http://www.sitemy.com/articles/articles_legal.html Articles relating to legal matters. en-us livesupport@superiorincome.com livesupport@superiorincome.com Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:04:06 -0500 SiteMY.com - RSSBIN http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.sitemy.com/logo.gif http://www.sitemy.com/articles/articles_legal.html http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19226.html So you’re toying with the idea of getting married? Maybe somebody has mentioned a Prenuptial Agreement (Prenupt) or maybe you’ve never thought of it before. Regardless, just as you’re an educated consumer you might also want to take a look at the advantages of having a prenuptual agreement before leaping into marriage. The truth of the matter is that asking your fiancee’ to sign a Prenupt is not the most romantic thing you will ever do. Below are a few tips on planning a marriage with all the love you have for that other person. Understand what it is and what it is not. Some couples forgo the Prenupt conversation for fear that their partner may suspect that they have reservations about the solidness of their relationship... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19226.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:57:28 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19227.html Don't you just hate it when your phones constantly ringing with telesales staff asking if you have an injury claim? Teams of 2 to 3 people roaming the streets, smartly dressed and groomed, with black leather folders limping in their arm... these college leavers will knock on your door! What is it they're selling? Is it insurance, electricity, gas, telecommunication services? Or is another company patrolling your area 'informing' people, they can claim injury for an accident, which wasn't their fault? An insight in to the history of personal injury claims It didn't exist a decade ago&ldots; well not to the likes of people being injured. You have an accident and nobody really cared besides the obvious family and friends. 'Take some... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19227.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:57:28 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19225.html I can’t get too excited about victimless crimes, that is to say crimes in which the only victim is the person committing it. Those who want to self-destruct – provided the consequences are not shouldered by others – have the right to do it. Everyone has the moral responsibility for their own person. Crimes against others is another matter. Nobody has the right to inflict physical harm on another. Nor does anyone have the right to harm us emotionally or economically. There are degrees of damage, obviously. Defamation does not bring the harm that torture, rape or murder does. In a just world, the punishment must fit the crime. Perfect justice must begin with absolute proof of guilt. Such is often not the case as evidenced by the ... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_19225.html Fri, 05 Aug 2005 23:57:27 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18887.html The legal protection known has "copyright" has come front and center over the past few years with major legal rulings regarding peer-to-peer networks on the Internet. Copyright protection, however, can be a confusing area of the law. This article details what can and cannot be protected by copyright. Copyright Protection? - Yes Copyright protects "original works of authorship" in a tangible, fixed form of expression. The material does need to be directly perceptible as long as it can be expressed with the aid of technology. A good example of this is a movie, which requires a projection device of some sort. Materials that can be copyrighted include: 1. Literary works; 2. Musical works, including any accompanying ... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18887.html Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:07:02 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18886.html No win no fee is a 'meaningless' term to some people, but it's how solicitors work for personal injury cases. If you don't grasp the concept, then you can forget the final settlement cheque... Nonetheless it's a popular term used by personal injury solicitors. There are advertisements all over the place, online and offline by solicitors and claim management companies. "If you lose, we won't charge you a penny" and many of the likes. But do you understand what it means... A solicitor will mention he or she will work on a no win no fee basis. In an instant you'll think, 'if the solicitor loses, I don't pay anything', which is correct. But what happens if the solicitor wins? That's right, there's a fee to pay. Not many people... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18886.html Mon, 01 Aug 2005 18:07:01 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18775.html Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs, also known as 'Confidentiality Agreements') are an essential part of modern business. If you have a trade secret, an invention or a 'good idea', it can be worrying revealing the details to a third party because you never know if your idea may be stolen. For this reason, NDA forms are common. The problem is, most of them are long winded, running to 10 pages or more, and they very length of them makes it difficult sometimes to get your target to sign in the first place. For this reason, we here at www.lawyersbench.com have come up with this 'short form' NDA form you can use. It is short, unambiguous, and covers both parties, so you should find much ... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18775.html Fri, 13 May 2005 13:10:30 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18639.html The recent withdrawals of the prescription medications Vioxx and Bextra from the marketplace due to safety concerns has class-action lawsuits in the news again. What is a class-action lawsuit? If you have been wronged, can a class-action lawsuit help you? A class-action lawsuit is one in which a single law firm or attorney represents a group of individuals who have been wronged in some common way. The wrong may have come in the form of physical harm from a commercial product or perhaps in the form of financial harm done by a company misleading the public in some way. In the early 1990’s, class-action lawsuits were filed on behalf of women allegedly harmed by silicone breast implants, and now attorneys are filing class-action suits ... