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It is possible to be denied a bank account based on overdrafting and abandoning prior accounts. This is not based on credit score with one of the 'big three' agencies, but another …

They could exist without protection from the legal system, but to the extent that they are protected by courts, they are a legal construct. In the US, there is more to them than 't…

Yeah with only $11,000 he'd probably get hit with all kinds of fees if he tried to open a bank account. And forget about checks, you can't even write a check that big. I'm not sayi…

> their rental income is usually taxed at a lower rate than ordinary earnings. Not in the US. Rental income is income. I think you may be referring to deductions, which exist, but …

Zoning won't allow it - the suburbs are not built up intentionally.

No. Military service is still an option. The education benefits are excellent.

I'm not familiar with Alice. As far as I know, you're right, non-obviousness is different than patentable subject matter. Sorry to elide them together like that. I never claimed to…

I said 'in-house.' That means lawyers on staff on salaries, not fees to outside counsel. Work costs money, sure, but I'm skeptical of 'millions of dollars.'

> It costs millions of dollars to run these operations Are you sure? Litigation isn't always expensive if you're doing it in-house.

No. You usually can't pick judges unless the forum is so tiny they only have one. You can't pick the forum unless it has jurisdiction over the matter.

The key word is 'routine.' Patentable subject matter is supposed to be non-obvious, in other words, innovative.

> I'm sure most public defenders are marvelous public servants. Why? The horrible pay and insane workloads don't attract bright people.

Your statement "other evidence to meet balance of probabilities" is concise but so abstract it's useless. Like most legal questions, there is no abstract way to reason about this. …

In my experience, it's not unusual, though not common, for people (usually parties) to refuse to testify in a civil case based on the 5th amendment. The other side can ask the cour…

I have reason to think oral statements about your financial condition aren't actionable as fraud by your creditors in bankruptcy. I know nothing of liability to investors, securiti…

Once I reached my 30's, not being able to fall asleep wasn't a problem for me anymore. YMMV.

Maybe, if there's anybody to buy it. It may be abandoned.

1. Of course it wasn't cyber squatting. Cyber squatting is unlawful in the U.S. and would have lead to a different outcome. 2. Why wasn't there a settlement? I assume either Mr. Ni…

What country is that? Sure isn't the U.S.

The US system is also supposed to be a process of truth-finding, just that we leave the parties to support their own positions as adversaries. Without advocacy, American courts do …

Having litigated against adversaries who use the courts primarily to be a nuisance, with little or no regard to the actual strength or weakness of their claims, I've become convinc…

Doing stupid things is common in the small business world. For example, I regularly run across people who have no personal bank account and just use the company account for everyth…

A corporation isn't a magic shield. The limited liability exists mostly to allow investors to own stock in large enterprises without being exposed to more liability than the value …

> The US is one of the few developed nations that has been busy paying down household debt for the last five years. In the US, the people with the highest debt-to-income ratios hav…

People rarely think of this in advance, but joint debts of any kind usually become a problem in divorce. One former spouse will stop paying and ruin the other spouse's credit, to s…