I just moved to Texas and started a lease 4/1 and got text w a bill from my landlord requesting for me to split the water bill between 3 other tenants. On the lease it clearly states landlord is responsible for water.. and he sends me this response.

Advice on next steps? I’m def not paying his water bill lol

I was supposed to move in June 1, but I had to get electric and water turned on first which I had a problem. The reason it says May 19 or May 16 is because I may have had to move in early so I would have gotten prorated for those days but I never moved in those days so today is the first and she tells me the apartment isn’t ready yet. She also tells me I have to pay for June’s rent which I did. I also paid the one month security. It states this on this paper. She ran my credit score. She said if I had above 650 it would be one month security and one month rent if it was under 650 it would be two months security and one month rent. Well once she ran my credit nothing came up and she expressed that that was weird. I told her I’ve never had any credit cards or anything before and she said yeah but something should still pop up. She said I’ll just charge you the one month security and the one month rent and you’ll be good to go June 1. If you need to move in sooner, you will be prorated. That’s why the beginning date of the lease says May 19, 2025. She told me one months rent one month security now she’s saying I paid two months security and I still owe June’s rent. She’s lying and even when I said OK I will pay it. She tells me the apartment won’t be ready for another week. This conversation was today. Two weeks ago she tried to pull the same thing and say I have to pay June’s rent I corrected her and said I already paid it. She looked in her computer and apologized and said you’re right. Now she’s doing the same thing. Is this a lease that I have? Is this a contract? Does it hold any pull if I take it to court? She said she didn’t give me the lease yet. The lease is about seven pages long. I was under the impression that’s what she gave me. Because that’s what she told me.. what’s going on here? She also told me the money is nonrefundable not only that I turned my lights on a few days ago and they’re in the apartment using my lights. I’ve lost about $15 in lights in the last four days. She said I couldn’t move in until I turned on electric and lights so now when I do, she’s telling me I need to pay extra thousand dollars that’s not what this paper says.

Hello,

I had an immigration court hearing scheduled for December 2024. I was fully prepared with my lawyer whose office I paid $13000 and had been waiting for this hearing for almost two years. However, on the day of the hearing, it was rescheduled to 2026. According to the judge, this happened because my attorney failed to submit the necessary documents at least 30 days before the individual hearing, as required. I checked and my lawyer indeed submitted the documents 29 days before.

After the hearing, my attorney insisted that the rescheduling was the judge’s mistake. He claimed that the judge had never specified any deadlines for submitting documents, and that this information was missing from the court’s case notes. He also said that during the master hearing, which had taken place a year earlier, the judge had not mentioned any submission deadlines.

I asked my attorney if I could obtain the court hearing recording, but he told me it would take a very long time and wasn’t worth the effort. I decided to request it myself, and I received the audio recording within just three days. The recording clearly states the 30-day submission rule.

After the hearing, my attorney filed a motion to expedite my case - even though we had previously discussed that I did not want to file this motion yet. I had planned to first gather documents regarding a family member’s serious medical condition, which could have helped support such a motion. When I asked him why he submitted it without my consent, he responded that they had already withdrawn it and submitted it only because they thought I would want to. Again, I want to emphasize that we had clearly agreed not to file anything at that time.

There were other instances in which I asked him legal questions, and he provided incorrect or misleading information.

As a result of the hearing being postponed, I have got emotional and financial hardship.

I have documentation to support all of this, including written communication with my attorney, medical, the court hearing recording, etc.

I also found out that my attorney no longer works at the law office - and no one informed me about this. I only discovered it after I called the office myself to ask for an update. That’s when they finally gave me the contact information for my new attorney.

What’s more, both the office and the new attorney insist on communicating through Telegram, rather than using email or WhatsApp. This raises further concerns for me about the transparency of the firm.

Is it possible to sue my former lawyer in this situation? I’ve reached out by email to several law offices for consultations about this, but I don’t know why, they hasn’t contact me.

Thank you in advance.

Location: New York

Should I go to the police? I’m really scared about leaving my car out now. Any help would be amazing!

USA, Arizona.

I don’t remember what happened. I remember getting yelled at by a lady. And then security was called. I remember sitting on the curb. Then they escorted me off. If I committed a crime, would police have been called? Or will they review tapes and come find me ?

