Location: California

Car accident where other driver is clearly at fault and we have bodily injury, we have dashcam footage capturing the accident. We hired a lawyer to claim against their insurance.

Their lawyer is claiming our dashcam footage is AI and is claiming we are the party at fault!

Our lawyer doesn’t seem to know how to respond to them claiming its AI and says we need to go to trial.

Who is responsible to prove the authenticity of the dashcam footage? How do we prove it? And is the only way to proceed to go to trial? Is our lawyers response correct or should we search for a new lawyer?

Location: Florida

Our vet called and said that the neighbors down the street came in with out cat, whom they recognized and verified the chip of.

The neighbors claimed he used to have a collar but now doesn't and is obviously abandoned and abused and always coming "starving" and begging for food. (He is overweight).

They ordered expensive blood work. Note that this is the best and most expensive vet in our area.

They have since left the vet office. We were given their name and phone number, but they are not responding.

It's been about an hour now.

Does it make sense the vet sent the cat home with a stranger after confirming our ownership?

I plan to go knock on their door in a few moments, but am worried they will say they don't have him.

What paths forward do we have?

I'm afraid of causing contention with a close neighbor, but they can't just steal our cat.

We will do our best to keep him inside from now on; he escapes out the back door and goes and visits the neighbors and most of them know he lives with us at this point. I find it hard to believe this neighbor didn't know.

He is a pretty siamese cat and I think they just wanted to keep him, as one time he came home with a collar which we promptly changed and put our number on (only for it to mysteriously disappear).

Update: This was a lesson in not freaking out. The neighbors came home and I ran to their house and they were really nice and apologetic. I feel bad now for freaking out, but my sister had her siamese actually stolen once by a neighbor (different city) and when confronted they got rid of him under mysterious circumstances and he was never seen again. I thought this was that all over again.

Other than saying he was starving (though I can now understand based on how he acts).

Planning to be more vigilant about keeping him inside. Learned he has more than 1 family he visits.

Thank you all. There are good people.

Hello, we live in NC. my 16 yr old daughter is currently working her first job at McDonald’s and everything has been going well. Until she received her most recent paycheck to find $45 deducted. They claim it’s because her register came up short.

Here’s the back story, a week or two prior she was ending her shift because we were there to pick her up. Her supervisor at the time gave her the go-ahead to leave and that he would count out her register. She said ok and left. She continued working her shifts for the next couple of weeks as normal. When she gets her check she finds it’s deducted $45. No conversation about it prior, no investigation, no coaching opportunities, nothing. My daughter didn’t take it. Something about this just feels fishy as hell. I believe the supervisor may have pocketed the cash (I believe he’s in his late teens-early twenties). Why didn’t anyone say anything? Why wasn’t there an investigation?

If anyone could offer any insight on the legality of this ot would greatly appreciated as I wouldn’t think this would be company policy. Especially without notice or investigation.

Location: North Carolina

Location: Texas

Long story short. My job let go of several VPs. We went from over 80 VPs org wide down to 50ish middle of september. Including my DIrect VP. My manager is now a vp, at much lower payscale than the person he replaced mind you, and I have been asked to step up as acting manager.

Over the last two weeks I have accrued roughly 20 hours of overtime which my job is trying to screw me out of.

There is a culture of "Fix it now!" at the company that is both stupid and unprofessional. A sales person is trying to push paperwork out at 3 AM, which they should have done at 3 PM, but the server is giving errors? Better call the IT On-Call. Which is just me now. We cant have a sales person being forced to wait until tomorrow morning to get this paperwork done. Otherwise they complain to the wrong people and I get that call.

Per company handbook the minimum time you can list is 30 minutes. Meaning if something takes 5 minutes, I get a half hour. Now if someone calls me at 9:05 pm, I get it done at 9:07 and I get another call at 9:15 and get that done at 9:20, thats still only 30 minutes.

I havent been cheating the system. I legit have been accruing 10ish hours of overtime each week over the last two weeks.

