Is there a legitimate legal basis to withhold personnel records when subpoenaed by former employees’ ex wife’s lawyer in probate case? It seeks a copy of the personnel file, including all records of awards, periodic performance reviews, performance improvement plans or disciplinary information and any documents related to any disciplinary actions, warnings or probationary periods specifically. It seems subjective.
A couple weeks ago I received an email from gladstone municipal court stating that I owe two different debts or tickets. Their website does not show what they are for, where they are from, or what vehicle they are on even tho im logged into my account. The only options are to pay or dispute, and ive sent two dispute claims already saying they need to tell me the info or I wont pay, and i haven’t received anything. The only sort of contact i got was from their ai agent and from there i was able to figure out they were from parking (and then it said it had to connect me to a person but still nothing) but that was it. Apparently i had a violation September 4th 2025 (as far as i know in another city), and my first sort of communication from anyone about it was July 27 2026. And apparently i have another one from two months ago but it costs the same amount? They’ve both collected interest, and both while i was in a completely different city than where they are located (again, they haven’t told me where they were from).
What should I do? Is there a way I could not pay these because of how I’ve been treated/lack evidence and info shown?
My friend was arrested in July for racial and religious harassment. I think he shouted a anti sermatic word at his neighbour who he can't stand. Anyhow he was arrested and the police found some SIM cards in his house and a phone. I believe my friend sent quite a lot of texts to these neighbours over, most are just insults but some are racial as well. He stated pre charge engagement now but he is worried he will now get a criminal record. What are you thoughts regarding this matter please. Just to add my friend has reported two hates crime for these neighbours for homophobic remarks they made to him.
Sorry for the long post…
Location: California
I’m in California and my wage claim is moving to a Berman hearing for unpaid vacation wages and penalties. I worked for a small company from 2021-April 2026. There was no handbook or written vacation policy. Starting in 2022, we were verbally told we received one week of paid vacation each year. My paystubs from 2022-2025 specifically show VACATION/PTO, and I have a text from my employer saying “You get a weeks paid vacation each year”. There was never an accrual policy or formula explained to me or an available PTO balance shown on my paystubs. It would only show when the time was applied and in the YTD after that. In May 2022 and March 2025, I used the full 40 hours relatively early in the year and was never told it was being advanced.
I quit in April 2026 after giving two weeks notice. I had an upcoming vacation already acknowledged and approved by my employer through text, but I left before taking it. When I requested payment for my unused 40 hours, they refused and claimed the vacation I’d received over the years was just a “bonus/courtesy/thank-you.”
I filed a DLSE claim and continued asking for payment even offering to withdraw the claim if I was paid. They initially said their HR/payroll company said nothing was owed and if I filed a claim it would go no where, but then said they would have my check ready, but required me to sign a severance/release agreement to receive it. I refused to sign.
Since then, their explanations have changed from no vacation policy, to PTO being a courtesy, to saying I never accrued vacation, and now to arguing that even if vacation existed, I didn’t accrue a the full 40 hours by the time I left in April.
We recently had the DLSE settlement conference. The employer now has an attorney, who apparently didn’t know about my 2022-2024 VACATION/PTO paystubs or the text explicitly saying I get a week of paid vacation each year. Their attorney argued my 2025 PTO was merely a courtesy because the shop was closed and because “2025 was the only year I received paid vacation”, this proved to him this was never a benefit otherwise I would’ve been receiving it regularly throughout my employment… the deputy ended up sharing her screen with all my paystubs and the text message lol
We couldn’t reach a settlement, so it’s now going to a Berman hearing. My main evidence is the 2022-2025 VACATION/PTO paystubs, the “week paid vacation each year” text, texts acknowledging my planned 2026 vacation, my repeated requests for payment, and the severance form they wanted signed for the check.
For anyone familiar with CA employment law/DLSE hearings, how would you present this? I’m especially curious how to respond to their new accrual argument when no accrual formula was ever communicated, and whether conditioning the $840 check on a severance/release affects their defense to waiting-time penalties. I’d also appreciate hearing any weaknesses in my case or arguments I should expect from their attorney during this hearing.
Also, any idea how long it will actually take to get to the hearing? It’s not scheduled yet, but my settlement conference moved fairly quickly from the time I filed.
