Legal Research

Discouraging Union Organizers
Strict work place rules

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

Power of Attorney and Living Wills for the aged
Options for caring for aging parents

Estate Planning
Documents: durable power of attorney, living will, letter of instruction, and insurance trust

Grandparents Visitation Rights
Every state lets elderly grandparents petition to visit grandchildren

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
$5.1 million class action settlement for life insurance policies of former employees.

VA Sets New Benefit Rules for Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses
Agent Orange-Related Ilnesses VA Sets New Benefit Rules

Daimler Chrysler et al.
alleged negligence pertaining to lost confidential client data which exposed customers to identity theft

DLP
Ohio State to Receive $42 Million in Corporate Taxes Settlement

Overtime for Programmers
alleging that some companies try to avoid paying employees overtime by categorizing them as "salaried" employees.

Computer Spyware Act
Spammer to pay $100,000 settlement in email fraud lawsuit.