| Volume 25 Number 10 |
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The People’s Lawyer’s Tip of the Day
If you have reason to believe your personal information has been compromised and you may become a victim of identity theft, put in a fraud alert with the credit bureau. Federal law requires that the credit bureau keep this alert on your file for 90 days. Click here to find out how to learn more about preventing identity theft. Click here for more.
5 Mistakes That Will Sink Your Retirement
Planning for retirement is discouraging these days. Even people with stable jobs face swelling gas prices, utility bills, health insurance premiums, and other expenses that make extra cash for retirement elusive. With distractions like a turbulent stock market and a shaky economy, it's easy to take your eye off the ball and forget your ultimate financial goals. Here is a look at five retirement planning mistakes you absolutely need to avoid. Click here for more.
Credit Doctors Often Just a Short-Term Fix for Scores
As lending requirements tighten, hiring a credit repair expert, or credit doctor, to help improve your score in a matter of weeks or months sounds enticing. But consumer advocates warn that the industry is rife with shady practices and high fees ranging from several hundred to thousands of dollars. "Your money will be better spent paying your bills," Click here for more.
Half-Million Tricked by Telemarketers
The Federal Trade Commission unfurled results of an enormous telemarketing fraud sweep, saying it had filed more than 180 cases that represent thousands of alleged victims and millions of dollars in losses. The agency said the sweep, named "Operation Tele-Phoney," was the largest telemarketing sweep it had ever coordinated. Click here for more.
Living Will
Here is a copy of a Texas "Directive to Physicians and Family or Surrogate," commonly known as a living will. If you want the right to die a natural death, you should fill in this form and have it properly witnessed by two people over the age of eighteen. Click here for more.
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For the Lawyers
Statute of repose bars claims over Bosnian air crash. The 9th Circuit has held that the federal statute of repose applies to bar products liability claims arising from a plane crash in Bosnia. Click here for more.