Consumer Legal Questions and Answers
Can I Sue a Business for Preventing My Business From Competing With Them?
Do I have a right to sue for damages which involuntary caused destruction of my personal life and closed my long established successful business because subject corporations made agreement together so my business would not be a competition to another business? (the other business was one of the Corps, and signed such lease agreement with out informing me in advance or acknowled...
10/11/2010 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: California | #23371What Recourse is There Against a Company Spy
mole. a person who uses a long affiliation with an organization to gain access to and betray confidential information. what charges or/ claims can you bring on such an entity. examples such as associates with official ranks as to be called a president,secretary etc. of the different entities in the affiliated corp.
08/13/2010 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: New York | #22896Can I Give Financial Rewards to Doctors Who Lease My Medical Equipment?
I rent (lease) surgical lasers equipment to hospitals, surgery centers, and Doctor office in Southern California. My question is simple.. Can I give money back to doctors in the form of a cash rewards card earned for each time equipment is rented? I know that LLC partnerships with Physicians and vendors is no longer legal.
10/30/2009 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: California | #19391How do I prevent future employees from stealing ideas from my company?
I had a former employee steal a company secret (or device I specifically made and invented) and is now making the product and using it to make personal profit. I had no contract prohibiting this with the employee. How can I protect this from continuing? Is there a law that employees cannot steal secret company information and designs for personal gain?
05/13/2009 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: California | #16663What legal action can be taken against a seller of a used car if there are mechanical issues?
Is there any legal action that can be taken against a personal seller of a used car if mechanical trouble occurs after the sale of the vehicle? I was the seller of this vehicle and actually put $3,200 into the vehicle prior to selling it to where according to my mechanic it could be sold in good conscious as a dependable vehicle. Now, several weeks after the sale of the vehicle...
04/25/2009 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: South Carolina | #16131What is the term for requiring a leasee to use certain providers of service?
What is the term for requiring a leasee to use certain providers of service or product as a condition of the property lease? Is such lease condition legal? This question arises from a boat lease for a lake slip where the lessor now requires the leasee to use specific(one of two) boat storage facilities also owned by the lessor for winter boat storage
03/26/2009 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: Idaho | #15777Is there any recourse for poor business practice by a company?
The other day I changed cell phone services. I was entitled to a discount through my employer and I was quoted a price the week before by a salesman. I agreed, and picked out the phones for myself and my family. When I went to pick them up and active my service I was hurried through the process very quickly and before I knew it my phones were activated and my other service w...
09/18/2007 | Category: Consumer » Unfair Pract... | State: Pennsylvania | #8841