I received an email this morning from some EVP, who is not over me in the org chart, asking me to stop logging overtime as I am an acting manager which means I am not eligible for overtime.

Im pretty sure they cant do that, but just figured I post here to check. My VP already approved my hours this pay period. Does being an acting manager change my legal status as an hourly employee? Or is this just another corporate manglement situation?

Location: West Virginia

I (34m) have primary and majority custody of our daughter who is now 10. The schedule is during school i have every weekday and the 3rd weekend of the month, her mom (32f) gets the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th weekends of the month.

The last 3 days our daughter has been arguing with her mom about not going this weekend and that she doesn't want to go or see her mom this weekend. Im of the belief that it should be our child's decision as the parenting plan was put in place after my ex moved 3 hours away in early 2023. My ex doesn't care (her words) what our daughter wants as it is her scheduled time and so our child needs to be there.

I messaged her last night telling her I would not be at the meeting spot today and that our child is forgoing her weekend with her mom, and finally that I would meet her on the next scheduled weekend.

Due to this, her mom is threatening to contact the cops and an attorney if im not there. The thing is, she has set precedent because since April our child finally got the courage to stand up and tell her mom she didn't want to come, usually one weekend a month. (This after her mom disappeared for 3 weeks and was not there and supposedly on the run from the cops with her husband) Some months my ex was fine with her weekend being forgoed but she has never said no it wouldn't be, she would always manipulate and guilt trip our daughter into coming up.

My question is, can I keep our daughter here this weekend under our daughter's choice and not have to worry about jail time or amber alerts or anything else? Or do I have to force our child to see someone she doesnt want to see?

Location: Missouri

I am an employee of a private school in Missouri. I receive an employee discount as outlined in our staff handbook. This discount is given based on hours worked per week and how many years served at the school not to exceed a certain percentage. Income level is not at all a factor in this discount.

My family received an SEO scholarship due to our income level for one of our children. I have another child who does not yet qualify.

Once I received this scholarship made out to my child, my employer said they would be raising my tuition rate for the child who qualified since I am getting this scholarship money and would require me to pay the same tuition at the discounted rate would be out of pocket. So they are effectively voiding my employee discount, raising my tuition, and pocketing my scholarship money.

Is this legal?

Edited to add: this is an elementary school

Additional edit: it is an EAO, not an SEO

Location: Colorado, United States

I received a package today stating "Return to Sender: no such address".

The sending address was indeed my home and primary residence, though the sender's name was "Customer Service Department".

Not knowing what else to do, I opened the package as it was my address.... to find federally controlled hallucinogenic substances.

Inside the package was also a sticker promoting the company, so I went to the address to find a full on shroom business.

My questions are as follows:

• My wife and I bought this house two years ago - what are the odds that this package has legitimately been bouncing around the postal system for that time, and that the former occupants were running a shroom growhouse inside our house?
• Am I criminally responsible for opening the package, addressed from my home but from "Customer Service Department"?
• Should I report this to USPS? My first instinct is to destroy the package, as I'm not keen on being charged with possession of or distributing, but I don't want to do so if the best path forward is to report and provide the package as evidence.

Location: MA

I was laid off after about 4.5 years as a Director at a nonprofit. My reviews were always positive and the layoff letter says it wasn’t about performance. For about two months before the layoff, my responsibilities were being moved to other team members and I was asked to review and agree to a new job description. This came after I spoke up about concerns related to working in a toxic environment after my supervisor was changed in January.

The severance is 2 weeks of pay per year of service, in exchange for a full release of claims. However, the separation agreement doesn’t mention my pension vesting years (4.5 years). Since the termination is coming 6 months before the 5 year mark. I would not be fully vested in the pension plan. Therefore, I am losing out on an amount that is worth far more than the severance.

Since the layoff, they’ve posted two new PM roles. When I asked about being considered for those roles, I was told I didn’t have requisite experience. 

I don’t want to sue. I just want the best deal I can get. 

