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How Your Company Practices Might Lead to Age Discrimination
By Molly Zilli, Esq. | Last updated on
Running a business is no small feat. Besides your overall goals, there's the numbers side of the endeavor, and there's a whole myriad of laws to abide by. One...
Target Settles Lawsuit Over Racial Disparity in Background Checks
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on
No one says you need to perform background checks on your potential employees, and there's a movement to "ban the box," or refrain from asking questions about...
Employer Sued by Woman Fired for Flipping Off the President
By Molly Zilli, Esq. | Last updated on
Remember that photo of the cyclist flipping off President Trump's motorcade in Virginia? You may also remember that she was forced to resign just days after...
Equal Pay Day: What Your Small Biz Needs to Know About the Gender Pay Gap
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on
It's perhaps fitting that the day before Equal Pay Day, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that employers may no longer consider salary history in...
Startups Face Increasing Threat From Patent Trolls
By Molly Zilli, Esq. | Last updated on
You know that bully? The one who, rather than bring his own lunch to school, sits around, waiting to take other kids' lunch money? And he uses the unoriginal,...
No More Voiding Warranties for Unauthorized Repairs
By Christopher Coble, Esq. | Last updated on
If you're going to have a warranty that covers your product, you'd like to be reasonably sure that some third party hasn't been messing with it. For example,...