In the state of Montana, how likely is it that I’ll get jail time over $85 worth of socks? I have to make a court appearance within this month and next month. Will they just fine me? Should I go through with a public defender or get a real lawyer? What do I tell the judge/what can I say to reduce the severity? I really do not want any jail time even if it’s a week.
Location: Montana
My mental health accommodation was approved on June 10, 2026. Immediately after, my average hours were slashed from 33.5 down to 16.5 and 12.5 while management hired a new employee and falsely blamed my availability. After a dispute with a manager about keeping the store open past hours to meet sales goals, I was placed on an "Assigned to Home" suspension pending an investigation two days later, with promises of pay.
My July 1 paycheck withheld my suspension pay until requested, keyed it in manually, and calculated it using the retaliatory reduced hours rather than my 33.5-hour historical average. The 25-day suspension left me with no incident report, no policy, and no rent money, causing my electricity to get shut off. When management concluded the investigation, they refused to provide a safety plan, incident reports, or policies, expecting me to return to work under managers facing ongoing agency filings, which effectively forced a conditional discharge and culminated in my wrongful termination on August 12, 2026.
I won my Unemployment Insurance benefits against my employer's contest, but shortly after, I was in a car accident, broke my jaw, had surgery, and had my benefits paused, leaving me with zero income. Has anyone dealt with a similar retaliation pattern or navigated a wrongful termination case under these circumstances?
Edit: My accommodation was pretty much voluntary, I was allowed four 2 day episodes (call outs) a month.
Hello there! My name is Ashton Gutierrez from Texas in search of an entertainment lawyer to look over this artist contract I drew out. I left sum parts out that I wanna discuss with a lawyer but everywhere I look is tryna charge me something or charge me a ridiculous price and all I’m trying to do is have someone simply look over it and help me. Is there an entertainment lawyer here that can look it over?
Location: Florida
I’m a recent graduate student (clinical healthcare program) with an update to a situation I’ve posted about before. I won two academic grade appeals last year — the university acknowledged the original grades violated its own syllabus and grading standards. Despite winning, I faced significant downstream consequences: repeat clinical hours, compressed timelines, and what I believe was retaliatory scrutiny after I escalated concerns.
Since then, I filed a formal complaint with the university’s internal Equal Opportunity/Compliance office. That office’s director confirmed my allegations of race discrimination, disability discrimination, and retaliation all met the threshold for a formal investigation, and the university has retained outside counsel to investigate. I’ve been interviewed twice as part of that process.
I also have a complaint pending with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), filed over a year ago, still listed as “under evaluation” with no assigned investigator as of my last update.
I have real documentation — written admissions from the university acknowledging their own process failures, comparator evidence, and a clear timeline. I’ve been quoted $3,500+ retainers, which isn’t feasible for me right now.
My questions:
**•** Once an internal university investigation and an OCR complaint are both active, is that generally enough for an attorney to take a case on contingency, or do I need the findings to come out first?
**•** Are there specific types of attorneys (education law, civil rights, employment) better suited to a case like this?
**•** Are there legal aid or low-bono organizations that handle education discrimination cases specifically?
**•** Is there anything I should or shouldn’t be doing while both investigations are pending?
Any general legal insight is appreciated.
What to do when Respondent provides false address?
HELP!! The other parent is giving the court false a address. The summons is sent out to be served and the sheriff notes, ‘apartment is vacant’ the is the second Return of Service. Now their phone goes straight to voicemail that the mailbox is not set up. She refuses by evading the question when I ask for the address. I Hired a PI and all the leads haven’t produced anything. What is the next course of action? We have court in 20 days.
Location: Missouri
I began receiving calls to update financial/billing information for a fitness membership. At first, I ignored the calls because I didn't have a fitness obligation. Well, blocking and ignoring the calls didn't work. I answered and spoke with several reps, hoping to resolve the issue and explain that I'd never had a membership. I asked for information on the party and how they got my number. In the messages, they never mentioned my name; I questioned the validity of the call and never disclosed my information, as they weren't forthcoming either. After more calls, I called to speak with the person leaving the message (AI voice). Anyway, I finally spoke with a supervisor and went through the entire problem, and they were unwilling to disclose anything other than the phone number tied to the account. (for context, they were the billing dept) I didn't provide my identity and advised them they were calling the wrong person. I was being as invasive as they were was assured that I wouldn't be contacted again, and the issue was resolved. I should have known better than that because I'm getting calls from the collection agency. I'll admit I hadn't done any research on the fitness membership until the collection calls; I discovered the gym is in Oregon! WTH, I've NEVER lived in or visited Oregon. Apparently, the collection agency didn't do its due diligence, since they have access to everything about someone. I've filed complaints and posted reviews for each entity involved, and I want a resolution before they foolishly attach it to my credit file. What would be the best thing to do?