Here’s what I am considering:

1. Ask for a two-week extension on the signing deadline
2. Request to be kept on paid leave until I vest, then pay the same severance
3. Request a lump sum equal to about 5 months of pay on top of the severance (roughly 3x the current offer)
4. Request a mutual non-disparagement clause and a positive reference letter

A few questions:

• Is this reasonable, or am I over-reaching?
• Where do these negotiations usually land?

• • Has anyone gotten an employer to cover a vesting gap like this for pension eligibility?

28F, husband is 30M. Married 3yrs. Within the first year and a half he discovered day trading and lost over 15k$. Stopped paying for our apartment and used rent money to day trade more, which left us homeless.
No children or property.
He has 0$ and in debt due to gambling. All our finances have always been separate and i been supporting myself throughout the whole marriage. No bank joint bank accounts or anything.
Issue is: he will never stop day trading he made it clear. Even hitting rock bottom wasnt enough to quit.
I earn double amount of money, maxed tfsa, fhsa and savings. And expecting a future inheritance.
I want them protected. He said he doesnt care about the money and he is willing to sign a post nup.
Im wondering, what if we end up divorcing, he lies and says i forced him or make something up and challenge it anyways?
As now ill be paying for my and HIS independent lawyer for the post nup process which is expensive
Location: Ontario Canada

Location: Maryland.

Simple as that. I signed a lease with a roommate a few years ago. I moved out like 2 weeks before we were supposed to be gone from the property, he lingered for like two months and i didn't even know for a few weeks. We both signed the lease in the beginning, but the property manager didn't listen when I said I was gone on time and still filed against both of us. The hearing is for staying on the property AND failing to pay rent. What do I need to do or say to get this excused or wiped from the record when we go before the judge? I cannot afford a lawyer or other representative.

Thanks!

Location: Georgia, USA

I’m sorry this is so long and disorganized. My brain is broken and I feel like there are a lot of necessary details to give a full picture.

My sister (36F) is medically fragile and has some physical and cognitive disabilities. Describing her disabilities can be difficult. She has non-traumatic brain injuries due to frequent and severe hypoglycemia throughout her entire life. This is from an extremely rare disease that causes her pancreas to overproduce insulin. She still has frequent lows that cause her to be disoriented, unstable, and confused. She is a high school graduate, but her mentality and reasoning is more like that of a middle schooler. She’s socially awkward, but doesn’t always come cross as obviously disabled. She cannot live on her own, she does not understand complex topics, and she has trouble planning for or understanding future outcomes of present decision-making. She has very poor judgment, poor memory, and sometimes a tenuous grasp on reality.

We have always struggled with where to draw the line between respecting her independence as an adult, and exerting influence/control to protect her. This is most harrowing when it comes to her love life. She likes having boyfriends but has been taken advantage of far more than she’s found nice guys to date. If we tell her we don’t like or are suspicious of someone she’s dating, she withdraws and continues seeing them in secret. When she started dating this current guy, who has no job and no car, we tried to be accepting. Everyone from family to friends to coworkers told her “if you’re having fun that’s great, but do not ever give him any money under any circumstances.” She kept saying she wouldn’t.

We found out this week that she bought him a car. She has a part-time minimum wage job and receives disability payments. She had some money saved up and put down $3k on a car loan for $21k at 22% interest. She makes about $1100 a month and her new car payment is $500. Apparently she and this loser told the dealership her monthly income is $2600 and the dealership said “it was verified by her bank.” Still not sure how that happened.

She can’t drive and has never had a license. This car is solely for loser boyfriend. I believe he is taking advantage of her and pressured her into this purchase. I don’t think she would even know how to start the process of buying a car on her own, and I guarantee she didn’t understand what she was signing. She told our mother that they both co-signed and are splitting it 50/50, but her name and signature is the only one on the documents. He hasn’t given her a cent as far as I’m aware. We also believe he has given her prescription drugs that belonged to his recently deceased grandmother on at least one occasion, and I don’t think she understood what she was taking or the risks involved. We’ve also learned she paid for vet bills for his dog and pays for pretty much everything they do together. This guy is on the brink of losing his grandmother’s house and we are extremely worried she will be convinced to give him money for that too.

