About Demand Letter Guide

Demand Letter Guide is a legal help desk for the small-business owner, organised around the moment something legal arrives: a demand letter, a lawsuit, a government notice, a cease and desist, a threat from a customer or employee. The telemarketing chapter is the deepest on the site because it is the demand letter small businesses most often receive.

What the site covers

The moment something legal arrives at a small business: a demand letter of any kind, a lawsuit, a government notice, a cease and desist, or a threat from a customer or employee. For each, the site explains what the document is, how to judge its seriousness, what to do in the first week, and when a lawyer is needed. Part II covers the common demand letters by type. Part III covers responding, settling or fighting, finding a lawyer, and limitation periods.

How it is written

Each chapter cites the federal statute it relies on in notes at the foot of the page, with links to the official text. Where a rule varies by state, such as answer deadlines, limitation periods for state claims, small-claims limits and breach-notification timelines, the site says so and points to the state court's self-help site rather than quoting a number that may be wrong where you are. The site does not give business-formation or tax advice beyond the general idea, and never tells a reader which entity to form.

What it does not do

• It does not rate, rank, review or recommend law firms or enforcement firms.
• It sets out what each path produces. Where the claim stands on the evidence, the practical advice is to negotiate the figure and settle; where it fails, to dispute it in writing.
• It is not legal advice. A lawyer licensed in the reader's state can apply the law to the facts.

Corrections

Statutes are amended and rules change. Chapters are checked against the current text and corrected and dated when they fall behind.