Labor & Employment Law

Employee Lawsuits (An Introduction and Topic Overview)
How employers can cope with the siege of employee lawsuits

Privacy Protection Act 42 USC 21A
Federal Newsroom Law

Employee Lawsuits: Negligent Hiring and Retention
Employers must check references, criminal records, other background material.

National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners

Truth In Lending Act
Consumer Loans and Consumer Credit Protection Act

Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets

Medical Technology
Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement.

Intentional Contamination
Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgery $4 million medical malpractice settlement.

imbee Data Collection
Industrious Kid, Inc. pays $130,000 civil penalty for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.

Germantown Primary Care Associates, P.C.
Unlawfully collected fees refunded in Consumer Protection Act violation suit.

ValueClick
allegedly violated consumer protection laws by promising ‘free’ goods that where not actually free.

Hutchinson Oil
Over $75,000 settlement reached in consumer protection lawsuit.