AVVO ANSWER: House Sold for Taxes but Owner Thought Taxes Were Being Paid by Lender.

Tax sales can be overturned for lack of proper notice — but you must act promptly.

WikiLeaks Strikes. NYT Reports.

No. 486 The internet has come to be the place where news breaks without warning, causing big problems for the main line media. There are those who have no compunction about releasing doctored or highly edited audio and video, misleading but with the look and feel of truth. We had an example of this earlier […]

Tip to Landlords: Don’t Mail or Email a Notice to Quit.

The Landlord and Tenant Act contains specific instructions on how to serve a notice to quit when evicting a tenant. The landlord must hand it to the tenant, post it on the door or slip it under the door. No other method will do.

Security Deposit Games.

I have been having an interesting conversation with a former resident in an apartment complex who moved out several months ago, leaving a forwarding address. Her landlord sent here a “list of damages” which in fact contained no damages at all, and no refund check.

American Authors to be Protected from Foreign Libel Judgments Inconsistent with First Amendment.

The New York Times reports that the U S Senate unanimously passed a statute protecting American authors from libel judgments obtained overseas in jurisdictions where it is easier to get a verdict. The Times reports that in some places, such as Britain, the burden is placed upon the Defendant in a libel action to prove truth.

Payday Loans on the Internet? Yikes!

No. 482 Do not ever obtain a loan on the Internet. Here’s what happened to a person from Harrisburg who took out a payday loan. He ended up with three more loans that he didn’t remember making and actually paid them! Then he posted this question on AVVO Answers. CLT

Name Something Illegal In Every Nation On Earth,That Every Nation Does.

No. 481 Espionage. Talk about hypocrisy! Its a capital offense, yet the sentence is commuted regularly when we exchange our spies for their spies. If it threatens the survival of our society, and if we wanted to actually deter spying, why would we ever let one go free? CLT

Wasting Our Greatest Resource.

The fact is that most of the people who want to continue to work are driven out of the workplace by mandatory retirement. Every time such a forced retirement happens, the United States (or any other country) loses the benefit of a highly trained and experienced worker.We do it with judges. Mandatory retirement for judges is age 70. But even judges past the mandatory retirement age are engaged on a per diem basis to handle cases, until the judge or the Supreme Court decides that it is time to hang up the spurs. This system has worked well by utilizing the most experienced judges well past the age when most employees are shown the door.

Is George Steinbrenner Really Dead?

Today I heard an unsubstantiated and absolutely untrue rumor that George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, had faked his own death. But like most unsubstantiated and untrue rumors, it has a kernel of truth inside. By dying in 2010, Mr. Steinbrenner’s heirs have received a fabulous windfall. No federal estate tax will be due on his estate.

Something Else for Landlords to Worry About — Illegal Immigrants.

No. 478 Maybe it isn’t a trend yet, but a lot of angry people are thinking about enacting state laws and local ordinances to restrict the ability of illegal immigrants to live and work in their communities. This includes local ordinances forbidding landlords to rent to illegals. A new one cropped up in Fremont, Nebraska […]

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