A letter of intent is one wherein the writer makes a preliminary agreement stating the proposed terms for a final contract. The terms in the letter can be binding or non-binding. A letter of intent is merely the vehicle used to get the ball rolling on the forthcoming contract.
This document is a direct copy of the labor complaint filed against Tom Coclicchio, the restaurateur, owner of Craft, and “Top Chef” celebrity judge, by a former waitress, Nessa Rapone, in Manhattan Federal District Court. Dated December 11, 2008. The complaint alleges that Coclicchio denied workers proper minimum wage payments, overtime compensation and tips they earned from customers. Rapone is seeking compensatory and punitive damages as well as wages, overtime pay and tips she alleges she was denied by Coclicchio and Craft.
In case you haven’t heard, Illinois Governor Rod Blogojevich has come under a bit of legal scrutiny recently for attempting to sell President-elect Obama’s recently vacated seat in the US Senate. As the state’s governor, Blogojevich has the right to appoint a new senator to take the seat, but since news of his attempts to sell the seat top Democrats in the Senate have vowed to block whomever Blogojevich chooses.
Below is the official court case filing for Blogojevich’s case. It appears he’s in a bit more trouble than even he had imagined.
This document on legal structure and regulation features some commonly used legal terms and a brief explanation of their meaning and traditional uses. The guide serves as a question and answer for novice business owners who — whether they began with a legal background or not — will be forced to deal with the legal aspects of starting a business.
For all intents and purposes as far as the IRS is concerned, a sole proprietor and his business are one tax entity, meaning that business profits are reported and taxed on the owner’s personal tax return. Setting up a sole proprietorship is cheap and easy since no legal formation documents need be filed with any governmental agency. The document below is a form to set up a sole proprietorship account.
For those interested in trademarking a business name, this intake form is the documentation you can present to an attorney to start the process. It contains the information you will need to collect for the presentation to your attorney, in order to trademark or service mark your business name.
This a sample waiver and release form makes severance benefits contingent upon the employee’s signature. This standard form can be edited and updated with the necessary information for any company and will hold up legally in most states. A few states have restrictions against such agreements (including California) so be sure to know where your state stands on severance waivers.
The Diversity Immigrant Visa Program, also known as the Green Card lottery, is a congressionally mandated lottery program for receiving a United States Permanent Resident Card. Filling out and sending in this form will get your name into the lottery.
Those born in any territory that has sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in any of the previous five years are not eligible to receive a diversity visa. This applies to natives of countries like Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico and United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) as well as a host of others.
This application covers the lottery for the year 2010.
This business purchase and sale agreement comes to us from Canada. The agreement dictates what conditions must be met for the sale to be valid and what the business purchase will entail.
Nicholas Troy Sheley is an ex-convict who currently stands accused of eight murders in four towns in Illinois and Missouri. He was arrested on July 1, 2008 in Granite City, Illinois. Authorities were offering a $25,000 reward for information leading to his arrest. He has also been charged federally with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.
Sheley, of Sterling, Ill, had been arrested frequently since adolescence for crimes ranging from marijuana possession to domestic battery. This document is the latest court document in his dossier, where he currently stands accused of murder.
At this point, Sheley has only be charged with one murder. However, he is a person of interest in the deaths of a 93-year-old man, a child and a couple.