Civil Litigation News Archive

• FL Motel Goes All-Nude to Boost Bottom Line
• Are You Guilty of ‘Table Side Racism?’
• To Register or Not to Register Your Trademark?
• 10 Things to Do When Starting a Daycare
• Transgender Workers Now a Protected Class, EEOC Rules
• 3 Reasons Why Your Company Policies Must be in Writing
• Financing Small Businesses: Do’s and Don’ts
• 5 Tips on How to Handle Employee Theft
• Divide Founders Stock Equally? Bad Idea
• Business Start-Up Lessons From a Nude Maid Service
• Louis Vuitton Wins Counterfeit Bag Lawsuit
• NLRB’s ‘Employee Rights’ Poster Rule on Hold
• IL Chef Sued Over Bakery’s Missing Recipes
• Financing Your Business: What is Crowdfunding?
• Disclosing Foreign Accounts: IRS Form 8938
• Is JOBS Act Actually Good For Small Business?
• 5 Legal Mistakes Startups Make
• CA Supreme Court Eases Meal Break Rules
• CA Supreme Court Eases Meal Break Rules
• Suspension Without Pay May Get You in Trouble
• Can Nonprofit Board Members Receive Salaries?
• CO Amazon Tax Ruled Unconstitutional
• GSA Scandal Reveals Small Biz Not Getting Contracts
• The Perils of Selling Overseas
• The IRS Lost My Tax Return. Time to Protect Your Business
• ’3 Cups of Tea’ Author Greg Mortenson Owes His Charity $1M
• ’3 Cups of Tea’ Author Greg Mortenson Owes His Charity $1M
• Want To Protect Your Business in a Divorce? Be Batman
• Want To Protect Your Business in a Divorce? Be Batman
• Running Late? Submit an Extension to File Taxes
• Running Late? Submit an Extension to File Taxes
• 5 Things You Must Know About Employees Health Benefits
• What Type of Injuries are Covered by Workers Comp?
• So You Want to Deduct a Home Office? Watch Out.
• Top 5 Employee Dress Code Mistakes to Avoid
• When You Should Not Enforce a Trademark
• Supreme Court’s Obamacare Ruling May Affect Your Biz
• Can You Fire Employees on FMLA Leave?
• How Will the JOBS Act Affect Small Business?
• Small Biz Unaware of Health Reform Benefits
• More Employers Asking for Facebook Passwords
• Payback for Bad Checks: 3 Tips to Get Even
• When Workers Must be Paid for On-the-Job Travel
• 3 Things to Know When Injured Workers Return
• 3 Things to Know When Injured Workers Return
• Might Be Time to Rethink Unpaid Internships
• Drug Testing at Work Isn’t Always Legal
• Mario Batali to Pay $5.25M in Tips Lawsuit
• When Should Workers be Paid for Commute Time?
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How to Claim Small Biz Health Care Tax Credit
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• How Common Are Abusive Warehouse Conditions?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Does Your Email Marketing Violate Spam Laws?
• Do Your Employees Qualify for FMLA Leave?
• Think Twice Before You Sue an Online Review Site
• Legal to Discipline an Injured Employee?
• Legal to Discipline an Injured Employee?
• Urban Outfitters Sued Over ‘Navajo’ Panties
• Urban Outfitters Sued Over ‘Navajo’ Panties
• Give Time Off for Jury Duty or Risk Fines, Lawsuits
• Does Your Dress Code Go Too Far?
• How to Handle References for Fired Employees
• Top 5 Legal Tasks You Should Do This Year
• Top 5 Reasons to Hire a Tax Lawyer
• Using Social Media for Hiring Can Get you Sued
• Google Gives Small Businesses Free Websites
• Lesson: Don’t Call Regular Customers Racial Slurs
• NY Caterer Not Kosher, Cheated on Tips: Suit
• How to Get New Tax Credit for Hiring Veterans
• IRS Clarifies 1099-K Reporting for 2011 Taxes
• ‘Cash Mobs’ Bring Flash of Profits to Small Biz
• Am I Legally Required to Approve Doctor Appointments?
• Thieves Are Stealing Grease from Restaurants Now
• Can Pinterest Help Your Small Business?
• Think Twice Before Giving Workers a Polygraph
• How a Blogger Can Do $2.5M in Damage to a Company
• Bill Aims to Simplify 1099-Ks for Small Biz
• Obama’s Startup America Helps U.S. Entrepreneurs
• What is a 501(c)(3) Exempt Purpose?
