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Let Me Tell You Something Really Important About Getting Sued.

Here’s something else you might not know: when the credit card issuer sells delinquent accounts in bulk to a third party, who then tries to collect them, the odds that the new plaintiff will be able to prove its case in court are greatly reduced. This is because card issuer gives minimal documentation to the assignee.

Are We Lost Yet?

In most time travel fiction, the traveler leaves and returns to the present, but in Lost, there are two parallel selves, one in the present universe and one in the past. And it seems, at least on Lost, they can meet each other. Would you still sign up for time travel if it involved meeting your former self? Complicated, isn’t it?

Fifty Years Ago: Carolina Gentlemen Sit In.

On February 1, 1960 four black students “sat in” at a segregated lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, NC. It was a historic event because it started a movement — one that only ended when its goal had been achieved. The International Civil Rights Center and Museum opened its doors today at the very building where the Woolworth’s lunch was located and where the Woolworth’s sign still hangs.

Prepaid Legal Service’s Top 5 Request Categories.

Posted by Cliff Tuttle © 2010 A large prepaid legal service provider, Prepaid Legal Services, Inc., published its list of the top 5 categories of requests for its services last year. They are: Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant Issues and Foreclosure – Approximately 358,000 requests for legal services that include residential and commercial real estate transactions, landlord and […]

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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