http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner en-us Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:03:51 -0700 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:43:25 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d28-Final-advice-regarding-avoiding-and-defending-against-lawsuits?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Shut and listen to me, Mr. Nelson! I regret that I did not reach the milestones of writing these entries for at least one year or preparing 100 of them; I simply have obtained a new long-term writing assignment that I felt would prevent me from ... Lawsuits Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:43:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d28-Final-advice-regarding-avoiding-and-defending-against-lawsuits?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d27-Overview-of-workers-compensation?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Workers, not a Village People tribute chorus As I mentioned last week, this week is the last one that I am writing this column. Before closing up shop, I wanted to offer some information about workers' compensation. Aside from landlord-tena... Employment law jobs Workers' compensation Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:18:09 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d27-Overview-of-workers-compensation?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d26-Part-II-of-Lorber-interview-regarding-new-pay-discrimination-bill?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Last week, I announced that the U.S. House of Representatives had passed the Ledbetter Act, which greatly expands the rights of an employee regarding pay discrimination claims. I also wrote about a discussion that I had with Lawrence Lorber, Esq., re... Discrimination Employment law Proposed laws jobs Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:15:55 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d26-Part-II-of-Lorber-interview-regarding-new-pay-discrimination-bill?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d23-Topranked-employment-attorney-offers-thoughts-on-paydiscrimination-lawsuit-legislation?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner   My entry on Tuesday that mentioned the new bill, which likely has received a favorable vote in the U.S. Senate by now, that is known as Ledbetter Act caught the eye of Lawrence Lorber, Esq. Lorber  is a former high-level labor departme... Discrimination Employment law Proposed laws jobs Fri, 23 Jan 2009 06:10:16 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d23-Topranked-employment-attorney-offers-thoughts-on-paydiscrimination-lawsuit-legislation?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d20-US-House-of-Representatives-passes-prolabor-bills?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Today's inauguration of Barack Obama has prompted the U.S. House of Representatives to pass two bills that expand workers' rights regarding equal pay that President Bush had stated an intent to veto. A January 10 Associated Press article reported tha... Discrimination Employment law Proposed laws jobs Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:03:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d20-US-House-of-Representatives-passes-prolabor-bills?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d18-Defenses-to-employmentbased-discrimination-lawsuits?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner 'nuff saidThe facts that I hesitated to write this entry so close to Martin Luther King Day and the inauguration of Barack Obama and that I felt a need to say that two black women did a superb job as managers at the best job that I have ever had... Discrimination Trials Employment law jobs Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:49:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d18-Defenses-to-employmentbased-discrimination-lawsuits?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d15-Flat-tax-is-another-alternative-tax-system?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner IRS Shakedown No one doubts that serious economic reform is needed, and I and more knowledgeable people than me agree that continuing various forms of bailouts that raise the national deficit to a record level well above one trillion dollar... Proposed laws Taxes Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:01:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d15-Flat-tax-is-another-alternative-tax-system?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d14-National-sales-tax-is-good-substitute-for-federal-income-tax?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner The three characteristics that any tax should have are: easy administration, reflect ability to pay, and fairness. For these reasons, and because of the huge current gap between the taxable income that is earned in the United States and the amount on... Proposed laws Taxes Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:42:41 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d14-National-sales-tax-is-good-substitute-for-federal-income-tax?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d13-Marijuana-decriminalization-law-considered-difficult-to-enforce?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner As I reported soon after the November election, Massachusetts voters passed a proposal that decriminalized possessing no more than one ounce of marijuana by changing the penalty for adults for that possession to a $100 fine. This law went into effec... Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:46:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d13-Marijuana-decriminalization-law-considered-difficult-to-enforce?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d11-Internet-sales-tax-seen-as-way-to-reduce-tax-gap-and-to-pay-for-legislators-raises?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner   An entry that I posted roughly two months ago stated that a company that makes a sale over the Internet generally does not need to charge the buyer a sales tax unless that seller has a physical presence in the state in which that item is ... Proposed laws Taxes Online commerce Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:49:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d11-Internet-sales-tax-seen-as-way-to-reduce-tax-gap-and-to-pay-for-legislators-raises?