• FDA Sued for Monitoring Employees’ Private Email
• Are You Legally Required to Translate?
• How OT Pay Issues Cost a Company $99 Million
• How to Deduct Coffee, Donuts as Biz Expenses
• Participation in Litigation-Related Activities Bars a Defendant’s Ability to Later Compel Arbitration
• Should Small Businesses Barter Online?
• Small Firms Dodge $198B in Federal Taxes
• Disney Ends 60-Year Ban on Beards
• OSHA Offers Free Consults to Small Businesses
• OSHA Offers Free Consults to Small Businesses
• Job Discrimination Complaints Hit All-Time High
• Job Discrimination Complaints Hit All-Time High
• Starbucks to Sell Wine, Beer in CA, IL, GA
• Three Times Employees Must be Paid Not to Work
• Retailers Sue Banks Over Swipe Fees
• Am I Legally Required to Give Bereavement Leave?
• Forever 21 Sued by Employees Over Unpaid Labor
• 5 Ways to Deduct Legal Fees From Your Taxes
• New Mobile Credit-Card Readers Can Pay Off
• Pepsi’s $3M, Racially-Biased Background Check
• Court Voids Arbitration Clause in “The Sheriff’s” Mercedez-Benz Dealership Sales Contract
• When is it Legal to Cut Employee Pay?
• Lending to Small Business up 18% in 2011
• Lending to Small Business up 18% in 2011
• How to Legally Lay Off an Employee
• How to Legally Lay Off an Employee
• 2011 1099 Forms, Plus New Form 1099-K, Due This Month
• HuffPo’s ‘Parentlode’ Blog Settles with NY Times
• Legal to Fire Pregnant Waitress From Strip Club?
• Legal to Fire Pregnant Waitress From Strip Club?
• What Is a Copyright?
• Watch Out for New Small Business Laws in 2012
• Your Top Resolution: Trademark Your Logo
• New IRS Tax Preparer Rules for 2012
• Starbucks Sued by Woman with Prosthetic Leg
• Online Gambling (If Now Legal) May Be Big in 2012
• Online Shopping Under the Influence
• Breastfeeding Moms Take Their Protest to Stores
• Chaos, Near Riot Ensues at Saks Shoe Sale
• Employees Can Now Vote for Unions Faster
• Employees Can Now Vote for Unions Faster
• A Guide to Dealing With Gift Returns
• A Guide to Dealing With Gift Returns
• Feds Approve Plan to Revamp Small Biz Funding
• Feds Approve Plan to Revamp Small Biz Funding
• Will Health Insurance Exchanges Impact You?
• How Safe is Your Sole Proprietorship?
• How Safe is Your Sole Proprietorship?
• Dog Walker Regulations Coming to SF?
• How to Remotely Wipe an Employee’s Cell Phone
• SF Minimum Wage Over $10, Highest in U.S.
• The 10 Best States for Business
• Holiday Donations Can Pay Off in 2012
• Blogger Not a Journalist, Must Pay $2.5M
• Blogger Not a Journalist, Must Pay $2.5M
• Small Business Outlook Sunny for 2012
• Do Cities Need Better Food Truck Laws?
• What a Payroll Tax Cut Could Mean For You
• 3 Reasons to Use Google Plus for Businesses
• Bill Could End Overtime for More IT Workers
• Small Business Owners: Time to Prep for 2012
• Does ‘Footzyrolls’ Infringe on ‘Tootsie Roll’?
• Can You ‘Gag’ a Customer’s Online Reviews?
• Medal of Honor Lawsuit Serves Lessons in Law
• Should You Follow Employees on Twitter?
• How Not to Get Used Over Unpaid Interns
• How Not to Get Sued Over Unpaid Interns
• Are Your Employees Ready for Retirement?
• Cyber Monday Crackdown on Counterfeit Goods
• How to Protect Your Company Secrets
• Retailers Sue Federal Reserve Over Swipe Fees
• Twitter Custody Battle after Employee Quits
• Should You Rush to Buy a .xxx Domain?
• Is Your Business Ready for Cyber Monday?
• Prepare Your Small Business for Black Friday
• What Does SOPA Mean for Small Business?
• Anchor Brewing Lawsuit: SF Beer Sued by Sam Adams
• Three Legal Must Haves for Your Business Website
• Do Your Employees Dress Too Provocatively?
