You’ve meticulously planned out your vacation itinerary, travel arrangements, and leisure activities, but you can’t plan for a slip-and-fall accident on a cruise ship, or hitting your head at the hotel pool. Life happens, even on vacation. If you injure yourself while...
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Understanding Your Rights: What Debt Collectors Cannot Do
You owe some money, and a bunch of debt collectors know it. Your cell phone buzzes with annoying–and sometimes abrasive–callers, asking questions about your financial circumstances and suggesting that your credit history, wages, and job are at risk if you don’t pay...
Facebook, Lawsuits, and Florida Courts Be Careful What You Say
Facebook is the subject of another Florida court opinion. This story is a tragic one for the plaintiff, who won his lawsuit against the school that terminated his employment. The schoolmaster sued the school for age discrimination and reached a settlement of $150,000....
Facebooking Judge Gets Unfriended by the Court
Florida judges and lawyers on Facebook are in the news again. A Seminole County circuit court judge, who sent a friend request on Facebook to a litigant before her court, is now the subject of an opinion issued from Florida’s Fifth District appeal court. This judge...
Orlando Hospital CEOs Are Non-Profiting Millionaires
The CEO of Orlando’s second largest hospital system resigned last week after a year of bad press for Orlando Health, Inc. Most of the controversy has centered around the slashing of jobs and pay for the primary asset of the hospital system: its staff of health care...
Orlando Short Sale NOW, Before Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Law Expires
A law that helps Orlando homeowners avoid taxes on the short sale of their home is scheduled to expire at the end of this year. A short sale is one of the best non-bankruptcy alternatives for the many Orlando homeowners who are in financial distress due to having an...
Risks of Foreclosing Without an Attorney
Orlando homeowners trying to fight and defend foreclosure without a foreclosure defense attorney should know that it can be harmful to your financial health. A new program requires banks and servicing agents that foreclosed on Orlando homeowners to undergo audits to...
How to fight foreclosure – Florida rules require fast response
Knowing how to fight foreclosure requires an in depth understanding of the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. A mortgage foreclosure is a type of civil action, and civil lawsuits are governed by these rules. The rules require that a homeowner who decides to fight...
Should Orlando homeowners hire an attorney to defend mortgage foreclosure?
Hiring an Orlando mortgage foreclosure defense attorney may be the smartest decision some Orlando homeowners make this year. Last week, the Orlando Sentinel reported that mortgage foreclosure filings increased in September by a whopping 42%, after banks flooded the...
Solution for the underwater home crisis in Orlando
Underwater homes are a local crisis and many Orlando homeowners are feeling the pain. President Obama wants to sell and rent all the homes that have been taken back from families that could not longer afford their mortgage payments in this challenging economy....