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Sixth Circuit: Severance Pay Not Subject to FICA Taxes
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
You may have noticed that the unemployment rate is still pretty high. Though it's down from the October 2009 peak, companies continue to lay off workers. The...
6th Cir Adopts 'Harmless Error' in Disability Benefits Appeals
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Not sure how to proceed in a Social Security disability benefits appeal when an administrative law judge (ALJ) makes a factual -- though possibly harmless --...
Sixth Circuit: Radio Station Robo-Call Exempt from TCPA
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Mark Leyse takes prerecorded phone calls seriously. In 2005, Leyse filed a class-action lawsuit against Clear Channel after a Clear Channel radio station...
Who Knew? AK-47 is a Handgun in Tennessee
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Tennessee law allows individuals with gun permits to carry handguns in state-owned public places, like parks and "natural areas." State law defines a "handgun"...
Sixth Circuit Affirms Title IX Deliberate Indifference Judgment
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John and James Doe -- seventh graders at Waynesboro Middle School -- were bullied in the WMS locker room. A number of eighth graders subjected John and James,...
Another Taser Lawsuit, Another Qualified Immunity Finding
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Tasers allow cops to incapacitate resistant suspects for a brief period of time with "relatively few risks." But there are still risks. A police officer in...
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