A .300 batting average may get you into Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame but winning only 30 percent of your employment lawsuits won’t do the trick.
See Mark Toth’s Manpower blog for the results of the Question of the Week – What % of employment lawsuits are won by employers? That’s right, only
Chris Moander of the Wisconsin Business Law and Litigation Blog shares his take on the timeless advice that business people can pay for it now . . . or pay for it later. Chris points out that many business people sadly lump legal services into the "too costly" or "unnecessary" categories when it comes to
Terri Rasmussen of the Ohio Practical Business Law Counsel blog says that every client should want a lawyer that blogs. As you might guess, I agree.
Why is it important, you ask? Terri shares her thoughts (with some comments by me):
It’s always nice when people say great things about you but I am particularly humbled by a recent post from What About Clients? WAC? is one of the great blogs (and I do mean great as evidenced by their award as the Best All Business Blog for 2007 by the ABA). I respect
When our law firm started the Iowa Law Blog, I had high hopes despite the fact that I knew a firm-wide blog would not be easy. But I saw what Stark and Stark had created with their New Jersey Law Blog and knew it could be done.
I don’t know if you have noticed lately but Sullivan
I often tell clients it is important to establish relationships with at least four individuals when they start a business:
But in order to have a starting five we need to add a fifth professional. Who would I add? How about a marketer?
But the real reason I
Under a new Iowa immigration bill, employers that repeatedly employ illegal aliens would face civil penalties of up to $10,000 and up to a year in jail under legislation being proposed in the legislature. Employers would be exempt from penalties if they seek verification of a worker’s citizenship status through the Department of Homeland Security’s
Employee lawsuits are continually on the rise. So how do you keep your employees happy and stay out of court?
While it is technically not a "legal requirement" I have long suggested that treating employees with respect is the best way to avoid employee lawsuits. Building on this thought I recently saw a couple of
Read this post from Indiana lawyer Sam Hasler to find out why it is so important to respond promptly and appropriately to sexual harassment complaints.
In the case mentioned by Sam, Chili’s Grill and Bar escaped liability even though the employee established a prima facie case of harassment in her lawsuit.
Sam also has
I’ve said it before (and also here) but it bears repeating that wage and hour class actions are booming. Just this past week Iowa’s Casey’s General Stores was hit with a wage and hour lawsuit with allegedly more than $5 million at stake. If that isn’t enough to convince you to examine whether your company
