you to travel that distance.Speed, time and distance are crucial in determining liability in your case. What do you think the outcome would be in a case if you didn't exactly know your speed, and you testified that you were travelling at 10 miles per hour, and it took you 2 minutes to travel 100 feet. Obviously, the numbers you recall or estimate are not accurate because they are totally inconsistent with physics.Keep in mind that it's not always crucial for you to know exactly all the details involved in your accident. There are usually other witnesses involved who can add to whatever information you have. Anyway, when your credibility is at stake, you must tell the truth, and understand that while driving you are not looking to calculate speed, time and distance in anticipation of a pending accident or lawsuit.Attorney Oginski has been in practice for 17 years as a trial lawyer practicing exclusively in the State of New York. Having his own law firm, he is able to provide the utmost in personalized, individualized attention to each and every client. In our office, a client is not a file number. Client's are always treated with the respect they deserve and expect from a professional. Mr. Oginski is always aware of every aspect of a client's case from start to finish.Gerry represents injured people in injury cases and medical malpractice matters in Brooklyn, Queens, New York City, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. You can reach him at http://www.oginski-law.com, or 516-487-8207. All inquiries are free and totally confidential.
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Everything. In order to evaluate liability, a trial lawyer must be able to figure out your speed, the time it took to arrive at the accident point and the distance you travelled from one point to another.We only need two out of the three elements to figure out the third. For example, if you travelled 100 feet in 10 seconds, we can easily calculate your speed. If you were travelling at 50 miles per hour, and you drove 1/4 mile, we can calculate exactly how long it took for you to travel that distance.Speed, time and distance are crucial in determining liability in your case. What do you think the outcome would be in a case if you didn't exactly know your speed, and you testified that you were travelling at 10 miles per hour, and it took you 2 minutes to travel 100 feet. Obviously, the numbers you recall or estimate are not accurate because they are totally inconsistent with physics.Keep in mind that it's not always crucial for you to know exactly all the details involved in your accident. There are usually other witnesses involved who can add to whatever information you have. Anyway, when your credibility is at stake, you must tell the truth, and understand that while driving you are not looking to calculate speed, time and distance in anticipation of a pending accident or lawsuit.Attorney Oginski has been in practice for 17 years as a trial lawyer practicing exclusively in the State of New York. Having his own law firm, he is able to provide the utmost in personalized, individualized attention to each and every client. In our office, a client is not a file number. Client's are always treated with the respect they deserve and expect from a professional. Mr. Oginski is always aware of every aspect of a client's case from start to finish.Gerry represents injured people in injury cases and medical malpractice matters in Brooklyn, Queens, New York City, the Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk Counties. You can reach him at http://www.oginski-law.com, or 516-487-8207. All inquiries are free and totally confidential.
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Drafting a Will
Author : Mansi Aggarwal
As one progresses to the threshold of old age, worries and anxieties seem to grip more tightly. Not a second goes when the thought of one's family especially children take a leave. The very thought of what will happen next clutches the person and this makes his present life a bundle of misery. However, there is a way out to all these tensions and to bathe in perfect bliss, to draft or make your Will.Often the thought of making a will seems perturbing to people. They think that they are and will be present to settle all the monetary and other issues. But, the fact is that life is no one's best friend. It can betray anyone at any time; it is too precarious to be trusted upon. So, one should avoid taking risks and plan a Will at the right time.There are several merits to making a will-• Allows you to follow your choice—whatever you have accumulated throughout your life should not at the end be at the discretion of others. You should govern the decision that who will what and how much, after all it is your money and property that you propose to be divided amongst your beneficiaries.• Good Bye disputes—'Money makes the Mare go'…it is right that the glimmer of wealth can make anybody blind. Most often the unplanned assets are a source of argument amongst the family members for everyone claims to maximum share of it. But if the allocation is pre decided through a Will, there is no scope for all these uninvited and execrated quarrels.• The Veiled reaches the Safe Hands—there are certain secret riches or assets that people do not disclose even to their nearest ones during their lifetime. This can be due to many personal reasons. However, you cannot be a guard to these clandestine possessions always. So, through a will it is better to assign them to your closest ones so that they can enjoy the fruits of your prudence and sweat.• Can replace tears with smiles—a properly formulated Will that takes care of all your near and dear ones, is certainly a delight to them. They revere and miss you all the more for you decided to fulfill their priorities and wishes even in your absence .• Last but not the least, Wills are not just meant to benefit your survivors after your death but they can take care of your present life also like the Living Will that is a great help in case of any accident or unforeseen trouble.The Other Key Points• Any 18 year old or above can draft a Will. But Wills are actually meaningful in case of adults from 30 to 35 onwards.• There are different types of Wills and so separate ways to draft them. Before formulating a Will, you should know your desires and requirements.i) Holographic Wills- a legal document handwritten by the Testator and also signed in their hand this Will is largely meant in case of intricate family situation and huge assets.ii) Legal Will- is that document which is signed by two witnesses and is prepared by a lawyer according to the needs of the testator.iii) Living Wills-those that give you the opportunity to the kind of medical care and assistance in case of crisis like accident.iv) Self –Proved Will- has certain terms and conditions forwarded by the State. This Will need not be handwritten but requires the signature of the testator along with the witnesses.v) Ethical Wills- not a legal Will but a personal assessment of one's values, beliefs etc. among several other things.vi) Living Trusts• These different Wills have respective ways to formulate them and other requirements like choosing an executor, witness, attorneys etc. once you make up your mind for the kind of Will you are looking forward depending on your interest and wishes, it is better to consult any an attorney to know its details. Draft a Will only when you are acquainted with all the particulars of it.• Take some time to think about the beneficiaries, executor and the assets you want to be included etc. Never rush into things. Remember your carefulness is a means to your happiness.Mansi aggarwal writes about drafting a will. Learn more at http://www.draftyourwill.com .
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As one progresses to the threshold of old age, worries and anxieties seem to grip more tightly. Not a second goes when the thought of one's family especially children take a leave. The very thought of what will happen next clutches the person and this makes his present life a bundle of misery. However, there is a way out to all these tensions and to bathe in perfect bliss, to draft or make your Will.Often the thought of making a will seems perturbing to people. They think that they are and will be present to settle all the monetary and other issues. But, the fact is that life is no one's best friend. It can betray anyone at any time; it is too precarious to be trusted upon. So, one should avoid taking risks and plan a Will at the right time.There are several merits to making a will-• Allows you to follow your choice—whatever you have accumulated throughout your life should not at the end be at the discretion of others. You should govern the decision that who will what and how much, after all it is your money and property that you propose to be divided amongst your beneficiaries.• Good Bye disputes—'Money makes the Mare go'…it is right that the glimmer of wealth can make anybody blind. Most often the unplanned assets are a source of argument amongst the family members for everyone claims to maximum share of it. But if the allocation is pre decided through a Will, there is no scope for all these uninvited and execrated quarrels.• The Veiled reaches the Safe Hands—there are certain secret riches or assets that people do not disclose even to their nearest ones during their lifetime. This can be due to many personal reasons. However, you cannot be a guard to these clandestine possessions always. So, through a will it is better to assign them to your closest ones so that they can enjoy the fruits of your prudence and sweat.• Can replace tears with smiles—a properly formulated Will that takes care of all your near and dear ones, is certainly a delight to them. They revere and miss you all the more for you decided to fulfill their priorities and wishes even in your absence .• Last but not the least, Wills are not just meant to benefit your survivors after your death but they can take care of your present life also like the Living Will that is a great help in case of any accident or unforeseen trouble.The Other Key Points• Any 18 year old or above can draft a Will. But Wills are actually meaningful in case of adults from 30 to 35 onwards.• There are different types of Wills and so separate ways to draft them. Before formulating a Will, you should know your desires and requirements.i) Holographic Wills- a legal document handwritten by the Testator and also signed in their hand this Will is largely meant in case of intricate family situation and huge assets.ii) Legal Will- is that document which is signed by two witnesses and is prepared by a lawyer according to the needs of the testator.iii) Living Wills-those that give you the opportunity to the kind of medical care and assistance in case of crisis like accident.iv) Self –Proved Will- has certain terms and conditions forwarded by the State. This Will need not be handwritten but requires the signature of the testator along with the witnesses.v) Ethical Wills- not a legal Will but a personal assessment of one's values, beliefs etc. among several other things.vi) Living Trusts• These different Wills have respective ways to formulate them and other requirements like choosing an executor, witness, attorneys etc. once you make up your mind for the kind of Will you are looking forward depending on your interest and wishes, it is better to consult any an attorney to know its details. Draft a Will only when you are acquainted with all the particulars of it.• Take some time to think about the beneficiaries, executor and the assets you want to be included etc. Never rush into things. Remember your carefulness is a means to your happiness.Mansi aggarwal writes about drafting a will. Learn more at http://www.draftyourwill.com .
