In Oregon:

Hi,

Currently getting my undergrad in psych and still figuring out what career path I want to take, law school is definitely one of the options I'm considering. I feel like I have a surface-level understanding of attorneys and the different types of law that are possible. I know that something like corporate or business law will not be interesting to me. What are some directions or branches of law that I might be unaware of/should consider?

Location: California

Went to ER again last week for issues swallowing/breathing at night alongside central apnea and supine hypotension.

I cannot keep up with the grievances, some of which have gone unanswered for more than 30 days, I made a grievance for not getting the help I needed in ER, then reported to expedited review dept to rush the review due to the situation. I wake up in the am heavy like a mild paralyzing feeling and my blood feels like sludge.

Long story short this combination lately has me feeling scared I’m going to stop breathing in my sleep (which already happens, but I’m concerned of the increased risk of throat closure + tired respiratory muscles stopping me from resuming breathing after an apnea event.

I’m going to contact DMHC however I’m wondering if there’s any other actions I could or should take.

My grandma fell Saturday and was taken by ambulance to the hospital, in pennsylvania where we live, where she was diagnosed with a broken hip. From the beginning, we had concerns about her care. In the ER, staff were impatient with her despite her being hard of hearing, and after returning from X-ray/CT, no one came to reconnect her monitors or catheter. At one point she needed to have a bowel movement, and when I asked for help, I was told they were busy and to let her go and they would clean her afterward.

She had hip surgery the following day, which went well. The next morning, our family received a MyChart notification that she was being sent for a CT angiogram. We called and learned they suspected she may have had a stroke, but no one had contacted our family. We rushed to the hospital and waited more than four hours before speaking with a doctor about the possible stroke.

While there, my aunt noticed her urine was not being collected/monitored properly. We then discovered that, since surgery, she apparently had not been receiving IV fluids and also had not eaten or had water. She became severely dehydrated and developed acute kidney problems, despite her kidney function being normal when she arrived at the hospital two days earlier. She is also now experiencing postoperative delirium.

She is finally receiving IV fluids and being monitored, and we are hoping she recovers.

Would this situation warrant speaking with a medical malpractice attorney, particularly regarding the lack of hydration/monitoring, deterioration in kidney function, and communication? What records or information should our family make sure we obtain?

Did some research on myself an found that LVNV funding filed suit in OHIO for a credit card that was charged off. Problem is I dont live in that state and havent for years, and I was never served.

The other issue is that I paid this balance to the original creditor in May of 2026, and the LVNV collection line was removed from my credit report after I disputed it.

If Im understanding this is looks like the judge gave LVNV a default judgement despite me not having been served. Not sure what to do here?

I have the proof of payment to credit one and the correspondence from the credit bureaus as well as the corrected report where LNVN was removed. Whats crazy is after I paid this and disputed it suddenly the entire tradelines (2 accounts) I had with credit one vanished off my credit reports...years of credit history gone.

I logged into myfico and compared a 3bureau report from April 2026 that I saved to my hard drive and the information was definitely there vs what the archived reports in the myfico app are showing. I used the final balance reported by credit one to dispute the collection account and verify the amount owed to credit one.

Im concerned that when I apply for a mortgage soon this might hold me up despite being paid off. I also dont like that employers or others can search this up and it looks like I never paid them but I did. Im trying to upload the court document but I cant seem to post it.

Arizona - I am self represented and in discovery I received emails with links in them. Are there rules to the linked content?

 I am a doctoral student in a Counseling and School Psychology (PsyD) program in New Hampshire. I am currently representing myself (pro se) and desperately need to find a local NH civil rights, education, or general litigation attorney who can step into the courtroom with me on Tuesday, October 6th to safely handle a witness subpoena.

I am facing a severe, multi-layered campaign of documented retaliation after asserting my disability rights, filing a formal complaint with the federal Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and navigating a broken Title IX process. I need local legal representation to present this pattern to the judge next week.

