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Legal
17th July 2008
In Ontario, an unsuccessful party in a lawsuit is generally ordered to pay a portion of the successful party's legal expenses. In cases where a claimant is outside Ontario, the Courts in Ontario are concerned that in the event that the claimant is not suc...
17th July 2008
Most disputes headed to litigation, or already in litigation, could be resolved much earlier and at less cost if the negotiation and conflict management were approached in a disciplined manner. Many business negotiations could also proceed much more effic...
17th July 2008
So you’ve secured a plum opportunity to present at a seminar or conference. You have prepared your speech and rehearsed your elevator pitch (30-second message that states who you are and what you do). Now what?
Remember to keep your listening ears o...
17th July 2008
A federal court has ordered the giant of all Internet companies - Google, to hand over documents concerning YouTube's viewing data to another media monster - Viacom. Viacom and Google are currently entangled in a no-holds barred lawsuit, concerning alleg...
17th July 2008
Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about".
Now when a certain ac...
17th July 2008
Commercial law covers complex contract and property law. The law of agency, insurance law, bills of exchange, insolvency and bankruptcy law and sales law are all important, and trace back to the mediæval Lex Mercatoria.
Agency is an area of commercial ...
17th July 2008
When couples decide to end their marriage, couples normally choose divorce rather than annulment. But due to its complex procedures in many countries, especially in some states in the US, people tend to seek divorce processes from other jurisdiction. And ...
17th July 2008
When people's lives were mostly confined to single state, local court orders for maintenance and child support, and for contact with, and parental responsibility for, any children of the family were administered through a relatively trouble-free system.
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17th July 2008
Auto or car accidents are situations and events that nobody likes to happen or even think about, but almost nobody can avoid forever. At least once in our lives, from just one second of negligence or bad luck, we become involved in a car accident in one ...
17th July 2008
A prenuptial agreement is basically a legal contract where the couple will agree to who will own what when married. Having a prenup will prevent a contested divorce. A contested divorce is when the couple can't agree upon how to distribute the assets. Con...
17th July 2008
With the crowded roadways in California, it is not surprising that car accidents continue to occur and life-devastating injuries continue to bring much suffering to the victims and their families. As a further result, a large number of claims are being fi...
17th July 2008
Medical negligence, in legal sense, is the act or failure to act in accordance with the accepted standards of the health care practice. In many occasions, these performances or omissions have been the cause of numerous accounts of personal injuries and de...
17th July 2008
Under the legal context, trip and fall is a type of personal injury case wherein an individual suffers damages or injuries due to slipping, tripping or falling. Usually, the victims of these cases may file their charges based on the principle of “premis...
17th July 2008
With the crowded roads in Los Angeles, riding motorcycles indeed position a person at high risks on the roads. Although it gives the riders more freedom of maneuvering, its normal built creates great possibility of serious injuries or fatalities in cases ...
17th July 2008
Sexual Harassment
In the context of the prevailing Labor Laws in Los Angeles, sexual discrimination or harassment is an unwelcome sexual advance or request and any other oral or physical performance that is sexual in nature. This action must also creat...
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