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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
If you do not have a will, the law writes one for you. The best way to make sure your property goes to whom you want after your death is to have a will. A will can also avoid time and expense when it comes to probate.
For more general information about the law, check out my website.
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Tobacco Companies Will Say They Lied
It has been fifty years since the Surgeon General's warning first appeared on packs of cigarettes. Since then, plaintiffs have filed numerous lawsuits against the tobacco companies for smoking-related health problems and concealing negative health information. In 1999, the Department of Justice brought and later won an action against the tobaccos companies for violating civil racketeering laws and lying to the public.
Cigarette companies will soon be required to put out "corrective statements" about their history of lying to the public about the dangers of smoking.
The judge in the case made five key "findings of fact." What were they?
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Target Breach Worse Than Expected
Around the holidays it was estimated that some 40 million Target consumers had their credit card information stolen in a massive security breach. Now, new information about the breach paints a much grimmer picture. Target now estimates that at least 70 million consumers had sensitive credit card information seized by hackers.
The breach includes names, addresses, email addresses, and more.
Did you shop at Target over the holidays?
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Your Money
Can you retire now, or should you wait? This calculator will help you determine your retirement shortfall.
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For the Lawyers
Housekeeper bound by arbitration agreement.
The Virginia Supreme Court has enforced an arbitration agreement against a housekeeper who sought to sue her former boss, after he physically assaulted her. The live-in housekeeper signed a one-page agreement to arbitrate that was presented to her by her employer, a car dealership owner, sometime after she started working, and it contained no other agreement about her pay, hours, or other terms of employment.
A unanimous Virginia Supreme Court sent the dispute to arbitration.
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