One of the most important document fraud protection devices is using “red tape” to tie and seal a legal document. Once the document has been tied and sealed it is virtually impossible to alter the document without destroying it and making such destruction known to anyone who comes into possession of the document. This method [...]

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Are you responsible if some anonymous poster writes a comment about someone on a blog and it is defamatory? It is certainly true if you own the blog and you write a posting on the blog that you are responsible for the legal consequences of your authorship, but if a third party writes a comment [...]

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The idea-expression dichotomy or divide is embodied in Section 102(b) of the United States copyright code. It states: (b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, [...]

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The Restorative Justice movement aims at reevaluating the criminal justice system and undertaking reforms to make justice not a punitive undertaking that views punishment through incarceration as the fundamental means to justice but one that sees more proactive approaches such as rehabilitation, transitional services, family support services, pre-trial services and fair representation of defendants in [...]

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With foreclosures on the rise due to the “subprime” mortgage meltdown there are more and more credit repair and foreclosure rescue “specialists” that promise to solve the problems of the defaulting homeowner. Some of these individuals are providing their clients with valuable expertise and some relief (due to the overreaching actions of the lenders and [...]

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