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Child Custody Agreement and Taxes
Author : Jean Mahserjian
A child custody agreement can have serious implications on your tax filing and your taxes overall. This issue should be addressed with your attorney or with your accountant while you are going through the process of negotiating or litigating child custody or a divorce agreement. Waiting until after you have finalized a child custody agreement to investigate the tax impact is not adviseable.State law on child custody does not dictate who gets the tax deductions. If your child custody agreement is entirely silent on this issue, the parent with primary residential or sole custody will have all of the tax benefits available through the children. That party will be able to claim the children as deductions, and so forth. This can be a significant issue. There are parents who simply assume that if they are paying thousands of dollars per year in support, they will be able to take the children as deductions. Not so. This is incredibly important when you consider that all child support payments are not tax deductible to the payor and they are not taxable to the recipient parent.Thus, when negotiating your child cusody agreement, you must address the issue of how custody will be structured and who will recieve the tax benefits. This negotiation should be a part of an overall financial scheme that encompasses a consideration of all issues, including child custody, child support, property, alimony, and tax impact.The ability to claim head of household instead of married filing separate or even filing single can be incredibly important to your overall tax scheme. You can claim head of household if you have your children for more than 50% of the time. Thus, a head of household tax filing should be a part of the overall negiating outline in a divorce or separation situation. A child custody agreement that is silent on this issue is really not a well negotiated or written agreement.Your child custody agreement can address this issue in a number of ways. If your child custody agreement provides for joint shared custody, it must state who has the children for 50% of the time. If you have two children, you can divide that up so that each parent has the possibility of fiing for head of household. If you simply have joint custody and one parent has residential custody, you can still provide a head of household deduction to the other parent by wording the agreement in a way that allows for that filing.There are other tax benefits available to parents that have to be considered when negotiating a child custody agreement. Many or most of those tax benefits are variable depending upon your income level ad whether or not you can claim the child or children as deductions. If you are really thinking through your child custody agreement, you will negotiate all of these benefits. The objective should be to maximize all available benefits for both parties, thereby providing an overall highly advantageous tax impact for your child custody agreement.Jean Mahserjian has practiced family law for close to two decades and is the author of many books devoted to helping consumers understand family law, including the issues of child custody and support. To download free excerpts from her family law books, visit: Winning at Custody
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A child custody agreement can have serious implications on your tax filing and your taxes overall. This issue should be addressed with your attorney or with your accountant while you are going through the process of negotiating or litigating child custody or a divorce agreement. Waiting until after you have finalized a child custody agreement to investigate the tax impact is not adviseable.State law on child custody does not dictate who gets the tax deductions. If your child custody agreement is entirely silent on this issue, the parent with primary residential or sole custody will have all of the tax benefits available through the children. That party will be able to claim the children as deductions, and so forth. This can be a significant issue. There are parents who simply assume that if they are paying thousands of dollars per year in support, they will be able to take the children as deductions. Not so. This is incredibly important when you consider that all child support payments are not tax deductible to the payor and they are not taxable to the recipient parent.Thus, when negotiating your child cusody agreement, you must address the issue of how custody will be structured and who will recieve the tax benefits. This negotiation should be a part of an overall financial scheme that encompasses a consideration of all issues, including child custody, child support, property, alimony, and tax impact.The ability to claim head of household instead of married filing separate or even filing single can be incredibly important to your overall tax scheme. You can claim head of household if you have your children for more than 50% of the time. Thus, a head of household tax filing should be a part of the overall negiating outline in a divorce or separation situation. A child custody agreement that is silent on this issue is really not a well negotiated or written agreement.Your child custody agreement can address this issue in a number of ways. If your child custody agreement provides for joint shared custody, it must state who has the children for 50% of the time. If you have two children, you can divide that up so that each parent has the possibility of fiing for head of household. If you simply have joint custody and one parent has residential custody, you can still provide a head of household deduction to the other parent by wording the agreement in a way that allows for that filing.There are other tax benefits available to parents that have to be considered when negotiating a child custody agreement. Many or most of those tax benefits are variable depending upon your income level ad whether or not you can claim the child or children as deductions. If you are really thinking through your child custody agreement, you will negotiate all of these benefits. The objective should be to maximize all available benefits for both parties, thereby providing an overall highly advantageous tax impact for your child custody agreement.Jean Mahserjian has practiced family law for close to two decades and is the author of many books devoted to helping consumers understand family law, including the issues of child custody and support. To download free excerpts from her family law books, visit: Winning at Custody
Keyword : child custody,divorce,divorce agreement,child support,divorce and child placement,custody agreement
Personal Injury Compensation - The Edge
Author : Mohammad Latif
There are too many situations in which an accident injury can happen. Whether outside or at home, even if you are a careful person, the rest of the world is not as perfect. The only thing you can really do is to protect yourself from the painful consequences of personal injuries and, if anything happens to you, all you can do is claim for personal injury compensation.All injuries, particularly the severe ones, have more or less traumatic experiences and they can seriously affect both your personal life and work. Such situations can make you a victim in two ways: first by the injury itself as damage to your health and second by the moral, social and material losses following the accident.You can't turn back the flow of time and avoid what has already happened but a personal injury claim can compensate you for the rest of your problems.Bad Experiences?In the past, many companies offered their services to injured people using harassing and not very honest methods. They intruded accident victims at home, pushed ill people into court cases and sucked their wallets dry regardless of the final verdicts.Even if a person won their injury claim, they would get only a small piece of the compensation, because these companies took most of their money for their fees and other costs.They didn't care about the well being of their clients - only about 'the profit'. People were bitter and they felt conned by their advisors - and any advisor should be a trustworthy person.This situation changed with putting the 'No Win No Fee' policy into practice. What was even better, the policy evolved into 'Win Or No Win No Fee' rule. The new methods for solicitors had changed the form of injury compensation claims and made them what they should be from the very beginning: the help and relief for people suffering from personal injury.What Does 'No Win - No Fee' Policy Really Mean?Each personal injury compensation claim needs money. The injury has to be assessed and the medical report must be prepared. The court fees and other payments must be paid, too. And finally, the no win no fee solicitor should earn something as well.But does it mean all these costs ought to be paid by you? Absolutely not! After all, the aftermath of an injury itself is expensive and troublesome enough and you need every penny from your compensation. More than just need: you deserve it!The deal is simple. First of all: you choose a personal injury solicitor and contact them, not inversely.If you employ them, the solicitor pays all the fees and bills along the way to your injury claim settlement. They take care of everything. These costs are paid by the solicitor whether you win or lose your compensation claim. They put their money, not your, into the case and they take all the risk. If they lose your claim, you don't lose a penny - why would you, if they didn't help you?If you win, you get 100% of your injury compensation money and the solicitor receives all payments, fees and bills from the losers or their insurance company. This kind of deal is absolutely safe for you and - what is quite logical - it assures you that the personal injury solicitor will do their best to win. As you can see, the 'No Win No Fee' method is simple and honest - no hidden costs, no small print, no strings attached.Any personal injury is a big problem itself. Serious injuries can drastically change your life. But with the right solicitor's help and later, with the money from successful personal injury compensation claim, you can easily return to the normality.The health problems, any psychological damage, costs of medical treatment, loss of income, job issues and many others losses may be compensated thanks to a personal injury claim.It's easy to claim for personal injury compensation, if you know how. Learn the new injury claim culture at http://www.compensationsecrets.co.uk/personal-injury-compensation.html and get a free assessment.
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There are too many situations in which an accident injury can happen. Whether outside or at home, even if you are a careful person, the rest of the world is not as perfect. The only thing you can really do is to protect yourself from the painful consequences of personal injuries and, if anything happens to you, all you can do is claim for personal injury compensation.All injuries, particularly the severe ones, have more or less traumatic experiences and they can seriously affect both your personal life and work. Such situations can make you a victim in two ways: first by the injury itself as damage to your health and second by the moral, social and material losses following the accident.You can't turn back the flow of time and avoid what has already happened but a personal injury claim can compensate you for the rest of your problems.Bad Experiences?In the past, many companies offered their services to injured people using harassing and not very honest methods. They intruded accident victims at home, pushed ill people into court cases and sucked their wallets dry regardless of the final verdicts.Even if a person won their injury claim, they would get only a small piece of the compensation, because these companies took most of their money for their fees and other costs.They didn't care about the well being of their clients - only about 'the profit'. People were bitter and they felt conned by their advisors - and any advisor should be a trustworthy person.This situation changed with putting the 'No Win No Fee' policy into practice. What was even better, the policy evolved into 'Win Or No Win No Fee' rule. The new methods for solicitors had changed the form of injury compensation claims and made them what they should be from the very beginning: the help and relief for people suffering from personal injury.What Does 'No Win - No Fee' Policy Really Mean?Each personal injury compensation claim needs money. The injury has to be assessed and the medical report must be prepared. The court fees and other payments must be paid, too. And finally, the no win no fee solicitor should earn something as well.But does it mean all these costs ought to be paid by you? Absolutely not! After all, the aftermath of an injury itself is expensive and troublesome enough and you need every penny from your compensation. More than just need: you deserve it!The deal is simple. First of all: you choose a personal injury solicitor and contact them, not inversely.If you employ them, the solicitor pays all the fees and bills along the way to your injury claim settlement. They take care of everything. These costs are paid by the solicitor whether you win or lose your compensation claim. They put their money, not your, into the case and they take all the risk. If they lose your claim, you don't lose a penny - why would you, if they didn't help you?If you win, you get 100% of your injury compensation money and the solicitor receives all payments, fees and bills from the losers or their insurance company. This kind of deal is absolutely safe for you and - what is quite logical - it assures you that the personal injury solicitor will do their best to win. As you can see, the 'No Win No Fee' method is simple and honest - no hidden costs, no small print, no strings attached.Any personal injury is a big problem itself. Serious injuries can drastically change your life. But with the right solicitor's help and later, with the money from successful personal injury compensation claim, you can easily return to the normality.The health problems, any psychological damage, costs of medical treatment, loss of income, job issues and many others losses may be compensated thanks to a personal injury claim.It's easy to claim for personal injury compensation, if you know how. Learn the new injury claim culture at http://www.compensationsecrets.co.uk/personal-injury-compensation.html and get a free assessment.
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Interest Paid to Overseas Companies Taxable in India
Author : Alishan Naqvee
Overseas companies receiving interest on borrowings utilised in India are liable to receive such interest subject to applicable withholding taxes in India.In a recent ruling the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has held that interest on debentures paid to an investor, who is a resident of Mauritius, is subject to withholding tax in India, unless it is specifically exempted.The AAR had been approached by an Indian company for ascertainment of its liability to deduct tax at source for payment of interest on partly-convertible debentures to a company incorporated in Mauritius. The Indian company argued that the interest income payable was exempt from tax in India owing to Article 11(4) of the Indo-Mauritius tax treaty. In terms of Article 11(4) of the treaty, interest arising in Country A derived and beneficially owned by any person who is a resident of Country B shall be exempt from tax in Country A subject to and to the extent approved by the Government of Country A provided that the transaction giving rise to the debt claim has been approved in this regard by the Government of Country A.It was contended by the Indian company that all conditions laid down under Article had been met as (a) the recipient of interest was a resident of Mauritius and beneficial owner of the debentures, and (b) the Indian company had obtained Reserve Bank of India approval for payment of interest on debentures, which approval amounted to approval by the government.The AAR, however, held that Reserve Bank of India's approval was under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act whereas tax exemption under Article 11(4) can be granted only by the finance ministry. In the absence of any tax exemption accorded under Indian tax laws or the tax treaty, the Indian company was obliged to deduct tax at source at the prevailing rates in force. Mere approval from the Reserve Bank of India for the issue of such securities to a non-resident does not imply approval for tax exemption, the AAR said.Alishan Naqvee has substantial experience in areas of transactional law and dispute resolution and he regularly authors articles on Indian legal issues.
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Overseas companies receiving interest on borrowings utilised in India are liable to receive such interest subject to applicable withholding taxes in India.In a recent ruling the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) has held that interest on debentures paid to an investor, who is a resident of Mauritius, is subject to withholding tax in India, unless it is specifically exempted.The AAR had been approached by an Indian company for ascertainment of its liability to deduct tax at source for payment of interest on partly-convertible debentures to a company incorporated in Mauritius. The Indian company argued that the interest income payable was exempt from tax in India owing to Article 11(4) of the Indo-Mauritius tax treaty. In terms of Article 11(4) of the treaty, interest arising in Country A derived and beneficially owned by any person who is a resident of Country B shall be exempt from tax in Country A subject to and to the extent approved by the Government of Country A provided that the transaction giving rise to the debt claim has been approved in this regard by the Government of Country A.It was contended by the Indian company that all conditions laid down under Article had been met as (a) the recipient of interest was a resident of Mauritius and beneficial owner of the debentures, and (b) the Indian company had obtained Reserve Bank of India approval for payment of interest on debentures, which approval amounted to approval by the government.The AAR, however, held that Reserve Bank of India's approval was under the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act whereas tax exemption under Article 11(4) can be granted only by the finance ministry. In the absence of any tax exemption accorded under Indian tax laws or the tax treaty, the Indian company was obliged to deduct tax at source at the prevailing rates in force. Mere approval from the Reserve Bank of India for the issue of such securities to a non-resident does not imply approval for tax exemption, the AAR said.Alishan Naqvee has substantial experience in areas of transactional law and dispute resolution and he regularly authors articles on Indian legal issues.
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Voting Rights Act of 1965: Rev. George Lee Remembered
Author : Susan Klopfer
Belzoni, Mississippi, a small Delta town once known for lynching and Saturday night gun fights, survived a tornado following Hurricane Katrina."We're up here in the Delta, away from the coast where they really got it. We didn't get the hurricane but we did get a tornado and it was pretty bad," said the owner of a used car lot at the northern edge of this cotton hamlet once known as "Bloody Belzoni."Katrina's subsequent winds and severe rains did in fact hurt most businesses in this community that has been slowly lifting itself up by the bootstraps since earlier days of civil rights violence.In recent years Belzoni leaders created a marketing plan, hoping to bring in new business: colorful five and six-foot acrylic statues of smiling catfish wearing polka-dot bow ties advertise Belzoni's newly self-acclaimed status of Catfish Capital of the World.The catfish are scattered throughout downtown. And a catfish barbecue and Delta blues celebration takes place each summer.For many Belzonians memories of past violence will never be erased despite marketing efforts, and it is near downtown, in a poor and vandalized neighborhood, where African Americans have placed a granite block at the beginning of a city street.Only "George Lee Avenue" is etched into the cold stone.But this tribute is to a beloved leader who died a violent death fifty years ago for their right to vote.
