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Litigation can be emotionally and financially draining. By the time parties reach a settlement agreement, even one with which they are satisfied, they often are tempted to turn their attention elsewhere and ignore the details of the settlement agreem… Read More

Using a standard English dictionary when looking up a legal term can be a bad idea. As an example, Webster’s dictionary defines discrimination as: The ability to understand that one thing is different from another. So here’s the question. Have I… Read More

In an earlier blog post, we stated that employers are increasingly challenging employees’ rights to unemployment benefits. Employers seek to demonstrate that employees should be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits for a number of reas… Read More

After an employee loses his or her job and applies for unemployment benefits, Employers have many different motives for challenging the employee’s right to unemployment benefits. One motivation, for example, is that employers who repeatedly termina… Read More

Employees who work at shipyards or city ports—or on tankers, oil rigs or similar locations—are often wrongfully denied overtime wages which they are legally entitled to receive. The employers typically argue that the employees are not entitled to… Read More

Covenants not to compete (often referred to simply as “noncompetes”) have become ubiquitous in employment agreements, particularly for executives and other mid- to high-ranking individuals. The long standing status quo regarding non-competes in t… Read More

Our law firm has received calls from both employees and employers describing the following scenario: Employee alleges a promise was made by the employer (or prospective employer); Employee claims to have acted in reliance on that promise; and After d… Read More

“I worked at my company long enough and have earned the minimum requirements to be eligible for unemployment insurance, so why am I being denied benefits? And what can I do about it?” Many employees are caught off guard when they receive a notice… Read More