I wrote about the renewed attention on and risks of using unpaid interships here. Now, the Department of Labor has come out with a useful Fact Sheet on the issue.
Good Service = Good Karma
Here is a great little story about a car mechanic going the extra mile (pun intended). Treat your clients well, because what goes around comes around.
News from across the pond: a no staff, paperless law office
It seems British lawyers are jumping on the “virtual law firm” bandwagon. They seek to develop “a fresh way of working,” using technology ”to give a streamlined service without the traditional law firm infrastructure” and offering ” greater value for money and certainty on fees.” Sounds familiar!
More on background checks
I wrote about this issue back in September here, and today there is news that several states are considering laws to limit the use of credit reports in hiring. Supporters of such laws say they are necessary because an increasing number of employers are doing credit checks even though there is no proof that bad [...]
The Pitfalls of Background Checks
I often warn clients to be careful about how they conduct background checks because of potential claims of race discrimination. Now comes a lawsuit illustrating that concern. A class action filed in New York yesterday alleges that the management consulting firm Accenture discriminates against African Americans and Latinos in the way it conducts its background checks. [...]
Death is not always the end
Two news items that are just too good to pass up. First, a Minnesota lawyer has been suspended by the state Supreme Court for a year because he lied about the fact that his client had died during settlement negotiations. In fact, 3 months after his clients’ death, he sent an email to the lawyer [...]
More proof that most lawyers have inadequate senses of humor
Lighten up: it was just an April Fools Day gag.
Are your interns really employees?
This recent article in the New York Times should remind us that employers can get themselves into trouble by offering “unpaid internships” that are not really internships. Agencies in several different states have investigated the use of internships and have, in some cases, fined employers who are actually using the interns to provide unpaid labor. [...]
Minority Shareholder Employees Have Additional Rights
Courtesy of MinnLawyer Blog, word of a decision from Texas that serves as a reminder that minority shareholders in closely-held corporations have more rights than one might expect. In Texas, plaintiff Balkrishna Shagrithaya claimed his partner/fellow entrepreneur, who was also the majority shareholder of the company, squeezed him out of the multi-million-dollar software company they [...]
I’m on the ABA Blawg Directory!
My blog is now listed on the ABA’s Blawg Directory. Big time here we come!