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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
Never give someone "change" for a cashier's check. If someone offers to pay for something with a larger cashier's check and asks you for the difference in cash, it probably is a scam and the cashier's check is counterfeit. Remember, until a check is actually paid by the bank, it is nothing more than a worthless piece of paper.
Tax Breaks for Casualty, Disaster Victims
There's no way to plan for a disaster. But there is recovery help from an unexpected source: the Internal Revenue Service. You can count unforeseen casualty losses as itemized deductions. Click here for more.
If You're in Your 50s, It's Time to Plan How You'll Pay for Long-Term Care
Getting old is such a drag that most of us don't like to think about it. And we sure don't like to think about who will take care of us if we stumble and break a hip while strutting to our favorite Rolling Stones CD. But even if you're a lot younger than Mick Jagger-and many of us are- you should be thinking about how you'll pay for long-term care. Click here for more.
Ditch the Pitch: Hanging Up on Telephone Hucksters
It's like clockwork. You sit down to dinner and the phone rings. You answer it. The caller is trying to sell you something or tell you that you've won a fabulous prize. If you're tempted by the offer, get the facts. You may be in for a fraud. American consumers lose more than $40 billion a year to telemarketing fraud. Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Arbitration awards should not be overturned by viewing the potential conflict of interest of an arbitrator based on a "mere appearance" standard. In an en banc opinion, the Fifth Circuit concluded "that the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) does not mandate the extreme remedy of vacatur for nondisclosure of a trivial past association." Click here for more.