I was given a no contact order, so I saw the apartment for about an hour after I got out of jail when I was escorted by the police to grab my things. It was then that I realized that my PS5 in both of my computers were missing among other things. Today I went back for an hour or so, and almost everything that I had in the living room or kitchen is missing.
The roommate is adamant that we don't go into her master bedroom, because I'm sure that's where she's keeping all the things that she stole from me. I'm just wondering if there's a way that I can report this to the police and they could get a search warrant and take a look in her room for the things that I am missing. It seems absurd to me that she should just get away with this. I know I want to take her to civil court, but I haven't decided if I should do small claims court or a case with a lawyer.
What do you guys think I should do? Should I try to report this to the police or the sheriff? Are there any good lawyers you know?
Location: Davidson Co., TN
To maintain anonymity and give a synopsis of the situation.
Contractor A received checks connected to Client B, attempted to address the checks directly and through his bank, then had the money tied up for months after his business account was restricted and closed; he fought to recover the funds and establish another account, but after eventually gaining access to the money he failed to fully repay Client B and used some of it, he now has the entire repayment amount available and wants counsel’s advice regarding both repayment and the allegation that his conduct constituted theft rather than a badly handled business dispute.
Hope I’m following the rules on this one. Tried to make this TLDR, if you’d like more specifics in order to give advice on how Contractor A should handle their situation, I am willing to provide more information.
Contractor A has not been charged or determined to be a suspect at this moment, only “mentioned in a theft report”.
Location: Michigan
Harasser: Tennessee
A woman dm'd me on Instagram in February, threatening to ruin my life/career and insulting me because a man she wanted was taking me out for Valentine's day. She had/has a boyfriend in Tennessee but my date was her ex, and she didn't want me going out with him. That's despite never interacting with me before spawning in my inbox to be hateful.
I don't take kindly to that sort of thing at all. I don't identify as the bigger person.
I made an Instagram page to post screenshots of her original messages, posted screenshots of her insulting me in the page's dms, and shared my thoughts/feelings on her treatment of me along with context for why her arguments are bullshit. The profile pic is a picture of her and her current boyfriend, the name on the account is her name, and her name and location are in the page tag (@first.last.city). Her college is tagged in the bio, and I've tagged the school in a few posts.
Am I petty? Yes. Do I hold grudges? Happily.
She's telling me she's gonna sue me, I truly don't think she has a case. I've only posted unedited screenshots of her behavior, with the exception of a rebuttal to her being self-victimizing (trying to blame her behavior towards me on my valentine's date abusing her 5 years ago, "he's a POS I'm tryna get out of my life, I've suffered bc of him" yadda yadda more incongruous senselessness). In the rebuttal, I state my understanding of their history and I do say that she should correct me if anything is inaccurate. She hasn't reached out since.
Lawyers of reddit, am I doing anything illegal? I'm fine with my own childishness if it's non-collectable.
Also, even if I am doing something that can get me in court, how is that likely to play out? If I delete the page after I get a legal letter and she's wasted time/energy/money fighting this, what then? If we go to court, what's a likely outcome?
Lastly, I'll add that I did delete the page briefly and told her it's because she'll never learn. But I felt insanely self-abandoned because she just insulted and threatened me until I gave up on her. I decided she can't talk to me like that and get her way, so the page went back up. When it went back up, she had an opportunity to make it right that she bungled. If I get a favorable judgment in this forum, I'll probably just lose the password and log out forever (keeping it public). Thank you!
About a week ago, my MILs son got kicked out of school for reasons. She let him stay in the basement as long as his gf didn’t enter the house.
