Author: Laurie Junkins

Laurie Junkins

Is Your Soon-to-Be Ex Hiding Financial Assets?

Divorce settlement laws vary by state, but one thing is true everywhere—hiding assets is illegal no matter where you live. However, around one-third of adults in the U.S. who have been through a divorce admit to hiding assets during the dissolution of their marriage.

Is Someone Stalking You?

The definition of stalking varies slightly state by state. However, the definition generally includes repeated, unwanted contact that causes alarm to the victim. If you feel like someone may be spying on you, there are steps you should take to protect yourself.

NFL May Pay Billions in Concussion Lawsuit

Logically, it seems irrefutable that NFL football is a sport that is dangerous for its players. However, the NFL has repeatedly denied that serious, chronic, and debilitating head trauma is a result of the sport even as they face lawsuits from thousands of players who have suffered from head injuries on the field.

How to Rid Your Mailbox, Inbox, and Voicemail of Spam

Like taxes and death, junk mail, solicitor calls, and spam seem to be among the inescapable realities of modern life. In fact, they’re so ubiquitous, most of us don’t realize how much time we spend shredding and recycling junk mail and electronically deleting the spam that fills our email and voicemail. Whether it’s the latest […]

Hire a Lawyer for Your Dog?

People hire lawyers for all kinds of things: defense, personal injury, libel, collections, real estate, immigration—the list is endless. But few think of lawyers in terms of pets.

Are Cell Phone Protection Plans a Scam?

Smartphones cost hundreds of dollars to replace, and if you’re going to shell out that much money for a piece of electronic equipment that you are using constantly and that is also rather fragile, you would think it makes sense to insure it.