IANALFilter: What legal rights does having an invoice grant a buyer? [more inside]
posted by Neale on Oct 21, 2009 - 5 answers

What's the right way to offer to purchase a short sale home in Arizona? [more inside]
posted by gummo on Apr 17, 2009 - 4 answers

YANAL filter: Quick question about United States trademark law and fair use of logos on a website. [more inside]
posted by fvox13 on Apr 23, 2008 - 3 answers

My marriage of ~10yrs is on the ropes. My wife is suing for divorce, and (among other less important things) wants full custody of our beautiful youngsters (ages >4 and <10). There's more inside, but here are my specific questions: 1) I have reason to believe she is having an affair. Does her alleged adultery, if proven, give me any leverage with regards to custody? 2) What other ethical ways are there to ensure I at least get joint physical and legal custodianship? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 6, 2007 - 29 answers

Got a speeding ticket that may cost me my license. But wait! Happened in State A, I live in State B, and my license is from State C, where I used to live. And there are small errors on the ticket. Is there hope? [more inside]
posted by CommonSense on Mar 27, 2007 - 39 answers

Is there any sound legal reason why people use IANAL after posting an opinion about a legal matter? Supposing there is, is IANAL enough? If someone was led to believe YANAL but YKWYWTA (you know what you were talking about), could you still be sued for negligent misstatement if someone followed your opinion to their detriment? Shouldn't the disclaimer be stronger? [more inside]
posted by vizsla on Feb 2, 2007 - 23 answers

If a bunch of kids decided to have a snowball fight on my lawn, near my drive way and if one of them gets hurt. Can they blame me? It's my lawn, but surely it's not my snow. I shovel my drive way but I do not encourage kids to come and have fights.
posted by phyrewerx on Dec 16, 2005 - 21 answers

IANAL, so I need your help. At what point does a small activity group with some money in the bank need to worry about attracting IRS attention? [more inside]
posted by Mom on Jul 25, 2005 - 3 answers

FreeLegalAdviceFilter: What's the difference between a "contract" and a "letter agreement"? [more inside]
posted by ook on Jun 10, 2004 - 6 answers