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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Ticket scalping is legal in Texas, but be careful. Buying tickets online or from someone you do not know can be dangerous. Use common sense. If the deal looks to good to be true it probably isn't. Buy from a reputable businesses or someone you know, and use a credit card to protect yourself in case you get scammed.
Be Master of Your Money Universe
At home, you clip coupons and haggle over a dime, but on vacation, money is no object. You wouldn't think of buying a $200 jacket ... unless it has been marked down three times from $1,200. Nor would you spring for a $6 hamburger ... but you'll jump at the chance to pay $9.99 for an all-you-can-eat buffet. It doesn't take an Einstein to figure out you suffer from money relativity, in which your value system expands and contracts like the universe, depending on where you are and how you feel about what you're buying. Click here for more.
Check Your Credit Report
Check your credit report once a year. It's a credit healthy thing to do,and now it's free. Creditors determine whether to give you credit or a loan,and how much you will pay-based on information in your credit history. The national credit bureaus (now called consumer reporting companies) collect information from your creditors about how many credit cards and loans you have and how many accounts are late, overdue, or in collection. Even if you think your credit history is good, you still should get a copy of your report. You might find anything from old accounts to errors to outright identity theft. You shouldn't be the last to know what's in your file. That's especially true now that you can get free copies of your credit reports from the three major consumer reporting companies (Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion). Click here for more.
Online Scams Cost Consumers $8 Billion
Consumers lost more than $8 billion during the past two years to online scams, including viruses, spyware and phishing schemes, according to Consumer Reports magazine. The publication's 2006 "State of the Net" survey, resulting from a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 households with Internet access, showed consumers spent at least $7.8 billion for computer repairs, parts and replacements to correct problems caused by viruses and spyware. Click here for more.
Air Travel's New Do's and Don't's
Travelers face tighter security and longer lines because of new airport rules in the USA and UK after a plot to blow up airliners bound for the USA was uncovered. With a busy travel weekend ahead, here's what you need to know. Click here for more.
Your Money
How much house can you afford? Click here for more.
For the Lawyers
A Plaintiff who sues for legal malpractice cannot recover lost punitive damages. The Illinois Supreme Court has held that even if it was proven that the plaintiff would have recovered punitive damages in the underlying lawsuit, such damages are not recoverable against the attorney in a malpractice suit. Click here for more.