Labor & Employment Law

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

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

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

Cumulative Voting
Protecting minority shareholder interests

The Civil Rights Act of 1871
Law bans discrimination enacted under color of state law

State Will Statutes
State Differences in Last Will and Testament Checklist

Free Speech
Canterbury agrees to pay $60,000 settlement in civil rights lawsuit.

Indianapolis
alleging the city's police are overly aggressive against the homeless in violation of the protection of free speech and unreasonable searches guaranteed in the US Constitution.

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

Employment
Employee rights including labor law, harassment, safety, unpaid overtime, discrimination and union disputes.

Brown Greer et al.
alleging that the six law firms handling the Vioxx settlement failed to provide money for reimbursements to lien rights of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) health plans.

Rally Rights
Gettysburg Borough awards arrested protester $22,500 civil rights settlement.