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Layoffs: Substitutes & Complements
When non-lawyers ask what's happening in the world of law these days (i.e., what ATL is covering), our first response is usually one word: layoffs...

Legal Field Layoffs: Does Anyone Have the Rolaids?
It's not looking too good when the Labor Department announces large layoffs in the legal field...

Stigma Watch: Could Cravath Be Next For Layoffs? Will They Pioneer Pay Cuts?
Last week I suggested that the potent stigma preventing layoffs at top-shelf firms was melting away...

ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As ?Low-Level Terrorism?
Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public protests should be regarded as ?low level terrorism...

Does Increasing Turbulence Suggest That Now Is The Time For A Different Means Of Travel?
  In the last two days, the legal market has been greeted with more layoffs, a prediction that many more layoffs of associates and partners is inevitable, further deferrals of starting dates for new associates, buy-outs of new associates (also called firing them before they start), rollbacks in associates salaries, further cuts in partner income, let's see, have I forgotten anything?  Oh yea, there's that little matter of Skadden deferring  the starting date of associates from the class of 2010...

Personnel Record Requests in Massachusetts
Massachusetts employment lawyers at Morse, Barnes-Brown & Pendleton, Waltham, MA, have published an informative article addressing terminated employees access to their personnel files seeking possible claims...

Can I sue my employer for creating a hostile work environment and lying about my work performance to get me to quit?
How does the owner of the business feel about all of this? I suggest that you tr...

How do you recover money from a stop payment placed on a personal check given to you?
you can always take them to small claims court and sure them for 3 times the amo...

How can I prove my wife only married me to get a green card?
The problem with an annulment is that they are hard to get-- they are not someth...

Can I be fired for working a second job?
sadly you can be fired for anything thats not discriminatory, so yeah you can.

Is it legal for a company to overwork their employees?
Well, he could 1. Get a new job. Sister, I understand ya, if he's anything ...

IT Personnel Overtime
alleging IT personnel are not receiving the overtime pay they are due.

Jevic Transportation
allegedly failing to give 60 days warning before closing plant.

State Farm Class Actions
Policy Holders Settle

Wal-Mart
Faces Class Action over Return Policy

Medical Malpractice
US Government awards family $750,000 settlement after woman dies after undergoing eight surgeries in 35 days.

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.