* * * *Rev. George Washington Lee, the first black person to register to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction, was shot to death on a neighborhood street while driving his car on the night of May 7, 1955.Some who knew Lee and have remained to grow old in this Delta town say their friend was a kind and brave man who was brutalized and killed by white men angered over his voting rights advocacy.LEE AND THE SECOND of Belzoni Citizen Council's prime targets, Gus Courts, both lived and ran small grocery businesses. Citizen's Councils were private Klan-influenced organizations formed in the Delta in 1954 to scare black citizens away from the polls and keep integration from taking place.Lee also preached, often using his pulpit and his printing press to urge others to take action and vote.White officials once offered Lee protection on the condition he end his voter registration efforts, but Lee refused.Heading the town's new NAACP Chapter, Courts was ordered by his banker to turn over all NAACP books and when he refused, Courts was told to leave town. But he stayed.Once Courts was handed a list of ninety-five blacks registered in Humphreys County by a Citizens Council member who warned that anyone not removing their name from the voting list would lose their job. He later testified about his experiences before a Congressional Committee.Both Courts and Lee had tried for years to pay poll taxes in order to vote and were finally allowed to sign the register only after the county sheriff feared federal prosecution. Casting a ballot required a separate battle.The day of his murder, almost a year after Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education and three months before the lynching of Emmett Till in nearby Sunflower County, Rev. Lee visited with Courts to talk about the latest warning.Lee reported getting an earlier anonymous death threat demanding he remove his name from the voting list. He told Courts that he had a strange feeling about this particular threat.That night as Reverend Lee drove his car along Belzoni's Church Street, two gun blasts shattered the night stillness, and the minister's Buick sedan swerved over the curb and rammed into a frame house.With the lower left side of his face gone, Rev. George Lee staggered from the wreckage but died during transportation to the Humphreys County Memorial Hospital.When NAACP leader Medgar Evers arrived in Belzoni to investigate the murder of Rev. Lee, he was told by Sheriff Ike Shelton that Lee lost control of his car and died from the crash; the lead pellets found in his jaw tissues were dental fillings.An autopsy was not necessary for the "freak accident," Shelton said.But at Mrs. Lee's insistence, two black physicians examined her husband's body and reported the tissues contained pellets "fired at close range from a high-powered gun." They also found powder burns.Over the next few days, Evers and two national NAACP representatives met with eyewitnesses and the full story emerged:Lee had been followed by three men in another car.His right rear tire was punctured by a rifle shot and as he slowed, the second car "pulled parallel and a shotgun was fired point-blank into his face. There were also descriptions of the three men, with tentative identifications."Evers always doubted that any FBI investigation took place, since there was never any public report "or even a solid rumor" as to what was in the report.Rev. Lee's murder was a cold-blooded answer to demands for equal treatment coming from more Mississippi blacks and was backed by the lies of the sheriff and local police, Evers later reported; Evers was assassinated ten years later in his Jackson driveway by a Delta Klansman and member of the white Citizens Council.Recalled Aaron Henry of Clarksdale also a black Mississippi leader: "We felt we needed protection because the past had taught us that when one Negro is killed, stay out of town if your skin is black."Yet surprisingly for one of the first times, no protection was needed at the public funeral that took place in Belzoni."There wasn't a white man on the streets the day of the service, except for the press. There was a great turnout of Negroes for the funeral. This large presence of Negroes and absence of whites marked a turning point," Henry said.* * *
As Aaron Henry predicted, the murder of Rev. Lee became a critical turning point back in 1955; his untimely death would help prompt later passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) – one of the most successful civil rights laws in American history, guaranteeing millions of minority voters the equal opportunity to participate in elections and have their voices heard.VRA ended literacy tests, poll taxes and other methods of keeping blacks from voting that had long poisoned the roots of this country's democracy. In 1964, only 300 African Americans served in public office nationwide, including just three in Congress.But today, more than 9,100 black elected officials serve, including 43 members of Congress, the largest number ever, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. often simply called Inc.The VRA also opened politics for more than 6,000 Latino public officials including some 260 elected at the state or federal level, with 27 serving in Congress. Native Americans, Asians and others who have historically encountered harsh barriers to full political participation also have benefited greatly.Yet violations of the VRA still occur and the United States has yet to achieve the constitutional goal of equality of political opportunity.Inc. leaders and other who support voting rights reauthorization point to three crucial sections of the Voting Rights Act that will expire in 2007 unless Congress votes to renew them:*A requirement that states and local jurisdictions with a documented history of discriminatory voting practices submit planned changes in their election laws or procedures to the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. for pre-clearance. A bipartisan Congressional report in 1982 warned that without this provision, discrimination would reappear "overnight."* Requirements that communities with concentrations of voters who are Limited English Proficient provide them with bilingual election assistance including bilingual ballots, election materials, and pollworkers.*The authority to send federal examiners and observers to monitor elections.Inc. leaders and others involved in voting rights see these provisions as critical to ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for minorities in American politics:"At a time when America is vigorously engaged in promoting the ideal of multi-ethnic democracy in Iraq and across the globe, we need to ensure that lawmakers preserve and strengthen the necessary tools to ensure the continued success of democracy here at home. Reauthorization of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is a first step."
Keyword : voting rights act, civil rights movement, Rev. George Lee, Mississippi, Delta, blues
Belzoni, Mississippi, a small Delta town once known for lynching and Saturday night gun fights, survived a tornado following Hurricane Katrina."We're up here in the Delta, away from the coast where they really got it. We didn't get the hurricane but we did get a tornado and it was pretty bad," said the owner of a used car lot at the northern edge of this cotton hamlet once known as "Bloody Belzoni."Katrina's subsequent winds and severe rains did in fact hurt most businesses in this community that has been slowly lifting itself up by the bootstraps since earlier days of civil rights violence.In recent years Belzoni leaders created a marketing plan, hoping to bring in new business: colorful five and six-foot acrylic statues of smiling catfish wearing polka-dot bow ties advertise Belzoni's newly self-acclaimed status of Catfish Capital of the World.The catfish are scattered throughout downtown. And a catfish barbecue and Delta blues celebration takes place each summer.For many Belzonians memories of past violence will never be erased despite marketing efforts, and it is near downtown, in a poor and vandalized neighborhood, where African Americans have placed a granite block at the beginning of a city street.Only "George Lee Avenue" is etched into the cold stone.But this tribute is to a beloved leader who died a violent death fifty years ago for their right to vote.
* * * *Rev. George Washington Lee, the first black person to register to vote in Humphreys County since Reconstruction, was shot to death on a neighborhood street while driving his car on the night of May 7, 1955.Some who knew Lee and have remained to grow old in this Delta town say their friend was a kind and brave man who was brutalized and killed by white men angered over his voting rights advocacy.LEE AND THE SECOND of Belzoni Citizen Council's prime targets, Gus Courts, both lived and ran small grocery businesses. Citizen's Councils were private Klan-influenced organizations formed in the Delta in 1954 to scare black citizens away from the polls and keep integration from taking place.Lee also preached, often using his pulpit and his printing press to urge others to take action and vote.White officials once offered Lee protection on the condition he end his voter registration efforts, but Lee refused.Heading the town's new NAACP Chapter, Courts was ordered by his banker to turn over all NAACP books and when he refused, Courts was told to leave town. But he stayed.Once Courts was handed a list of ninety-five blacks registered in Humphreys County by a Citizens Council member who warned that anyone not removing their name from the voting list would lose their job. He later testified about his experiences before a Congressional Committee.Both Courts and Lee had tried for years to pay poll taxes in order to vote and were finally allowed to sign the register only after the county sheriff feared federal prosecution. Casting a ballot required a separate battle.The day of his murder, almost a year after Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education and three months before the lynching of Emmett Till in nearby Sunflower County, Rev. Lee visited with Courts to talk about the latest warning.Lee reported getting an earlier anonymous death threat demanding he remove his name from the voting list. He told Courts that he had a strange feeling about this particular threat.That night as Reverend Lee drove his car along Belzoni's Church Street, two gun blasts shattered the night stillness, and the minister's Buick sedan swerved over the curb and rammed into a frame house.With the lower left side of his face gone, Rev. George Lee staggered from the wreckage but died during transportation to the Humphreys County Memorial Hospital.When NAACP leader Medgar Evers arrived in Belzoni to investigate the murder of Rev. Lee, he was told by Sheriff Ike Shelton that Lee lost control of his car and died from the crash; the lead pellets found in his jaw tissues were dental fillings.An autopsy was not necessary for the "freak accident," Shelton said.But at Mrs. Lee's insistence, two black physicians examined her husband's body and reported the tissues contained pellets "fired at close range from a high-powered gun." They also found powder burns.Over the next few days, Evers and two national NAACP representatives met with eyewitnesses and the full story emerged:Lee had been followed by three men in another car.His right rear tire was punctured by a rifle shot and as he slowed, the second car "pulled parallel and a shotgun was fired point-blank into his face. There were also descriptions of the three men, with tentative identifications."Evers always doubted that any FBI investigation took place, since there was never any public report "or even a solid rumor" as to what was in the report.Rev. Lee's murder was a cold-blooded answer to demands for equal treatment coming from more Mississippi blacks and was backed by the lies of the sheriff and local police, Evers later reported; Evers was assassinated ten years later in his Jackson driveway by a Delta Klansman and member of the white Citizens Council.Recalled Aaron Henry of Clarksdale also a black Mississippi leader: "We felt we needed protection because the past had taught us that when one Negro is killed, stay out of town if your skin is black."Yet surprisingly for one of the first times, no protection was needed at the public funeral that took place in Belzoni."There wasn't a white man on the streets the day of the service, except for the press. There was a great turnout of Negroes for the funeral. This large presence of Negroes and absence of whites marked a turning point," Henry said.* * *
As Aaron Henry predicted, the murder of Rev. Lee became a critical turning point back in 1955; his untimely death would help prompt later passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) – one of the most successful civil rights laws in American history, guaranteeing millions of minority voters the equal opportunity to participate in elections and have their voices heard.VRA ended literacy tests, poll taxes and other methods of keeping blacks from voting that had long poisoned the roots of this country's democracy. In 1964, only 300 African Americans served in public office nationwide, including just three in Congress.But today, more than 9,100 black elected officials serve, including 43 members of Congress, the largest number ever, according to the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc. often simply called Inc.The VRA also opened politics for more than 6,000 Latino public officials including some 260 elected at the state or federal level, with 27 serving in Congress. Native Americans, Asians and others who have historically encountered harsh barriers to full political participation also have benefited greatly.Yet violations of the VRA still occur and the United States has yet to achieve the constitutional goal of equality of political opportunity.Inc. leaders and other who support voting rights reauthorization point to three crucial sections of the Voting Rights Act that will expire in 2007 unless Congress votes to renew them:*A requirement that states and local jurisdictions with a documented history of discriminatory voting practices submit planned changes in their election laws or procedures to the U.S. Department of Justice or the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. for pre-clearance. A bipartisan Congressional report in 1982 warned that without this provision, discrimination would reappear "overnight."* Requirements that communities with concentrations of voters who are Limited English Proficient provide them with bilingual election assistance including bilingual ballots, election materials, and pollworkers.*The authority to send federal examiners and observers to monitor elections.Inc. leaders and others involved in voting rights see these provisions as critical to ensuring fairness and equal opportunity for minorities in American politics:"At a time when America is vigorously engaged in promoting the ideal of multi-ethnic democracy in Iraq and across the globe, we need to ensure that lawmakers preserve and strengthen the necessary tools to ensure the continued success of democracy here at home. Reauthorization of the 1965 Voting Rights Act is a first step."