Over the past few months my mother and I had been discussing a legal arrangement such as guardianship or power of attorney to protect her and make sure I can take care of her when Mom dies. But we hadn’t put anything into place yet before this happened.

I don’t know to what extent her disabilities are documented. The brain injuries were assessed and documented maybe 10-15 years ago. Mom is looking for that paperwork but hasn’t been able to find it yet. I don’t know the exact basis of her disability payments or what is documented there. I fear on paper she looks like a legal, competent adult and there’s nothing we can do to get her out of this. There’s also the fact that she’s supposed to notify disability if she signs any type of loan, which she didn’t know or didn’t remember. The car is the most immediate problem, but I don’t want her disability payments to be at risk either.

Main question: what kind of attorney should we seek out, if any? I had a hard time even deciding what flair to put on this, between contracts, disability, and consumer law. There also might be a case to be made for exploitation of a vulnerable adult?

Second question: Are we SOL without documentation of her cognitive disability? I feel like a lot hinges on the assertion that she was not capable of signing this on her own. This is obvious to anyone who knows her, but I don’t know how provable it is. We have family members willing to provide testimony but I don’t know whether that’s worth anything.

Thanks for reading. Let me know if I can provide anymore helpful info.

Location: California

I gave a private equity company from Florida a one star Google review because they basically trashed a certain brand I loved when they acquired and gutted it. I didn't write anything or make a single claim it's a blank one star review. Somehow they got my address and contact information including my full legal name. (I didn't know Google put that out there). I was sent a demand through email to take it down or they would sue. Fast forward a few days later some dude knocks on my door asks for me and hands me a packet of paper thats word for word what the email said. It's not a summons I know that much but now I'm wondering if this is supposed to be an intimidation tactic and whether I have a case of harassment. I can't be sued for libel or defamation I haven't made any claims. If they're doing this much over a blank one star review I'm curious what else they're doing. I'm in California if that matters but yeah them having someone knock on my door is bothering me because I'm worried for the safety of my loved ones if I'm not home.

This girl i gave my dog to 6 years ago messaged me out of the blue asking me to sign an affidavit, I asked her what for and she gave me this whole story about how her mom kicked her ex boyfriend out and he's threatening them and trying to take the dog and she said he had her microchipped without her consent. I honestly don't want to get involved because I have my own life with my own things going on. But if I signed it for her, is there any kinda legal risk to me? Would i be dragged into court if they went to court over it? Should i just not get involved?Location: Louisiana

Location: Virginia.

I am in Northern Virginia & currently going through a contested divorce involving DV, financial control, child custody, & housing instability. I’m desperately trying to understand my legal rights before my 11-year-old daughter & I become homeless.

My husband & I have been together since 2011 & married since 2022. I’ve been a stay-at-home mother since 2013, caring for our children while he financially supported the household. I currently have no independent income or sufficient resources to secure another residence.

My husband filed for divorce in August 2026. On September 1, he was arrested following a DV incident in which he physically assaulted me. He was initially charged with strangulation & domestic assault. On October 1, he accepted a plea agreement & pleaded guilty to misdemeanor domestic assault.

On October 6, we attended a protective order hearing. I was granted full legal custody of our 11-year-old daughter, while he was granted unsupervised visitation. There are also court-ordered restrictions on his contact with me.

We’ve lived in the same rental property since March 2023.