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d7-Workplace-discrimination?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Diverse cast members  "The Office"Most employers know that not hiring someone based on the race or nationality of that person or any other characteristic that is protected legally against that type of discrimination is illegal. Si... Discrimination Employment law jobs Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:56:23 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d7-Workplace-discrimination?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d6-More-information-on-hiring-illegal-immigrants-and-connection-with-Madoff-scandal?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Image of INS raid The comments that readers added to my entry yesterday regarding the requirement that businesses pay even illegal immigrants the minimum wage and overtime referred to the illegality of hiring people who are not in the count... Fraud Employment law jobs Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:53:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d6-More-information-on-hiring-illegal-immigrants-and-connection-with-Madoff-scandal?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d5-Illegal-immigrants-entitled-to-minimum-wage?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Migrant workers likely earning little After writing business law predictions for 2009 on Friday, I saw that a front-page story in last Monday's The Boston Globe stated that a man who was in the country illegally was suing the supermarket wh... Employment law jobs Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:27:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d5-Illegal-immigrants-entitled-to-minimum-wage?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d2-Employment-law-predictions-for-2009?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner I see many employment law lawsuitsI predict that factors that include American consumers realizing that they can live comfortably without as much "stuff" and eating out as we have done typically will cause the economic conditions in this co... Discrimination Employment law Gay rights Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:29:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2009m1d2-Employment-law-predictions-for-2009?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d30-2008-will-be-remembered-as-the-year-of-gypsies-tramps-and-thieves?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Woman who introduced concept of gypsies, tramps, and thievesThree of the biggest events of 2008 that affect businesses are the bailouts, the failed effort to legalize prostitution in San Francisco, and the use of Proposition 8 in California to revoke... Discrimination Bankruptcy Proposed laws Gay rights Bailouts Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:28:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d30-2008-will-be-remembered-as-the-year-of-gypsies-tramps-and-thieves?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d29-Buying-Illinois-US-Senate-seat-and-other-bribes-are-not-deductible?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner One hundred thousand going once, going twice, ...Last week, I wrote about the desirability and deductibility of business gifts; this deduction shows that the federal government supports such gifts. On a broader level, the purposes of the Internal Rev... Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:19:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d29-Buying-Illinois-US-Senate-seat-and-other-bribes-are-not-deductible?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d26-Understanding-the-difference-between-rights-and-privileges?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner The Bill of RightsThe recent undeserved government bailouts and the numerous private solicitations for Christmas money that I have seen on Craigslist during the past few weeks make this an appropriate time to address the difference between right... Bailouts Constitutional rights Fri, 26 Dec 2008 08:21:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d26-Understanding-the-difference-between-rights-and-privileges?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d24-Disney-and-the-holidays-provide-backdrop-regarding-calculating-goodwill?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner Carolers promoting goodwillIn addition to being a time of cussing at customer service representatives and buying clients and business associates gifts, the holiday season is when many businesses and individuals focus on goodwill that the monetary val... General Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:39:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d24-Disney-and-the-holidays-provide-backdrop-regarding-calculating-goodwill?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d23-Value-and-deductibility-of-business-gifts-to-clients-and-others?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner A very special business giftVirtually every discussion that I have had with a business owner or representative of a company regarding business gifts during the past few years has been identical; I have asked why businesses no longer give valued clien... Taxes Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:24:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d23-Value-and-deductibility-of-business-gifts-to-clients-and-others?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d19-Unconscionable-employment-terms-are-unenforceable?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner If you're spending a lot of time working for your employer while sitting at your computer, make sure you are compensated. (Dell) One of my earliest entries discussed generally how the law labels grossly unfair contract terms as uinconscionable and ... jobs Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:32:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-640-Business-Law-Examiner~y2008m12d19-Unconscionable-employment-terms-are-unenforceable?cid=exrss-Business-Law-Examiner