Do you use an arbitration policy to resolve workplace disputes? If so, it pays to have your attorney review that agreement to make sure it meets Florida contract law standards—especially if you operate in several states and use the same agreement for each location.

Lawyers are always looking for novel ways to sue on behalf of employees. One such recent attempt involves trying to apply the RICO Act—originally meant to combat organized crime—against employers. If successful, such lawsuits could result in more than lost dollars: Managers and supervisors could go to jail.

The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released a survey indicating that two buildings at the NASA Lewis Research Center in Cleveland did not cause cancer among employees. The union representing some NASA employees says it isn’t satisfied.

Q. We just hired a salesperson from a competitor. We warned her not to take proprietary information from her former employer, but she says what is on her personal laptop is her information. Is there any risk for us from that laptop?

The more valuable an owner is to a business while he/she is active in it, the less value the business has when the owner leaves…unless the owner has put in place people and processes that assure the business will stay prosperous.

Most employment contracts are written documents prepared with the assistance of an attorney. However, an employment contract can be oral, written, or partially oral and partially written. If an employer isn’t careful, it’s easy to unknowingly enter into an employment contract with an employee.

One piece of reassuring economic news for North Carolina state workers: The pension kitty is fully funded and continues to outperform other government pension funds, despite a bleak economic year.

Many California employers are viewing a recent decision by a federal appeals court as a setback. The court upheld the right of local governments to pass ordinances that essentially force employers to provide a certain level of funding for employee benefits.

Many of the millions who post information online never think a potential employer might read what they post. Meanwhile, employers believe that if the information is available online for the viewing, they have an obligation to look. However, several laws may restrict how you conduct the search or how you use the information.

Several states, including Illinois, California, Massachusetts and New York, are cracking down on sales tax cheats to fill state coffers drained by the tanking economy, the Associated Press recently reported.

If your organization benefits from federal contractors, familiarize yourself with the new “tipping point test” of the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) ...

New Jersey investment director William Clark said the state pension board is considering a lawsuit against Lehman Brothers. The state bought approximately $180 million of Lehman stock in June, only to sell it at a loss of about $100 million ...

Federal agencies were embarrassed by a national newspaper report last month that revealed at least $5 billion worth of federal contracts intended for small businesses actually went to large companies.

Several states, including New York, Massachusetts, California and Illinois, are cracking down on sales tax cheats to help fill state coffers drained by the tanking economy, the Associated Press recently reported.

Save yourself some headaches and see which important company documents your bank and insurer will need to get your new corporate bank account and insurance policy started.

No federal or state law requires employers to use job applications. But if you do require applicants to fill them out, know the legal do’s and don’ts of what questions to ask. Here's the topic-by-topic guidance you need, along with relevant records-retention rules.

Because the freedom of the internet conflicts with the territorial nature of trademark law, it is likely that most trademark owners, and most domain name registrants, will become involved in a domain name dispute.  Whether your business is the owner of a mark or a domain name, there are steps you can take to protect your property.

If you hire individual construction contractors to work for you, you have only a few weeks to make sure they are in compliance with a new state law. Beginning on Jan. 1, individual independent contractors working in the construction industry must obtain an Independent Contractor Exemption Certificate.

Q. Our company has a union, and we recently lost a case in arbitration. The company and the union disagree on what the arbitrator held, and what is required of the company because of the award. The union is threatening to file unfair labor practice charges if we don’t implement the award as they interpret it. What do we do now? ...

As with any team, the synergy of an advisory team is what optimizes the talents of each member and promises the best overall outcome for any enterprise. Use the annual advisors meeting to take full advantage of the complementary strengths of all team members and prepare the business for the year to come. 

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Most court cases require expert testimony on scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge. But what happens when experts overly-rely on ghostwriters to phrase the report in terms preferred by the courts rather than in their own words?

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Three former employees of Metaldyne Corp. in Plymouth have pleaded guilty to plotting to steal trade secrets and sell them to industry competitor Chongqing Huafu Industry Co. of Chongqing, China ...

How to reclaim a domain name that may have been lost in a previous ruling...