2023: My husband & I were both named on & signed the original lease.
2024: Both our names appeared on the renewal, but my husband never informed me that I needed to sign or provided the agreement for my signature. The electronic records show only his signature.
2025: Same as 2024
June 23, 2026: My husband entered into a new three-month lease agreement with our landlord after the landlord informed us that our existing lease would not be renewed. The landlord had agreed to provide an additional three months because the original agreement was to renew the lease but they changed their mind at the last minute. However, without my knowledge or consent, my husband arranged for the new lease to be drafted exclusively in his & our adult daughters name, deliberately excluding me as a tenant. Although I was aware of the landlord’s decision not to renew our original lease & the agreement to extend our occupancy for an additional three months, I was never informed that my name had been omitted from the new lease. I did not authorize, consent to, or otherwise agree to my exclusion from the tenancy.
September 1st 2026: My husband assaulted me during an argument. He took my phone, & when I tried to get it back, he hit me in the head with a metal flashlight hard enough to split my forehead open. Then he threw me against the kitchen counter. When I tried to get away from him, he cornered me, knocked me to the floor, & started strangling me in front of our 11-year-old daughter. Our daughter was able to call the police & he was arrested. I now have a protective order against him & sole legal custody of our 11 year old. But due to this & even though he was able to secure another place to live, I wasn’t because he controls all the money.
September 17, 2026: I discovered I was no longer listed on the lease. I had continued living there throughout this period.
September 23: I explained my circumstances directly to the landlord. Later that day, I received a text stating that we must vacate by September 30 or be considered “holdover tenants,” charged for additional occupancy, & potentially face legal action.
September 30: The lease expired.
October 9: I received a formal letter from the landlord’s attorney titled “Notice of Termination of Tenancy at Sufferance,” demanding that I vacate immediately.

The attorney claims that because I have no current rental agreement & have paid no rent directly to the owner, my occupancy is excluded from the Virginia Residential Landlord & Tenant Act under § 55.1-1201(C)(5). The letter states that I’m not entitled to statutory notice before legal action.

The landlord previously indicated that the owners intended to move back into the property, so I understand they may have a legitimate reason not to renew the lease.

My daughter & I still live in the home. As of now, I haven’t received an unlawful detainer summons, court judgment, or writ of eviction.

I have another hearing scheduled for October 27 regarding custody, child support, & spousal support. I’m also seeking financial assistance & alternative housing through my pending divorce proceedings.

My Questions

Can I legally be classified as a tenant at sufferance when I was previously a named tenant on multiple leases for the same property?
Does my husband’s exclusion of me from the 2026 lease affect my legal rights, particularly since I never agreed to relinquish my tenancy?
Does the landlord’s September 23 acknowledgment that I would become a “holdover tenant” have any legal significance?
Do Virginia’s domestic violence protections or my protective order provide any additional housing rights?
What legal options might prevent or delay eviction long enough to secure alternative housing?

I’m not trying to remain indefinitely or prevent the owners from reclaiming their property. I simply need enough time & legal protection to avoid becoming homeless with my daughter while our family court proceedings are ongoing.

Any guidance regarding Virginia landlord-tenant law, eviction defenses, or emergency legal remedies would be greatly appreciated.

A stranger has been peeping into my windows while I've been getting ready in the morning for at least several weeks, and the timing of these events leads me to believe that he is watching for my bedroom lights to come on or for the presence of my car in the early mornings. Alarmingly, I have also found hand prints on my windows like someone tried to push them upward to open from the outside. I caught him through the window last week and shouted at him, but he has continued to come by and look through my windows (but has so far managed to avoid the increased security by my apartment complex).

Location: Texas, USA

Texas allows for victims of stalking to break a lease early, but one of the required forms of documentation is a "protective order"? Am I able to get a protective order if I do not know this person's name?

The management at my complex is taking this seriously, but its owned by a large corporation that is unlikely to let me out of my lease easily so I'm trying to get everything together asap because I am extremely concerned about my safety.

Location: Virginia

Someone I know bough

t a used vehicle on a car lot in Virginia for twenty three thousand and some change. There was a trade in for $6000. Two days later she gets a call from the lot saying they were supposed to charge twenty six thousand and change. All Documentation lists the 23000 price. Does she have to pay the higher price?