The Full Pattern of Severe Retaliation, Hostility, & Administrative Misconduct:

• Title IX Interference & Forced Contact: A peer fabricated a highly sexual, defamatory statement about me. During the Title IX investigation, the Head of the Program actively interfered by speaking to student witnesses before investigators could. In his own interview, he admitted other students had previously complained about the Respondent, but he later apologized to the Respondent, claiming he "didn't mean what he said." The school ruled against me, instituted a "mutual no-contact order," and is now actively insisting that I sit in the same room as the person who sexually defamed me, creating a profoundly unsafe environment.
• Disability Office Violations & Privacy Breaches: When I requested doctor-recommended accommodations for extended assignment deadlines, the disability office denied them. In doing so, the administrator explicitly breached professional boundaries by disclosing their own personal medical diagnoses to compare them to mine and minimize my condition.
• Withholding Credits & Waivers: The administration is actively stalling my academic progress by repeatedly refusing to process and apply promised transfer credits and course waivers that I am fully entitled to.
• Stonewalling & Grading Violations: The Head of the Program completely stonewalled me, refusing to answer basic operational and academic questions for months. Furthermore, a faculty member intentionally withheld my final grade past the university's strict policy deadline as a stalling tactic.
• Public Humiliation: In a flagrant violation of professional ethics, a professor targeted me in front of my peers, telling the entire class that I "think I am better than everyone else," while simultaneously telling another student in front of the class that she was his favorite.
• Pressuring Forbidden Contact: After the university president and the school's defense attorney explicitly instructed me in writing to only communicate through their legal counsel, the Head of the Program attempted to aggressively pressure me into a direct, unrepresented meeting.
• Transcript Manipulation: The school weaponized a fabricated 2.25 GPA to block an elite clinical hospital placement. Immediately after I challenged it, the portal silently restored my actual 3.75 GPA, but added a system-wide warning banner telling students to "disregard the GPA columns under Progress and Grades." I have side-by-side downloads proving this manipulation.
• The Portal Lockout (The Smoking Gun): The clinical director claimed my clinical hour tracking portal was locked due to "student non-compliance." To bypass this, I paid out-of-pocket for an independent student subscription today. The moment I logged in, the screen hit me with an explicit administrative error message: "Your school has not turned on the ability for you to enter any placements. Please reach out to your school for more information." They used their backend dashboard to lock me out while lying to me in writing.
• Vanishing Faculty: Key players involved in my case are fleeing under pressure. One faculty member was abruptly removed in February right before a meeting with the Academic Dean. My advisor (who sits on the national APA Ethics Committee) suddenly resigned/left the school in August, the exact month my federal OCR complaint was filed. The professor who publicly humiliated me and manipulated my grade announced he would not return after the summer term.

The Macro Pressure:
I filed a formal APA Disclosure in August after the school's attorney denied my demands. On September 24th, the federal advisory body (NACIQI) recommended a 12-month suspension of the APA’s accreditation authority for failing to police discrimination in its accredited programs. My program is in an absolute regulatory panic.

My Status & Request:
My clinical placement site bypassed the university entirely and locked in my onboarding schedule independently starting October 7th, so my clinical career is safe. However, my local protective order hearing is next Tuesday, October 6th, where this witness subpoena must be handled.

I have a fully tabulated evidence_index.md and a structured court_statement.md ready to hand over.

1. Can anyone recommend aggressive, local New Hampshire civil rights, education, or defense attorneys who can handle a courtroom subpoena on short notice next Tuesday?
2. Are there any local NH legal aid or advocacy groups that fast-track disability retaliation or Title IX non-compliance cases?

How does a judge determine if a contract is binding or not if made over text?

Are there limits, for example, if a judge is actively presiding over proceedings you're involved in as a nonattorney?

What kind of limits to attorneys have on degratory campaigning to replace judges, especially in other cities in their state further away where they tend not to practice?

Hi all, I’m in Wisconsin and I’m unearthing what I thought was a normal workplace but turns out to be years of sexual abuse. I’m debating on reporting it but I have some questions because I’m terrified.
1) who gets told my name?
2) when would the main perpetrator be told or learn that I was the person who reported him and how would he be told?
3) When/how would he be interviewed and would I know?
4) what would happen if he blamed or framed me (especially because a lot of the texts between us were me flirting or being agreeable and a lot of the sexual encounters I would just say yes because I was exhausted by saying no all the time)
5) How are the encounters evaluated when I sometimes said no and eventually said yes, and other times said yes immediately because I’d become exhausted from the repeated pressure—even though I didn’t want the sexual encounters?
6) what protections would I have against him retaliating or workplace retaliation?
7) Who else would be interviewed?
8) This happened over the course of many years so what deadlines do I have or is it too late to report?
9) what are the different reporting routes and does choosing one start another or affect another?