A little backstory. He has always been an asshole to everyone, yet still gets everything. His college paid for, his car paid for ect. He ended up with this crazy girl around 2 years ago, and things just keep getting worse. First he went homeless in his car for a year, because he didn’t want a job, or to have rules in a house. Then when they were let back into the house, he allowed his gf to rot with him in the basement (again with no job). Finally he goes back to school and continues to “get kicked out” every other week (he allowed his gf to stay in his dorm for the whole year, while she fought with everyone there. Getting wellness check called by the dorms next store all the time) This last time they got actually kicked out of the dorm is when my MIL allowed him to come back home as long as he bettered himself, and didn’t allow the gf inside. (This girl would also scream such mean things to my MIL while she let her live in HER house, a long side threatening her)
Jump back to the present, the son is allowed back in while my gf was dog sitting, though we were out. Son tells MIL that his gf is not inside and that she is sleeping in his car. Knowing that they can’t leave each others sides (and we didn’t want our stuff stolen) we called a friend nearby to go and drive past the house to make sure she was really in car. Of course, she wasn’t there, and he sent us picture proof. We then called MIL to let her know, but she swore up and down that son told her that shes in the car.
Around a week passes, MIL walks into the basement while son is screaming to not come down cause “he’s naked” (spoiler; he wasn’t) his gf is hiding under blankets. She was in this house for a week, going un noticed and staying while everyone was gone. So MIL calls the police to have them taken out of the house.
This is when we need legal help. The cops said that they couldn’t take them out of the house because “MIL invited son to stay, and son invited evil gf to stay. Because he was invited to stay, he had a right to be there, and because he invited her in, she had a right to be there.”
This makes NO sense to me, or really any of us. They do not own this house, nor do they have any documentation of a lease or any bills. So how do they have the right to squat. I can understand the son being allowed?? A little bit? Because he has that on his ID. But how is evil gf allowed to stay? She doesn’t even have an ID.
Currently, MIL has gone to the magistrate and the son/evil gf have been served. They have 5 days to respond or it defaults in our favor. But I’m nervous they are going to do something CRAZY in the next couple days. Last night son took a handful of MILs antibiotics, realized he could go through with it and spit in on MILs desk while she was asleep. 4am rolls around and there is police at her door, while evil gf and son are spouting lies about “she’s been hitting and threatening us” “she’s crazy, do you see the drugs she’s left out (talking about the pills he spit on her desk)” Of course they don’t believe them, but what the fuck do we do to get them out.
Sorry for the rambling of this question, I’m seething right now and needed to vent it out. But please let me know what we can do. We are in WV by the way.
So, my ex put a restraining order on me. It was granted, and two months later, she contacted my family, apologizing and saying she was going to get it canceled. She went to court to cancel it, but her request was denied. Does she keep trying to cancel it, or can she appeal the decision to have it modified or terminated?
I have not talked to her, but she has talked to my family. I’ve honestly moved on, but I was surprised that she did this after everything. She really screwed me over when I was nothing but good to her. I guess she came to her senses.
My question is, how does she go about canceling the restraining order? I work in the military and had to give up my guns, and I’d like to be able to get them back ASAP.
Location: North East KY
So I just got out of jail in June, my arrest included a DUI. My car was towed at the time of my arrest. While trying to get legal help, I asked my dad to contact a specific lawyer for me. One who was terrible and left me hanging in jail for months. The lawyer he hired was supposed to send an official letter to the tow company to release it to my father. They never did. After an extended period the lawyer came and had me sign the power of attorney over to my father in order for him to be able to have the care released to him. Because they took their time getting the car back, it cost around $2,400 to have the car released. I was still in jail for several months (Due to the work or lack there of from the cheapest attorney he could find) While I was locked up he switched my car over to his name, cancelled my insurance, and put it all over to his name. All without asking or consulting me. After letting me waste in jail for nearly 8 months on bogus charges, he finally contacted the lawyer I requested in the beginning. The good lawyer got me out almost immediately. Now that I'm out, nearly done with DUI classes, and to where I can get a decent job again, he's talking about selling my car. I didn't even know he signed it over to himself without my permission until a week or so ago. It was literally the only property/item of value I had to my name. He said I can have it back when I pay him $2,500, and "not to sweat it" in reference to him selling my car for 10-12k because he doesn't think anyone will offer him that for it. However, I don't want him to sell my car. I never wanted him to own it. He did it behind my back with the power of attorney that he was only supposed to use for getting it out of the tow lot. His logic for doing that was because "his insurance was cheaper" But now I'm in a situation where I'm stuck living at his house, he owns my car, expects me to pay him in order to have my property back that he took without permission, and won't be able to pay him back without having a car. Am I screwed because he had the power of attorney? What should I do if he tries to sell it? I had every intention of paying him back for the lot fees, but I really don't appreciate the way he's gone about it. Especially commandeering the car without my knowledge while I was in a vulnerable position. I've kinda been like an indentured servant around the house while in debt and unable to leave. Digging ditches, doing a load of house work, a ton of outdoor work. I'm stuck. I haven't brought it up, but I was thinking maybe I should discuss an hourly wage toward my debt for all the work I've been doing around here. However, I can see it as just the cost of me being allowed to live here. Any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
HR as a Defence system No one defends- Indian HRs
I couldn't find a place to express myself. 1st ever writing somthing that too my professional life on this platform. Dont know if it's right or wrong. But I lost my mental peace to an extend that I felt writing might feel better. I dont have anyone to share this.
