Text Messages Providing TMI for Divorce Lawyers
Divorce lawyers have found a new smoking gun to wave around in court: text messages. The unfaithful, in particular, are paying a high price for their salacious messages.
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A Right to Bear Arms in the Office?
Employers now must balance the duty to maintain a safe workplace with employees' right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, their rights under state constitutions, and laws allowing guns at work ' which is a new and growing trend in employment legislation.
Managing the Compensable Workday in a New Electronic World
What is work? When does the workday begin and end? These seemingly easy questions are not so easy anymore. Here's why.
Class Litigation of Meal and Rest Period Claims
In <i>Brinker Restaurant Corp. v. Superior Court</i>, California's Fourth District Court of Appeal substantively altered the wage and hour landscape through its conclusion that California meal and rest period regulations only impose a passive obligation on employers to make breaks available.
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The Treatment of Intellectual Property Under Bankruptcy Law
As the economy contracts and many companies are facing bankruptcy, a key question concerns the status of the IP that may have been assigned, transferred, sold or licensed if one of the parties to the transaction declares bankruptcy. This article discusses the issue.
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Strengthening Letter of Credit Security Provisions
In all too many cases, once reliable tenants are leaving landlords with only a security deposit to fall back on. In addition, if the security deposit is in the form of a letter of credit (LOC), now more than ever the landlords must also keep one eye on the financial stability of the LOC issuer.
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