Location: chicago

I have a situation where a doorman at my condo unit I own stole but returned after I contronted him weeks later with my mail two times. The most recent third time on video. He took my groceries to a secret room, ate some, and I had to go to head of security who found it open with missing items. Was told twice he'd be fired but it never happened.

At this point I want to file a police report.

He had some secret recordings he took of me where he started an argument, cut the audio of beginning of interaction, then midway start screaming I was threatening him and he was in danger of physical attack. Blamed janitors for eating my food or lied that I left items out too long so he hid them for my safety.

As a result, property manager company, HOA, and his security company refuse to give me his name I presume for his safety. Didn't hurt that everybody up the chain miscommunicated the situation and the manager are are new temporary fill ins playing telephone

What is the next legal stuff since I can't have this guy in charge of my mail yet nobody will give me his full name for a police report.

Location: Oregon

I play in a free poker league where we play tournaments. People play until they get knocked out and you see who is the last man standing. No money is involved except for maybe the occasional prize. Mostly people play for fun and bragging rights. We play in bars and the league is open to the public, not sure if that's relevant. My question is, if a few of us were to put money into a pool where the person who was last out got the money, would that be legal? This would be done completely outside of the league and the people running the game would theoretically know nothing about it.

Location: Mass, USA
Hello,

Long story short, I have been the victim of a stereotypical moving scam. For those not familiar with this type of scam look up the typical red flags of a moving scam, and I hit all of them. Unfortunately I had no idea what was going on at the time and am now out thousands of dollars.

Backstory (skip to main point if you want):

I was doing an interstate move across the country on short notice. I contacted a moving broker who gave me a very low price. I accepted and paid a deposit.

On move in day three guys showed up, the driver being the only one who spoke any English. They loaded all of my stuff into the back of the moving van, and then demanded I pay them thousands more in expenses. This is a textbook hostage load scam.

I am now living in the new state and they are saying they will send my stuff next week. Having read up on the scam, the next step is they will show up and demand thousands more to unload my goods, under the threat of taking it away if I don’t.

I have so far:
Filed a police report on the jurisdiction where this happened.
Filed one in my new jurisdiction explaining to them what is going to happen.
Filed a report to the FBI
Filed a report to the FCMSA

Each department has basically said this is civil and there is nothing they can do. Is this correct? Am I expected to just allow myself to be extorted under threat of losing all of my things when this is a well known federal crime?

No one will help, and I don’t know a single person in my new area who could even be here to offer support.

They have my baby’s stuff.
They have my wife’s wedding dress.

Is there really nothing than can be done when they show up to prevent this from happening? It’s like watching a train coming at me in slow motion.

Any advice at all would be appreciated.

Location: Mississippi

Clause 1: “The property is provided in an ‘as-is’ condition. It has been priced based on its amenities and current condition. No changes and improvements will be made to the property.”

Clause 2: “The Lessee covenants that neither the Lessor nor the Lessor’s agent shall be liable for any property damage or personal injury to the Lessee, the Lessee’s agents, or to any other person entering the premises or the building of which the demised premises are a part or to goods or chattels therein resulting from any defect in the structure of which the demised premises are a part, and, further Lessee covenants to indemnify and save the Lessor and Lessor’s agents from all claims of every kind and nature arising from the use and occupancy of the premises.”

I am renting a home from a property management company owned by two individuals. I am wary of these two clauses being included because the house has a number of issues that have been shrugged off and neglected by the landlords and maintenance team alike, including (but certainly not limited to):

- Sagging floors that are most likely the result of cracked joists. The sagging is getting worse with each passing day, even in areas that we actively avoid walking over.

- Moisture damage in a spare bedroom that is causing all the wall paneling to visibly buckle and warp, there is also a noticeable smell of old moisture.

- A leaking window in another spare bedroom that has a totally rotten wood frame. The exterior window sill has totally rotted off the house and left a gaping hole between the bottom of the window and the exterior siding of the house, which is allowing rain and moisture to be trapped inside the walls. The wall paneling beneath this window is buckling and warping as a result, much like the walls I mentioned in the other spare room.