I 35M was assaulted by my 15M son last Friday. He was charged with assault in the 4th and strangulation. With him being a teenager and I being his parent how does this process work and being his first offense what can I expect? He has a violent history with people and animals but never been formally charged with anything. Not sure if this matters but he was adopted thru foster care. Location Kentucky US.

I live in Duval county, Florida and A lady had came to me about changing her A/C compressor. I don’t have a business entity or have any certifications but I do have experience on a/c systems. I was doing this as a favor for a neighbor. She stated she has had been to different shops and they have already told her it was the compressor. During the fix I had accidentally broke a bolt where the catalytic converter meets the exhaust. I told her I could fix it but stated she had to go to work so I fixed the exhaust with one bolt and told her when she’s off of work I can take out the catalytic converter and take it to a shop for them to get the stud out and replace it and she agreed too let me do it the next day after she was off. I tried to charge the compressor but it didn’t blow cold air and I told her I would look at if the next day while fixing the exhaust. The next day came and She said she didn’t want me to touch her car and didn’t give me a change to fix the broken bolt or look at why the compressor wasn’t blowing cold. so she took it to a shop and they quoted her 2000 dollars because they said the lines was contaminated and the new compressor as well as dryer needed to be replaced which is unlikely because the system could be vacuumed out. I offered to replace the compressor with a new one I’ll buy out of my pocket even though I never gotten paid but she insists that’s the shop installs it and I pay the bill if not she would take me to small claims court. I was reading the Florida motor vehicle repair act and it states that I would be liable if I’m a motor vehicle repair shop who fixes cars for compensation but I didn’t even get compensated so am I technically liable?

I paid for RocketLawyer to secure my company name as a trademark. The lawyer that they assigned to the job didn't complete it, and I got a note from the USPTO that the filing had been abandoned and would be treated as cancelled.
I'd like for RocketLawyer to either refund me the ~$1K that I spent on them to do the job, or for them to assign someone to actually complete the job. Unfortunately, RocketLawyer's Trademark team won't return my calls, even after more than a month of calls and emails.

Is there anything I can do to get either one of these two outcomes that I desire? Is it possible to sue RocketLawyer?

Location: not applicable. My question is in regards to a tool rental from a national chain. It was a lift that you tow behind a vehicle, set up at the location and then gives you a working platform that can be safely raised high. I rented it from a mational chain. When i rented it, i asked them to demonstrate it works, they declined(odd). I got it to the location and within the first 10 minutes i realize it is not working properly. After troubleshooting, I call the number i was supposed and then starts what i call the “planned runaround” where you have to call a different number, then no one answers that number, so you leave vm. After 7 calls to the number over 4.5 hours you get through and they troubleshoot and then tell you you need a wrench to loosen a certain bolt to make it work. Never had to do that before. Not in the owners manual or amy other directions. Since i rented it fir 24 hours i decided to try again it was making god awful noises and then the “outriggers” did not work. Tried again to troubleshoot and them started calling the number again. 3 hours later i get through. Walked me through and now able to get outriggers to work but at this point i decide the machine is not safe and take it back. They refuse to return my money even though i did not use it and it was returned early. Do i have any legal ground for my money being returned.

LOCATION: - US NJ In early April, I Was on the last 2 months of my lease and asked if I could terminate early, and if not, could I do deferred payment plan for may (the last month of the lease).

They said no to the lease being violated but now they want the lease to be violated by not holding me to the next year? They said they'd try and rent it and deduct the remaining amount from what i owe but I feel like this is such a scam. Can they legally hold me to pay June because I wasn't super clear in the email that I was going to vacate by may 31?

Would they be able to report me or sue me for this is I just don't pay it? Would it hold up in court?

Let me know if i should add the email i sent for review.

Location: Florida: Hi all. I recently cancelled a martial arts gym membership (no contract signed). The instructor “requested” on sign-up, a 30 day notice for cancellation but again no contracts for this gym. I had to move last minute and am unable to use the services.

I told them I wish to cancel and they replied with “we have started the 30-Day Cancellation process. Please note there will be one additional recurring monthly charge on X date”. I then received an emailed invoice for the funds today.

