Also known as a «non-practicing entity», patent trolls buy up broad patents and
sue for payment, without making anything themselves using the technology.
Although you still technically owe the money, the creditor may be barred from
suing you for payment.
If you protect your loan now you can avoid the possibility of having to contact a lawyer to file bankruptcy or needing a lawyer because your creditors are
suing you for payment.
Once the SOL expires you will not have to pay the debt back and the creditor will no longer be allowed to
sue you for payment.
Collectors only have a certain amount of time to
sue you for payments.
In the dim mists of the common law, a barrister could not
sue for payment of his fees and indeed could not make an express contract with a client for the payment of future fees...
The law firm was not paid, and when
it sued for payment, the lawyer counterclaimed, alleging negligent defence of the action, and failure to advise the lawyer to sue LAWPRO (2017 ONSC 1917).
Can a freelancer who works for a client overseas use
sue for payment in small claims court, with or without representation?
Another problem is that an individual parent has no legal right to
sue for payment of arrears — only the Child Support Agency itself has the right to enforce arrears.
The company refused to pay the PILON, and Cavenagh
sued for the payment as a debt due under his contract.
They also can't say your debt is past the statute of limitations — the legal limit to how many years creditors have to
sue for payment.
Not exact matches
CREW is
suing the president
for violation of the emoluments clause, which forbids elected officials from accepting
payments from foreign governments.
The settlement comes after Apple
sued Qualcomm in January
for $ 1 billion, claiming that the component manufacturer withheld contractually obligated
payments in retaliation
for Apple's cooperation with a Korean investigation into Qualcomm's business practices.
Ottawa
sued for more than $ 42 million, but at a meeting in 2000 James Kenneth Irving and other company officials instead reached an agreement to settle
for a $ 5 - million
payment.
Earlier this year, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco said California drivers could
sue as a group on the question of whether they are employees or contractors, and over their demand
for payment of tips that were not passed on to them.
Insurance giant UnitedHealth has been
sued once again by the Justice Department
for allegedly bilking Medicare of more than $ 1 billion in improper
payments.
Delta took an especially aggressive tack,
suing three of its regional partners
for what it alleged were performance issues, in each case withholding millions of dollars in
payments it would have ordinarily owed.
In the ruling on Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco said California drivers could
sue as a group on the question of whether they are employees or contractors, and over their demand
for payment of tips that were not passed on to them.
He's also being
sued separately
for violating the Emoluments Clause — which prohibits federal officeholders from receiving gifts and
payments from foreign states or their representatives — in his official capacity as President.»
After loosing his senate position Rick Santorum earned millions of dollars including
payments from a lobbying firm, an energy company engaged in controversial practice which pollutes ground water and endangers the public and a hospital conglomerate that was
sued for allegedly defrauding the federal government.
Denver Wine Collector Loses $ 1.7 Million to Crooked Vendor,
Sues Insurer: A Denver wine collector who once ran the nation's fourth largest HMO has
sued an insurance company
for failing to cover his losses after a California vendor took the collector's
payment for $ 1.7 million and instead of using it to buy wine, spent the money to hire female escorts, buy luxury cars and pay his daughter's college tuition...
In this month alone Saints alltime leading rusher Deuce McAllister filed
for bankruptcy protection
for the Jackson, Miss., car dealership he owns; Panthers receiver Muhsin Muhammad put his mansion in Charlotte up
for sale on eBay a month after news broke that his entertainment company was being
sued by Wachovia Bank
for over due credit - card
payments; and penniless former NFL running back Travis Henry was jailed
for nonpayment of child support.
Attorneys general
for the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland say they will
sue President Trump today, alleging that he has violated anti-corruption clauses in the Constitution by accepting millions in
payments and benefits from foreign governments since moving into the White House.
They had
sued the Auditor General over audit reports alleging corruption cover up, taken the Smarttys re-spraying and branding of 116 new buses
for the Ministry of Transport crying corruption in the
payment to the private company owned by Selassie Ibrahim
for the work done and paid
for by the state.
The Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce has authorized attorneys to
sue the state
for failing to provide NYRA with more than $ 30 million in agreed - upon
payments as of April 1, 2009, the date Aqueduct's VLTs were supposed to be in place.
Latimer has also been
sued for failing to pay his car
payment and again
for failing to pay his gas bill.
The prosecution alleges that Mr. Silver steered state grants to mesothelioma research to Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital in exchange
for a doctor there, Dr. Robert Taub, referring patients to a law firm that
sues on behalf of such patients, Weitz & Luxenberg, where Mr. Silver was of counsel and received lucrative
payments for referring clients with asbestos cases.
The firm has
sued Nassau, two towns and the Long Island Rail Road
for holding up $ 15 million in
payments.
New York City officials said they intended to
sue the Cuomo administration
for improperly withholding about $ 380 million
for hospital
payments.
That was the ruling Wednesday from New York State Supreme Court Justice James Murphy after the city
sued COR
for the $ 44 - million PILOT (
payment - in - lieu - of - taxes) agreement it signed with the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency.
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Oct 11 — A Web site
for gay men, cfs.com, has
sued PayPal, claiming the online
payment service refused to process transactions
for charitable donations the site was collecting
for Hurricane Katrina victims because the site engaged in «the sale of adult, sexually oriented or obscene materials or services.»
We understand
suing for the $ 13,794 in back
payments, late fees, and even
suing for fruitless repo fees, but what else could possibly add up to that number?
«The failure to make the
payments means that the government and libraries are actually infringing the author's copyright every time they make an ebook loan and authors would be entitled to
sue for the losses caused by that infringement.
Both Apple and Google along with many of their developers are being
sued by Lodsys who owns a patent
for «in app
payment methods.»
Each state establishes different rules
for how long the agency can
sue in a court of law in order to compel
payment of an outstanding amount.
If the debtor defaults on
payments after signing a reaffirmation agreement, the creditor will have the right to
sue for a deficiency judgment.
Following are legal considerations about some of the common collections concerns
for debtors in New York: Statutes of Limitations: A statute of limitations on a debt is the time period following the last
payment made during which a debtor can be
sued successfully
for payment.
Like in this case I suspect it's so that you don't
sue them
for not applying it to your next
payment if you suddenly decide not to make the next
payment («well you already had the money earlier...»).
A lender asking
for a
payment is not being
sued — I'm talking about a real lawsuit.
Otherwise, the credit card company can
sue you
for failing to make
payments.
Aside from potentially having a negative mark on your credit history — and in the worse case scenario, getting
sued by the lender
for ignoring
payments — your personal relationship may suffer.
Thus, if a debtor's state prevents a debt from being legally enforceable after four years and the debtor makes a
payment after three years, the creditor may have the right to
sue the individual
for seven years rather then merely four.
In some states, making a partial
payment also resets the clock on the statute of limitations (how long the creditor has to
sue you
for the debt).
Countrywide,
sued by California Attorney General Jerry Brown
for «unfair business practices» and «false advertising», was making high cost mortgages «to homeowners with weak credit, adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) that allowed homeowners to make interest - only
payments».
Four to eight years is a long time
for collection agencies to chase your assets, hound you
for payments, and
sue you
for judgments.
For this reason, it's important that any potential cosigner is aware that if the borrower stops making payments, the default will go onto the cosigner's credit report and they can even be sued personally for the de
For this reason, it's important that any potential cosigner is aware that if the borrower stops making
payments, the default will go onto the cosigner's credit report and they can even be
sued personally
for the de
for the debt.
Last year, the federal government announced that they were
suing Navient
for allegedly mishandling student loan
payments and not informing borrowers about alternative
payment options.
DISPUTING ERRORS ON YOUR CREDIT REPORT Your credit report includes personal information about yourself including where you live, your bill
payment history, whether you have ever filed
for bankruptcy, ever been
sued, or if you have ever been arrested.
Unlike other types of loans, if you are unable to make
payments, student loans are generally not dischargeable with bankruptcy.1 Defaulting on a student loan can result in anything from being
sued for the amount of the loan, to the...
Elliott's principal investment strategy is buying distressed debt cheaply and selling it at a profit or
suing for full
payment.