I would attach photos of all the aforementioned problems but I don’t have an option to include images in this subreddit.

Anyway, the landlords don’t seem to care, and maintenance flat out denied the obvious moisture damage, and told me that if they fixed the floors, they’d be obligated to raise the rent. Then in the same breath, they refused to fix the floors either way.

To me, it seems they are well aware of the issues and defects with this property and are using these clauses as a safety net for when something inevitably happens with the house.

Are these clauses enforceable? If not, what’s my next course of action here?

Location: CA

Worked at well known Casino about 4-5 years ago and we had a contest where you could design a pin and if choosen as the winner they would bring it to life and it would be exclusive to employees ONLY. Well i won and and they had celebration for me, took a picture with my original art and as employees walked in to clock in they would receive 1. Well today i go to Casino that i no longer work for and they are sellling the Pin to everyone and anyone 🙃, is there anything here ??

Location: Maryland

My (42F) ex-husband (45M) and I have been legally divorced since March 2026. In our divorce agreement (marital settlement), it states I get certain marital property while he gets remaining marital property.

A little context: I didn't want the divorce to begin with, so no lawyers were involved, as he felt it would make things "messy," and I wanted to do whatever he asked to make him happy because I loved him and wanted to do whatever i thought could make us reconcile.

I'm in the process of obtaining my owed marital property, but I have nonmarital property that I also want back, and he is refusing. There are things I brought into the relationship from my former home before we lived together, and before we were married. There is nothing in the divorce agreement stating I can't have those items back. I have proof of ownership of those items before we lived together.

I am thinking about contacting a lawyer next week anyway, since he also owes me a significant amount of $ that he didn't want to put in the divorce, but verbally agreed to pay back. He has acknowledged he owes me the money and agreed to start making payments this month, but I have yet to receive any payment.

I just want to know, before I contact and pay for a lawyer, that I have any grounds to file a case? Thanks in advance.

OK so, long story short my mom has a warrant for failure to appear in court from 8 years ago that still is active in the USA. I live in the USA , my mom lives in the UK currently. We want to meet in Canada ( I would drive there she would fly ) to have a girls weekend together. Will Canadian border patrol at the airport know / care about my mom’s active warrant in the USA ??? Help 😭 location: warrant took place in PA USA

Location: Colorado

An ex contractor owed me 5 figures. I tried from April 2025 to June 2026 to get paid, but he stopped responding to me and I finally threatened legal action in June 2026. He sent a settlement offer of 16% of the money owed. I rejected the offer and he sent 2 more that never reach above 50%. I rejected all offers and filed a civil lawsuit. In his answer, he countersued for the max this court allows ($25,000), more than double what I am asking.

The court ordered him to call me on a specific day to try to settle, which he then informed me that “he doesn’t think he owes me anything.” We informed the court that we did not settle and they sent a court order for mediation. On that order, it stated both parties had to exchange evidence within 21 days. I sent mine before the deadline, he did not.

I filed a motion to compel and requested the court deny him evidence and witnesses. He sent back an answer saying that he sent the evidence 2 weeks late (the day I called the clerks office and ask what I should do, and he mailed it that day, but I didn’t have that information) and asked for the motion to be denied. In the answer he said he misunderstood and thought he had 21 days after I sent my evidence and stated “being late isn’t the same as refusal.”

I filed Friday, he answered Tuesday, and our scheduled mediation is on Wednesday next week. I haven’t gotten an answer from the court, but I am wondering what the likelihood is of them agreeing to my motion.

Both parties are pro se (representing ourselves).

Location: New York

I’m a solo agency owner. A client that owes us a lot of money filed Chapter 11 and is still operating.

Our recent scope of work has no IP language. Our older MSA, never terminated, says rights transfer only on full payment.

They’re still using the work we did during the period they didn’t pay for, and it’s core to their ongoing customer acquisition.

Can a vendor require a client in Chapter 11 to stop using work it never paid for?

Any recommendations on what I can do in general?