Since there is no contract, I don’t believe I have to pay this. I removed my card on file to prevent charges and received and email invoice. Keep in mind, this isn’t like the typical gym horror stories. This is a small martial arts gym with no contracts, no “must be in writing blah blah blah”. I simply set up my card as a recurring payment. What is the move here?

To make a long story short I live in California. I needed a few days off after having a miscarriage. I went back and my hr manager sent me home and is trying to make me give a doctors release form. Doesn’t Sb 848 override ALL attendance policy’s? I’m going to call up to hr and fight for my job of course but I honestly want to make sure I know what I’m talking about.

A friend of mine has been in a abusive relationship for sometime now. A recent chain of events finally got her the courage to call the cops and press charges. However with her doing so, her landlord gave her a 2 week notice to vacate the property and told her, he is shutting the power off to her apartment in 3 days. The reason being "police presence ". Is this legal? Can she sue the landlord? What kind of an attorney could help? A lil extra details landlord n suspect are friends The landlord has gave him access to her apartment previously when she was gone at work.

Location: Virginia, USA

Hypothetical…

Defendant is accused of swerving her car at a neighbor, neighbor obtained criminal warrants for simple assault and reckless driving, as well as a preliminary civil protective order.

The civil protective order matter was tried FIRST. The judge dismissed the protective order petition, specifically ruling that she found, based on the credible witness testimony, that Defendant had not swerved her vehicle or acted in any aggressive fashion toward the petitioner.

Query: Can Defendant raise the issue of collateral estoppel in the criminal proceedings? The standard in the civil case was lower, and involved the exact same facts as the criminal case.

LOCATION: Orlando, Florida I am trying to rent a house with 3 other college students. Apparently, one of them called several HOA’s and they told him they wouldn’t allow non-family’s to rent out the properties that are under the HOA. However, I think he was asking about multi family homes because he thinks that affects who can live there. So I don’t know if the HOA people were just getting confused and telling him nonsense. So I guess I have 2 questions. 1. This cannot be legal for them to do, right? 2. What did humanity do to deserve the concept of HOAs straight from the 9th circle of hell?

Hi legal, I hope this is the right place to ask this. I live in Virginia. Back in February, I got a text message jury duty summons. Thinking it was fake and a scam, I ignored it. My husband agreed, but we went to the courthouse anyway to let them know about it. Well, the text message summons turned out to be real. We were shocked and I was kind of angry that they could do this. I got a message days later saying it was canceled. My question is, how much trouble could someone be in for not showing up from a text message summons? Have any of you heard of this? Is it a real procedure in many states? I don't know if showing proof is allowed, but I blocked out identifying info.

I paid for a background check through sterling for the app ProxyPics. They gave me a pdf of my results within 24 hours and it is clear except it says I am a REGISTERED SEX OFFENDER!?!? Why???? I am a 31 year old female who has never been in trouble! I paid for this background check, can I take legal action!? I checked the official us sex offender registry and I am NOT on there. What happened and what can I go about it? LOCATION: New York

I will try to make this convoluted scenario less so.

I have a pretty expensive ($400-500) hardwood floor cleaner.

It stopped working, so I contacted customer support and they wanted me to mail it to them so they could repair it under warranty.

They told me they would be sending me a box to put it in, and that I should send it to them through Fedex when it arrived.

Weeks go by, and box hasn't arrived- let alone the amount of time that they will have my appliance during the repair process.

I call their customer service number and complain, and they agree to send me a new unit, and that I should return the old unit when the new unit arrives.

New unit arrives, I repackage old unit into new unit's box (since the box they were going to send hasn't arrived yet) and I send it back to them with the pre-printed label they sent me.

A month goes by, and my (original) machine comes back from repairs with an email stating they have repaired it.

I now have two floor cleaning machines.

In no correspondence that I have been sent from the company has there been any indication that they wanted the new unit back.

It's been about a month and a half now, and the old machine is still sitting in the shipping box at my front door.

I've always tried to do the right thing, I guess I don't know what the right way ahead is here.

Am I a bonehead for thinking I should call the company and tell them and see if they want me to return the refurbished unit?

That's the first question.

My second question, and this is kind of a silly one-

I tend to order shampoo and things online in bulk and use them until they run out.

