| Volume 111 Number 7 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Many renters confuse the "grace period" to pay rent with the actual deadline. While your landlord may allow you to pay late without penalty, know that under your lease you may still be in default, and the landlord may be entitled to take action against you anytime you pay after the actual due date of the rent in the lease. Click here for more.
Google’s Self-Driving Cars Come to Texas
Google has deployed one of it’s self-driving Lexus SUVs to Austin, and for most of the past few weeks it has been gathering data while being piloted by safety drivers. But for the past two days the software and sensors have been doing the driving, and Google is sending another vehicle to Austin for more testing.
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Your Money
Annuities are financial instruments that provide a stream of future income in return for a lump sum payment. But not all annuities are created equal, and they may not be the right investment for everyone. Follow this link to learn more about this financial product. Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
A Tennessee federal judge denied the motion for partial summary judgment as to a breach of contract claim because there was evidence that the plaintiff did not actually assent to the “clickwrap agreement” requiring acceptance of new contract terms on defendant’s website. Despite defendant’s evidence that the plaintiff’s online account had accepted a 2009 change in contract terms with a clickwrap acceptance, the court held that a factual dispute existed because the plaintiff alleged that he did not access the website or authorize an agent to do so. Jim Schumacher, LLC v. Spireon, Inc., Civ. Action No. 3:12-cv-00625-TWP-CCS Click here for more.