Conducting business activities or sufficiently to presume that a person or entity should be charged to be under a jurisdiction. For example, a company that sends mass email to the residents of another state may be considered to be doing business in that foreign state and thus be under the jurisdiction of that state should a resident sue that company in state court. … [Read more...]

A written document that the named person has a right to certain goods. … [Read more...]

Also known as a DBA a business owner may operate a company under a name different than a real name. Also known as a fictitious business name, a record must be filed with a local agency, usually the county clerk, which enables the general public to know the names of the business owners in the event the consumer needs to sue the business. … [Read more...]

A part of the discovery process where documents are turned over pursuant to discovery demands and the party in receipt will examine the documents received, identify those documents and portions relevant to the lawsuit. … [Read more...]

A base coin of small value, prohibited by St. 3 Hen. V. c 1. We still retain the phrase, in the common saying, when we would undervalue a man, that he is not worth a dolt. Jacob. … [Read more...]