Now completely revised and significantly expanded, The Military Divorce Handbook continues to be the go-to resource for understanding the issues involved and effectively representing military personnel and their spouses in domestic situations--divorce, separation, custody, support, and division of property. This timely and much-needed addition to a family lawyer's library is both comprehensive and practical, covering all aspects of representing servicemembers and their spouses in ...

Completely updated, expert advice on making the most important financial decision of your life.When it comes to Social Security benefits, the first question most people facing retirement asks is, when do I start? Age 62? Given the changing laws and the overwhelming number of core rules and codicils, the answer is, there is no single best answer for everybody. This comprehensive—and comprehensible—book functions both as a primer and to dispel many of the common misc...

This accessible and innovative textbook adopts a practical, transactions-centered approach to contract law by using contract clauses to explain doctrinal concepts. While reading this book, students will gain a working knowledge of important contract provisions and learn how to use contracts to prevent problems, reduce risks, and add value to transactions.This textbook contains unique features including reflection prompts, case highlights, and ''applying what you learned'' exercises...

Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.With detailed references to sources for readers wishing to delve deeper, the Guides

With the profit motive, it is axiomatic that the insurance company will try to pay as little as possible on claims. It will use every legal device that is available in the interpretation and application of its contracts (policies), and from time to time, will stretch the restrictive clauses in them.The information provided in this book will give the reader the ammunition with which to confront the insurer, corporate entity or wrong doer on a more level playing field.Unlike ...

In the wake of highly publicized corporate shake-ups, internal investigations have gained national prominence and established themselves as an important tool of management. This trend offers stimulating and challenging opportunities to lawyers, both inside and outside counsel, retained to conduct internal investigations. However, this delicate and complex task carries potential traps and pitfalls for those involved. Internal Corporate Investigations, Fourth Edition, guides you thr...

Self-Help Guides to the Law™ explain the law in clear, concise terms to a popular audience of non-lawyers. Summarizing the key areas of the law with which readers are most likely to come into contact, the Guides broadly outline the statutes and cases that govern landlord-tenant relations, personal injury, contracts, family law, criminal law and constitutional law and procedure.With detailed references to sources for readers wishing to delve deeper, the Guides

Are you being chased or sued by a debt collector over a credit card debt and wish to represent yourself in court? Here is all the information you will need to be successful. Following these guidelines may even put a check in YOUR pocket instead of theirs. Collection law firms rely on your lack of knowledge, and hope you won't even answer the lawsuit, which happens 95% of the time. Debt buyers are even worse. Fight back and win!

If you are faced with a credit card lawsuit, SUCCESSFULLY DEFENDING YOUR CREDIT CARD LAWSUIT may help you present a more robust defense. This book offers sample pleadings and motions, numerous free forms and instructions, and descriptions of the defenses and procedures in the "typical" case. This book, as helpful as it may try to be, is not intended to substitute for good legal advice, which is recommended. Many bar associations have excellent legal referral services for the public. In add...

Construction Case Law Summaries is a review of current construction case law that have been decided in court. The author, Michael T. Callahan has been a practicing construction consultant for the 26 years, focusing on construction claims and litigation

Follow real estate developer/investor, Douglas Boggs', own "David and Goliath" story, where he acted as his own attorney against Wells Fargo Bank. Doug clearly exposes the depth of fraud in the foreclosure system, failures of the justice system, corruption of Wall Street and the illegalities of the Securitization of notes on Wall Street.Boggs sheds light as how a homeowner with no mortgage, one current on their mortgage, or one who paid cash for their home, can still get foreclosed...

The definitive law school study aid, with:✓Concise overviews of the black letter law✓Summaries and holdings of all of the major cases that students are expected to study✓A thorough index for quick reference to key topics✓ Concept-driven outlines covering the topics students are expected to master for class and the bar examLook for all of these titles in theTellerBooks Outlines and Case Summaries Series(Law School Survival Guides™):