Food allergies are widespread. Anyone who has a child, works at or with a school, or reads extensively knows that the increasing prevalence of food allergies among children is one of today’s biggest medical mysteries,
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What Do You Do When The Ugly Allegations In A Lawsuit Against Your Company Go Viral?
Take your cue from two leading ladies of television – Olivia Pope (Scandal) and Liz Garvey (Babylon). In a world of instantaneous communication and open access to information, Liv and Liz…
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What Recent Case Law Can Teach About BYOD Workplaces
Bring Your Own Device (“BYOD”) is a movement that is changing the IT landscape of workplaces. In a BYOD workplace, employees use their own mobile device—smartphones, tablets, laptops, etc.—for both work and personal use. Employees…
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Every Dog Has His Day – Even at Work
Does YOUR Website Have to be Accessible Under the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Is the internet a place of public accommodation: a virtual town hall or a virtual shopping mall or a virtual movie theater? Courts still struggle with that.
Physicalist courts say that the ADA requires a…
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Hidden Employment Reef Awaiting Captains Of Commerce?
When a company is acquired in a stock sale, its shareholders are routinely required to sign what is known as a Letter of Transmittal (“LOT”). Standard LOTs include a release of all claims. But, due…
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Alter Egos: Where Fiction Becomes Labor Law And Vice Versa
Bruce Wayne. Clark Kent. Sir Percy Blakeney. In addition to being dashing literary figures, each of these men share a common trait – each has an alter ego. Donning a cape, the stoic Bruce Wayne…
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“No Hire” Agreements: Unlawful Collusion or Necessary Self-Protection?
Recent headlines from the Silicon Valley suggest that “no-hire” agreements are illegal, immoral, and unsustainable. But, those headlines address blanket restrictions negotiated between competitors. Targeted restrictions between supplier company and customer company are entirely different.
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Social Media Policies in the Workplace
Social media usage is now ubiquitous:
- Facebook users spend more than 10.5 billion minutes per day on the website.
- LinkedIn has more than 277 million members in over 200 countries and territories.
- Twitter has 230
All That Glitters Is Bitcoins?
What does an Irish electronic repairman, a sheriff from Kentucky, and a Finnish software developer all have in common? They are all getting paid in the hottest technological trend since Al Gore created the Internet:…
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