Legal Commentary

Blawg of the Day -- Employee Benefits Legal Blog
We're making our way through some of the great blogs published by Fox Rothschild -- today it's the Employee Benefits Legal Blog, which is written by Keith McCurdy, an attorney in the firm's New York office...

Can you be terminated just prior to vesting in your benefits?
The Court held that the covenant of good faith and fair dealing is violated when an employer terminates an at-will employee without good cause and deprives the employee of a clearly identifiable future compensation reflective of the employee?s past services...

Lurie's Recent Employee Benefits Articles
Alvin Lurie has been busy publishing articles on the ERISA and employee benefits front...

Play By The Rules Under ERISA or Else
An unusually harsh employee benefits decision from the 9th Circuit? (via PlanSponsor...

Blawg of the Day -- Employee Benefits Law
Today we'll head to Colorado for our law-related blog of the day: Employee Benefits Law is dedicated to attorneys and business people throughout the Rocky Mountain region...

ERISA Basics CLE
ABA Joint Committee on Employee Benefits and the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel are sponsoring a conference on June 4-6, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois entitled ERISA Basics...

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

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 3
Other Benefits

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 4
Where to get help

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

Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits

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

I have worked for this employer for only three weeks. The employer makes up his own rules as to what he chooses to report for the purpose of property taxes. He tells me to "let them come after us". He defines Entertain
He arrogantly insists, "let them come after us." Well, if you are invo...

Can my employer threaten me with termination if I don't seek a transfer to another department?
In many jurisdictions, employees are "at will". This means that their employmen...

A friend of mine let me borrow car which I believed was his, but which he had stolen. I was driving the car and saw police sirens. Since I was already on the run from something else, i ran from the police in the car. Whe
The best advice I can give you at this point is to consult with you legal adviso...

I signed myself out of a hospital because I thought the care was negligent. I am a nurse and know a great deal about medical care. I was in the hospital a year ago for less then 12 hours and they sent me a bill for over
If you can prove tha the care was negligen you need to get a lawyer and try to n...

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...

Rock Band Great White
Settles Over 2003 Station NightClub Fire

Great Escape Lodge and Indoor Water Park
Faces Class Action

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Spa Factor
Aromatherapy Fountain & Bath Benefits Kits Recalled

Georgette Klinger Spa
alleging unpaid wages and benefits and violation of the WARN Act.

The Dannon Company, Inc.
allegedly falsely claimed Activia and DanActive probiotic yogurt products had scientifically proven health benefits.