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Blending cutting-edge legal strategies for winning justice at work with a theory of dramatic, bottom-up social change, this practical audio guide to workers’ rights aims to make work better while reinvigorating the labor movement.

This edition of Success offers advice focused on parents rather than specific laws. Parents need encouragement and support when facing the legal system that has removed their children. Success provides the steps and advice for parents to follow the unwritten rules the system uses to trip them up and create obstacles.

Have you been named as beneficiary of a family trust? Does it feel overwhelming? Are you looking for some practical information to get up to speed fast? Here’s an essential guidebook for you.

Darf ich auf einem Besen fliegen? Muss ich für meinen Werwolf Hundesteuer zahlen? Haben Vampire Anspruch auf Nachtschicht? Fallen Lichtschwerter unter das Waffengesetz? Wem gehört der Eine Ring? Ein bekennender Cineast und von Beruf Richter – Thorsten Schleif ist der erste Experte für all die drängenden Rechtsfragen, die uns bei einer Binge-Session "Game of Thrones", "Die Ringe der Macht", "Star Wars" oder "Harry Potter" so durch den Kopf gehen. Sein Hörbuch gehört in jeden Muggel-Haushalt mit Streamingdienst-Abo.

How To Beat Your Landlord: A Tenant’s Guide to Fighting Evictions, Tenant Rights, and How to Best Protect Your Family from Unethical Landlords is a comprehensive guide which provides tenants with practical methods and strategies that will allow them to get the upper hand during disputes with landlords and estate agents. This book is for tenants in the UK and USA.

Navigating the complexities of the legal system can be daunting, but the key to success lies in the hands of the advocate you choose. "How to Hire a Winning Lawyer," by John Ellsworth, demystifies the process of selecting a legal champion capable of securing the triumph and self-satisfaction you deserve.

Easy, accessible, and to the point. Robert's Rules of Order gives you everything you need to know to conduct shorter, fairer, and more orderly meetings. In this new and improved update, you'll find: the fundamentals of parliamentary procedure, with tips on knowing which rules to use for your meetings; simple suggestions for making, seconding, and debating motions; a primer on voting, from knowing when it's required, to breaking ties, to handling absentee and proxy votes; straightforward strategies for setting and sticking to an agenda and efficiently recording your meeting's minutes and more.

“Lawyer Cheats, Hacks, Hints, Tips, And Tricks That Will Help Improve The Efficiency Of Your Practice" is the ultimate guide to improving your legal practice. Whether you're a solo practitioner or part of a larger firm, this book will provide you with the tools and techniques you need to streamline your workflow and improve the efficiency of your practice. The book is packed with practical, easy-to-use cheats, hacks, hints, tips, and tricks that cover a wide range of topics, from legal research and virtual meetings to legal data analytics and legal automation software.

Enter the two-year Happy Lawyer Project, spanning interviews with 100+ lawyers, and hundreds of hours of research, analysis, and development, all aimed at trying to answer one question:—How do we, as busy lawyers and professionals, become happier? It turns out that the happy lawyers had a number of things in common—key ingredients they all shared. Unhappy lawyers shared some of those ingredients, but were missing others. The problem is that there’s a recipe for happiness and, whether intentional or not, the unhappy lawyers haven’t followed it.

An essential guidebook for individuals who have been named as trustee of personal trusts for family members or friends. Written by an expert who has more than two decades experience working with families to create, administer, and benefit from trusts, this primer is a "go to" resource for anyone who has been named as a trustee.

The Personal Injury Tripod is meant especially for people who have been injured through no fault of their own. Insurance companies have made personal injury law into a game, and in order to not be completely taken advantage of, you have to know how to play by the rules. This book is meant to help injured victims truly understand their personal injury case and the importance of hiring a genuine and highly experienced personal injury attorney. It is no secret that attorneys are not the best at communicating with their clients and explaining all of the nuances of the case.

David W. Jackson, MSW, a nine-year veteran of two metro-Atlanta police departments, has seen every scenario in this book firsthand. It includes the actual laws and explanations as told by an officer from an officer’s point-of-view. This effort seeks to help civilians better protect themselves to thwart unnecessary altercations during interactions with law enforcement.

From the outside, being a landlord may look like an easy job. Once a month you greet your tenants, collect rent from them, and leave. Being a landlord is not as simple as it seems. Just like tenants have their share of responsibilities, so do you as their landlord and property manager. For first-time landlords, all of this can be very overwhelming.

New York State Notary Law made simple. Come experience what thousands have already learned. We've taken the guesswork out for you in a simple to understand format. This book was written by the #1 Notary Trainer in New York State. She has been training for 25+ years. Her hard work has been published and quoted in newspapers and magazines articles throughout New York State. Notably, she has been recognized by organizations of her industry and interviewed on the radio.

Sumérjase en un análisis integral del Derecho de Propiedad Intelectual, desde los principios básicos hasta las complejas cuestiones de la era digital.

The O-1B visa is a subcategory of the O-1 visa, which is for individuals with Extraordinary Ability or Achievement. What makes the O-1B visa—which is for artists and people working in film and television—unique is its flexibility. While other visas have strict or rigid requirements, the O-1B is more fluid. Recognizing that the arts span a wide array of disciplines, USCIS has minimal definitions and broad evidentiary requirements. This is advantageous because it enables artists from diverse disciplines to apply to work in the United States.

"Wills Unveiled" is a comprehensive book that serves as a practical guide for potential buyers who are interested in estate planning and writing their will. This book aims to provide valuable insights, clear explanations, and step-by-step instructions to help listeners navigate the complex process of creating a will and ensuring their assets are distributed according to their wishes.

This book will help you learn some of the shit they did not teach you in law school. Not because you went to a bad school or because you did not pay attention in class (or did not get a good grade). This is the stuff you never thought about. More like the business side of the law. This is a guide on how to navigate the profession of law. Think of this book as a tour guide on how to practice. In the end, you answer your own questions, but this book is to be used as a sounding board.

The state-run guardianship system, called conservatorship in some states, is largely unregulated, ill-understood, and increasingly populated by financially motivated predators. Just how the secretive world of guardianship works and its real-life effects remained a mystery to most until the very public case of pop star Britney Spears. Currently, there are an estimated 1.5 to 2 million Americans under court control, but precise figures are not known as no government entity keeps track of citizens who have lost the right to determine their own fate.

Successful brands don’t just appear out of thin air; they must be developed, built, supported, and protected. For many years, strong brand protection was only affordable and achievable for large companies with deep pockets. But as technology has revolutionized the way we do business, the landscape for trademarks has changed, and now any organization, big or small, can have a strong, protected, global brand without breaking the bank.