FAQ

• What laws govern personal injury cases?
• What are the elements present in a tort law suit?
• What is a tort?
• What is personal injury?
• What is the purpose behind workers’ compensation?
• What is workers’ compensation?
• What is the minimum wage for workers who receive tips?
• What are the minimum wage exceptions applicable to full-time students?
• Are young workers entitled to be paid minimum wage?
• Who is responsible for enforcing the minimum wage norms?
• To whom does the minimum wage law apply?
• What are the federal rules relating to minimum wages?
• Is any appeal allowable from the decision of a Labor Commissioner?
• What are the legal formalities in a Labor Commissioner hearing?
• What are the proceedings if the labor commissioner finds the employee has violated the law?
• What are the proceedings in a Labor Commissioner hearing?
• What is the limitation period for filing a complaint with the Labor Commissioner?
• Explain the term “Labor Commissioner hearing”?
• Is it possible to fire an independent contractor?
• How do independent contractors make their services available to the public?
• What are the advantages of being an independent contractor over being an employee?
• What are the features of an independent contractor relationship?
• Who is an independent contractor?
• What are the laws that offer protection against sexual harassment?
• What are the different types of sexual harassment?
• What is sexual harassment?
• What constitutes racial discrimination?
• What constitutes sex discrimination?
• What is a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
• What is disability discrimination?
• What are the common forms of employment discrimination prohibited by law?
• What is the validity of oral contracts? What if it is written in the employee’s handbook that the employer would not fire an employee as long as he/ she was doing a good job? Will this be held valid by a court?
• What are the common features of an employment contract?
• What is constructive termination?
• What is unemployment insurance?
• What are the legal restrictions on child labor?
• In the event of firing, can the employee take away his/her retirement money?
• To what extent are public sector employees protected against unjust firing?
• What are right to work laws?
• Who is excluded from the purview of National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) and collective bargaining?
• What are the issues from collective bargaining?
• What is collective bargaining?
• What are the work place safety rights available to the employees?
• Who are exempted from overtime pay?
• When is overtime payment made?
• Is an employee entitled to severance pay in the event of termination?
• How is severance pay calculated and when is it due?
• What is severance pay?
• What are the legal remedies available to an employee in the event of termination?
• What are the privacy rights of an employee?
• Who is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act?
• How does the law distinguish between an employee and an independent contractor?
• What is employment law?
• What are the matters to be borne in mind while selecting an executor of will?
• Who can object to a will?
• What is the procedure to update one’s Will?
• Does a will change affect who is named as a beneficiary for life insurance policies, pensions, and similar accounts?
• Can a will reduce Estate taxes?
• What role does the personal representative play under a will?
• What are the measures to prevent a Will from being challenged?
• What are will contests?
• What effect does moving to a different state have on a will?
• Suppose a person is mentally competent at the time of making a will but subsequently loses it. Is the will still good?
• What are self-probating wills?
• What is a ‘pour-over will?’
• What is a ‘Holographic’ last Will and Testament?
• What does a Will usually contain?
• What reasons are there to change or update a Will?
• What does a Will usually contain?
• What reasons are there to change or update a Will?
• What is the effect of a divorce on a Will?
• How is a will revoked?
• What is a ‘Living Will’?
• Is an ‘Oral Will’ valid?
• How long is a Will valid?
• Are last minute Wills or ‘Death-bed Wills’ valid?
• When should a Will be prepared and signed?
• Who should have a Will?
• What is a ‘Will’? Is there any difference between a will and a ‘Last will and Testament’?
• How long does Probate take?
• Do courts exercise any control over the Personal Representative?
• Who is responsible for handling the Probate process?
• Why is Probate necessary?
• What is the primary function of Probate?
• How do the courts determine the question of Probate?
• What is Probate?
• What are the benefits of a trust in Estate Planning?
• What is the advantage of a Trust?
• What are some of the different forms of Trusts?
• What is a ‘Trust Agreement’ or a ‘Declaration of Trust’?
