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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA A break-in occurred at my business and the thief was caught. In addition to restitution for stolen property, the court is asking me to calculate lost earnings, which is very hard to do because so much is based on potential word-of-mouth. I...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I am a business owner and was the victim of a burglary. The criminal was caught and pleaded guilty. I was informed by the district attorney that I need to provide an itemization of my losses to prove my financial loss and to secure an order of...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA A technical repair shop offering mail-in service received a 5 year old media player and despite many months of effort and cost to find and replace parts (for which the customer was never charged), it was eventually deemed non-repairable and...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA An employee who is working a part-time position at a for-profit company wants to volunteer additional hours performing either the same job or a totally different job. Is this legal?

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA Recently a former employee was discovered to have charged numerous personal items to a company credit card and company eBay account / paypal, going back almost a year. Records of all the transactions have been printed. The owner has tried to...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA A former volunteer who was working for my business and who had a key, deliberately disobeyed my request and entered my business while I was out of town. Caught on camera, he and his friends took items out of my store that he claims were his...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA Company hires an independent technical support contractor to perform services for company's clients. One day, company's network goes down and independent contractor happens to be there dropping off paperwork. An employee asks contractor for...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA My employee suddenly developed serious health problems and he has missed work for over a week. I pay him the same amount each payroll period but it's not a salary it's hourly. I don't have any written contract with him or time and attendance...

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? CA I own a computer repair shop. For the first time in my life, I’ve been sued! I would really appreciate it if anyone here would review this case. It’s all new to me: My customer brought in a laptop for a hardware repair, we quoted him, he...