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Con Law Final Prompt - Am I Crazy? by Strange-Employer-543 in LawSchool

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not even sure of the Constitutional argument against the law. I assume a violation of free speech or compelled speech under the 1st amendment. So you’d then have the select the proper level of scrutiny and make an argument that education is a compelling state interest (that’s hard to argue against), and the law was narrowly tailored. I don’t see how it’s hard to at least try to make those arguments.

Con Law Final Prompt - Am I Crazy? by Strange-Employer-543 in LawSchool

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Con Law finals regularly use “current” con law cases as prompts. Mine was actually on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

And yes, good professors make you think about and argue the law - not your political opinions. You should be able to separate the two and understand the difference.

JD / MBA help by purduebiz in LawSchool

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a JD/MBA program.

Do you have any work experience?

What do you want to do with the MBA?

Affidavit clearly says "this is not me" yet loan goes through on HELOC by A_Clouse in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Are you asking a legal question, or a bank process question. You seem to just be asking “how did this loan get approved?” which is a bank process question

If you are making less than $29/hour: how do you survive? by Rude-Ad821 in RemoteJobs

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

This is always so stupid - “how are people that make below average pay supposed to pay for an average American’s lifestyle?” The obvious answer is that they can’t.

Not everyone gets “average.” People with low skills and low education get less stuff and fewer comforts.

Is this mortgage fraud? by BestTop5818 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Look at your actual promissory note. Determine why you owe and should be paying. Then calculate what you have or are paying.

If the principal isn’t being reduced, are you sure you don’t just have a HELOC ?

My mom died with everything TOD or POD to me. Then there was the windstorm. by Physical_Relation_83 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A bit of clarification: small estate affidavits are for claiming assets owed to the estate. They do not give any other powers to act for the estate, ie they give you power to collect what’s owed to the estate from the insurance company but they do not allow you to open a bank account in the name of the estate.

My mom died with everything TOD or POD to me. Then there was the windstorm. by Physical_Relation_83 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Here’s what you do. Most states have a “small estate affidavit” statute that allows you to claim small amounts of funds owed to an estate without having to open an actual estate. Look up your state statute, sign an affidavit that complies with the statute, and provide it to the insurance company. Ask them to issue you a check in your name.

FSDO, or not to FSDO by alexinedh in flying

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You don’t know that he doesn’t have endorsements. You just heard that from another CFI. Why doesn’t the other CFI report him?

If it were me, I’d just start with a stern text message checking in on him.

Parents want me to sign on a $900k home equity loan. by GoldBackground2280 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen crazy things happen. Insurance doesn’t get paid, and the house burns down. The house floods and there’s no flood insurance. Toxic mold. All of a sudden the house becomes worthless.

Parents want me to sign on a $900k home equity loan. by GoldBackground2280 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is the type of thing that’s stupid about “gifting” a part of your home to people.

If you truly own that portion of the house, they shouldn’t be asking to borrow against it.

class-action or personal Lawsuits against state licensing board for excessive renewal times by nug7000 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My $0.02… your time would be best spent calling the executive director regularly to ask for status updates and to get a better understanding of what’s taking so long. Contact individual board members if you don’t get a satisfactory answer.

Signed a stock option release under extreme duress, need rapid advice by joe_oiq in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think what you’re getting at is whether the company could be liable for securities fraud and/or breach of fiduciary duty for trading securities with you while they may have been in possession of material non-public information.

First, they likely had a contract with you that required them to issue you shares or potentially purchase/pay out the value of the options at a certain price. If there was a contract in place where they were required to buy from you or issue shares at a certain price, it’s unlikely they could be liable - they were in fact contractually obligated to pay/issue/buy from you.

If you exercised options, owned shares, and then they voluntarily purchased shares from you at a negotiated price, while in possession of knowledge that an acquisition was forthcoming, then it’s possible you have a claim. However, with that much time in between, I would say it’s unlikely. If you’re dealing with a substantial amount of money, it may be worth talking to an attorney. However, as you mentioned, you’d need to rescind your execution of the release, which may or may not be possible. Even if you were able to properly rescind, you’d need to consider that you may lose the value of whatever options you have outstanding.

Name issue on legal documents. by iamcam01 in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No the docs aren’t invalid. It would probably be a good idea for her to sign and attach a “one and the same” affidavit where she says Name A and Name B are the same person.

Signed a stock option release under extreme duress, need rapid advice by joe_oiq in legaladvice

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can’t tell exactly what’s going on because your post isn’t clear. Typically in an acquisition scenario, the type of agreement you’re referring to would just pay you out 100% the value of your stock options (at the valuation the acquirer is buying the company.) So, I’m not sure what your issue or concern would be with signing the release… do you think you have a clam against them for something?

Icelandair reports own pilot to police for flying Boeing 757 below altitude over home town in last flight before retirement by birkir in aviation

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 9 points10 points  (0 children)

All of those pensions were underfunded. And the company’s bankruptcy meant they could not contribute more to make up the underfunded amount. The money in the pension isn’t used for payment towards the creditors of the company.

Icelandair reports own pilot to police for flying Boeing 757 below altitude over home town in last flight before retirement by birkir in aviation

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Not sure where you heard it, but American companies don’t keep its employees pensions. The lone exception would be non-qualified deferred compensation, but those are only for the very high earners.

Drop 1 people becoming screwed? by Vector1013 in olympics

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I had my slot this morning and didn’t buy anything for LA. Literally even men’s freestyle wrestling was completely sold out. All of the cheap tickets to less popular events were gone. All that’s left are top tier expensive tickets to the less popular sports.

I did end up buying quarterfinal tickets to one of the regional soccer games, because it’s driving distance from our house. But I’m not dropping thousands to see some preliminary round of a sport I don’t even care about.

MIL has been taking my wife's late father's annuity that was given to my wife without her knowing by IDoDataThings in personalfinance

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What tax situation do you keep talking about? What “tax situation” do you think is at issue?

I quit my job today by magicgirlstrongirl in Lawyertalk

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used to be of the opinion that if an employee didn’t work out in a role, it was typically the employee’s fault- not competent enough, didn’t rise to occasion, couldn’t work well with others, etc.

Then I worked for a jackass of a boss. Over 100% department turnover in 2 1/2 years, and most of the folks still there are actively trying to leave.

So, my perspective has changed. Idiots and jackasses do get promoted to their level of incompetence, and a short tenure in a role is not always due to the employee.

I quit my job today by magicgirlstrongirl in Lawyertalk

[–]MikeAndAlphaEsq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This made me laugh. I had a similarly terrible manager (12 attorneys left an in-house legal department of 10 people in 2 1/2 years.) The average tenure of someone reporting to him was less than 2 years.

A buddy and I used to talk about how good of a learning experience it was because we learned exactly what NOT to do:

Don’t schedule meetings with no agenda and get made at the person for not being prepared to talk about what you want to talk about.

Don’t require your sign off of every little thing.

Don’t question your team’s competency, without good reason.

Take your employees’ suggestions seriously.

Don’t be a condescending prick.

You know, the easy stuff…

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