• Who needs a Trust?
• Who are the parties to a Trust?
• What is a Trust Estate?
• What is a Trust?
• What are the benefits of Estate planning?
• What is Estate Planning?
• How does an estate plan help to prevent a conservatorship proceeding by the Court?
• Are conservators paid?
• What is the duration of conservatorship?
• What is conservatorship?
• Is it possible to disinherit one’s spouse?
• Can a person with a life estate move out and rent the property?
• What are the common asset protection techniques?
• What is Power of Attorney?
• What is an Estate’?
• What are the types of benefits injured workers are entitled to?
• What are the major causes for workplace injuries?
• What is meant by no fault law?
• What is worker’s compensation?
• What are the damages recoverable in an auto accident?
• What must be proved in auto accident litigation?
• What is an auto accident?
• What are the duties of a drug manufacturer in the case involving unsafe drugs?
• What is an injured person entitled to claim in litigation from defective products or dangerous toys?
• How do you bring an action for injuries sustained as a result of defective and dangerous toys?
• What are defective and dangerous toys?
• What must be proven to sustain defective medical devise liability litigation?
• What is the liability for defective medical devices?
• What is a defective product?
• What is product liability?
• What are the recoverable damages in a slip and fall suit?
• Who is liable for slip and fall injuries?
• What is a slip and fall accident?
• If a person is injured on someone else’s property, to what extent are the owner/ possessor liable?
• What is possession under premises liability law?
• What is premises liability?
• What is a nursing home injury?
• What is nursing home neglect?
• What is nursing home abuse?
• What is nursing home malpractice?
• What is a ‘prescription error’?
• What should the patient prove in order to succeed in a medical malpractice suit?
• What are the possible reasons for medical malpractice?
• What is medical malpractice?
• What is meant by a dog’s dangerous propensity?
• What is one bite rule?
• What are the legal rights of a dog bite victim?
• What must be proved in toxic tort cases?
• Who is liable in lead poisoning litigation?
• What is asbestos litigation?
• What are the remedies available to the injured party in a silicosis suit?
• What is silicosis?
• What are the damages recoverable in a wrongful death case?
• What is a wrongful death case?
• What is a brain injury?
• What are the legal definitions of “damage” and “damages”?
• What laws govern personal injury cases?
• What is an intervening cause?
• What is proximate cause?
• What is comparative negligence?
• What is negligence?
• What is Strict Liability?
• What are the elements present in a tort law suit?
• What is a tort?
• What is personal injury?
• How are trade secrets protected?
• What is a trade secret?
• When can an Internet domain names be a trademark or service mark?
• Can minors apply for trademark registration?
• Can a non-resident person own a trademark in the United States?
• Who is the owner of a trademark?
• Who can apply for a trademark?
• Are trademarks valid on the internet?
• What are the benefits of marking in the trademark world?
• What is to be done if the mark is already registered?
• What are the different types of marks?
• What is a trademark?
• What is the consequence if a person falsely applies for a patent?
• Who may apply for a patent?
• What are design patents?
• What are plant patents?
• When does a patent application need to be filed?
• Are provisional and non-provisional patent applications different?
• How does a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system simplify the process of filing patent applications?
• What is a Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) application?
• How long does patent protection last?
• What is a patent right?
• Is copyright protection available for music?
• What is the benefit in recording the copyright transfer?
• What are an exclusive and a non-exclusive copyright?
• What is meant by the terms “assignment” and “license” in the copyright world?
• Can a copyright owner transfer some or all of his specific rights?
• What are the rights guaranteed by the Copyright Act of 1976 to a copyright owner?
• If there are two or more authors to a single work, when are the authors treated separately for copyright purposes?
• Who owns the copyright in a joint work?
• How long does copyright protection last?
• How can a copyright protection be obtained?
• What are works of authorship covered by copyrights?
• What does copyright protection cover?
• What is a copyright?