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California Mesothelioma Lawyer & Mesothelioma Attorney Facts
Author : Todd Going
Mesothelioma is a devastating form of cancer, but also rather uncommon. This disease stems from the inhalation or ingestion of asbestos particles. These particles can pierce the lungs, intestines and even heart. Particularly these particles irate the mesothelium, a protective sack that secrets fluids allowing organs to move properly. In addition, the mesothelium can develop cancerous tumors which can essentially spread throughout the body. Most people diagnosed with mesothelioma only live for around five years after the condition develops.Mesothelioma primarily affects three organs of the body. Affected areas include the lungs, the gastrointestinal tract and the heart. The most common form of mesothelioma is pleural mesothelioma. The second most common form of mesothelioma is peritoneal mesothelioma which destroys the stomach & intestines. The rarest form of mesothelioma is called pericardial mesothelioma, which attacks the membrane lubricates in the heart during circulation.There is currently no cure for mesothelioma, but victims of this terrible disease still have many options available for support. In addition to support from family & friends, it is also important to get legal support. Mesothelioma victims have many legal options to explore and it is very important that you contact a qualified mesothelioma lawyer as soon as possible.To learn more about California mesothelioma diagnosis, specifically Los Angeles mesothelioma and Orange County mesothelioma, please visit our website at http://www.san-diego-mesothelioma.com
Mesothelioma is a devastating form of cancer, but also rather uncommon. This disease stems from the inhalation or ingestion of asbestos particles. These particles can pierce the lungs, intestines and even heart. Particularly these particles irate the mesothelium, a protective sack that secrets fluids allowing organs to move properly. In addition, the mesothelium can develop cancerous tumors which can essentially spread throughout the body. Most people diagnosed with mesothelioma only live for around five years after the condition develops.Mesothelioma primarily affects three organs of the body. Affected areas include the lungs, the gastrointestinal tract and the heart. The most common form of mesothelioma is pleural mesothelioma. The second most common form of mesothelioma is peritoneal mesothelioma which destroys the stomach & intestines. The rarest form of mesothelioma is called pericardial mesothelioma, which attacks the membrane lubricates in the heart during circulation.There is currently no cure for mesothelioma, but victims of this terrible disease still have many options available for support. In addition to support from family & friends, it is also important to get legal support. Mesothelioma victims have many legal options to explore and it is very important that you contact a qualified mesothelioma lawyer as soon as possible.To learn more about California mesothelioma diagnosis, specifically Los Angeles mesothelioma and Orange County mesothelioma, please visit our website at http://www.san-diego-mesothelioma.com
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San Diego DUI Lawyers Report Breathalyzers Don't Measure Alcohol
Author : Lawrence Taylor
Arrested for drunk driving? A San Diego firm of DUI defense attorneys reports that breathalyzers used by law
enforcement do not actually measure alcohol -- and thus may produce
falsely high "blood alcohol" readings.According to the the Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, Inc., in San Diego,
California, most breathalyzers used in DUI cases by law enforcement
today use "infrared spectroscopy". This technology involves detection of
the "methyl group" in the molecular structure of alcohol. The problem is
that there are thousands of chemical compounds containing the methyl
group -- some of them found on the human breath. In one study
involving 28 subjects, for example, researchers found that the
"combined expired air comprises at least 102 various organic
compounds of endogenous and exogenous origin" ("Characterization of
Human Expired Air", 15 Journal of Chromatographic Sciences 240).If a person has any of these other compounds on his breath, called
"interferents" by the engineers, he will get a falsely high blood-alcohol
test result. And if there are two or more such compounds on his breath,
the machine will add them up and falsely report the total as the blood-
alcohol level.So what compounds can be found on your breath? According to the San
Diego DUI attorneys, diabetics with low blood sugar can have high
levels of acetone -- which is "seen" as alcohol by Breathalyzers. And
scientific studies have found that people on diets can have reduced
blood-sugar levels, causing acetone hundreds of times higher than
found in normal individuals (Frank and Flores, "The Likelihood of
Acetone Interference in Breath Alcohol Measurements", 3 Alcohol,
Drugs and Driving 1). And there are many other so-called "interferents"
affecting breathalyzer resultsIf you are a smoker, your breathalyzer result is likely to be higher than
expected. The compound acetaldehyde -- containing the methyl group
and so reported by the Breathalyzer as "alcohol" -- is produced in the
human body as a by-product in metabolizing consumed alcohol, and
eventually passes into the lungs and breath. Researchers have
discovered that levels of acetaldehyde in the lungs can be 30 times
higher in smokers than in non-smokers. Result: higher BAC readings on
the machine.The San Diego DUI lawyers report that common household products,
such as paint, glue, gasoline, and thinners also contain the methyl
group. No, you don't have to drink the stuff: simply absorbing it through
your skin or inhaling the fumes can result in significant levels of the
chemical in your body for hours or even days, depending upon the "half-
life" of the compound. So if you've painted a room or breathed in fumes
at a gas station in the last day or two, don't take a breathalyzer test.If you are stopped by the police and suspected of drunk driving, say the
San Diego DUI lawyers, you might consider a blood test rather than
submitting to a breathalyzer.The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor
http://www.san-diego-dui.com/
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Arrested for drunk driving? A San Diego firm of DUI defense attorneys reports that breathalyzers used by law
enforcement do not actually measure alcohol -- and thus may produce
falsely high "blood alcohol" readings.According to the the Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor, Inc., in San Diego,
California, most breathalyzers used in DUI cases by law enforcement
today use "infrared spectroscopy". This technology involves detection of
the "methyl group" in the molecular structure of alcohol. The problem is
that there are thousands of chemical compounds containing the methyl
group -- some of them found on the human breath. In one study
involving 28 subjects, for example, researchers found that the
"combined expired air comprises at least 102 various organic
compounds of endogenous and exogenous origin" ("Characterization of
Human Expired Air", 15 Journal of Chromatographic Sciences 240).If a person has any of these other compounds on his breath, called
"interferents" by the engineers, he will get a falsely high blood-alcohol
test result. And if there are two or more such compounds on his breath,
the machine will add them up and falsely report the total as the blood-
alcohol level.So what compounds can be found on your breath? According to the San
Diego DUI attorneys, diabetics with low blood sugar can have high
levels of acetone -- which is "seen" as alcohol by Breathalyzers. And
scientific studies have found that people on diets can have reduced
blood-sugar levels, causing acetone hundreds of times higher than
found in normal individuals (Frank and Flores, "The Likelihood of
Acetone Interference in Breath Alcohol Measurements", 3 Alcohol,
Drugs and Driving 1). And there are many other so-called "interferents"
affecting breathalyzer resultsIf you are a smoker, your breathalyzer result is likely to be higher than
expected. The compound acetaldehyde -- containing the methyl group
and so reported by the Breathalyzer as "alcohol" -- is produced in the
human body as a by-product in metabolizing consumed alcohol, and
eventually passes into the lungs and breath. Researchers have
discovered that levels of acetaldehyde in the lungs can be 30 times
higher in smokers than in non-smokers. Result: higher BAC readings on
the machine.The San Diego DUI lawyers report that common household products,
such as paint, glue, gasoline, and thinners also contain the methyl
group. No, you don't have to drink the stuff: simply absorbing it through
your skin or inhaling the fumes can result in significant levels of the
chemical in your body for hours or even days, depending upon the "half-
life" of the compound. So if you've painted a room or breathed in fumes
at a gas station in the last day or two, don't take a breathalyzer test.If you are stopped by the police and suspected of drunk driving, say the
San Diego DUI lawyers, you might consider a blood test rather than
submitting to a breathalyzer.The Law Offices of Lawrence Taylor
http://www.san-diego-dui.com/
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Chicago Personal Injury Law
Author : Jason Gluckman
Personal injury laws offer victims of negligence or criminal action relief from having to deal with the financial and emotional inconveniences that arise as a result of serious injury. Many personal injury law firms deal predominantly with injuries that result in a long-term recovery or permanent disability. In most states, personal injury law cases necessitate the claimant to establish that he or she has experienced damages and that the defendant was undoubtedly accountable for those injuries. A few states authorize settlements to include compensation for pain and suffering in addition to medical bills and lost wages.Torts are mistakes acknowledged by law as grounds for initiating a lawsuit seeking right for damages. Unlike criminal actions brought by the state, tort lawsuits are on average brought about by an individual, group, or class of individuals who think that the defendant caused them injury due to negligence or criminal action. Tort law exists in order to bestow some sort of assistance on the injured party and to discourage other persons or companies from doing similar damage.One type of relief given to injured parties is the coverage of all medical bills resulting from the injury. Another is restoring lost wages and ensuring provision for lost earning capacity. In many cases, an award or settlement under personal injury laws consists of both present and probable future losses. Some states also make allowances for pain and suffering and awards in these cases can sometimes result in million dollar settlements for the injured party or multimillion dollar settlements in class action lawsuits.Some personal injuries are the consequence of criminal actions. These can consist of an injury sustained during a bank robbery or other criminal act. Assault and battery can also be grounds for a tort lawsuit. There are also types of torts including intentional, negligent, and strict liability. A criminal conviction can result in a tort lawsuit, and a tort lawsuit can result in a criminal case.Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers provides detailed information about Chicago personal injury lawyers, Chicago personal injury funding, chicago personal injury law firms, and more. Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers is affiliated with Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer.
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Personal injury laws offer victims of negligence or criminal action relief from having to deal with the financial and emotional inconveniences that arise as a result of serious injury. Many personal injury law firms deal predominantly with injuries that result in a long-term recovery or permanent disability. In most states, personal injury law cases necessitate the claimant to establish that he or she has experienced damages and that the defendant was undoubtedly accountable for those injuries. A few states authorize settlements to include compensation for pain and suffering in addition to medical bills and lost wages.Torts are mistakes acknowledged by law as grounds for initiating a lawsuit seeking right for damages. Unlike criminal actions brought by the state, tort lawsuits are on average brought about by an individual, group, or class of individuals who think that the defendant caused them injury due to negligence or criminal action. Tort law exists in order to bestow some sort of assistance on the injured party and to discourage other persons or companies from doing similar damage.One type of relief given to injured parties is the coverage of all medical bills resulting from the injury. Another is restoring lost wages and ensuring provision for lost earning capacity. In many cases, an award or settlement under personal injury laws consists of both present and probable future losses. Some states also make allowances for pain and suffering and awards in these cases can sometimes result in million dollar settlements for the injured party or multimillion dollar settlements in class action lawsuits.Some personal injuries are the consequence of criminal actions. These can consist of an injury sustained during a bank robbery or other criminal act. Assault and battery can also be grounds for a tort lawsuit. There are also types of torts including intentional, negligent, and strict liability. A criminal conviction can result in a tort lawsuit, and a tort lawsuit can result in a criminal case.Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers provides detailed information about Chicago personal injury lawyers, Chicago personal injury funding, chicago personal injury law firms, and more. Chicago Personal Injury Lawyers is affiliated with Traumatic Brain Injury Lawyer.
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Bail Bond Software
Author : Damian Sofsian
Software has made it a lot easier to deal with bail bonds. These types of software use switchboard-style menus, which make them quick to learn and easier to use. The most popular software being used currently is the BBS or Bail Bond Software.BBS is very user-friendly software that has only two data input forms, "clients" and "Bond", as well as a popup account ledger form that is used for data entry. The software constitutes of drop-down and phone directory style lists that enable quick and easy selection of client and bond records when they need to be modified. All the client records can be retrieved easily as required. All reports and formal letters such as surety letters, delinquent letters, client statements and court and financial reports can be generated at the click of a mouse button.The phone directory style list allows for quick selection of client or bond records to edit. The software provides selectable lists of active, inactive, or all bonds or clients. Alphabetical buttons further narrow the list and ease the selection process.Navigation through BBS data entry and editing can be done using only the keyboard, only the mouse, or with a combination of the two input devices.Another software option is the LexBail software program. One major advantage of this software is that it is provided free of charge to Lexington National agents. This software program was developed specifically for the bail bond industry and is continuously updated.The LexBail software allows agents to run their complete business. This software includes tracking powers and allows you to find bonds written, forfeitures, collateral, total co-signer exposure, premium payment plans, commissions for subagents, remissions, and regulatory reporting. LexBail software is customized for the bail industry to manage and electronically store bail bond records, handle premiums, and more. The only disadvantage of the bail bond software is that it does not run on Macintosh, Linux, Unix, OS2, or any other non-Microsoft Windows Platforms.Bail Bonds provides detailed information about bail bonds, bail bond companies, bail bond license, and more. Bail Bonds is affiliated with Free Criminal Records.
Keyword : bail bonds, bail bond companies, bail bond license
Software has made it a lot easier to deal with bail bonds. These types of software use switchboard-style menus, which make them quick to learn and easier to use. The most popular software being used currently is the BBS or Bail Bond Software.BBS is very user-friendly software that has only two data input forms, "clients" and "Bond", as well as a popup account ledger form that is used for data entry. The software constitutes of drop-down and phone directory style lists that enable quick and easy selection of client and bond records when they need to be modified. All the client records can be retrieved easily as required. All reports and formal letters such as surety letters, delinquent letters, client statements and court and financial reports can be generated at the click of a mouse button.The phone directory style list allows for quick selection of client or bond records to edit. The software provides selectable lists of active, inactive, or all bonds or clients. Alphabetical buttons further narrow the list and ease the selection process.Navigation through BBS data entry and editing can be done using only the keyboard, only the mouse, or with a combination of the two input devices.Another software option is the LexBail software program. One major advantage of this software is that it is provided free of charge to Lexington National agents. This software program was developed specifically for the bail bond industry and is continuously updated.The LexBail software allows agents to run their complete business. This software includes tracking powers and allows you to find bonds written, forfeitures, collateral, total co-signer exposure, premium payment plans, commissions for subagents, remissions, and regulatory reporting. LexBail software is customized for the bail industry to manage and electronically store bail bond records, handle premiums, and more. The only disadvantage of the bail bond software is that it does not run on Macintosh, Linux, Unix, OS2, or any other non-Microsoft Windows Platforms.Bail Bonds provides detailed information about bail bonds, bail bond companies, bail bond license, and more. Bail Bonds is affiliated with Free Criminal Records.
