Can You Get Unemployment If You Get Fired? The Real Answer
Fired workers assume they can’t collect unemployment. That’s wrong more often than it’s right. Whether you qualify depends on why you were fired, h…
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Laura Bennett
Attorney writing on consumer-facing legal issues.
Din Tai Fung Wage Theft Lawsuit: What Restaurant Workers Should Know
What Happened With Din Tai Fung and Wage Theft Din Tai Fung, the globally celebrated Taiwanese dumpling chain, has been hit with wage theft allegat…
Employment Discrimination Lawyer: When It's Time to Call One
What Counts as Workplace Discrimination (and What Doesn’t) You got passed over for a promotion. Your coworker makes comments about your accent. You…
Car Accident Back and Neck Injury Settlements: What Your Case Is Actually Worth
Your Back Hurts, Your Neck Hurts, and the Insurance Company Is Lowballing You You were in a car accident. Maybe it happened last week, maybe three…
How to Sue a Company: A Step-by-Step Guide for Regular People
So You Want to Sue a Company. Here’s What That Actually Looks Like. You got ripped off. Maybe a contractor ghosted you after cashing your check. Ma…
Your Landlord Just Raised Your Rent $300. Is That Even Legal?
You opened the letter (or the email, or the text) and there it was: your rent is going up $300 a month. That’s $3,600 more per year. For…
How to Get Full Custody as a Mother: What Courts Actually Look At
You want full custody of your kids. Maybe your ex is unreliable, maybe there’s substance abuse involved, or maybe you just know in your gut that yo…
When You Need a Child Custody Lawyer (And When You Might Not)
Custody Decisions Are Too Important to Wing When your child’s living arrangements, school schedule, and daily life are on the line, the stakes don’…
Do You Actually Need a Workers' Comp Lawyer? Here's How to Know
Most workers' comp cases don't need a lawyer. The ones that do — denied claims, PD ratings, pre-existing conditions, terminations, third-party tort…
ARS Account Resolution Services: What to Do When They Call
You got a call from a Florida number. Or maybe a letter landed in your mailbox from a company called ARS, Account Resolution Services, demanding pa…
January Technologies Debt Collector: The Fintech Company in Your Inbox
You check your email and there’s a message from a company called January. It doesn’t look like a typical debt collection letter. It’s clean, brande…
Frost-Arnett Debt Collector: The Medical Debt Company Calling You
A letter arrives from a company called Frost-Arnett. You don’t recognize the name, but the amount listed looks suspiciously like that hospital bill…
TSI Transworld Systems Debt Collector: What to Know Before You Pay
If you’ve been getting relentless phone calls, letters, or even texts from a company called TSI or Transworld Systems, you’re not alone. This is on…
ConServe Debt Collection: Who They Are and What to Do When They Call
Your phone rings from an upstate New York number you don’t recognize. Or maybe a letter shows up with “Continental Service Group” in the return add…
Her Sister Had POA. Half a Million Dollars Disappeared. It Was Only Stopped Because Someone Looked at the Bank Statements.
Redditors share the same story over and over. One sibling gets POA of an elderly parent. The money disappears. Here's what's illegal and what to do.
Portfolio Recovery Associates Is Calling. Don't Pay Anything Until You Read This.
Portfolio Recovery is the largest debt buyer in the U.S. and a CFPB repeat offender. Validate before you pay, raise SOL if old, and answer any laws…
Florida Lemon Law: Three Failed Repairs and the Manufacturer Owes You a Choice
Florida's Lemon Law gives new car buyers a refund or replacement after three failed repairs or 15 days out of service. Here's the exact process.
What Happens If You Die Without a Will: The Probate Nightmare 56% of Americans Aren’t Ready For
A man in his early forties dies in a car accident. He has a wife, twin daughters, and a pension. He also has a brother. The pension’s beneficiary…
How to Get Your Security Deposit Back When Your Landlord Won't Return It
A 22-year-old first-year teacher moves out of her first apartment ever. She scrubs the place down, takes photos of every room, and hands over the k…
When SLAPP Lawsuits Backfire: How Suing Your Critics Can Destroy Your Reputation
A politician sues a parody Twitter account for $250 million. Within 48 hours, the account goes from 1,000 followers to over 500,000. The lawsuit ge…
