Bar Exams

Death of Employee and Final Paycheck
A paycheck of a decedent belongs to the Decedents estate. Florida Employers should not cancel nor refuse to issue paychecks for employees who die...

Withholding of Last Paycheck in Florida
There is no requirement in Florida that an employer must tender a final paycheck immediately upon an employee's termination...

Comparable worth, under any other name, still invites lawsuits
Heard at the House Education and Labor mark-up of H.R. 1338, the Paycheck Fairness Act...

Alternative Bill to Paycheck Fairness Act
You might remember that the House passed the Paycheck Fairness Act a couple of weeks ago...

House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act
The National Women's Law Center reports In a hard-earned victory, the House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act on July 31 with a vote of 247 to 178...

House Passes Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and Paycheck Fairness Act
OK--Jeff and I posted the news on the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which defines when the injury of pay discrimination occurs, at the same time...

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

Lawyer Jokes
Law Humor

How to Select a Divorce Attorney
Select a counselor carefully

How to make a landlord honor an option to buy provision in the lease (OH)?
Most leases are written as a one year agreement, if neither party elects to form...

If my stepmother goes on Medicaid, can they take my father's house and assets if they have been separated for many years but are still legally married (NJ)?
if medicaid up there is the same as in sc, they willnot take the houses. medicai...

Our landlord just put our rental on sale. We have been excellent tenants and have never had issues with rent payments. We do not want realtors bringing clients into our home when we are not present. Recieved a letter fro
Landlords have a right under law to enter dwellings during normal daylight hours...

How to prevent an arrest from appearing in the local newspaper?
Dont know the law in Minnesota but in most jurisdictions an arrest is a matter o...

My husband went to maryland to visit his son he stayed for 11/2 mths became very ill.I came doen from NYC tro bring him home and was told by the hospital that his son his power of attorney to make all decisions health an
Get in touch with a lawyer ASAP. What he's done is illegal, and if you'...

Albertsons
$15 million settlement reached in class action termination paycheck suit.

Whole Foods
And Other Firms Sued by California Attorney General,

State Farm
Settles with Mississippi Attorney General

Ticketmaster Entertainment
Settles with New Jersey Attorney General

Inflated Drug Prices
Dey LP pays $198,000 settlement to Montana Attorney General.

DUI/DWI
If you have been arrested for drunk driving or driving under the influence you should contact an attorney immediately.