Keyword : bail bonds, bail bond companies, bail bond license
Fraud - Benefit Fraud
Author : Michael Russell
In this article we're going to cover another type of fraud that is very common, especially in the United States. This is benefit fraud.Benefit fraud comes in all shapes and sizes. The bottom line is the person who commits benefit fraud is receiving money from the government that they are not entitled to. The number of ways to commit benefit fraud is exceeded only by the amount of money that it costs the government each year.One way to commit benefit fraud is by not reporting some of your income on your income tax such as if you have a savings account with substantial earnings. This lowers the tax burden of the individual thus lowering the amount of money they either have to pay the government or raising the amount of the refund that they receive.Another way to commit benefit fraud is by misreporting the number of dependent children you have in your home currently living with you. A family with 3 children that only is responsible for 2 of those children is legally not allowed to claim the third child, especially if the child is either over age or living in their own apartment or home. These children are responsible for filing their own taxes. But benefit fraud is not only limited to income taxes. Another area benefit fraud hits is with actual benefits such as welfare and social security. In the cases of people who are eligible for welfare or social security these benefits are contingent on how much money they have either made, are making or will make. In many cases these people will either not report their income, which is easy to do if they are retired and working a part time job, or they will only report a portion of their income, under the amount that would lessen their benefits. For example, if the maximum income a person can earn and not have their social security affected is $6,000 and they are earning $9,000 they won't report the additional $3,000 of income. This translates to benefit fraud.It is estimated by the United States government statistics that 1.5 billion dollars are lost each year because of benefit fraud. This money could have easily been spent on other government services. This is one of the main reasons that benefit programs such as social security and Medicare are deep in debt and in danger of closing down.The government does what it can to stop benefit fraud. Computer systems compare information to determine whether or not customers are entitled to benefits. For example, if someone was paying National Insurance contributions on earned income and at the same time their benefit claim showed that they didn't have any earnings then that is an indicator that something is wrong. This is how they crack down on violators.Benefit fraud is a growing problem not only in the United States but in many other parts of the world. Until measures can be put into place that can guarantee that benefit fraud can no longer happen, the problem is going to eventually drain each economy until it reaches the point where these programs and the economy itself will have a difficult time staying on its feet.
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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Fraud
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Keyword : benefit fraud
In this article we're going to cover another type of fraud that is very common, especially in the United States. This is benefit fraud.Benefit fraud comes in all shapes and sizes. The bottom line is the person who commits benefit fraud is receiving money from the government that they are not entitled to. The number of ways to commit benefit fraud is exceeded only by the amount of money that it costs the government each year.One way to commit benefit fraud is by not reporting some of your income on your income tax such as if you have a savings account with substantial earnings. This lowers the tax burden of the individual thus lowering the amount of money they either have to pay the government or raising the amount of the refund that they receive.Another way to commit benefit fraud is by misreporting the number of dependent children you have in your home currently living with you. A family with 3 children that only is responsible for 2 of those children is legally not allowed to claim the third child, especially if the child is either over age or living in their own apartment or home. These children are responsible for filing their own taxes. But benefit fraud is not only limited to income taxes. Another area benefit fraud hits is with actual benefits such as welfare and social security. In the cases of people who are eligible for welfare or social security these benefits are contingent on how much money they have either made, are making or will make. In many cases these people will either not report their income, which is easy to do if they are retired and working a part time job, or they will only report a portion of their income, under the amount that would lessen their benefits. For example, if the maximum income a person can earn and not have their social security affected is $6,000 and they are earning $9,000 they won't report the additional $3,000 of income. This translates to benefit fraud.It is estimated by the United States government statistics that 1.5 billion dollars are lost each year because of benefit fraud. This money could have easily been spent on other government services. This is one of the main reasons that benefit programs such as social security and Medicare are deep in debt and in danger of closing down.The government does what it can to stop benefit fraud. Computer systems compare information to determine whether or not customers are entitled to benefits. For example, if someone was paying National Insurance contributions on earned income and at the same time their benefit claim showed that they didn't have any earnings then that is an indicator that something is wrong. This is how they crack down on violators.Benefit fraud is a growing problem not only in the United States but in many other parts of the world. Until measures can be put into place that can guarantee that benefit fraud can no longer happen, the problem is going to eventually drain each economy until it reaches the point where these programs and the economy itself will have a difficult time staying on its feet.
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Michael Russell
Your Independent guide to Fraud
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Keyword : benefit fraud
Accident Injury Claims Done Right
Author : Scott Green
When dealing with a car accident, finding and hiring a qualified attorney can help you a great deal. They will help ease your mind through dealing with all the legal aspects of your situation while you focus on coping with the pain and suffering of such a traumatic event. There are lawyers out there ready and willing to make sure that you are compensated for being hurt in a situation that you may not have had any control over.Never hesitate after an accident when seeking medical and legal help. Many people don't know until much later that they even have an injury after a car accident. They are usually so scared and rattled that if they feel okay enough, they go home and sleep it off and try to reestablish normal activities the next day. Or, if they are in pain, they might seek the advice of family and friends who may tell them not to worry, that it is just neck pain and it will go away with time. This is all really bad advice. There could be internal injuries that over time could become major or even life threatening problems.A very serious problem that is often overlooked is an internal head injury. Just because a car crash victims head is not bleeding, does not mean that they are okay. Closed head injuries often occur some time after the accident and can go unnoticed and often occur when a car crash victim's head is sudden thrust into a hard surface (steering wheel, dashboard, back of the front seat) at rapid speeds. These types of injuries often do not penetrate the skull and can be overlooked at first. These types of collisions result in internal injuries within the brain.Even whiplash can cause a closed head injury. Other types of closed head injuries include bleeding from the head or face, confusion, lethargy, loss of hearing or fluid drainage from the nose or ears.Another, more traumatic injury caused by car accidents is permanent or temporary paralysis. Paralysis occurs when the vital nerves that control various body parts are damaged or severed. This happens when there is a traumatic impact to the neck or spinal cord resulting in parts of the body not being able to retain the same mobility or sensations that they once had.When paralysis occurs, it can be an extremely difficult time for the victim and his/her family. They are faced with life long challenges and may need constant round-the-clock care for the rest of their lives. Temporary paralysis occurs when a nerve is pinched or inflamed. In any case, seek help quickly. Don't hesitate. You may be entitled to seek compensation for your injuries. It is important that you contact a qualified car accident attorney today and get a case review.Scott Green - Auto Accident Lawyers at
http://accident-attornies.info
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When dealing with a car accident, finding and hiring a qualified attorney can help you a great deal. They will help ease your mind through dealing with all the legal aspects of your situation while you focus on coping with the pain and suffering of such a traumatic event. There are lawyers out there ready and willing to make sure that you are compensated for being hurt in a situation that you may not have had any control over.Never hesitate after an accident when seeking medical and legal help. Many people don't know until much later that they even have an injury after a car accident. They are usually so scared and rattled that if they feel okay enough, they go home and sleep it off and try to reestablish normal activities the next day. Or, if they are in pain, they might seek the advice of family and friends who may tell them not to worry, that it is just neck pain and it will go away with time. This is all really bad advice. There could be internal injuries that over time could become major or even life threatening problems.A very serious problem that is often overlooked is an internal head injury. Just because a car crash victims head is not bleeding, does not mean that they are okay. Closed head injuries often occur some time after the accident and can go unnoticed and often occur when a car crash victim's head is sudden thrust into a hard surface (steering wheel, dashboard, back of the front seat) at rapid speeds. These types of injuries often do not penetrate the skull and can be overlooked at first. These types of collisions result in internal injuries within the brain.Even whiplash can cause a closed head injury. Other types of closed head injuries include bleeding from the head or face, confusion, lethargy, loss of hearing or fluid drainage from the nose or ears.Another, more traumatic injury caused by car accidents is permanent or temporary paralysis. Paralysis occurs when the vital nerves that control various body parts are damaged or severed. This happens when there is a traumatic impact to the neck or spinal cord resulting in parts of the body not being able to retain the same mobility or sensations that they once had.When paralysis occurs, it can be an extremely difficult time for the victim and his/her family. They are faced with life long challenges and may need constant round-the-clock care for the rest of their lives. Temporary paralysis occurs when a nerve is pinched or inflamed. In any case, seek help quickly. Don't hesitate. You may be entitled to seek compensation for your injuries. It is important that you contact a qualified car accident attorney today and get a case review.Scott Green - Auto Accident Lawyers at
http://accident-attornies.info
Keyword : Attorney, Lawyers, Accident Lawyers, Accidents, Law
What Is A Wage Garnishment?
Author : Henry Byers
A wage garnishment is a legal procedure through which a percentage of a person's earnings are withheld by an employer for the payment of a debt. Most wage garnishments are made by court order. Other types of wage garnishments are of legal or open procedures made by the IRS or state tax collection agency levies for unpaid taxes and federal agency administrative garnishments for non-tax debts owed to the federal government.Wage garnishments do not include voluntary wage garnishments. Some debtor's may voluntarily consort with their employers to turn over a specified amount of their earnings to a creditor to absolve the debt voluntarily, without the use of a court order.The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration has dispensed Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) to limit the amount of an employee's earnings that are garnished and protects employee's from losing their jobs if their wages are garnished for only one debt.Title III of the CCPA is enforced in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories and possessions. This is a law that protects everyone who receives personal earning and incomes, e.g. wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses or earnings from a pension or retirement plan. The CCPA also forbids an employer from discharging an employee whose wages are garnished for any one debt, regardless of the number of levies made or attempts made to collect that debt, because of one single wage garnishment. The CCPA does not forbid discharging an employee when an employee's wages are separately garnished for two or more debts owed.The amount of pay subject to wage garnishment is based on the employee's disposable wages. This is the amount of pay left over after all legally required deductions are made, e.g. federal, state and local taxes, State Unemployment Insurance, Social Security or any other withholdings for employee retirement systems required by law.Deductions that are not required by law and that may not be subtracted from gross earnings when calculating disposable earnings under the CCPA are: voluntary wage deductions, union dues, health and life insurance, charitable contributions, savings bonds, optional retirement plans, reimbursements to employers for payroll advances or merchandise.Title III of the CCPA sets a maximum amount that may be garnished in any pay period, regardless of how many wage garnishment orders are received by the employer. For common wage garnishments, excluding those for child support, alimony, bankruptcy, or any state or federal tax, the weekly amount may not exceed 25% of the employee's disposable earnings or by the amount by which an employee's disposable earnings are greater than 30 times the federal minimum wage. If a state wage garnishment law differs from the CCPA, the law resulting in the smaller wage garnishment must be observed.Henry Byers, Retired IRS Manager and Wage Garnishment Law expert - focusing on IRS Tax Levy and IRS Bank Levy
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A wage garnishment is a legal procedure through which a percentage of a person's earnings are withheld by an employer for the payment of a debt. Most wage garnishments are made by court order. Other types of wage garnishments are of legal or open procedures made by the IRS or state tax collection agency levies for unpaid taxes and federal agency administrative garnishments for non-tax debts owed to the federal government.Wage garnishments do not include voluntary wage garnishments. Some debtor's may voluntarily consort with their employers to turn over a specified amount of their earnings to a creditor to absolve the debt voluntarily, without the use of a court order.The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor's Employment Standards Administration has dispensed Title III of the Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) to limit the amount of an employee's earnings that are garnished and protects employee's from losing their jobs if their wages are garnished for only one debt.Title III of the CCPA is enforced in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, and all U.S. territories and possessions. This is a law that protects everyone who receives personal earning and incomes, e.g. wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses or earnings from a pension or retirement plan. The CCPA also forbids an employer from discharging an employee whose wages are garnished for any one debt, regardless of the number of levies made or attempts made to collect that debt, because of one single wage garnishment. The CCPA does not forbid discharging an employee when an employee's wages are separately garnished for two or more debts owed.The amount of pay subject to wage garnishment is based on the employee's disposable wages. This is the amount of pay left over after all legally required deductions are made, e.g. federal, state and local taxes, State Unemployment Insurance, Social Security or any other withholdings for employee retirement systems required by law.Deductions that are not required by law and that may not be subtracted from gross earnings when calculating disposable earnings under the CCPA are: voluntary wage deductions, union dues, health and life insurance, charitable contributions, savings bonds, optional retirement plans, reimbursements to employers for payroll advances or merchandise.Title III of the CCPA sets a maximum amount that may be garnished in any pay period, regardless of how many wage garnishment orders are received by the employer. For common wage garnishments, excluding those for child support, alimony, bankruptcy, or any state or federal tax, the weekly amount may not exceed 25% of the employee's disposable earnings or by the amount by which an employee's disposable earnings are greater than 30 times the federal minimum wage. If a state wage garnishment law differs from the CCPA, the law resulting in the smaller wage garnishment must be observed.Henry Byers, Retired IRS Manager and Wage Garnishment Law expert - focusing on IRS Tax Levy and IRS Bank Levy
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Avoid Feeling Used - Research before Being Stuck with a Used Car Lemon
Author : Earl Powers
You can save a lot of money when buying a used car. However, before you sign on the dotted line and fork over your hard earned cash, do a little research on your state's lemon laws to see if you could have a potential used car lemon on your hands. By gathering up your research on your potential "new" used car right now, you could be saving a whole lot of heartache. After all, you do not want to fork over your hard earned cash on lemon law attorneys down the road, do you?There are lots of horror stories about people purchasing a used vehicle, driving it off the car lot, only to have it break down before even getting it home. And unfortunately, the fine print in their paperwork sometimes states "as is". So that means these poor people are out of hundreds to thousands of dollars with nothing but a car lemon to show for it. If you are in the market for a used car, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself.Have your own mechanic inspect the used vehicle you are thinking of buying. You are more likely to trust your own mechanic rather than the used car dealership or private individual that is selling. Most lemon laws deal with just new cars, so you have to take care to avoid a car lemon in your used vehicle. Secondly, you can research the title of the car by ordering a report on the vehicle's history. CARFAX is the most widely known resource for finding out about the history of the used car you are eyeing. You can also use AAA if you are a member.All you need in order to find out whether you have a potential used car lemon on your hands is the vehicle identification number (VIN). The VIN is located on a small piece of metal on the dashboard and is usually visible through the windshield. You might want to check on those instruction stickers located on the inside of the car doors for the VIN. Based on this vehicle identification number, you can have a report run on the prospective car you want to buy.You can find out all sorts of things from this car history report. Whenever a vehicle is brought in for any type of service, the mechanic has to enter the vehicle identification number as well as the work done to the car. This history report will tell you if the vehicle has been in a wreck, if it was salvaged and rebuilt and even if was ever flooded out due to adverse weather conditions.Most states do not have a lemon law for used cars. Their car lemon law is usually for new motorized vehicles. Unless you live in New York where they do have some coverage, you are out of luck should something go wrong. So, do not rush into a purchase. Avoid being used. Take your time, research the vehicle and shop around! If something should go wrong with your used car, chances are that any of the lemon law lawyers around your state will not be able to help you.Earl Powers, US Lawyer and Used Car Lemon Laws expert - focusing on Lemon Law Attorney and Lemon Law In.