• What are the remedies available for infringement of intellectual property rights?
• How do non-compete agreements protect businesses?
• What is the difference between a business name and a trademark or service mark?
• What is a business name?
• What is a collective mark?
• What is a certification mark?
• What is the difference between a patent and a trademark?
• What is the impact of fair use doctrine on printing copies?
• Can information on the internet be copied?
• What is the role of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)?
• What is the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)?
• What are music royalties?
• What are the legal remedies available in the event of domestic violence?
• Who are more vulnerable to domestic abuse?
• What constitutes domestic violence?
• What is domestic violence?
• What are the measures should one take when preparing a will by a couple in live-in relations?
• Is one of the partners in a live-in relation authorized to deal with other partner’s medical and financial matters?
• What is a domestic partnership?
• How are parenting issues settled in live-in relations?
• What is the significance of a property agreement in a live-in relation?
• What are the elements of living together contracts?
• Are there any cautionary measures to be taken by the couples in a live-in relation?
• What are the merits in a live-in relation?
• What are Live-in relations?
• How long are the spouses required to pay (or allowed to receive) spousal supports?
• What are the factors that the Courts should take in to consideration while determining a question of alimony?
• Can a Court order payment of support during the marriage?
• Can a court order alimony payment while a divorce or separation case is pending before the Court?
• Is spousal support taxable under Federal law?
• What is spousal support?
• What is meant by visitation rights?
• What factors do the courts, in general, take in to account when deciding a question of child custody?
• What is meant by “non-parental” or “third-party” custody, or guardianship?
• What are the legal rules governing the custody of children born out of unmarried parents?
• What are the different types of child custody?
• When does the question of child custody arise?
• Can a marital agreement be done after the wedding?
• Are premarital agreements enforceable?
• What are the main elements for a valid premarital agreement?
• What are the prerequisites of a premarital agreement?
• What are the benefits of entering into a premarital agreement?
• What are premarital agreements?
• In the event of divorce, how are assets divided among the parties?
• What are the various grounds for divorce?
• How is a divorce obtained?
• What is divorce?
• Is it possible to adopt an adult from a foreign country in to the United States?
• What is open adoption?
• What are the situations in which consent for adoption can be revoked?
• Is consent for adoption revocable?
• How does the law treat the consent of a birth parent who is a minor?
• How is consent for adoption executed?
• In the matter of adoption, who is the competent party to consent?
• Why do people give up their child for adoption?
• What are the benefits of marriage?
• Are there any pre-requisites for marriage?
• What are the privileges a couple gains out of a marriage?
• What is a marriage?
• What is the difference between assault and battery?
• What is assault?
• What is battery?
• What is the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance?
• What is fraud?
• What is the difference between extortion and blackmail?
• What is forgery?
• What is the difference between larceny and embezzlement?
• What is embezzlement?
• What is larceny?
• What is white collar crime?
• What is voluntary manslaughter?
• What is involuntary manslaughter?
• What is second degree murder?
• What is First Degree murder?
• What is murder?
• What is drug distribution/drug trafficking?
• What is sexual assault?
• What is driving under the influence (DUI) or driving while intoxicated (DWI)?
• Can the police break a door down and enter the house to arrest a person?
• What is Telemarketing Fraud?
• What is Money Laundering?
• What is Stalking?
• What is indecent exposure?
• What is domestic violence?
• What is insurance fraud?
• What is a computer crime?
• What is identity theft?
• What is conspiracy?
• What is child abuse?
• What are Racketeering or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO)?
• What are Pyramid Schemes?
• What are Credit and Debit Card Fraud?
• What is arson?
• What is burglary?
• What is robbery?
• What is kidnapping?
• What is false imprisonment?
• Can the police ever search without a warrant?
• What is a search or seizure?
• What are false pretenses?
• What happens if the police fail to advise a person of his/her Miranda Rights?
• What are the “Miranda” Rights?
• What is meant by aiding and abetting a crime?
• What is a felony?