A friend moved his motorhome onto my property without permission and has taken up residency, causing damage and not paying for utilities. I gave him a 72-hour notice to pay and leave, which he ignored. Can I legally have the vehicles removed from my property and impounded at a towing company's yard in Wasco County, Oregon?

June 12th, 2024

Someone used my ATM card number and code to make a fraudulent $1521.95 rent payment in Glendale, AZ, using a CA company. The person who made the payment has the same name as the person who signed me up for personal training at my gym, where I last set up an automatic payment using my ATM card. I can't prove it was him, but the coincidence is too great. I also found out that this person has a criminal record and was working with Custom Built Personal Training, having access to customers' payment info. The PHX police won't do anything because the internet/phone was used, making it a federal offense. Do I have any kind of case against the gym or the personal training company? I didn't lose any money since the bank told me I wasn't responsible for the fraud, but this must be stopped. How do I proceed?

December 29th, 2023

In the state of PA, are you supposed to remove copies of photo ID and social security cards from the personnel files after the I-9 forms are completed? I know you are supposed to keep the I-9 forms separate, but I was not sure if the social security cards and photo ID copies needed to be removed and shredded as well. Please advise.

April 18th, 2024

I purchased a business in March. The previous owner had only been there a few months before she "realized she could not work the shop on her own due to injuries she had from an accident". There were a few parts to the original offer including her inventory, POS system, and a paint line and distributorship. There was no non-compete signed. She stayed in the shop working with the paint line as a vendor for only 3 months and now has opened a shop across the street, taking the paint line, the business name of the business I bought, and the style of the shop. Is what she did illegal? Certainly unethical! Maybe not a non-compete issue but a consumer fraud issue??

August 10th, 2024

I am in the final stages of a complicated divorce. My husband is declining healthwise due to alcoholism, and his competency is slightly in question. My lawyer refuses to discuss an important document and is insistent that I take the current offer without explanation. He does not respond to my communications about it. I think the offer is technically fair but not great. Is it ethical for my lawyer to behave this way, and should I seek a review of the offer from another attorney before or after the pre-trial motion court date?

April 1st, 2023