Before You Pre-Pay Your Legal Services These are some of the question you should ask if you are considering a pre-paid legal plan. What is covered? Legal plans are offered in different models and differ in the specifics of what they cover. While phone consultation and simple drafting and reviewing of simple contracts are included across the board, more elaborate and complicated legal matters are not covered. It's best to review your own...more
Are You Considering a Pre-Paid Legal Plan? Choosing a pre-paid legal plan is a good way to save big bucks, but choosing a plan you need and a provider you can trust is a different matter. Here is a number of things to look for in a legal plan from the very start: Look for what's covered: Legal plans are offered in different models and differ in the specifics of what they cover. While phone consultation and simple drafting and reviewing of...more
Examining the Various Legal Plans A prepaid legal plan is a scheme based on the payment in advance of a set fee to defray the cost of providing future legal services to the members enrolled in the scheme. They vary in cost, scope of legal coverage provided and how the legal services are provided. We will look at the different types of pre-paid legal plans available in the United States and how to enrol into them. An individual pre-paid legal plan is readily accessible to the general public. There are two types of individual plans: access and comprehensive. An access pre-paid legal plan is the most basic plan. It is designed to give easy access to lawyer and a set of simple legal services for a low cost. Basic services furnished include unlimited toll-free phone access to your attorney for consultation and advice, letters written by the lawyer on your behalf, brief office consultation and the drafting or review of simple legal documents. Complex legal issues not covered will be subject to an hourly or flat rate negotiatable with your provider The comprehensive plan goes beyond basic legal services, to offer more complex and comprehensive coverage for a premium in cost....more
Who Provides Your Pre-Paid Legal Services? When you subscribe to a pre-paid legal service, you are likely to deal with an attorney and a number of other individuals and organisations who are involved in one way or another with the service. It's important to understand the role of each participating party in a legal service plan, particularly...more
Facts on the Need for Legal Aide We are likely to need legal help at least once a year, yet most of us do not actively seek legal help. This is borne out of data from a survey conducted by Leo J. Shapiro & Associates, on behalf of the American Bar Association's Section of Litigation, which shows that close to three quarters of American...more
Should prostitution be legalized? In the USA, prostitution is illegal everywhere except for ten counties in Nevada yet sex is on sale from coast to coast. Street prostitutes have a mortality rate forty times higher than the national average. Many individuals who engage in sex work do not survive the streets.The mortality rate among street walkers has led some to call for legalization or decriminalization of prostitution in the USA. One of the main reasons is for the safety of the sex worker. If the industry goes down that path as it has in other countries, can the street prostitutes really take better care of themselves and would they have the help they need if something went wrong? In other words, would the regulation of the industry offer the necessary protection to the prostitutes or is it to simply legalize violence against the street-walker?In Australia the states legalized prostitution in an attempt to curb the violence. In the European countries of Norway, Finland and Sweden it appears that the selling of sex is not illegal but it is the purchase of sex that is criminalized. The logic behind these laws is that these European governments want to stamp out sex tourism, street...more
Is it Legal to Drive with a Cracked Windscreen? If there is damage to your windscreen and you do nothing about it, you are immediately putting yourself, your passengers and other road users at potential risk. But is it legal to do so?The short...more
Debt is amount of money owed by an individual to an organization. The money owed will be the principle plus accrued interest as agreed upon by both parties at the time of transaction. There is also a written legal agreement document authenticating...more
Internet is undoubtedly the most popular medium to search products and services and is used by more than 81% people world-wide. The influence of social media and the networking sites has also been astronomical on the lives of people. Being without an...more
Attorneys - Legal Information On Filing A Lawsuit The constitution was put in place to protect your rights as a human being, occasionally people are treated wrongfully and need to protect their own rights. You do this by filing a lawsuit...more
Mobile Phone Spying - Cellphone Spyware, is it Legal? Mobile Phone Spying is an invasion of privacy that currently has no federal regulations. With these eavesdropping devices, anyone, anywhere, at anytime can spy on text messages or even...more
Legally Erase Credit Card Debt - You Can Get Out of Debt find out how Most people don't know that customers that currently have more than ten thousand dollars in debt are more likely to be able to take advantage of consumer debt relief...more