• Update Your Website or Google May Bury You
• 10 Tips to Peacefully Continue the Family Business
• NYTimes Sues HuffPo Over ‘Parentlode’ Blog
• Legal to Use Someone Else’s Contract?
• Could Your Business Become a Benefit Corporation?
• Could Your Business Become a Benefit Corporation?
• Top 5 Ways to Pay Less in Attorneys’ Fees
• How to Sell a Product on TV
• 7.5M Reasons Not to Call Your Rival the Taliban
• Have You Reserved Your Right to Refuse Service?
• How Not to Get Sued by Your Independent Contractors
• Does Your Business Belong on a ‘Daily Deal’ Website like Groupon?
• Top 4 Questions to Ask When You Hire an Attorney
• Top 10 Legal Facts Every Blogger Should Know
• New Debit Card Fees Don’t Always Save Merchants Money
• Should Your Company Go After Anonymous Bloggers?
• How To Protect Yourself In a Business Partnership
• New Plan Offers Tax Break for Hiring Felons
• Steve Jobs’ Turtleneck and the Right of Publicity
• Steve Jobs Apple Tribute Logo a Copyright Dispute
• Urban Outfitters’ Fake ‘Navajo’ Panties
• Are Electronic Signatures Valid?
• Beware of the Private Attorney General
• Do I Have to Let My Employee Go to Jury Duty?
• ‘$10 if You Guess Who Will Be Fired Next’
• ‘$10 if You Guess Who Will Be Fired Next’
• Why do Customers Shop at Local Small Businesses?
• Why do Customers Shop at Local Small Businesses?
• Hooters Enters ‘Breastaurant’ War, Sues Twin Peaks
• Hooters Enters ‘Breastaurant’ War, Sues Twin Peaks
• Lessons Learned from Target’s Missoni Fiasco
• Lessons Learned from Target’s Missoni Fiasco
• Top 5 Reasons You Should Register a Copyright
• Should I Move to the Cloud or Save the Monthly Fee?
• Employers Want to Fire Over Facebook, But Can’t
• New Screening Tool for Employee Background Checks
• App Lets Employees Track Hours, Wages on Phones
• Legal to Post Ads, Flyers on Street Signs, Poles?
• Legal Steps to Closing a Business
• Facebook Offers $50 in Free Ads to Small Biz
• Can You Refuse to Hire a Sex Offender?
• Patent Reforms: Good for Small Businesses?
• Can Your Business Survive a Natural Disaster?
• Employers Targeted by Immigration Officials
• Mini-Skirt Monday: Sexual Innuendo at Work
• Business Contracts: Lower Your Legal Costs
• Firing an Employee: Will it Turn Into a Scene?
• Groupon Sued Over Unpaid Overtime Pay
• Don’t Let a Robbery Turn into a Lawsuit
• ‘Dwarf Barista’ Settles Lawsuit with Starbucks
• Amazon’s California Sales Tax Deal Set for 2012
• 3 Things to Know Before You Sell Homemade Goods
• You Just Incorporated Your Business. Now What?
• Watch Out for Teen Worker Laws this Fall
• California Supreme Court Upholds Long-standing Rule on Reimbursement of Plaintiff’s Medical Expenses
• FMLA Medical Leave: Do You Have to Reinstate Workers?
• Are Waiters Sneaking Mandatory Tips onto Checks?
• How to Sell at Farmers’ Markets
• Don’t Get Sued for Not Providing Meal Breaks
• Are Hookah Bars Illegal?
• Groupon Sued for ‘Bait and Switch’ Advertising
• Can I Fire Employee for Not Shaving?
• Can Your Business Buy Rave Web Reviews for $5?
• Should You Use Facebook for Job Recruiting?
• Anti-Gay NJ Bridal Shop’s Yelp Reviews Removed
• Is Your City a Hot Hub for Start-Ups?
• Be Careful with Free Wi-Fi at Your Business
• NJ Bridal Store Refuses to Sell Lesbian a Dress
• NYU Boss Called African Man a ‘Gorilla,’ ‘Monkey’
• Broken Thumbs Apps Collected Children’s Data: FTC
• First 5 Steps to Start a Non-Profit Organization
• The Dirt on Dry Cleaners: Federal Perc Laws
• Sex Offender in Cookie Monster Suit Arrested
• Should Your Company Buy Cyber Insurance?
