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Incorporating Tips – Capitalization

Incorporating Tips – Capitalization by: Richard A. Chapo Capitalizing a new business entity is a critical step of the formation process. Failing to take the step can lead to serious legal problems if the entity is ever sued. So, what is capita...

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Interesting Judgment Calculations

I am not an attorney, I am a Judgment Broker. When one recovers, collects, or is paid on a judgment in a single lump payment, and there are no recoverable enforcement costs, the total amount owed (including interest) is easy to figure out. In the ca...

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Jury Compensates Parents $1.6 Million For Stillbirth Her Baby Due To Emergency Room Physician's Error

Altogether, there are two things patients really expect from their physicians. This is probably never more true than when the patient is an expectant mother who is entrusting the physician with the wellbeing of her baby. To begin with, it is critical...

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Families Recover More than One Million Dollars For Death Of Pedestrian With The Right Legal Approach

Pedestrian accident matters sometimes involve fatalities. As outlined by a study from a few years ago, a pedestrian fatality occurs as a result of a motor vehicle accident around every 111 minutes. That turns out to be four thousand five hundred pede...

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The Budget 2005 & Inheritance Tax Has the Chancellor Done Enough

Introduction'The Government's economic objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society, where there is opportunity and security for all."So reads the opening statement of the Labour Government's 2005 Budget. But the word &apo...

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Is Doctor Liable For Malpractice For Not Acting According To Colon Cancer Screening Recommendations

Colon cancer is the second leading cause of deaths resulting from cancer. Every year, around 48,000 men and women will pass away because of colon cancer. A large number of these fatalities might be prevented with early detection and treatment by stan...

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Can an Executor of a Will Act Improperly?

If a person has remarried, they might ask children from different marriages to be the executors of their Will. Maybe these half siblings don't know each other that well, or just don't get on. Arguments about the finances of the deceased wil...

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The Polygraph as a Truth Detector

The Polygraph as a Truth Detector by: William Trevino 1984 Summary The B.C. Civil Liberties Association believes that there is convincing evidence to suggest that the use of the polygraph is arbitrary, subjective, biased toward accusations of ...

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Rights and Obligations with Prenuptial Agreement

Rights and Obligations with Prenuptial Agreement by: Jeffrey Broobin Prenuptial agreements are like insurance policies. You do the paperwork, and then hope you'll never need it. However, since half of marriages end in divorce within the fir...

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Alternative Billing Win Win Strategies

Alternative Billing Win Win Strategies by: Dan Harris Better Legal Billing: Time Slips for the Future Options Abound, But It's Often Up to Clients to Suggest Them In the old days of legal billing, lawyer's invoices — usually a sing...

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