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18639.html Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:52:32 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18638.html If you are reading this, then you are probably either thinking of filing for divorce -- or have a feeling that your spouse may be filing for divorce -- whether you want to separate or not. One of the common questions that an individual going through the divorce process asks is "What is a Divorce Mediation?" Mediation is a process which allows both you and your spouse to maintain control over your destiny and the terms of your divorce settlement. Both parties and attorneys attend either a four-hour or eight-hour mediation, depending on the complexity of your case. Is the Mediator a Lawyer? Although some mediators are social workers, most commonly the mediator is a lawyer who acts as a neutral person to help you settle yo... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18638.html Fri, 29 Apr 2005 15:52:31 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18386.html Poverty means lack of food, shelter, clothing and opportunities for work and education. It is the lack of supply for the needs of the community. Poverty has grown abruptly and we are left clinging in the hands of time waiting to be fed and nourished. It is doing and having what you wanted to do but doing nothing at all for the reason you remain incapable. In a different perception, poverty is a result for having a poor management. In order to have a good government, it should be run by good public officials. If they perform their tasks defectively, our resources are affected, the poor becomes poorer and our economy declines. Since poverty is on the mount, we need to have a good government to heal all the economic deficiencies and... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18386.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:14 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18385.html In almost all over the countries across the world, drug trafficking issues are dealt with and are the most difficult case to resolve. Every year, the rate of drug abuse cases and trafficking has been mounting from its number. Be it young or old, it chooses no one. No matter how heavy punishments were implemented, still the government found it to be very impenetrable to stop such case. The government finds remedy to this matter. Most drug cases involve the minor entity especially the out-of-school youth so they find it very hard to trigger. They lack knowledge and education for the use of prohibited drugs. Young minds’ curiosities are harder to comprehend and figure out. It is hard to cease because as long as there are hidden resou... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18385.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:13 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18383.html If you are going to file an application for your social security disability claim you can file it at the nearest local social security office. The applicant can start out by going to a nearby social security office and request an application form. For people with a computer and Internet access, downloading social security disability applications online is considerably easy and time efficient. Toll free numbers are also easily accessible in social security websites. This is only the basic step in filing for a social security disability claim. And securing an application is not the final resource to take. Basically it is important to take note that the person about to request an application decides what kind of disability they are el... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18383.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:12 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18384.html The sudden increase in the population is steamingly high and continues to elevate. For every second, three or more babies are born in every country and that is a big effect in our community and the whole world. Population rate has been growing effectively but death rates are reduced resulting to an imbalance in the population status. However, if the number of death rates will decrease, still we will find it very hard to manipulate the population fraction. Is this an issue we should ponder on? It certainly is because it do not only affect the enormous population size but conveys to the general problems occurring in our society. It is very important that we become aware of the population dimension for the reason that it entails us t... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18384.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:12 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18382.html Whenever we hear of the phrase "social security", the words benefits or claim is always attached to it. Almost everyone is thinking about what they can get from social security benefits. But before anything else, we have to remember there are certain qualifications to be able to avail the social security claim. So the question now is who can really avail of the said claim? It is said that social security disability is available to anyone who suffers mental or physical disability as long as the claimant have worked for a certain number of years and until a certain age. However, there are more considerations that should be followed that may vary for everyone. That’s why it is necessary to have an individual knowledge of the eligibili... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18382.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:11 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18380.html It is a normal practice that most of the people claim for their social security benefits alone. With no personal knowledge on how to file the said claim and follow the right process that will facilitate his/her case, the claimant technically suffers from difficulty preparing for the necessary evidence that will support his claim and request for approval. In cases like this, Social Security lawyers are needed to help the claimant file for his social security benefits. If a claimant has been denied of his benefits, an attorney can assist him in his preparation and submission of pertinent evidences to have his claim reconsidered for approval. However, in the event that the said application for reconsideration is denied, your Social Se... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18380.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:10 -0400 http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18381.html Understanding the complexity of the procedures in filing for social security benefits and rights can be quite tough to an individual who is not even associated with the Social Security Administration. The time, patience and a lot of paperwork required in filing a claim is also inevitable, especially to those who claim for disability benefits. The problem of directly pursuing a benefit claim alone is that many times a person files a claim not knowing that they may be entitled to something more than what he is expected to have. And usually the common error of the claimant is the lacking of pertinent documents that will support his claim, thus not just time and effort are wasted but also the money. But with the legal representation of... http://www.sitemy.com/articles/article_18381.html Sat, 23 Apr 2005 10:35:10 -0400