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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
As a general rule an employer may not require an employee to take a lie detector test. The employee may be required to submit to a test, however, if the employer is investigating a theft and has a reasonable suspicion that the employee may have been involved.
Top Five End-Year Tax Moves
Think Decemberis just about the holidays? Au contraire. It's also prime time for reducing your looming tax bill. Wait until April and it could be too late to take advantage of a handful of tax-slashing maneuvers. Here are our top five year-end tax moves to make now. Click here for more.
Twelve Money Tips From Holiday "Experts"
Every holiday season, we revisit the prophetic words of Charles Dickens. No, not the life lessons Ebenezer Scrooge learned from Marley, Tiny Tim and a couple of time-traveling spirits in "A Christmas Carol." Instead, many of us find that the holidays offer the best of times and the worst of times. But you won't have to struggle with a tale of two (or more) holiday financial disasters if you follow the advice of some celebrated Christmas characters Click here for more.
Top 10 Scams of 2006
As 2006 draws to a close, a review of ConsumerAffairs.com's Scam Alerts archive shows that scammers have had a busy and -- we suspect --lucrative year. Targeting the most vulnerable citizens and using increasingly sophisticated tools, most have been able to easily elude law enforcement as they pick their victims' pockets, sometimes even making off with their life savings. Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Bankruptcy provision is unconstitutional. A U.S. District Court in Minnesota has ruled that the provisions of the 2005 bankruptcy reform act establishing advertising requirements and placing limitations on how attorneys may advise their clients are unconstitutional. Click here for more.