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Judge Says Offer Made “Without Prejudice” Not An Offer Under Rule 49
Roma Construction (Niagara) Ltd. v. Dykstra Bros. Roofing (1992) Limited was a dispute about roofing deficiencies. The plaintiff had served an offer to settle in a letter that was marked, “Without Prejudice”...

Masturbatory hand gesture from defense counsel a state's plea offer about his thoughts about a plea offer while looking at the judge constitutes contempt
A masturbatory hand gesture from defense counsel about his thoughts about a state's plea offer while looking at the judge was deemed contempt by an Austin, Texas judge...

Class Action Defense Cases--Stewart v. Cheek & Zeehandelar: Ohio Federal Court Strikes Rule 68 Offer Of Judgment In FDCPA Class Action Holding Rule 68 Offer To Settle Individual Claims After Class Action Certification Motion Filed Cannot Moot Class Claims
Class Action Claims not Rendered Moot by Rule 68 Offer of Judgment to Settle Individual Claims of Named Plaintiffs so long as Plaintiffs have not Delayed in Seeking Class Action Treatment of Litigation Ohio Federal Holds Two class action lawsuits were filed against the law firm of Cheek & Zeehandelar, a consumer debt collection firm, alleging violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Ohio's Consumer Sales Practices Act (CSPA); the class action complaints alleged that defendant “engages in misleading and deceptive debt-collection practices” and that it “uniformly fails to properly investigate whether debtor funds are lawfully subject to attachment, prior to seeking and obtaining orders of attachment...

The Take-Two Offer
Electronic Arts has made a hostile bid for Take-Two Interactive. The Take-Two board has decided to take the low road. It immediately awarded the company's managers, who have not done well, generous severance packages contingent on any control change and...

You have a job offer -- now what?
For a practical and productive list of things to consider, check out Responding to a Job Offer. Could be just the advice you need...

The F*** Off offer
Every so often, I venture outside the friendly confines of North Texas. I take a case, usually against my better judgment, in a jurisdiction I would not generally stop in if I was driving through on my way to someplace...

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

The company I worked for forced me to quit instead of dealing with someone harassing me, what can I do?
Look up CONSTRUCTIVE DISCHARGE...................this looks like what happened t...

Need urgent answer. Never signed Truth in Lending Disclosure docs - docs at closing had different terms and rates than what we had originally signed up for in the Loan Application. Signed closing docs as assured it would
you have three days to change your mind after closing a re-fi...

How do I sue a registered sex offender?
Offer to pay the offender to move...

Can a debt owed in France be collected in the United States?
Not really. The procedure of collecting is governed by complicated treaties and...