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You can save a lot of money when buying a used car. However, before you sign on the dotted line and fork over your hard earned cash, do a little research on your state's lemon laws to see if you could have a potential used car lemon on your hands. By gathering up your research on your potential "new" used car right now, you could be saving a whole lot of heartache. After all, you do not want to fork over your hard earned cash on lemon law attorneys down the road, do you?There are lots of horror stories about people purchasing a used vehicle, driving it off the car lot, only to have it break down before even getting it home. And unfortunately, the fine print in their paperwork sometimes states "as is". So that means these poor people are out of hundreds to thousands of dollars with nothing but a car lemon to show for it. If you are in the market for a used car, there are a few things you can do to protect yourself.Have your own mechanic inspect the used vehicle you are thinking of buying. You are more likely to trust your own mechanic rather than the used car dealership or private individual that is selling. Most lemon laws deal with just new cars, so you have to take care to avoid a car lemon in your used vehicle. Secondly, you can research the title of the car by ordering a report on the vehicle's history. CARFAX is the most widely known resource for finding out about the history of the used car you are eyeing. You can also use AAA if you are a member.All you need in order to find out whether you have a potential used car lemon on your hands is the vehicle identification number (VIN). The VIN is located on a small piece of metal on the dashboard and is usually visible through the windshield. You might want to check on those instruction stickers located on the inside of the car doors for the VIN. Based on this vehicle identification number, you can have a report run on the prospective car you want to buy.You can find out all sorts of things from this car history report. Whenever a vehicle is brought in for any type of service, the mechanic has to enter the vehicle identification number as well as the work done to the car. This history report will tell you if the vehicle has been in a wreck, if it was salvaged and rebuilt and even if was ever flooded out due to adverse weather conditions.Most states do not have a lemon law for used cars. Their car lemon law is usually for new motorized vehicles. Unless you live in New York where they do have some coverage, you are out of luck should something go wrong. So, do not rush into a purchase. Avoid being used. Take your time, research the vehicle and shop around! If something should go wrong with your used car, chances are that any of the lemon law lawyers around your state will not be able to help you.Earl Powers, US Lawyer and Used Car Lemon Laws expert - focusing on Lemon Law Attorney and Lemon Law In.
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IRS Levy and Garnishments
Author : Henry Byers
Unfortunately to many of us the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is one branch of government that can never be our friend and is often feared by some less reputable business owners. When the IRS is owed money, they will get it whether you like it or not. For those individuals who owe back taxes, the state or IRS may attempt to collect those owed taxes by wage garnishment through your employer. Once the wage garnishment is filed, the employer is obligated to deduct a certain percentage of each pay check to be handed over directly to the state or IRS until the taxes are fully paid or an agreement has been negotiated to release an individual from the wage garnishment.The amount of garnished wages that are deducted by the state or by an IRS wage garnishment is based on martial status and the number of dependents. The amount of an individuals income that is exempt from the state or IRS wage garnishments can be figured by adding the standard deduction claimed on taxes and the amount claimed for exemptions and divide that by 52. For example, a family of three will only be allowed to keep about $325 per week.Wage garnishments can be extremely devastating to individuals and their families. There are a number of tax relief agencies available nationwide where such individuals can turn to for emergency help with wage garnishments. By retaining a tax attorney, you may be able to be released of your wage garnishment or have the garnishment lowered by a percentage. Individuals may also be eligible to have interests and penalties reduced.Federal income taxes reported uncollected taxes by the IRS in 2004 exceeded over $200 billion and increases to over $400 billion when considering the unreported income and unfiled tax returns. The IRS along with the United States Department of Treasury has demonstrated grave concern over the issues of unfiled tax returns and unreported income, making these issues a top priority.The IRS has been enforcing its collection activity by over 26% last year alone. This includes about 1.8 million liens, levies, wage garnishments and seizure of personal bank accounts, homes and personal assets. When the IRS was challenged last year by professional tax relief attorney's, the IRS declared almost 3.90 million penalties null and void. This saved the United States tax payers $3.62 billion.It's highly recommended that individuals who wish to be relieved of wage garnishments acquire a professional tax attorney instead of attempting to resolve the issues themselves. Over 85% of offers made by individuals are rejected by the IRS simply because the average person doesn't understand the process and the forms. Tax attorneys are professionals who understand the complicated forms associated with wage garnishments and who understand how to negotiate the best settlement possible with revenue officers. Retaining a tax attorney can save a great deal of time, money, patience and headache and allow individuals to focus on what's really important like work and family.Henry Byers, Retired IRS Manager and IRS Levy expert - focusing on Garnishment and IRS Tax Levy
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Unfortunately to many of us the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is one branch of government that can never be our friend and is often feared by some less reputable business owners. When the IRS is owed money, they will get it whether you like it or not. For those individuals who owe back taxes, the state or IRS may attempt to collect those owed taxes by wage garnishment through your employer. Once the wage garnishment is filed, the employer is obligated to deduct a certain percentage of each pay check to be handed over directly to the state or IRS until the taxes are fully paid or an agreement has been negotiated to release an individual from the wage garnishment.The amount of garnished wages that are deducted by the state or by an IRS wage garnishment is based on martial status and the number of dependents. The amount of an individuals income that is exempt from the state or IRS wage garnishments can be figured by adding the standard deduction claimed on taxes and the amount claimed for exemptions and divide that by 52. For example, a family of three will only be allowed to keep about $325 per week.Wage garnishments can be extremely devastating to individuals and their families. There are a number of tax relief agencies available nationwide where such individuals can turn to for emergency help with wage garnishments. By retaining a tax attorney, you may be able to be released of your wage garnishment or have the garnishment lowered by a percentage. Individuals may also be eligible to have interests and penalties reduced.Federal income taxes reported uncollected taxes by the IRS in 2004 exceeded over $200 billion and increases to over $400 billion when considering the unreported income and unfiled tax returns. The IRS along with the United States Department of Treasury has demonstrated grave concern over the issues of unfiled tax returns and unreported income, making these issues a top priority.The IRS has been enforcing its collection activity by over 26% last year alone. This includes about 1.8 million liens, levies, wage garnishments and seizure of personal bank accounts, homes and personal assets. When the IRS was challenged last year by professional tax relief attorney's, the IRS declared almost 3.90 million penalties null and void. This saved the United States tax payers $3.62 billion.It's highly recommended that individuals who wish to be relieved of wage garnishments acquire a professional tax attorney instead of attempting to resolve the issues themselves. Over 85% of offers made by individuals are rejected by the IRS simply because the average person doesn't understand the process and the forms. Tax attorneys are professionals who understand the complicated forms associated with wage garnishments and who understand how to negotiate the best settlement possible with revenue officers. Retaining a tax attorney can save a great deal of time, money, patience and headache and allow individuals to focus on what's really important like work and family.Henry Byers, Retired IRS Manager and IRS Levy expert - focusing on Garnishment and IRS Tax Levy
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What Does a Notary Public Do?