• Gay Marriage a Boon for Small Business
• MAPC Publishes: “Landlords Can Fight Nuisance Housing Discrimination Lawsuits”
• Small Business Owners Turn to Pawn Shops
• Legal to Deny an Employee’s Vacation Request?
• When Do You Need a Small Business Attorney?
• What is a Reasonable Accommodation?
• Forcing Employees to Take Time Off
• Are Business Owners Afraid of the US Jury System?
• ‘Barista Wrist:’ RSI Injuries Are Real
• Elderly NY Teacher Fired: Was it Age Discrimination?
• Accept Credit Cards? Are You PCI Compliant?
• Creditors’ Rights: 5 Tips on How to Collect Debts
• OK to Fire Employee for Not Getting a Haircut?
• Blogger Defamation Suit Survives Dismissal
• Workers’ Compensation: How to Handle an Injured Worker
• Workers’ Compensation: How to Handle an Injured Worker
• Employee Safety: What Are My OSHA Obligations?
• Employee Safety: What Are My OSHA Obligations?
• Cyberattacks Now Targeting Small Business
• Utah Liquor Laws Makes Life Hard for Business
• Tip Credits: Dept. of Labor Sued Over New Rule
• Hindus Served Meat Can Sue NJ Restaurant
• Should Your Business Get a Google+ Page?
• Have You Been Hit By a Copycat Business?
• MN Beer Shutdown: Liquor Stores Closing Doors
• Firing Employee for Eating Hot Dogs Unjustified
• Starbucks Tips Lawsuit Dismissed by NY Court
• Newark Law: Armed Guards at Small Restaurants
• MAPC Lawyers Publish: How to Avoid Personal Liability when Signing a Business Contract
• Legal to Ban Children from Your Business?
• ‘Fake News’ Crackdown: Avoid Deceptive Claims
• Swipe Fee Limit Raised, Retailers to Take Hit
• Ca. Overtime Laws Apply to Nonresident Workers
• Will ‘Amazon Tax’ Kill Small Biz Affiliate Programs?
• Should Teens be Banned from Tanning Beds?
• Best Buy not Amused by Competitor’s Geek Ad
• When Should You Sue a Customer for Defamation?
• Legal for SF to Ban the Sale of All Pets?
• Legal for SF to Ban the Sale of All Pets?
• Proposed New Union Rules Good For Business?
• Web Operator Libel Liability Lowered in NY
• FBAR: Reporting Foreign Bank Accounts
• Are Peer-to-Peer Loans a Good Small Business Idea?
• 275,000 Non-Profits Lose Tax-Exempt Status
• Miracle-Gro Eyes Medical Marijuana Market
• Wal-Mart $187M Verdict: Denied Meal, Rest Breaks
• NY Court: Strip Club’s Lap Dances Taxable
• Ashley Alford’s Verdict: $95M for Sex Harassment
• Fired for Marijuana: Employer Drug Policy Trumps
• Alabama Immigration Law: E-Verify Now Required
• Alabama Immigration Law: E-Verify Now Required
• Old Navy Lawsuit is On: Todd Oldham’s $20M Firing
• Old Navy Lawsuit is On: Todd Oldham’s $20M Firing
• Will Calif. Internet Sales Tax Hurt Your Business?
• Fewer Small Businesses Taking Summer Vacation
• Free Webinar on New Small Biz W2, 1099 Rules
• Small Business Export Financing on the Rise
• Employee Panic Buttons Offered After Maid Attacks
• ‘Loser Pays’ Reform a Win for Texas Small Business?
• How Businesses Should Respond to a Class Action
• Wrongful Termination Law: Avoiding a Lawsuit
• Email Receipt is Not Good Enough, Court Rules
• New FTC Online Advertising Rules Coming
• Punishment for Hiring Undocumented Workers OK
• Small Biz Credit Cards Not Protected by CARD Act
• New Use Tax Filing Rule for Calif. Businesses
• Calif. Sales Tax Cut 1 Percent on July 1
• Airport Skycaps Lose Appeal Over Tips
• Paid Vacation Laws: No Legal Right to Time Off
• How Do Right To Work Laws Work?
• Senate Kills Federal Innovation Research Program
• Cost-Cutting VoIP Solutions for Businesses
• Dentist Must Pay $80K in Yelp Review Case
• Starbucks Sued by EEOC for Firing Dwarf
• Could Michigan’s Business Tax Come to Your State?