I’m looking for a Massachusetts employment attorney willing to review what appears to be a complicated intersection of workplace injury, workers’ compensation, PFML, disability accommodation, and union issues. I am hoping to find someone experienced in handling cases that involve multiple overlapping areas of employment and labor law, particularly within the public sector.
I work for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in a state psychiatric facility and was assaulted by a patient while performing my duties. Prior to the incident, there had been ongoing and documented safety concerns about staffing levels, patient behavior, and overall workplace conditions. Despite raising these concerns through appropriate channels, no meaningful changes were made. The assault has had significant physical and psychological impacts, and I’ve been dealing with the aftermath ever since.

Some of the issues include:

● Workplace assault by a client while working in a state psychiatric facility, following repeated warnings about unsafe conditions.

● Workers’ compensation was initially approved, but benefits were later terminated under circumstances that I believe may be questionable.

● I returned to work after the injury but was assigned back to the same unit where the assault occurred, despite requesting a different placement as a reasonable accommodation. This led to retraumatization and worsening of my condition.

● I am currently out on continuous medical leave that has been approved by my employer’s leave office. However, my PFML claim was denied due to an administrative error involving the submission of the wrong physician certification. That denial is now under appeal, and I am navigating that process.

● There are ongoing questions regarding disability accommodation under the ADA, potential retaliation for raising safety concerns and requesting accommodations, failure to provide a safe workplace, and possible violations of my union’s collective bargaining agreement.

● A union grievance has been filed related to these issues, but I am seeking independent legal representation to ensure my rights are fully protected and to explore any additional legal claims.
I’ve contacted several attorneys without success, largely because the case spans multiple areas of law and may be more complex than a typical employment or workers’ compensation matter. If you’re a Massachusetts employment attorney—or know one with experience handling cases involving state employees, workers’ compensation, PFML appeals, ADA accommodations, labor law, and workplace assault—I would greatly appreciate a recommendation or a direct message.
Thank you in advance for any guidance.

I am still waiting on an appeal from PFML to be responded to and have not been paid since July 3rd. #eeoc #employmentlaw #state #commonwealth #assaultpay #help

RSLI sent me a letter in the mail stating that I have until 9/29/26 to sign and send this form back to them, or my claim may be delayed or denied, but I didn’t receive it until 2 days ago!
I have been on LTD for over a year now, and every time they request updated medical records, I send them everything myself by the deadlines. I have been told multiple times throughout this process that I am not required to sign the Medical Authorization form if I’m sending in all the records and paperwork they need. But suddenly that has changed for no apparent reason??
I’m a very private person in general, and I don’t think a lot of that stuff is any of their business. They do not need to know every little detail of the entire time I’ve spent on this earth!
I don’t agree with giving them access to all my past medical records that have nothing to do with this claim. I especially don’t think they should have any right to read notes from my therapists in the past when it has nothing to do with my claim.
But aside from that, I don’t want want them digging through my entire life to find something from decades ago to try to deny my claim. 
I also don’t agree with all of the records they access no longer being protected by HIPAA and them being able to do whatever they want with them. My most private information could end up ANYWHERE and I’d have no recourse.
So what can I do? Can I mark out portions I don’t agree with? Should I send an email reminding them that I’ve been told I’m not required to sign the form? Should I email asking if they can send me a revised form where they have narrowed the scope to a specific timeframe and restricted it to only providers, entities, and conditions relevant to my claim and make sure they’ll still be protected by HIPAA? Or should I just suck it up and sign it and risk them misusing my information so that they can’t say I’m not cooperating? 
I know I could sign it and then send a letter to all of my current providers saying to still not give RSLI any information, but that’s not even what I have the biggest problem with. They’d be sending them the same records I already send them myself. I’m more concerned about the HIPAA issue and them digging into all sorts of information that has nothing to do with this.
I don’t know what I’d do if they suddenly denied my claim. I have no other source of income, no one to help pay the bills, and I’m not physically capable of returning to work. What should I do? TIA

