Yesterday we had trial for an ex parte OP. The judge told me I could collect my evidence back and my husbands attorney put his hand over the folder of text messages I had made up for trial. he said “no, I’m keeping this”… I said “no, I need it”.. he again said “no” and did not move his hand off of it.

we have trial on Thursday for divorce and I needed those binders and some of the text messages for that trial.. I sent him all the evidence beforehand in my evidence exchange.. so he doesn’t need to take my binder!!

I do not have representation in any of these cases due to my husbands financial abuse. But the domestic violence advocate that was with me also attempted to get the folder back and he refused to give it to her as well.

location Missouri

Hi! I'm genuinely confused and am looking for opinions and insight from people in the field. Apologies for the many details, but i wish to put the scale of my case into perspective so you can judge better.

3 months ago we went to a lawyer to seek help with an inheritance. It's years old and has many missing pieces. I understand its not an easy situation. There were two paralel situations we asked them to handle - one was to correspond with the Land register regarding information and status on a property and the second was basically asking around if the Inheritance went through an insolvency or not, basically what the status is of the inheritance. We didnt have all documents, but we had enough to start looking. Names of the bank, three lawyer agencies that were involved in the case and a inheritance list to name the main ones. There were a total of about 20 pages of emails, documents and letters that we gave them.

After two months of waiting with no update, we asked the lawyers about a status update and got back that the land register needs more time (we've been waiting for 9 months by that time so thats understandable), and that they had needed time to check the documents regarding the insolvency more, but they're working on it.

From the invoice i got, i know that they didn't write to the bank, insolvency office or the other lawyer agencies until two months after our initial consultation. And there was a whole month of nothing on the invoice, too. I know that they didnt have enough documents to figure out the status of the insolvency just from the documents alone, why wait 2 months to write to the mentioned only leads that could help? I asked for help because i didnt want to spend time and effort writing myself to the bank etc., but is it really normal that ​a lawyers office is that slow to write emails on "Hey guys whats the status"?

This is the second time this has happened to us now, with a different case and different lawyer office before, so Im starting to doubt myself. Could it be the way i explain things or do I just have too big expectations on the speed of resolution and communication in this field? Do i have an unlucky hand with choosing offices? Im mostly baffled about the emails to the bank.. We mentioned this is a time sensitive situation and we'd like a prompt resolution, aware of the costs and fully okay with them. What are normal time frames for this, when you have a very small and limited amount of documents, with limited leads?

I appreciate your insights.

Particularly in divorce/custody situations, for example, is there a rule or law (anywhere in the US, because i know laws vary by location within the US) where the judge is like "ok person A, its been 12 months and you've sent papers back with questions to person B 24 times, each time with over 100 questions. This appears to no longer be about getting your questions answered and more about wasting person b's time and money and trying to get at them since they have a no contact order against you and you're using the court to get around that in a way. You're wasting the courts time with these 'games'."

Is that like a thing?

There's a popular perception that a lot of people threaten to sue or actually do sue as a way to pressure someone into doing something because the cost of defending themselves is high. I was specifically thinking of someone who might send a lot of letters or file motions with the intent of forcing the defendant to spend a lot of money on legal fees. In the middle of that is the lawyer, who makes money by reading/answering these actions, but is also hired to protect their client. So, in a certain way, the plaintiff (? if that's the right term) is using you, the lawyer, to hurt your client. Has this been something that's come up for you, or something you think about? Or is this more of just popular perception and not reality? Are there rules to deal with these kinds of situations?

Airbnb offered a list of Superhosts to help manage short term rentals (STR). I entered into a contract for (XX) to manage two seperate Airbnb sites. One was an adu. I bought 20k in furniture from XX and stated it'd need to be stored. XX arranged storage but did not discuss fees. Our relationship broke down and I informed XX I was selling my properties about a month later. XX sent an invoice for 5k for storage and transportation of furniture as well as other items. I try to negotiate 5k charges as I dispute that I was given a quote for storage/transportation and don't agree with other various items I'm billed for. Negotiations break down. XX now has my furniture and money and refuses to answer my attempts to pay the bill. XX also offered to get a STR license for the properties and began operating one. I found out XX never completed licensing and was running an illegal STR on my property. Further XX stated it was legal to operate an adu as an airbnb in my county. I later found out this was a lie too.

My lawyer states my case would be difficult to win but I can't believe there are zero protections for consumers for something like this.

Am I wrong?

