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Enforcing Child Support Against an Out-of-State Parent

When your ex lives out of state, enforcing your child support order can sometimes be tricky. However, every state has passed some version of the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, which is a law designed specifically to enforce child support orders against a parent in another state. First, find out the other parent’s address if […]

Civil Rights Attorneys

Civil rights attorneys are both legal representatives and fierce advocates of some of our most important legal rights. If you are a victim of discrimination due to your race, sex, age, religion, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation, you should contact a civil rights lawyer right away. The civil rights laws can be […]

LGBTQ+ Rights

Today, members of the LGBTQ+ communities enjoy greater legal rights than in the past. Thanks to a Supreme Court ruling and the 2022 passage of the Respect for Marriage Act, same-sex marriage is legal across the entire country. LGBTQ+ couples across the U.S. now have the right to adopt children and grow their families. LGBTQ+ community […]

How Do You File a Class-Action Lawsuit?

Class-action lawsuits are lawsuits used to help a group of people who have been similarly harmed to efficiently resolve their complaints. Class actions are allowed both to promote the efficiency of resolving similar claims in one large case as well as to provide easier access to the justice system for individual plaintiffs who might not […]

How To Join a Class-Action Lawsuit

First, not all lawsuits are class-action suits. A court must certify the suit as a class action by determining there are too many plaintiffs to be named individually. Next, a notice is sent out to potential class members. These people are identified through pharmacies, product registration data, car dealerships, etc., depending on the product that […]

What Is a Class-Action Settlement?

A class-action settlement is an agreement between the plaintiffs in a class-action suit and the defendant to settle the lawsuit outside of a courtroom. Oftentimes, the parties involved in a class-action lawsuit only want to recover for harm they suffered, and they will settle without going to trial. Settlements occur when the parties can agree […]

Liquidated Damages

Liquidated damages are damages predetermined when parties initially form a contract. At the time of forming the contract, liquidated damages are determined and the compensation amount is calculated that the injured party will receive in the event the contract is breached. Liquidated damages are not to punish the breaching party but rather to put a […]

Collective Bargaining Laws and Regulations

Sometimes conditions in employment are negotiated not between an individual and an employer, but rather between a group of employees and the employer. This is often the case for government workers, teachers, and union workers, for example. Groups of employees are represented by a few individuals who negotiate with the employer. Then, the entire group […]

How To Get Out of a Bad Commercial Lease

Are you having trouble with a commercial lease? Unfortunately, it’s all too common: A business owner signs a multi-year commercial lease and finds themselves in hot water if the business begins to fail. Even worse, many times, the business owner is required to personally guarantee the full lease amount. But don’t worry just yet. If […]

What Is Inverse Condemnation?

Inverse condemnation is an action by private property owners against the government when a taking of their property occurs. The power of the government to take the private property of a citizen to be used for a public purpose is called eminent domain. The broader category of eminent domain entitles the government to encroach on […]