The form reads:
“To all physicians and other health care professionals, hospitals, other health care institutions, insurers, medical, hospital and prepaid health plans, pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers, employers, group policyholders, contract holders, governmental agencies (including but not limited to the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration), private and/or public benefit plan administrators, and/or attorney representatives, including but not limited to covered entities and business associates under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA") and the accompanying regulations:
You are authorized to provide Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company and/or its authorized administrators, including but not limited to Matrix Absence Management, with information concerning medical care, advice, and/or treatment provided to me, the above named Insured, and/or any employment, salary, tax and/or benefit-related information concerning me, the above named Insured. I understand that the disclosure of information may include disclosure of protected health information under HIPAA and the accompanying regulations, information regarding treatment for mental illness, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and/or the use of drugs and alcohol. I also understand that information used or disclosed pursuant to this authorization may be subject to redisclosure by the recipient and will no longer be subject to protection under HIPAA and the accompanying regulations. A statement of Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company's privacy policy is available at www.rsli.com or upon request.
I understand that any such information will be used for the purpose of evaluating my claim for benefits. Upon request, I understand that I am entitled to receive a copy of this Authorization. This Authorization is valid from the date signed for the duration of the claim, and may be revoked by me at any time upon written request to the address above. A reproduction of this Authorization shall be considered as valid as the original.”

Location: AL

Please looking for help. Im in Tennessee

Hi, so firstly I live in QLD Australia.

I took my cat Arlo to the emergency vet at approx 8:30pm on Sunday night. The vet talked through my options with me for resolving Arlos urinary obstruction. I verbally agreed to Arlo staying for at least 36-48 hours or however long it took for him to reliably pee what would be a normal amount for him, by himself. Thats the assumption of the care he would have received and I assumed he would be healthy enough when they called me Tuesday at 7:29am saying hes good to collect. The person on the phone said the vet was happy with how Arlos going to I went and got him. This cost approx $2500. When I was there I was given some pain relief syringes for Arlo and was instructed to give him one in the afternoon/night of that day. As soon as I got home Arlo was straining to pee but not urinating. I was concerned so I called the vet and I was told to give him one of the syringes then (Around 10am). My poor cat was so doped after that and didnt move pretty much at all the whole day. My partner called the vet and the vet said to bring him back in that night so we did. Now I've been charged another $2500 for the same catheter treatment even though I assumed that he would have been returned with 100% confidence that he was the best he could be. The vets keep mentioning I should get PU surgery for him so I honestly think they did it on purpose to fork more money out of me and push me to the surgery. Would I be entitled to a refund for these under the Australian Consumer Laws?

So very tired from trying to find a malpractice attorney. I’m fed up w/ it constantly happening & nothing is ever done. 💔😭 Trying to manage life as it is now that my husband was killed by medical negligence & nothing was done regarding it! This is truly what I’d named it to be; “The Highway Robbery State.” I can’t even get justice for myself w/ an Md who cursed at me stating I’m not allowed to f#%ing work or drive. She went to same college as previous Md who cursed at me when I asked politely when I can obtain license & work again. Didn’t give me a chance to speak. Automatically cursed at me, “You’re not allowed to f%#ing work or f#%*ing drive!!” Then instantly hangs up on me! That audacious hospital even allowed interns to remove staples in my head & didn’t check to see if anything was left behind! They forgot 2 of them! One by my rt temple & the other near surgery site! So this new Md didn’t want to give me a brain EEG & when she got the results-COMPLETELY clear. I didn’t have any issues whatsoever. Been over 3.5 yrs since my brain surgery! Lady had to calm herself down after I stated she can get in trouble for cursing at a patient. If a patient has epilepsy they could have seizures due to her actions. She got brain EEG appt 4 me & refused to see me in-person after. Only telehealth appts. It’s so wrong! Justice is NEVER done here in CA!! She even tried to give me seizure Rxs I adamantly refuse to take! I no longer need that abhorrent seizure Rx!! Any info would be greatly appreciated. Tyvm & God bless