Author : David Simmons
What a notary public does is witness the signing of the documents and ask each party for a sworn oath of authenticity. A notary (or a notary public) is a person legally authorized by a state to administer oaths, take acknowledgments & certify documents. A notary public shall exercise no power or jurisdiction in criminal cases.A notary public must ensure that the person signing a document to be notarized is who s/he says s/he is. Because identities are critical, a notary public may also spend some time verifying the names of the parties involved in the signing.One misconception about a notary public is that his or her official signature and/or embossing stamp automatically makes a document 'true and legal'. Documents certified by notaries public are sealed with the notary's seal and are recorded by the notary public in a register maintained by him/her.The notary public's seal shall either be a seal press or a rubber stamp. These shall be the exclusive property of the notary public. A notary public's signature and seal is required to authenticate the signatures on many legal documents. The notary public verifies the person's identity, usually done with a driver's license, presses the notary seal on the document and signs it.If you're an inpatient, you may also ask your nurse or unit clerk to arrange for the services of a notary public without charge. Additionally, mail-box shops, copy services, and banks often provide Notary services to the public.Authentication of a Notary Public's signature is often required when foreign and other jurisdictions are involved. The public may access this record and verify the "official" signature of the notary at the county clerk's office. If not, then a sample of the Notary's signature and seal must first be authenticated by the appropriate provincial authority responsible for Notaries Public.Each notary public shall have a seal of office, which shall be affixed to his instruments of publications and to his protestations. The term of office of a notary public is four years commencing with the effective date specified in the notarial commission. The Office of the Secretary of State performs random background investigations on individuals submitting new or renewal notary public applications. The applicant cannot act as a Notary Public until he receives his certificate of appointment from this office. An appointed notary public may begin notarizing documents after receipt of a certificate of appointment from the Secretary of State. Please Visit Notary Public for more detailed Information.David Simmons is offering Notary Public help and advice. To find more information on notary,notary public,notary public services visit http://www.notary-public.ezsy.info/
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What a notary public does is witness the signing of the documents and ask each party for a sworn oath of authenticity. A notary (or a notary public) is a person legally authorized by a state to administer oaths, take acknowledgments & certify documents. A notary public shall exercise no power or jurisdiction in criminal cases.A notary public must ensure that the person signing a document to be notarized is who s/he says s/he is. Because identities are critical, a notary public may also spend some time verifying the names of the parties involved in the signing.One misconception about a notary public is that his or her official signature and/or embossing stamp automatically makes a document 'true and legal'. Documents certified by notaries public are sealed with the notary's seal and are recorded by the notary public in a register maintained by him/her.The notary public's seal shall either be a seal press or a rubber stamp. These shall be the exclusive property of the notary public. A notary public's signature and seal is required to authenticate the signatures on many legal documents. The notary public verifies the person's identity, usually done with a driver's license, presses the notary seal on the document and signs it.If you're an inpatient, you may also ask your nurse or unit clerk to arrange for the services of a notary public without charge. Additionally, mail-box shops, copy services, and banks often provide Notary services to the public.Authentication of a Notary Public's signature is often required when foreign and other jurisdictions are involved. The public may access this record and verify the "official" signature of the notary at the county clerk's office. If not, then a sample of the Notary's signature and seal must first be authenticated by the appropriate provincial authority responsible for Notaries Public.Each notary public shall have a seal of office, which shall be affixed to his instruments of publications and to his protestations. The term of office of a notary public is four years commencing with the effective date specified in the notarial commission. The Office of the Secretary of State performs random background investigations on individuals submitting new or renewal notary public applications. The applicant cannot act as a Notary Public until he receives his certificate of appointment from this office. An appointed notary public may begin notarizing documents after receipt of a certificate of appointment from the Secretary of State. Please Visit Notary Public for more detailed Information.David Simmons is offering Notary Public help and advice. To find more information on notary,notary public,notary public services visit http://www.notary-public.ezsy.info/
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Trasylol Lawyer & Trasylol Attorney - Trasylol Side Effects & CABG Information
Author : Todd Going
Trasylol is a drug that is used to prevent blood loss in patients who have had various types of cardiac procedures such as cardiac bypass surgery and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Unfortunately, many have had complications from this drug, which is recently coming under heavy investigation. The drug maker Bayer Pharmaceuticals is facing heavy scrutiny as reports have shown that the use of this drug can increase heart attacks by 48 percent.In addition to an increase in heart attacks, a current study of 4,400 patients has shown cases of heart failure increasing by 109% and stroke increases of 181%. Due to these statistics the FDA has issued an advisory for the drug regarding its safety. Doctors have also been contacted and urged to warn patients of the potential side effects from using Trasylol.Medical experts are now in search for alternative treatments for Trasylol. They are searching for other drugs that will not cause these potentially life-threatening complications such as heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. Currently there are around 10,000 people who have experienced kidney failure and currently receive dialysis. There are currently two drugs that should perform the same way as Trasylol without the debilitating side effects. Unfortunately, Bayer Pharmaceuticals is refusing to acknowledge claims that their drug has caused any significant harm. They are arguing that tests conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine were performed wrong.If you or someone you love has developed kidney failure, suffered a stroke or heart attack or experienced any other negative side effects from using Trasylol, you may be entitled to compensation. It is very important that you act quickly and find an experienced Trasylol lawyer today to help you receive the compensation you deserve.To learn more about Trasylol lawyers and Trasyslol side effects, please visit our website at http://www.resource4trasylolinfo.com/
Trasylol is a drug that is used to prevent blood loss in patients who have had various types of cardiac procedures such as cardiac bypass surgery and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Unfortunately, many have had complications from this drug, which is recently coming under heavy investigation. The drug maker Bayer Pharmaceuticals is facing heavy scrutiny as reports have shown that the use of this drug can increase heart attacks by 48 percent.In addition to an increase in heart attacks, a current study of 4,400 patients has shown cases of heart failure increasing by 109% and stroke increases of 181%. Due to these statistics the FDA has issued an advisory for the drug regarding its safety. Doctors have also been contacted and urged to warn patients of the potential side effects from using Trasylol.Medical experts are now in search for alternative treatments for Trasylol. They are searching for other drugs that will not cause these potentially life-threatening complications such as heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. Currently there are around 10,000 people who have experienced kidney failure and currently receive dialysis. There are currently two drugs that should perform the same way as Trasylol without the debilitating side effects. Unfortunately, Bayer Pharmaceuticals is refusing to acknowledge claims that their drug has caused any significant harm. They are arguing that tests conducted by the New England Journal of Medicine were performed wrong.If you or someone you love has developed kidney failure, suffered a stroke or heart attack or experienced any other negative side effects from using Trasylol, you may be entitled to compensation. It is very important that you act quickly and find an experienced Trasylol lawyer today to help you receive the compensation you deserve.To learn more about Trasylol lawyers and Trasyslol side effects, please visit our website at http://www.resource4trasylolinfo.com/
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Franchise Agreements and Attorney Trickery
Author : Lance Winslow
Often a franchisee who has failed to uphold their promises in a franchise agreement due to lack of integrity, poor work ethic or simply piss poor performance and lack of business acumen will fail. Upon failure they will find a franchise attorney to sue the franchisor so they can get all their money back and then some.The franchise attorneys like these cases as the franchisee pays a huge retainer and then the franchise attorney makes up some plausible story that a gullible arbitrator, mediator or jury might believe and files it.One trick used is to say that the franchise agreement is void because the franchisor and franchisee had a side agreement and in that side agreement there were other arrangements made. To prevent this trickery tactic of professional parasites, I came up with this clause and put it into our franchise agreements;7.13 Entire AgreementThis Agreement, together with its Exhibits, expresses fully the understanding by and between the parties, and all prior understandings, agreements, commitments, conditions, warranties and representations of any kind, oral or written, as to the Franchised Business (except as to information and representations submitted by Franchisee to Franchisor in the application to purchase the Franchise) are cancelled and null, void and of no effect. Any previous matter, presently covered within this Agreement, is hereby superseded and cancelled with no further liabilities or obligations of the parties to this Agreement at the time of execution of this Agreement.------ ------ ------We have never had a problem sense I inserted this clause and so I would recommend you get with your franchise over billing scoundrel [franchisor attorney-opinion] and see what might be the best plan of action for you in this matter. Consider this in 2006.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
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Often a franchisee who has failed to uphold their promises in a franchise agreement due to lack of integrity, poor work ethic or simply piss poor performance and lack of business acumen will fail. Upon failure they will find a franchise attorney to sue the franchisor so they can get all their money back and then some.The franchise attorneys like these cases as the franchisee pays a huge retainer and then the franchise attorney makes up some plausible story that a gullible arbitrator, mediator or jury might believe and files it.One trick used is to say that the franchise agreement is void because the franchisor and franchisee had a side agreement and in that side agreement there were other arrangements made. To prevent this trickery tactic of professional parasites, I came up with this clause and put it into our franchise agreements;7.13 Entire AgreementThis Agreement, together with its Exhibits, expresses fully the understanding by and between the parties, and all prior understandings, agreements, commitments, conditions, warranties and representations of any kind, oral or written, as to the Franchised Business (except as to information and representations submitted by Franchisee to Franchisor in the application to purchase the Franchise) are cancelled and null, void and of no effect. Any previous matter, presently covered within this Agreement, is hereby superseded and cancelled with no further liabilities or obligations of the parties to this Agreement at the time of execution of this Agreement.------ ------ ------We have never had a problem sense I inserted this clause and so I would recommend you get with your franchise over billing scoundrel [franchisor attorney-opinion] and see what might be the best plan of action for you in this matter. Consider this in 2006.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
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Initial Training Requirement Clauses in Franchise Agreements
Author : Lance Winslow
Franchising is all about brand-names, consistency and quality throughout the franchise system. To insure that each franchised outlet runs in a similar fashion it is necessary to have a comprehensive and strong initial training system.It is for this reason that the initial training requirements must be clearly defined prior to entering the franchise agreement. In my franchisee company we had modified our initial training requirements in our franchise agreement to include the following clause below;4.1.5 Initial TrainingFranchisor will conduct a comprehensive training program in the management, sales and operation of the Franchised Business. The training program will consist of at least one week of instruction at United States regional locations that Franchisor may select for Franchisee's benefit. One additional week of training may be provided in Franchisee's new Marketing Area. The Franchisee, if the Franchisee is an individual, or the majority partner, shareholder or member of the Franchisee, if the Franchisee is a partnership, corporation or limited liability company, and, if different, such individual who serves as the general manager of the Franchised Business ("General Manager"), must attend and successfully complete the initial training program to the satisfaction of the Franchisor prior to the opening of the Franchised Business. This initial training is required of anyone who will be operating the car wash truck(s)/unit(s) unsupervised. Three people including the Franchisee may attend the initial training program at one time.The initial training program must be completed by all the persons designated in this Section 4.1.5 to the extent required hereby prior to the opening of each Franchised Business. Franchisee will be responsible for all any and all fees, charges, travel, food, lodging and other expenses incurred by Franchisee, its trainees and any of its employees in connection with attendance at the initial training program including a reasonable training fee. If Franchisee or any of its designated employees fails to complete the initial training program to the satisfaction of the Franchisor, then Franchisor will have the right to terminate this Agreement.--- --- --- ---As each and every franchise company is slightly different they will need to consult the franchise attorney to go over the initial franchise training requirements and clauses in their franchise agreement to protect the integrity of their system and to insure that the training each franchisee receives is the same. I hope you will consider this in 2006.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
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Franchising is all about brand-names, consistency and quality throughout the franchise system. To insure that each franchised outlet runs in a similar fashion it is necessary to have a comprehensive and strong initial training system.It is for this reason that the initial training requirements must be clearly defined prior to entering the franchise agreement. In my franchisee company we had modified our initial training requirements in our franchise agreement to include the following clause below;4.1.5 Initial TrainingFranchisor will conduct a comprehensive training program in the management, sales and operation of the Franchised Business. The training program will consist of at least one week of instruction at United States regional locations that Franchisor may select for Franchisee's benefit. One additional week of training may be provided in Franchisee's new Marketing Area. The Franchisee, if the Franchisee is an individual, or the majority partner, shareholder or member of the Franchisee, if the Franchisee is a partnership, corporation or limited liability company, and, if different, such individual who serves as the general manager of the Franchised Business ("General Manager"), must attend and successfully complete the initial training program to the satisfaction of the Franchisor prior to the opening of the Franchised Business. This initial training is required of anyone who will be operating the car wash truck(s)/unit(s) unsupervised. Three people including the Franchisee may attend the initial training program at one time.The initial training program must be completed by all the persons designated in this Section 4.1.5 to the extent required hereby prior to the opening of each Franchised Business. Franchisee will be responsible for all any and all fees, charges, travel, food, lodging and other expenses incurred by Franchisee, its trainees and any of its employees in connection with attendance at the initial training program including a reasonable training fee. If Franchisee or any of its designated employees fails to complete the initial training program to the satisfaction of the Franchisor, then Franchisor will have the right to terminate this Agreement.--- --- --- ---As each and every franchise company is slightly different they will need to consult the franchise attorney to go over the initial franchise training requirements and clauses in their franchise agreement to protect the integrity of their system and to insure that the training each franchisee receives is the same. I hope you will consider this in 2006.Lance Winslow - Online Think Tank forum board. If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs/
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The Secrets of Litigation Finance
Author : Tony Perkins
There are secrets to litigation finance that every plaintiff should know prior to applying for lawsuit funding. Too many plaintiffs rush to litigation finance as the answer to their current cash flow problems without completely understanding the intricacies behind litigation funding. This article should shed some light on plaintiff litigation finance and the secrets that some litigation finance companies use to make moneyWhat is litigation finance?Litigation finance is not a "loan" but rather it is a cash advance based upon the merits of a lawsuit that provides a plaintiff with sufficient funding to reach the conclusion of the case when the plaintiff will receive his/her fair share of the settlement or verdict. Litigation finance companies invest in the lawsuit itself as opposed to advancing money to the plaintiff in the form of a loan. Litigation finance is not based on a plaintiff's prior credit or bankruptcy status. Other terms used for this type of funding include: lawsuit loan, litigation funding, litigation loan, lawsuit funding, lawsuit finance, lawsuit cash advance, case loan, case cash advance, plaintiff cash advance, litigant funding, pre-settlement loan, pre-settlement lending, pre-settlement cash advance, etc.How do litigation finance companies make money? All litigation finance companies are different and charge interest and fees differently. We all agree that litigation finance companies assume a lot of risk due to their investment in the lawsuit as opposed to investing in the plaintiff. The investment is therefore only as solid as the case. We are all familiar with how quickly a good case can get thrown-out or a jury can award a large settlement for a case that we could call "frivolous." The United States justice system never ceases to surprise us. With that in mind, the investments of litigation finance companies are risky. They must charge relatively high interest rates on the cases that are successful in order to make-up for the unsuccessful cases. Some litigation finance companies use a multiplier instead of an interest rate which is really just a different way of accomplishing the same thing.Are there other fees associated with litigation finance?Again, all litigation finance companies are different and charge interest and fees differently. Generally speaking, the answer to this question is "yes." These fees usually show-up on the contract that the plaintiff's attorney must sign and are then taken from the settlement upon a successful case. Some examples of these fees include: origination fees, application fees, documentation fee, closing costs/fees, premature payoff penalty etc. These fees are not that different from traditional loans but plaintiffs should be aware of these so they are not blind-sided when they see these fees.Is litigation finance a different way of getting my settlement?Litigation finance should not be a substitute for your settlement but rather a raft that helps you stay afloat while your attorney fights for you. Too many plaintiffs apply for litigation finance with the belief that litigation finance is simply a different way to get their settlement money. Assuming you win your case, the amount owed to the litigation finance company varies greatly depending upon the length of time between the date of the advance and the date when you receive the settlement/verdict money. You should exhaust other means of funding first. Some good sources of information about litigation finance are The Funding Exchange (www.TheFundingExchange.com) and Expert Law (www.expertlaw.com).ConclusionAs a plaintiff, you should understand litigation finance and the process of securing funding before you apply. If your expectations are set appropriately and you proceed with litigation finance then you will find that it is a saving grace in the turbulent world of litigation. If you apply for litigation finance without a true understanding then you may be disappointed.About the author:
Tony Perkins is the founder and president of The Funding Exchange (http://www.TheFundingExchange.com) which connects the top litigation funding companies in the country to people in need of a lawsuit loan. The Funding Exchange is not a litigation funding company but rather it is an independent 3rd party company that routes a high volume of applications every day to its network of top litigation finance companies.
