Legal Blog for Albuquerque Residents
Can I Sue the Person Who Hit My Car?
If you have been injured in a car accident, it can often be hard to determine what your next steps should be. While filing an insurance claim is always an option, the insurance claim may not be enough to cover your medical bills and expenses. In a worst case scenario,...
How Long Do You Have To Sue For A Personal Injury?
If you have ever sustained harm in any situation due to another person or business’s actions or negligence, you may be able to seek compensation via a personal injury lawsuit. However, before filing such a lawsuit, there is a minimum level of research you will likely...
What Are The Steps In A Personal Injury Lawsuit?
Accidents can occur almost anytime and anywhere if adequate precautions, protections, and safety measures are not taken. If you suffer any harm as a result of an accident due to negligence, you may be able to file a personal injury claim. Personal injury cases relate...
Seven Common Types Of Personal Injury Cases
If you have ever been in an accident or the victim of someone else’s negligence, you may be familiar with the personal injury process. For those who are not, a personal injury claim alleges that someone’s negligence was the cause of another person’s injuries. For...
What Is Identity Theft?
Identity theft happens when someone steals your personally-identifiable information (e.g., your Social Security number, credit card info, etc.) and uses it without your permission. With more of our information than ever online and in the hands of corporations,...
What Can A Scammer Do With My Cell Phone Number?
Our cellphones are one of our most widely utilized security tools, but that also makes them an attractive target for identity thieves. Think briefly about how many websites, logins, and apps have your cell phone number tied to them. We use our phones as a method of...
What To Do If You’ve Been Scammed
If you’ve been the victim of a consumer fraud scam or get rich quick scheme, it can sometimes be hard to know what to do next. If you don’t take immediate action, however, you could leave yourself open to additional exploitation and damages. Learn more about what to...
How To Spot Get Rich Quick Schemes
Scammers and fraudsters are growing increasingly sophisticated by the day, and their pervasive digital presence makes them a unique threat in the modern internet age. If you are not careful, you could find that the enticing new investment opportunity you found online...
My Identity Was Stolen, What Do I Do?
Most people would likely agree that identity theft is one of the worst types of theft that could happen to a person. Unfortunately, identity fraud remains a severe problem in the United States. According to research firm Javelin, 14.4 million people were victims of...
What Does Retaining A Lawyer Mean?
By "retaining" a lawyer, you are establishing an attorney-client relationship with that lawyer. There are several methods for retaining a lawyer, but typically it will require an up-front payment or fee. That fee is commonly referred to as a “retainer,” and is given...
What Does A Civil Rights Attorney Do?
Civil rights refer to basic rights that every citizen in the U.S. has under the laws of the American government. This includes protection from discrimination based on age, gender, religion, skin color, disability or nationality. Civil rights also give the right to...
What Is Police Misconduct?
Police officers are sworn to serve and protect residents in their area. However, law enforcement officials are not immune from utilizing excessive force during an arrest or pursuit. As a resident of the United States, you hold multiple civil rights, including your...
Why You Should Get Uninsured Motorist Insurance
Typically, when you're in an accident and the other driver is found to be at fault, a claim against their auto insurance would be used to pay for damages from the accident. But if the at-fault party does not have insurance, what then? What Is Uninsured Motorist...
How To File An Insurance Claim After A Car Accident
If you’ve been in a car accident, you know just how scary it can be. In such a stressful situation, it can sometimes be hard to know what to do or what options are available to you. If you’ve just been hit by someone and the damage is severe, or if you caused the...
What Is Considered A Civil Rights Violation?
As a resident of the United States, you are entitled to certain freedoms. Your constitutional rights include freedom of speech, assembly, and religion, as well as the right to petition the government and the right to procedural due process. There is also a freedom...
What Are Hate Crimes?
A hate crime is any crime that is committed based on bias against the real or perceived race, ethnicity, color, religion, disability status, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity of the victim. Because hate crimes have a broader effect than most other kinds of...
How To Tell If Someone Is Scamming You Online
Online scams are a major problem not only in the United States, but globally. In 2020 alone, Scamwatch has already reported over $36 million lost to online scams. Scammers target anyone they can reach digitally, so virtually no one is off limits. If you have a...
What Is Consumer Fraud?
Consumer fraud is any technique used to mislead, put at risk, or harm consumers. Consumer fraud can be intentional or result from reckless neglect of customer needs. Major financial institutions commit consumer fraud as do individuals from the comfort of their own...
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