Barbara Taylor and her husband Chris are the founders of Synergy Business Services, a business brokerage company.  She’s a regular blogger on “You’re the Boss,” a feature of the New York Times’s Small Business section, which is where I discovered her. Then I learned tha ...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, February 09, 2010    1. People v. Danton2010 WL 424920(N.Y.Sup. Feb 02, 2010) (NO. 5759/03)Mark Zeno, ...

Image via WikipediaPerhaps Publisher Wendy McCaw and Ampersand Publishing, owner of the Santa Barbara (Calif.) News-Press,should have quit while they were ahead.Less than a month after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit sided with the publisher in an NLRB dispute concerning eigh ...

Most people believe that the only solution to global climate change is government-imposed regulations to curb the amount of CO2 spewing into the atmosphere. But perhaps there is a market based alternative? Neil Reynolds in the Globe & Mail recently mentioned an intriguing new technology developed by ...

What's Happening and When in 2010 Last year brought many changes in labor and employment law. Expect more of the same in 2010. Join our experienced attorneys for an informative breakfast discussing all of the hot topics that will affect you and your employees:My head hurts... the new laws in effec ...

In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Friday, February 05, 2010    1. People v. Ortega2010 WL 375079, 2010 N.Y. Slip Op. 00777(N.Y.A.D. 1 Dept. Feb 04, 20 ...

Attrells funeral chapel will pay $62,500 to settle an Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") on behalf of Barbara Jackson. According to the lawsuit Attrells failed to allow amputee Jackson an almost two-year employee, to continu ...

Attrells funeral chapel will pay $62,500 to settle an Americans With Disabilities Act ("ADA") lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") on behalf of Barbara Jackson. According to the lawsuit Attrells failed to allow amputee Jackson an almost two-year employee, to continu ...

EEOC claimed that a funeral chapel refused to allow an amputee who had successfully worked for the company for a year and nine months to continue working as a secretary once she required the use of a wheelchair. The suit settled for $62,500 and other relief. EEOC Press release 02/03/2010: A ...

Regarding Glenn Reynolds’ item, linking a Los Angeles Times blog post, about a new Rasmussen Reports Poll suggesting that in the 2010 Texas gubernatorial race, either incumbent Rick Perry, retiring U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, or self-identified Tea Party supporter Debra Medina would defeat t ...