Fist time ever feeling helpless. Wanted to work with GenZs and its costing me my peace.
I’m an HR Head at a startup. 16+ yrs exp. Last month we terminated an employee for harassment of female staff + creating a WhatsApp group conspiring against the organisation.We had live witnesses + screenshots. Termination was done with management approval.
\*The problem:
He retaliated with fake 1-star reviews. It tanked our customer ratings.
Instead of responding with “terminated for cause”, I was told by management to:
Negotiate with him
Issue him a relieving + experience letter stating "good conduct"
Clear his BGV
Ask him to take down reviews and post good ones
I refused at first. I was told “do it or we’ll find someone who will.” I caved because I can’t afford to lose my job right now. I hate myself for it.
\*My questions for HR/legal folks:\*
\*Legal risk\*: By issuing a false "good conduct" certificate, am I personally liable if his next employer finds out?
\*Ethics\*: How do other HRs handle this when management forces you to compromise? Do you push back, document, or quit?
I am pretty clueless now. Havent slept for 30hrs straight. Just want to get it out of my brain.
I feel complicit and sick. I’ve spent my career protecting people and policy. Now I feel like I betrayed both.
Any advice? How do you survive as HR in a startup when you’re not backed?
Hi everyone, I’m an IT nerd and wrote some interesting software for my employer. Let’s call my employer ABC. ABC sold a product to XYZ and it includes the component that I worked on. I think it’s cool, but I’m not going to be famous for it it anything.
A condition of the sale is handover and support services over the coming months. This is reasonable and I’m good for it. ABC initially created a short 3 page contract which i signed to acknowledge the contents of. Not as a named party but as a kind of witness or something to acknowledge that i was aware of what is essentially a job description for XYZ.
XYZ rejected this initial 3pager contract and replaced it with s 30 pager in which the parties are ABC (service provider), XYZ (beneficiary) and me personally. Not me AS a role in ABC but me in my personal capacity. It reads like a limited job contract, except i am specifically to remain an employee of ABC. The contract specifies that it is a condition of the initial sale contract, which is separate document i have not seen and will not benefit from directly. (My employer will remain in business so my benefit is keeping my job)
In the new contract i should sign, obligations are placed on me and i shall assume legal liabilities for situations that i think could be outside of my control. Also the contract places restrictions on “secrets” and mentions the contract itself is a secret. I read this as i am not allowed to share the contract or its contents. I have s few questions if someone may be generous with their observations:
Why do i have to be a named party? Why can I not remain an employee and ABC and XYZ are the only named parties? The contract awards my no rights, there are no benefits awarded to me. My invoices will be paid by XYZ directly to ABC. I don’t even benefit from the original sale.
What questions must I ask? What principles apply? What can i do to get a better understanding of the situation? Are their any latin that applies that i can read up on?
Thanks so much.
I got a deferred judgment for agg assault w deadly weapon by threat in Texas and I have 2 counts. I’m currently doing 2 years on deferred. After my probationary period I will not be a convicted felon and charges will be dismissed and I won’t be a convicted felon but I will have a background for the arrest. Am I screwed with finding a decent job and housing.