Legal Questions and Answers
Can the Highway Authority Restrict Commercial Signs?
The Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (ISTHA) operates the entire tollway system in Illinois. The ISTHA recieves no federal funds and the system is supported by tolls collected. On the tollway system, there are 7 oasis facilities (under separate manageent contract)where gas, food and other services are provided. The ISTHA allows these 7 oasis to advertise (blue logo signs...
04/18/2011 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: Illinois | #24664Can I Get an Annulment Without an Attorney?
CAN I GET AN ANNULMENT ON MY OWN, WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY INVOLVED, MARRIAGE WAS NEVER CONSUMMATED, BECAUSE THE MAN DECEIVED ME, IN THAT I NEVER KNEW HE COULD NOT CONSUMMATE MARRIAGE, MARRIED LESS THAN ONE MONTH.
04/18/2011 | Category: Divorce » Annulment | State: Tennessee | #24662Is an Automatic Renewal Clause in a Waste Contract Enforceable?
The contract with our waste management company states that after the three year contract expires, it will automatically renew for one year increments unless we notify them written notice 90-180 days before the anniversary of the signing. The three year contract expires this month and we would like to change waste companies, but were told that we cannot cancel for another year....
04/18/2011 | Category: Contracts » Recission | State: California | #24659Can a Company Sell a Movie Owned By Another Company?
One of the advertisers on your site is DH Gate from China. Is it legal to buy merchandise from China? Many people say that Chinese merchandise is a knockoff or pirated copy. For example, there are companies on DH Gate offering wholesale lots of Disney movies. Are any of these companies licensed to make Disney movies (DVDs), and what if they are unlicensed and just making a...
04/17/2011 | Category: Intellectual Prope... | State: Pennsylvania | #24658Can a Contractor Get a Mechanics Lien if We Don't Have a Written Contract?
An neighbor did some work on my home which was done improperely and I refused to pay him as much as he requested. He filed a lien on my home. How is that possible in AZ. He does not have judgement or a contract with me nor did he file a 20 day notice What do I do and how do I get this lien removed from my home
04/17/2011 | Category: Contractors » Construction... | State: Arizona | #24656Is There a Legal Limit on the Pet Deposit a Landlord Can Require?
is there a limit of how much deposit a landlord can require for a pet ?
04/16/2011 | Category: Landlord Ten... » Security Dep... | State: Florida | #24654What Can I Do if the Attorney Won't Settle My Case?
You helped me before and I was wondering if you would help me again (of course, I will pay you). My husband was injured at work in 2002 and 2003. He went to several hearings, each attorney's side bitterly fighting and this went on until 2010. In May of 2010 I won the arbitration award for my husband (his employer also had what is called a disability/retirement plan). He was ...
04/15/2011 | Category: Courts » Attorneys | State: Maryland | #24652Can I get compensated from a verbal agreement?
I worked for a man as his maintenance man for 5 years we had a verbal agreement it would be deducted from the property I have cared for and reside in for the last five years. Now remarried his wife is trying to sell the house out from under me a lawyer sent me a letter to vacate the house. I have done $10,000 dollars of work on this property, always being on call for him and hi...
04/15/2011 | Category: Contracts » Oral | State: Texas | #24649Can a Surface Owner Prevent Assignment of Oil and Gas Rights?
Can an owner of the surface rights of real property prevent a different owner of the oil and gas rights from leasing the oil and gas rights? I am asking the above question relevant to oil and gas interests in Noble county, Ohio
04/14/2011 | Category: Oil Gas and Minerals | State: Florida | #24640Can a Child be Interviewed in a Motion to Modify Custody?
How can I have my 2 children set up a meeting to talk to a judge to change a custody order for their safety and protection?
04/14/2011 | Category: Divorce » Child Custody | State: California | #24639