…prejudice I feel is invisible. It’s more a stigma attached to the label,” Langley said in a telephone interview from the university campus. “We’re thought of as evil, callous and…
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Teen and Parent Legal Angst and What to do about it
…Home Alone label in the sidebar.) As is also true for most legal questions, the specific question and answer at hand is only part of the picture so the research…
Babysitting and the Law
** Please see the June 2009 update (or click on the Babysitting label). ** This is the time of year when the babysitting questions appear with increasing…
Cite-Checking: A Thousand Points of Citator-Speak
…label for Shepardizing. When I’m speaking generically, I use “citator service.” To take the “Xerox” out of photocopy, or the “Kleenex” out of tissue, I would just refer to it…
Beware the Fill-in-the-Blank Power of Attorney Form, Please
If you’ve read the recent (last week, last year, last decade, last century) stories about relatives, caregivers, and others who are charged with theft, elder abuse, and other crimes…
Justice Bedsworth: Why God Made Misdemeanors and the NCAA Sanctioned Cal Tech
…not turning a puppy-raper loose on society. If you over-prosecuted a petty theft case, it was unlikely your mistake would change the earth’s rotational rate. The idea was that you…
Zombie Debt: Know Your Statute of Limitations and Other Debt Collection Laws
…bankruptcy proceedings.2) They’re the result of mistaken identity or identity theft, so they were never your responsibility to begin with.3) Their statute of limitations has expired. These debts are reanimated…
Criminal Background Checks on Employees and Volunteers
…a quick, easy, cheap, and routine thing to do “on the Internet.” Volunteering … to steal?: Portland mom repeatedly accused of theft while working for charity clubs (by Jennifer Anderson,…
“Persons Who Are Inadmissible to Canada”
From the Washington Canadian Embassy web site: “Members of Inadmissible Classes include those who have been convicted of MINOR OFFENCES (including shoplifting, theft, assault, dangerous driving, unauthorized possession of…
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