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A Global Performance Forum
Good Afternoon, I wanted to share some information with you regarding Global Performance Forum II- Innovations in Performance Management, April 29-May 1, 2008...

Unfair Contractor Performance Evaluations: "Stacking the Charges"
The Federal Acquisition Regulation, at FAR 36.201, requires government personnel to be fair and accurate in the evaluation of a construction contractor’s performance, but there is the inherent potential for an unfair and overreaching evaluation...

Annual performance evaluation procedure
Annual performance evaluation procedureYonkers Police Association and the City of Yonkers, PERB U25381 PERB ruled that the City of Yonkers violated Civil Service Law Section 209a...

CA Judge Association reacts to performance evaluation idea
The California Judges Association alerted members about a possible effort to make all jurists face retention votes and undergo performance evaluations that would go public before elections, The Recorder reports...

Patent attorneys should NOT assume peer review is confidential
In the patent business, patent attorneys frequently encounter academic scientists who talk about the confidentiality of "peer review" or "grant review" processes...

Dismissal of a provisional employee
Dismissal of a provisional employeeMiggins v City of New York, App. Div., 1st Dept...

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.

Sex Offender Lists
Registries by State and County

How to collect a personal loan from a spouse?
You local court will probably have someone to offer you some assistance as you p...

How to cash a cashier's check without ID?
I would get some I.D.! Other than that, maybe you can tell the investigator you ...

Should I return a phone call from a collection agency that doesn't name their client in the message?
In the county of the state where I live in the US, I am able to go to the websit...

Personal information/online harassment?
Quit talking with people on message boards that support these activities. The se...

My bank scheduled a funds transfer from the wrong account. Who's Responsible?
According to this situation, the only person to be held accountable is the bank ...

Wells Fargo and Rels Valuation
Face Home Evaluation Class Action

Zonisamide
FDA Issues Information on Risk for Metabolic Acidosis

Lifeblood
alleging negligence after computers were stolen which contained personal information.

Sears
Class Action over Alleged Selling of Customer Information

Brinker International
allegedly falsely advertising the nutritional information on their so-called low calorie menu selections.

Security Breach
Check 'N Go to pay $220,000 settlement in personal information lawsuit.