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The Legality of Escort Services
Escort services is usually described where companionship is hired for a night of entertainment or for more a night of intimate but non-sexual services, such as massage. For the most part, these services are legal in the U.S. The state legislatures however...

• Date Added: 10/17/2005
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Personal injury cases are brought about by physical injury or mental anguish caused by actions or negligence of another party.

Personal Injury cases can include Auto Accidents, Defamation of Character, Product Defects and Medical Malpractice to name just a few. In order to be sure if...

• Date Added: 7/19/2005
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The corporate structure of your business will provide shelter for your personal assets. There are several events that will cause a judge to disregard the corporate entity or "pierce the corporate veil." There are several reasons why the corporate veil may be pierced. There are also several easy...

• Date Added: 11/12/2005
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Identity theft is a growing problem in the United States, occurring in small towns and cities alike. Identity theft, as defined by the federal government, refers to the use of another person's identity or identification to commit crime. Most often, the identity thief uses a person's identity to...

• Date Added: 2/2/2006
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The asbestos industry caused a great amount of pain to many families by ignoring the startling evidence that asbestos exposure is harmful and often deadly. All of the suffering could have been avoided because the asbestos companies knew a lot more than they informed the public about. The companies...

• Date Added: 11/5/2005
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Mesothelioma is a rare form of cancer that affects the sac lining the chest (the pleura), the lining around the heart (the pericardium), or the lining of the abdominal cavity (the peritoneum). Studies have shown that people, who suffer from the disease mesothelioma, were exposed to an abundance of...

• Date Added: 8/24/2005
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What makes identity theft the epidemic it has become? The fact that half of all victims know the person that committed the theft according to the Better Business Bureau's 2005 Fraud Survey.

Watch out for these red flags

1. Resentment

I worked for a company that handled lost...

• Date Added: 7/3/2006
• Views: 600

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Mesothelioma, the deadly disease which has topped news headlines for the last decade, is contracted through exposure to airborne fibers of asbestos. Sadly, the under-regulation of asbestos usage in years past, and arguably still today, exposed millions to airborne fibers and as a result thousands...

• Date Added: 1/8/2006
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The hallmark credentials that you want to see when hiring a San Diego criminal defense lawyer on a serious felony charge are pretty much the same for a criminal defense lawyer anywhere.  When you are charged with a serious felony in a state court system where your exposure is many years in prison...

• Date Added: 4/4/2006
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Life is not always a smooth sailing. Sudden unfortunate accidents do occur at times. One cannot do much to completely avoid the accidents. The pain and suffering that it brings along with it can leave one in total dismay. One cannot completely eradicate the misery brought by accidents but a bit of...

• Date Added: 9/25/2005
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"When a convicted criminal is paroled or released from prison, the most common scenario is that he goes back to his old haunts and resumes his criminal lifestyle," says Randy Suggs, Co-Founder of the Second Chance Center (www.secondchancecenters.com), a facility in Albuquerque, N.M., that...

• Date Added: 3/20/2007
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If you have had the misfortune to suffer a personal injury, you will understand just how deeply such an event can change your life. You will probably encounter huge medical bills, and may need ongoing medical care for a long period of time. You may be unable to work, perhaps even permanently, and...

• Date Added: 7/21/2005
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Over the past few years, the use of extranets and intranets by law firms to share critical documents with co-workers, clients and co-counsel has been firmly established.

One area in which an extranet is particularly useful is in litigation, where a large number of parties require a massive...

• Date Added: 6/30/2006
• Views: 532

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Legal Claim UK is a nationwide network of specialist personal injury law solicitors who are members of the Law Society panel of personal injury experts and will deal with claims using the no win no fee scheme. Compensation is paid in...

• Date Added: 7/20/2006
• Views: 527

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Forcible rape and attempted forcible rape between people who know each other, either casually or well, make up a sizeable percentage of the false accusations in the criminal justice system.  The cry of rape or abuse is a familiar cry when a relationship goes sour or when a woman has second...

• Date Added: 5/8/2006
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Medical technology companies are making medical tools that help in improving health of millions of people across the globe. With a plethora of medical industries striving to make a name for themselves in this competitive marketplace, the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) is placing a great...

• Date Added: 12/4/2006
• Views: 511

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As with just about everything, structured settlements have both advantages and disadvantages. One key advantage is the tax benefits associated with a properly set-up settlement. An appropriately set-up structured settlement could very well reduce the plaintiff's tax obligations. In some cases...

• Date Added: 4/6/2006
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DUI, a drunk driving website that counsels those arrested driving under the influence (DUI) and driving while intoxicated (DWI), earlier conducted a survey about what would make them stop. The survey, which has 353 hardcore drunk drivers as respondents, reflects alarming results.

The survey...

• Date Added: 12/21/2006
• Views: 506

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When the full side effects of Pfizer's anti-inflammatory and pain-killing drug became apparent, the primary concern for many of the people who had been taking the drug to help with the management of their arthritis symptoms was the implications to their health. As it was revealed that the risk of...

• Date Added: 7/19/2005
• Views: 502

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For most people understanding and filing claims can be frustrating and confusing, mainly because there not something we usually have to deal with in our day to day lives unless we are directly involved with a mishap like an auto accident or a job injury. While we may have heard about compensation...

• Date Added: 11/10/2006
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