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Some tenants in South Los Angeles are seeing red over their landlord’s efforts to go green. A new rule forcing tenants to pay rent online is actually a ruse to evict elderly renters, the tenants claim. The low-income tenants are suing their landlord, Jones & Jones Management Group Inc., alleging the mandatory online rent payments are illegal and unfair, the Los Angeles Times reports. “I am 86 years old and I am computer illiterate,” one tenant, who has lived in the building since 1963, said in the lawsuit....

While most people think of medical malpractice claims only in terms of the clear errors, like amputating the wrong leg, or dropping a junior mint into someone’s body during surgery, it is generally much more nuanced. When a doctor fails to make an appropriate diagnosis, prescribes the wrong medication, or fails to communicate important information, malpractice claims may be possible in these situations as well. Many people are shocked to learn that doctors and hospitals frequently fail to disclose important information to patients, sometimes intentionally....

Satellite-TV provider DirecTV is being sued for allegedly bringing a registered sex offender into a customer’s house during a service call. Wahren Scott Massey has been a registered sex offender in Texas since 1998, but in 2012 he accompanied a DirecTV subcontractor into a customer’s house during a service call. According to Dallas-Fort Worth’s WFAA-TV, Massey was left in a room with the customer’s 12-year-old daughter, who caught him snapping photos of her on his cell phone....

Holidays are in full swing. Stores are busy and in need of extra hands to help meet the demands of last minute shopping. Last year alone retailers hired 453,600 seasonal holiday employees to work between October and January, according to Inc. The simple answer to that question is no. Much like a contract worker, the rights a seasonal holiday employee enjoys are very limited unless specifically granted by his or her employer....

Being a small business owner has its challenges, and one of them is caring for employees. But is this care actually a duty? And if so, what kind of care is required? Federal laws require that all employers, whether large or small, adhere to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s OSHA standards, which basically requires employers to provide a working environment that is free of known dangers. Additionally, almost every state also has their own version of OSHA, which provides an extra layer of duties of safe care....

When you or a loved one has been hurt, the last thing on your mind may be starting a personal injury case. But, when you’ve been injured, a personal injury lawsuit may be down the line. Knowing what initial steps to take can help maintain the integrity of the case if you do decide to pursue legal action. What are some of the initial steps you should take in a personal injury case?...

GM’s ignition-switch recall compensation fund is no longer accepting claims, as the January 31 deadline has passed. But that doesn’t mean consumers are without recourse if they (or their loved ones) were injured in a recalled vehicle. As you probably know, GM issued a series of recalls in 2014 after an ignition-switch defect in about 2.6 million vehicles was linked to dozens of injuries and deaths. As federal investigations began, GM set up a victim compensation fund to deal with death and injury claims....

While not all employers will be impacted by the incoming president’s plans to reform immigration, any employer that hires non-permanent resident immigrants may have to change the way they do business. A principal concern for employers that hire immigrant workers is whether and how the process will change, particularly for H-1B visas. Unless you’ve been intentionally avoiding the news, you’ve likely heard about plans to “reform” business immigration, punish sanctuary cities, and deport undocumented immigrants....

Most of us don’t like to think about getting older and needing to be cared for by others, or having to place a loved one in a nursing home. But these are realities of life, and they’re probably going to come up whether we plan for them or not. A big part of that planning process is the financial side of things. Long-term care and nursing home costs can be staggering....

Welcome to the new FindLaw series, “If I Find,” where we’ll discuss the rule of finders keepers as it applies to different topics. We hope you’ll check back regularly! One day, you walk into your backyard and find a kitten sitting in your 49’ers lawn chair! She’s meowing at you like crazy, refuses to leave, and a storm is coming. What could you possibly do other than let her into the house and feed her?...

The Thomson Correctional Center in rural Illinois will be the new home for a limited number of terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay. Many of the Guantanamo Bay detainees will be transferred to the Illinois state prison in the sleepy town of Thomson near the Mississippi River. The announcement by the White House comes after the administration has been tasked with plans to close the prison at Gitmo and identify a new site for those charged with acts of terrorism....

After being unable to find parking on the street, you pay to park your car in a garage. Then, you go off and enjoy a wonderful dinner. On your return, you find that your car has been broken into, or, even worse, completely gone. Is the parking garage responsible for your loss? Can you sue? The answer is that it depends. Courts have issued conflicting decisions the question of a parking garage owner’s liability for car damages or thefts....

The right to carry a gun is limited in certain places and having a gun at work is a touchy subject. But that doesn’t always mean you can’t carry your weapon with you. In general, state laws don’t expressly allow gun owners to bring their weapons into the office. That decision is usually at the discretion of the company’s owner. But there are state laws that stop just short of allowing guns at work....

Inmates at Miami-Dade jails have found a way hack into phone lines to make free collect phone calls. As a result many unsuspecting citizens have been left footing the bill, according to the Miami Herald. Corrections say there is little they can do to stop the jail phone scam, which has cost tens of thousands of dollars. So far, Global Tel*Link, which operates jail collect- and prepaid-call systems has paid out $200,000 for bogus calls....

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, according to AP reporting in 2011, the New York Police Department rolled out a sprawling and secretive human mapping and surveillance program targeting Muslim communities both inside New York and beyond. The NYPD allegedly spied on at least 20 mosques, 14 restaurants, 11 retail stores, two grade schools, and two Muslim Student Associations in New Jersey, and included video surveillance, photographing license plates, community mapping, and infiltration by undercover officers and informants....

Perhaps you’ve been living over a dump. Obviously, you didn’t know about it or you wouldn’t have been so thrilled by the cheap rent. Now the place has made you sick. Who do you blame? Who can you sue? Is someone supposed to clean this mess? And shouldn’t you have been warned? The answers to these questions are not always straightforward. Let’s explore them. Several legal and logistical issues apply to the question of contamination....

Is $1 million in damages the new “standard” for stillbirths in New York? How does one even manage to quantify monetary damages for stillborn babies after medical malpractice? In 2004, New York changed its law to allow mothers to sue for emotional damages resulting from medical malpractice-caused stillbirths. Brooklyn mother Lucy Ferreira’s case was one the first to make it to a trial. She was originally awarded $1 million in damages against the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in 2005, reports The New York Times....

Small business grants are great if you can get them, but there are some scams that you need to be aware of. For example, one scam offers a great-sounding deal: Fork over a small “pre-funding fee” as a down payment, in order to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in Small Business Development Center grants to start an e-commerce business. The scammers used the SBDC’s letterhead to make the ruse appear legit, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reports....

According to the U.S. State Department, 100,000 American teenagers and young adults travel to Mexico for Spring Break every year. While the vast majority of them enjoy their Mexico vacations without a hitch, the State Department cautions that “several may die, hundreds will be arrested, and still more will make mistakes that could affect them for the rest of their lives,” Examiner.com reports. Here are five legal tips for spring breakers in Mexico:...

Do you know how to fight a speeding ticket? If you contest a speeding ticket in court, what will happen? Whether or not you decide to contest your ticket is up to you. But, if you do decide to fight the speeding ticket in court, make sure you’re well prepared. What are some tips you should know about before entering that courtroom? How to Fight a Speeding Ticket Tip # 1: Don’t pay the ticket....