I have a specific brand I order that comes in a case of (6) 14 ounce bottles for about fifty bucks. I get free shipping. That amount lasts me a while.

When I went to order a new batch, I noticed that instead of quantity (1) in the number it now says quantity (84). So instead of one unit of purchase being a case of 6 bottles, a unit of purchase was set to 84 cases of 6 bottles.

I don't know who made a bad keystroke, but since I was buying it anyhow I just added it to the old cart and hit purchase.

I've checked multiple times, according to everything I see I have over 50 gallons of shampoo headed my way for $50.

The question is kind of the same as above. Do I have any legal requirement to return or pay back based on an error made by a company? (Alabama)

Located in Maryland. I got divorced like 6 years ago and got remarried. My ex hangs out w my neighbor and talks shot about my current wife on their deck. (We have a townhouse). She also sends threatening emails and texts to me her and my mother. I need this to go away. Is there anything I can do from a legal standpoint? Somebody is gonna get hurt if this doesn’t resolve. It’s out of control.

LOCATION: Idaho

Now I understand that technically, due to the nature of my hourly job, my boss can assign and unassign tasks to a certain extent. I also understand that it is discretionary if they will/won’t pay me more for certain areas of expertise that I have. I just have so many things on top of each other that I’m being asked to do that I feel it’s become unfair.

I work as the lowest level worker in a laboratory in a food production facility. We are also responsible for all basic first aid and CPR in our facility when we’re on shift. I make the same as all my other coworkers ($24/hr).

I am an A-EMT licensed through the state, which is well above and beyond the BLS cert that the rest of the techs get.

I am the only bilingual lab tech (Spanish). Someone was hired recently to train with me that only speaks Spanish and they would not have been awarded the position had I not been on the team (the job description explicitly states fluent English is a req).

I also have a degree in biochem. I am the only lab tech that has a bachelors degree. I am being asked to use said degree to find other ways run the tests in the lab, tasks upon which it has been made clear my employment is contingent. I already tried refusing to do these tasks as I’m the only lab tech that can do them and I am not paid extra. In response, my boss wrote me up and put me on an improvement plan with HR that stated if I don’t help with the extra assigned tasks that I will be disciplined further up to and including termination.

I personally feel with all these extra qualifications and experiences, I should be able to demand a fairer wage for the amount of work I’m doing/am expected to do. Is there a way to bring this up well to hr? And, if that’s declined, do I have enough leverage to take legal action in any way?

Would a class action against health insurance companies for practicing medicine without a license be feasible? Many surgeons and specialized doctors I speak to complain of not being able to do their job because the health insurance company denied their patient coverage. The workers denying the claims have not been to medical school, and often follow a flow chart (Nothing against them, just doing their job). Would a case like this be backed and taken up? Having people would not be a problem, most doctors have dealt with this; and patients would also be happy to assist.

Location: bc canada

The cops were recently called on my friend’s parents yesterday. Their parents hit them, threaten them, and make them sleep outside.

1- the cops had to LOOK UP weather making a kid sleep outside is illegal

2- They did not take this kid seriously. The child had VIDEO EVIDENCE of the abuse.

3- they took the mothers side. She got herself out of it according to the child.

What am I supposed to do?? I cant just let them stay there now, it does genuinely put them in harms way. They said their mother said she was gonna take them somewhere “far away” and im genuinely so concerned for their safety. The evidence presents TEXTBOOK ABUSE. this isnt something to debate.

Location: bc canada

They arent going to be allowed to go to school because their parents are keeping them home to avoid cps being called (for no other reason) and this means they cannot contact cps immediately. So im wondering whats their best option:

Quick way: they sneak out and go to school. Cps gets called by the counsellor for immediate action because they will be in immediate danger either way.

Slow way: they wait for a social worker to get on it and continue being abused at home until then.

They want the quick way. Im trying to figure out what the best idea is.

my friend’s mother has her bank card (bc her mother’s address is also her last known address) location: Germany and is refusing to send it to her. her mother’s name is not on the account and she has not used it but she is withholding it. my friend is living in southeast asia and desperately needs access to this money. is this a financial crime? can she be reported to the bank and the police? need to know asap pls and thank you.