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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
In Texas, a tenant who moves into an apartment is entitled to a working smoke detector, a peephole in the front door, and proper security on all doors and windows, including a dead bolt on the front door. Click here for more.
How to Find Hidden Bank Fees
How much do you pay your bank in fees? Most consumers simply don't know. Why? It can be very, very difficult to find fee disclosures. In order to generate new revenue, banks are inventing new fees and making it harder to avoid them, all while finding ways to hide the fees from you. A survey by PIRG found six out of ten bank branches made it difficult to impossible to find a fee schedule. In fact, when PIRG tried to collect information for its study, a fourth of the banks refused to comply altogether. What can you do to stay on top of bank fees? Click here for more.
House Passes New Budget Deal
The next step in keeping the government open has come and gone, as the House of Representatives voted 260-167 to pass a new budget. Fifty-nine republicans voted no on the measure, despite the efforts of House leader John Boehner to broker the deal with the President, the Senate, and other members of the House. The measure will now go before the Senate. The deal will cut $38.5 billion from the budget for the remainder the fiscal year. Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Landlord liable for attack by tenant’s pit bull. A Maryland appellate court found that a landlord may be liable based on negligence theories, for injuries suffered by child in an attack by a tenant's pit bull. Click here for more.