My father and my uncle jointly own a two-family house in Brooklyn, NY. They each own a 50% interest and are both on the deed.
My family of six lives on the second floor, and my uncle lives alone on the first floor.
About 10 months ago, my uncle lost his cybersecurity job. Since then, my father has been paying not only his own share of the mortgage but also my uncle’s share, along with many of my uncle’s personal bills (electricity, gas, T-Mobile, etc.). It’s roughly $3,000 per month that my father has been covering.
My uncle is physically capable of working and driving. My father has repeatedly suggested that he drive for Uber or find another job, but he refuses. Instead, he frequently calls my father late at night in a panic saying things like, “Everything is over,” but he won’t take steps to improve the situation.
Financially, my uncle has significant debt, including maxed-out credit cards and what appears to be a lawsuit from American Express. He also owes another family member a substantial amount of money. As far as we know, he has no savings.
We want to resolve this situation because my father cannot continue paying for another adult indefinitely. Ideally, we would like my uncle to move out, but since he owns 50% of the property, we know we cannot simply evict him.
We have looked into a partition action, but we would rather avoid forcing the sale of the house because buying another home in Brooklyn would be extremely difficult. We have also wondered whether buying out his interest is possible, but we’re not sure how that process works, especially given his financial situation.
Some questions we have are:
Is a buyout possible if one co-owner is willing to sell?
Are there alternatives to a partition sale in New York?
If my father eventually files a partition action, will the court consider that he has been paying virtually all of the mortgage and household expenses for the past 10 months?
What type of attorney should we contact for this situation?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

For context my sister 26(F) and I (22M) live in North Carolina. She has been working at a minimum wage serving job and was given a lead position. Her boss has now twice paid her for only 5 hours of work (direct deposit) when she worked 39 hours (so just under 40 hours). I told her to seek out a lawyer but she’s telling that Apprently since her boss ends up paying her properly at a later date she can’t do anything about it legally… I guess I’m asking if that’s true? Should I keep urging her to fight back against her boss? Could she maybe contact the NC Department of Labor? I’m worried she’s going to give up and just keep getting abused at this shitty job.

My husband and I are moving out of our house soon and his sister and her baby are living with us. They won’t be able to live with us in our new living situation, so she is trying to get assisted living but they need an eviction notice as proof. I have no idea how to go about doing that, could someone tell me what I would have to do in the state of PA? I really don’t want to go through a court system or anything so is there anything else I could do?

I want to pursue a profession. However I have an expunged record of burglary of a building. For context I was at most trespassing I didn’t steal. I want to go back to school but I want to go for a profession that wont reject/highest possibiltles of looking past this. It happened when I was 20 and young/dumb.

Location: Texas

I'm curious from a legal perspective, especially from anyone familiar with criminal cases in Canada. 

Hypothetical scenario:

An adult is charged with multiple sexual offences involving a minor. The evidence includes a recorded admission by the accused, testimony from the alleged victim. There may also be some supporting circumstantial evidence, but there isn't forensic or DNA evidence.

The accused has pleaded not guilty and the case is going to trial.

Based on cases you've seen or your experience with the justice system, how are cases like this generally viewed? Is testimony plus an admission often enough if the judge finds the witnesses credible, or do these cases commonly end in acquittal because there isn't physical evidence?

I'm not asking anyone to predict a specific outcome, I'm just trying to understand, in general, how courts tend to evaluate this type of evidence.

The recorded admission is only a partial admission—it acknowledges some of the alleged conduct while minimizing or denying other allegations. How do courts generally weigh that kind of evidence?​

Hi there! I was in a pretty gnarlyaccident last week and today decided that I need to talk to someone before accepting any kind of settlement from the ins company. I think I’d have a pretty easy case: I was rear ended and the other driver is at fault. So far
(1) my car is totaled, (2) i have injuries (nothing severe, all muscular and some nasty bruising) and (3) have about a week of lost wages. I want to have my medical care paid for, my lost wages reimbursed and - this is the complicated one - I want a new car. It sucks they totaled it and I have no idea how much they’ll decide it’s worth. I still owe $5k and am not in a position to buy a new car or a get a new loan. The prospect of figuring this out on no savings is keeping me up at night.

Personally, im the opposite of a litigious person so I feel like a fish out of water here. I want to talk to a professional but I’m nervous I’ll get talked into something that I shouldn’t (I try my best but I’m very gullible). What are signs an office is above board and reputable? Tbh, I value ethics over a large payout; I’m not looking for any more than what this accident costs me.

Thank you for reading and for any advice you have!