• IRS Offers Small Business Webinar
• How to Keep Web Businesses Out of COPPA Trouble
• Who Can Apply for SBA Disaster Loans?
• Are Seasonal Employees Entitled to Overtime?
• Batali’s Restaurants Sued Over Waiters’ Tips
• Are Employee Handbooks Enforceable Contracts?
• Shoplifters: What Are Your Legal Rights?
• How to Hire Summer, Seasonal Employees
• MAPC Wins Public Access Victory for Students of Fullerton College
• Can Eminent Domain Actually Help My Business?
• Could My Business Get Kicked Off Facebook?
• Tax Incentives for Moving into Blighted Areas
• Employee Car Accident: Who is Liable?
• Is it Legal to Poach a Competitor’s Employees?
• New Guide Helps Small Business with ADA Rules
• When Can You Hire Minors For Your Business?
• When Can You Hire Minors For Your Business?
• Create Social Media Policy to Avoid Lawsuits
• Protect Customers From Lunatics or Pay in Court?
• Bar Criminally Liable for Patron’s DUI Crash
• Who Else Wants to Hire Employees Efficiently?
• Background Checks Do’s and Don’t's
• Could an Email Cost You Half Your Business?
• What is Tax Deductible for Small Business?
• How to Prevent a Hostile Work Environment
• New Wave of Entrepreneurs: FindLaw’s Got Your Back
• Use Your Personal Car for Business? Deduct It
• Women-Owned Businesses Have Risen 50%
• Who Now Qualifies as a Disabled Employee?
• Waitresses Fired: Skimpy Uniforms Didn’t Fit
• 3 Ways to Help Your Startup Succeed
• April Fools’ Day Pranks: Try Not to Get Sued
• April Fools’ Day Pranks: Try Not to Get Sued
• The Right Way to Do Your Home Office Deductions
• American Apparel CEO Dov Charney’s Sex Slave Suit
• American Apparel CEO Dov Charney’s Sex Slave Suit
• Feds Approves New Small Biz Funding to 3 States
• Will Startup Visa Boost US Entrepreneurship?
• Can I be Sued for Tip Jars at my Business?
• NCAA Basketball Office Pools: Are They Legal?
• Targeting Distracted Driving on Company Time
• Charlie Sheen is Hiring an Intern, Should You?
• Feel Free to Buy Your Rivals’ Keyword Search Ad
• Rising Food Prices: More Restaurant Bankruptcy
• Can I be Sued Over an Employee’s Criminal Record?
• Negligent Hiring: Criminals in Nursing Homes
• Age Discrimination to Require Applicant’s Age?
• What if Facebook Removes My Business’ Page?
• MAPC Lawyers Publish “$21 Million Product Defect Award Upheld against Land Rover for Rollover Injury”
• Can I Get Sued Over a Groupon Coupon?
• Severance Agreements: How Not to Get Sued
• Laying Off? Top 3 Ways Employers Get Sued
• Apple Small Business Support: Joint Venture
• 5 Small Business Tax Write Offs for 2010
• Can My Employees Form a Union?
• Top 3 Small Business Slip and Fall Accident Tips
• Small Business Tax Deductions: Top 2010 Tips
• Can Employees Refuse to Work for Political Beliefs?
• All US Businesses: Immigration Papers in Order?
• How to Hire Family Members: Top 3 Tips
• Why You Can’t Discriminate Against Unemployed
• Want to Sell Your Company? It’s Complicated
• Obama’s Budget to Cut Small Business by 45%
• New SBA 8(a) Certification Rules
• How to Evaluate a Franchise: Top 3 Tips
• Calif. Merchants Can’t Ask for Customers’ Zips
• Congress to Gut Small Business Administration?
• Women-Owned Small Business Rule Enacted
• Small Business Should Look to Exporting
• How to Protect your Business’ Trademark
• Could Breastfeeding Areas Cost Your Business?
• MAPC Lawyers Publish “California Supreme Court finds that all parties to a mediation, including the attorneys, are entitled to benefit of mediation confidentiality.”
• MAPC Lawyers Publish “State law allowing for suits against deceptive e-mail advertising found by California Court of Appeal to not be preempted by federal anti-spam law.”
• QR Codes: Can Phone Barcodes Boost Sales?
• MAPC Holiday Card Still Getting Rave Reviews
• Customers Want to Pay with Wave of Smartphone
• Disgruntled Employee Lawsuits on the Rise