Keyword : LAWSUIT FUNDING,LAWSUIT LOAN,LITIGATION FINANCE,LITIGATION FUNDING,FUNDING EXCHANGE,PRE-SETTLEMENT
There are secrets to litigation finance that every plaintiff should know prior to applying for lawsuit funding. Too many plaintiffs rush to litigation finance as the answer to their current cash flow problems without completely understanding the intricacies behind litigation funding. This article should shed some light on plaintiff litigation finance and the secrets that some litigation finance companies use to make moneyWhat is litigation finance?Litigation finance is not a "loan" but rather it is a cash advance based upon the merits of a lawsuit that provides a plaintiff with sufficient funding to reach the conclusion of the case when the plaintiff will receive his/her fair share of the settlement or verdict. Litigation finance companies invest in the lawsuit itself as opposed to advancing money to the plaintiff in the form of a loan. Litigation finance is not based on a plaintiff's prior credit or bankruptcy status. Other terms used for this type of funding include: lawsuit loan, litigation funding, litigation loan, lawsuit funding, lawsuit finance, lawsuit cash advance, case loan, case cash advance, plaintiff cash advance, litigant funding, pre-settlement loan, pre-settlement lending, pre-settlement cash advance, etc.How do litigation finance companies make money? All litigation finance companies are different and charge interest and fees differently. We all agree that litigation finance companies assume a lot of risk due to their investment in the lawsuit as opposed to investing in the plaintiff. The investment is therefore only as solid as the case. We are all familiar with how quickly a good case can get thrown-out or a jury can award a large settlement for a case that we could call "frivolous." The United States justice system never ceases to surprise us. With that in mind, the investments of litigation finance companies are risky. They must charge relatively high interest rates on the cases that are successful in order to make-up for the unsuccessful cases. Some litigation finance companies use a multiplier instead of an interest rate which is really just a different way of accomplishing the same thing.Are there other fees associated with litigation finance?Again, all litigation finance companies are different and charge interest and fees differently. Generally speaking, the answer to this question is "yes." These fees usually show-up on the contract that the plaintiff's attorney must sign and are then taken from the settlement upon a successful case. Some examples of these fees include: origination fees, application fees, documentation fee, closing costs/fees, premature payoff penalty etc. These fees are not that different from traditional loans but plaintiffs should be aware of these so they are not blind-sided when they see these fees.Is litigation finance a different way of getting my settlement?Litigation finance should not be a substitute for your settlement but rather a raft that helps you stay afloat while your attorney fights for you. Too many plaintiffs apply for litigation finance with the belief that litigation finance is simply a different way to get their settlement money. Assuming you win your case, the amount owed to the litigation finance company varies greatly depending upon the length of time between the date of the advance and the date when you receive the settlement/verdict money. You should exhaust other means of funding first. Some good sources of information about litigation finance are The Funding Exchange (www.TheFundingExchange.com) and Expert Law (www.expertlaw.com).ConclusionAs a plaintiff, you should understand litigation finance and the process of securing funding before you apply. If your expectations are set appropriately and you proceed with litigation finance then you will find that it is a saving grace in the turbulent world of litigation. If you apply for litigation finance without a true understanding then you may be disappointed.About the author:
Tony Perkins is the founder and president of The Funding Exchange (http://www.TheFundingExchange.com) which connects the top litigation funding companies in the country to people in need of a lawsuit loan. The Funding Exchange is not a litigation funding company but rather it is an independent 3rd party company that routes a high volume of applications every day to its network of top litigation finance companies.
Keyword : LAWSUIT FUNDING,LAWSUIT LOAN,LITIGATION FINANCE,LITIGATION FUNDING,FUNDING EXCHANGE,PRE-SETTLEMENT
Value of Toxic Injury Cases Compared to Workers' Compensation Claims
Author : Raphael Metzger
While monetary recovery is limited in workers' compensation (and has been even further limited by recent legislation), monetary recovery in the third party case can be substantial. Unlike the meager benefits available as workers' compensation, injured workers have the potential of recovering substantial verdicts and settlements in their third party cases. Damages for pain and suffering are available and juries often render verdicts in seven figures for such noneconomic damages. In extraordinary cases, punitive damages may also be recoverable. Of course, workers who prove their cases to the satisfaction of juries are also entitled to past and future medical expenses, as well as past and future lost wages or lost earning capacity. It is therefore not surprising that meritorious third party toxic injury cases often settle in six and seven figures.Not all toxic injury cases are worth seven figures. A workers' damages are reduced by his own proportionate fault and that of his employer. If the worker got leukemia from occupational exposure to benzene, but most of his benzene exposure came from smoking cigarettes, the worker would only be entitled to that percentage of his damages attributable to the percentage of his occupational benzene exposure. However, in practice juries these days rarely find in favor of a worker whose cancer can be attributed even in part to smoking, alcohol, or recreational drugs. Equally problematic is the case of the worker whose occupational disease was primarily caused by an employer's gross negligence. In such cases, the worker may, however, have a meritorious serious and wilful claim in workers' compensation. Regarding S&W claims, if the worker has a decent third party case, you should not file a S&W claim against the employer, because it can be introduced as evidence against the worker in the third party case. If the jury's verdict is for the plaintiff for $1 million, but the jury finds that the employer was 95% at fault for causing the worker's injuries, the worker only recovers $50,000. So carefully consider whether you should file that S&W claim!Since so many workers suffer from occupational diseases and toxic injury cases can result in large settlements and verdicts, why haven't you heard all that much about these cases? With the exception of asbestos-related disease, few law firms litigate such cases on a third party basis, for several reasons. The cases are extremely complex and difficult, primarily because the third party attorney must not only prove that the defendant was negligent or sold a defective chemical product, but that exposure to the chemical actually caused the worker's disease. It can be very difficult to prove that a worker's cancer occurring thirty or more years after occupational exposure to a chemical was caused by that chemical.Proving causation in toxic injury cases can also be very costly. Costs in these cases typically run into six figures. Why? Many experts are necessary: a pathologist (to accurately diagnose the disease), a toxicologist (to explain the toxic effects of the chemical), an industrial hygienist (to quantify the worker's exposure to the chemical), a chemical engineer (to establish that the chemical is a defective product), an epidemiologist (to testify that workers exposed to the chemical develop the disease the plaintiff has at a significantly greater rate than those not exposed), an occupational medicine physician or medical toxicologist (to opine that exposure to the chemical caused the worker's disease based upon all the evidence and by ruling out alternative causes), a life care planner (to determine the cost of the worker's medical care), and an economist (to determine lost wages, lost home services, and to reduce the future losses to present value).Given the difficulty of proving the case, the specialized knowledge of science and medicine required, the problem of employer and worker comparative fault, and the huge costs of bringing the case, few firms choose to litigate toxic injury cases (except for asbestos cases). For these reasons, don't expect the usual one-third referral fee for such cases. Most firms that litigate toxic injury cases will pay referral fees between 15% and 25% after deduction of costs.Raphael Metzger is an attorney for The Metzger Law Group, representing individuals who have been seriously harmed by toxic chemicals or benzene exposure in California. Mr. Metzger is a sought after public speaker as well as a widely published writer.
While monetary recovery is limited in workers' compensation (and has been even further limited by recent legislation), monetary recovery in the third party case can be substantial. Unlike the meager benefits available as workers' compensation, injured workers have the potential of recovering substantial verdicts and settlements in their third party cases. Damages for pain and suffering are available and juries often render verdicts in seven figures for such noneconomic damages. In extraordinary cases, punitive damages may also be recoverable. Of course, workers who prove their cases to the satisfaction of juries are also entitled to past and future medical expenses, as well as past and future lost wages or lost earning capacity. It is therefore not surprising that meritorious third party toxic injury cases often settle in six and seven figures.Not all toxic injury cases are worth seven figures. A workers' damages are reduced by his own proportionate fault and that of his employer. If the worker got leukemia from occupational exposure to benzene, but most of his benzene exposure came from smoking cigarettes, the worker would only be entitled to that percentage of his damages attributable to the percentage of his occupational benzene exposure. However, in practice juries these days rarely find in favor of a worker whose cancer can be attributed even in part to smoking, alcohol, or recreational drugs. Equally problematic is the case of the worker whose occupational disease was primarily caused by an employer's gross negligence. In such cases, the worker may, however, have a meritorious serious and wilful claim in workers' compensation. Regarding S&W claims, if the worker has a decent third party case, you should not file a S&W claim against the employer, because it can be introduced as evidence against the worker in the third party case. If the jury's verdict is for the plaintiff for $1 million, but the jury finds that the employer was 95% at fault for causing the worker's injuries, the worker only recovers $50,000. So carefully consider whether you should file that S&W claim!Since so many workers suffer from occupational diseases and toxic injury cases can result in large settlements and verdicts, why haven't you heard all that much about these cases? With the exception of asbestos-related disease, few law firms litigate such cases on a third party basis, for several reasons. The cases are extremely complex and difficult, primarily because the third party attorney must not only prove that the defendant was negligent or sold a defective chemical product, but that exposure to the chemical actually caused the worker's disease. It can be very difficult to prove that a worker's cancer occurring thirty or more years after occupational exposure to a chemical was caused by that chemical.Proving causation in toxic injury cases can also be very costly. Costs in these cases typically run into six figures. Why? Many experts are necessary: a pathologist (to accurately diagnose the disease), a toxicologist (to explain the toxic effects of the chemical), an industrial hygienist (to quantify the worker's exposure to the chemical), a chemical engineer (to establish that the chemical is a defective product), an epidemiologist (to testify that workers exposed to the chemical develop the disease the plaintiff has at a significantly greater rate than those not exposed), an occupational medicine physician or medical toxicologist (to opine that exposure to the chemical caused the worker's disease based upon all the evidence and by ruling out alternative causes), a life care planner (to determine the cost of the worker's medical care), and an economist (to determine lost wages, lost home services, and to reduce the future losses to present value).Given the difficulty of proving the case, the specialized knowledge of science and medicine required, the problem of employer and worker comparative fault, and the huge costs of bringing the case, few firms choose to litigate toxic injury cases (except for asbestos cases). For these reasons, don't expect the usual one-third referral fee for such cases. Most firms that litigate toxic injury cases will pay referral fees between 15% and 25% after deduction of costs.Raphael Metzger is an attorney for The Metzger Law Group, representing individuals who have been seriously harmed by toxic chemicals or benzene exposure in California. Mr. Metzger is a sought after public speaker as well as a widely published writer.
http://www.ToxicTorts.com
Keyword : toxic torts,workers compensation,injury law,chemical exposure,leukemia,benzene,lawyer,attorney
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