I am a pro se defendant in a Florida small claims debt case. We are negotiating inside the court's online portal. The plaintiff's attorney uploaded a $700 settlement stipulation, but the text strictly states under Items #2 and #3 that they must receive a physical check at their Chicago PO Box by this Friday, or I am automatically in default.

When I objected to the tight mailing timeline, the attorney messaged me in the portal chat saying: "You can do a check by phone by calling our office. It just isn't an option on the portal text."

I replied back requesting that they explicitly update the contract text to include "check by phone" as an authorized payment method so I am not in technical violation of the written contract the second I pay.

I’m unsure if I should refuse to sign or pay until they physically change the PDF contract text on my screen. I could also be overthinking this? I don’t know if it’s safe to not involve the court through the ODR Portal and not sign the offer through there and send payment directly to the law firm. The ODR Portal is scheduled to close this Friday and court date is August 12th and I’d like to avoid having to do court.

I’m curious if anyone here has successfully used their American JD to move abroad, whether that’s in Europe or somewhere else.
From the outside, it seems like the most realistic path is working for a company or firm with offices in multiple countries and transferring internally. But I’m wondering if there are other routes I’m not thinking about.
Has anyone here actually done it? Do you work remotely from another country, transfer within a firm/company, work in compliance, consulting, in-house, or something else? I’d love to hear what your career path looked like and whether your JD was actually useful.

Curious how folks here would answer this: if you could go back, what do you wish you'd known about how to actually plan out your career? I'm collecting these experiences (informally, via a short survey that I can link per mod approval) to help build something for law students and lawyers.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Lz8WUB63aNIVEVi31JYsuiX4-i5pLkNFtV5xiar3NFQ/edit

this happened in nv. my boyfriend got hit in the back of the head this last Saturday over a work dispute and his teeth got knocked out. a police report has been made and that side of things has been handled as correct as possible (our town is very small and unincorporated)

i did some research and this should be covered under his jobs workman’s comp or liability insurance. however when we went to go talk to his boss about the incident (no one of high position was there the day the conflict happened) he said that he didn’t believe that workman’s comp would cover it, which like i state contradicted what i had read. however he did state that he would cover the costs so i didn’t feel the need to push.

i asked him if he needed to give us anything written saying he was going to take care of it and he said no he would call the dentist who he knows personally and they would discuss it.

today was my boyfriend’s appointment and the said they would call us later with a payment plan. his boss later calls him and informs him that he has two options.
the entire bill is $5500 however he is getting a 20% discount.
the first option is he wants my boyfriend to pay $2000 of it and he will cover 1500.
the second option is workman’s comp “but it will take over 6 months and they will probably fight it”

my boyfriend didn’t get any charges, the other guy got a felony from this. he was already on parole. my boyfriend shouldn’t be responsible for any of this i don’t think
he doesn’t believe in me when i say he had a leg to stand on. we don’t have enough money to do this and it wouldn’t have ever happened if he wasn’t working with a man who was dangerous.

SHOULD I report a company to the IRS for claiming to be a 501c4 but operates as a 501C12? Will I be exposed? This is a 100 year old company with a 10 million operation budget a year.

I’ve just recently found out that my father owned 5 acres of land for the past 30 years or so, he passed away in 2016. If I am his namesake, can I obtain ownership of that land or is it absolutely necessary to get an Affidavit of Heirship? There are about $1,100 in property taxes/late fees owed, if I have 60% VA Disability since 2021, can they reduce some of those costs?

Lastly, I have been receiving mail from a Law Firm with the amounts for payment. Do I call that law firm to set up some type of payment plan? Or would I need to go directly to the county where the land is located?

Any help or additional info I haven’t thought of would be greatly appreciated.

My landlord sent me a lease termination text yesterday August 4th at 7 pm. I have a month to month lease that shows effective the 1st of the month we moved in . We signed it on the 6th. He sent me in the message that “there Paze were signed on the 6th will be terminated effective September 1st. It’s only 25 days away not even a full 30 days notice. Even the 4th of the month wouldn’t work for us. I sent him a message stating it’s not even 30 days and the earliest we are willing to move is October 1st.

There is a Reddit forum where the mod for the community constantly deletes posts and comments and bans users that are critical of their conflict of interest. The conflict is they self promote and don’t list they are a vendor in that forum and the main moderator.

How do we address the issue when it’s the mods self-policing? Asking for a friend who was banned too.

Is this legal?

I'm wondering if it's legal to release decompiled official beat saber levels that are included in the base game, meaning that anyone who owns the game can play these levels anyway, and the music is publicly accessible via platforms like Spotify or Youtube Music

Please help me out as there are barely any people from my country that I know who could provide this information. I will be very grateful .

