Taxation & Estate Planning

Two-hour v. One-hour Class Blocks
When I attended law school, all the four-hour courses were taught in two separate two-hour blocks. At UC Davis, we primarily teach four-hour courses in four one-hour classes, although we can request longer classes...

Ohio's Minimum Wage Going Up On 1/1/08
Ohio's minimum wage for most employees is going up on January 1, 2008 from $6.85 per hour to $7.00 per hour for non-tipped workers and from $3.43 per hour plus tips to $3.50 per hour plus tips for tipped workers...

The Billable Hour
A small Boston law firm has banned the billable hour and refuses to take clients who want to pay by the hour. This is discussed in a recent Boston Globe article. An excerpt is below: But the Shepherd Law Group...

Minimum-Wage Employees Get a Raise
The federal minimum wage rises today from $5.85 per hour to $6.55 per hour, en route to $7.25 per hour on this date next year. If you're reading this and you haven't received your pay hike, call the Department of...

Is the Billable Hour Costing Your Firm Money
Generally, law firms use the billable hour because they believe that they can earn more money by charging for every hour spent on the case. But is the billable hour costing your firm money by causing clients to leave? That's...

The Economist: Killable Hour
The Economist magazine has a short writeup on the billable hour’s demise, and the growing use of fixed fee billing. One of the more interesting statements noted, “If the billable hour does perish, it will be at the hands of the clients, rather than the private-practice lawyers themselves...

Workers Compensation Overview
Federal laws that cover workplace injuries

H-1B Visas
How to get professional worker's visa

Recall of TYLENOL 8 Hour Caplets 50 Count Sold in The United States and Puerto Rico
TYLENOL 8 Hour Caplets 50 Count One Lot Recalled in US and Puerto Rico

Morton’s
Settles Wages and Hour Class Action

Hooters
Former Employees Launch Wage and Hour Class Action

Celebrity Maid
Liz Hurley agrees to pay former employee wage and hour settlement.

Casey’s Wage and Hour Class Actions
Proposed $11.7 Million Settlement

Manasek Auto Parts
allegedly conspiring to fix prices for replacement oil, air, fuel and transmission filters.