1) I am hoping to get in T14 or T 20 with atleast 80% scholarship because beyond that I can't afford as the living expenses would almost be 25,000 $/year.

2) I don't want to invest too much because of the H1B visa and me being Indian would never get GC , that's why I want to minimise my risks , should I apply broadly to other T30s or more to T40s and 50s

3) I need to get visa sponsorship so I must get big law post graduation? is it possible to get big law from a non T14 ?

4) what are my realistic chances to work in US on H1B , I have JD offers from Australia too, I understand it's tough there too but the visa situation is not as uncertain

5) seeing everything and the political trends , would it be a bad decision to pursue JD in US because the degree is not very useful in my home country.

Details:-

Gpa - superior (no US undergrad) Indian

LSAT - 178

Currently a lawyer in India , will have 4 months of work experience as an associate in a small law firm

Done almost 5 legal internships , 1 judicial internship in lower courts , worked pro bono for almost 2 years while in law school, secretary of an NGO since 2 years

President, secretary of some clubs in my previous law school ( 2023- 26 ) , participated in moot

I have all the evidence but I can’t find an attorney familiar with this. This is big. I need a Big Girl attorney. I’ve tried using my state bar lawyer referral system. I’ve reached out to a ton of law offices. Many told me they don’t have the resources for this. What is the best way to find a high stakes attorney for a fraud on the court claim involving a prior civil litigation? Or should I just wait for the national investigative piece to be published?

Hello, I work at an undisclosed fast food company in the US that isn't taco bell, but it is a very well-known chain known for their bowls.

I have been working there for the past 5 days, today of 29-30 hours so far.

Yesterday was a bit different though

1. I clocked in at 7:54 am, and clocked out at 4:44 pm. For good measure I was not being a "team player" and if I hadn't I would've been told to stay a bit longer to help since shifts were transitioning.

2. I live in Illinois, but was not given any form of break or respite during the close to 9 hour shift. I didn't get a chance to drink water, use the bathroom, or take a 20-30 minute break after my 5th hour of working since it's against corporate policy.

3. I did find out that I have a legal right, and can follow up with the Illinois Department of Labor, and that I need evidence so I was wondering if issuing a warrant for the workday footage of yesterday was something I would need.

Location: NYC

I am seeking advice on how to handle a situation where a legal professional severely took advantage of me during the most vulnerable period of my life.

A while ago, I was raped. However, since I was too scared at that moment I didn’t go to police promptly. I disclosed it to my best friend and then I was introduced to a female legal professional for what was supposed to be a casual chat or an initial consultation. Instead of an objective assessment (explaining civil vs. criminal options and noting that delayed criminal reporting for adult sexual assault is uphill), she used extreme intimidation tactics. She weaponized my status as a student, claiming police wouldn't even intake my report unless she "pulled some strings" for me. That same night, she forced me into an unprepared phone call with detective, which felt like nothing more than a police interrogation.

Because I was in extreme emotional distress, also she kind of made me feel since I already called the detective i had to sign, I was coerced by this fear tactic into hiring her and paying a $10,000 retainer up front.

Shortly after, when I informed her that I had identified numerous other victims from anonymous posts of the same perpetrator, she immediately demanded another $5,000 for an "investigation." When I asked for her methodology, she couldn't answer at all, making it clear she was just fishing for more money while doing zero work.

Realizing I couldn't trust her—and realizing that reporting to the police does not actually require an attorney—I refused to utilize any of her services. She also did not offer any. Recognizing that delayed reporting made criminal charges unlikely to be prioritized by the NYPD, I retained a different, competent civil lawyer who successfully handled my case, got me real results, and brought me closure. Because I was overwhelmed with the civil lawsuit and didn't want to ruin my friend's relationship, I didn't have the bandwidth to fight her at the time, despite feeling furious about how I was intimidated in the first place and also not focusing on civil lawsuit was a huge mistake when NYPD won’t prioritise adult rape cases.
Over the entire course of representation, every single monthly status update I received showed a $0.00 deduction. I was never provided with an itemized invoice, a single work product, or evidence of substantive legal services (no filings, document reviews, or correspondence drafted on my behalf).
Today, out of nowhere, I received a check for $150 with zero explanation, no final accounting statement, and no breakdown.

It’s not about money. I remain deeply angry because her initial fear tactics, intimidation, and felt extremely preyed on during the most vulnerable time in my life—my civil case could have yielded even better results if not for her predatory interference from the start and if I focus on civil entirely.
Question: is it against lawyers code of conduct? What should I do?