Monthly Archives: November 2020
Can You Protect Your Intellectual Property?
Part of having a business or brand is your colors, your logos, your saying and the other graphics and words which identify your business as your own. These things—often called intellectual property—can have a value in and of themselves. In fact, in many cases businesses that are long defunct, often find that whoever owns… Read More »
Florida’s Business Judgment Rule May Protect You
As the owner, manager, majority shareholder, or head level employee of a company, you are expected to act in the company’s best interest. You are expected to, among many other things, manage the company’s affairs properly, protect its interests, guard it against competitors and generally do anything else possible to ensure the health and… Read More »
Greenacres, FL Grocery Store Pays $20,000 to Settle Age Discrimination Lawsuit
On October 20th, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that JUMBO—a grocery store located in Greenacres, FL—will pay $20,000 to resolve an age discrimination lawsuit. In addition, the employer will revise its personnel practices in order to ensure fair treatment in the workplace. Below, our West Palm Beach employment lawyers provide an… Read More »
Florida PIP Claims: What is the ‘14-Day’ Rule?
Florida is a partial no-fault insurance state. As noted by the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, all vehicle owners are required to purchase and maintain Personal Injury Protection (PIP) insurance. PIP is a type of no-fault insurance that covers 80 percent of all necessary and reasonable medical expenses after an accident—typically… Read More »
What is a Truck Underride Accident?
According to official state government data, approximately 40,000 commercial vehicles are involved in accidents in Florida each year. The larger a commercial vehicle, the more dangerous an accident. As a fully loaded tractor trailer can weigh in excess of 75,000 pounds, large trucks must be operated safely. When semi-trucks are involved in accidents, the… Read More »
Employees Must be Aware of the Equal Pay Act
With the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, came a lot of media coverage about the Equal Pay Act (EPA). You should be aware of the EPA, as it can be easy to violate its provisions, and an aggrieved employee does not have a difficult case if there is a pay violation… Read More »
Election 2020: Employee and Employer Voting Leave Rights
Elections in the United States are scheduled for Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Not only will the office of president of the United States be contested, but all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate are up for grabs. At the state level, elections… Read More »
The Penalties for Unlicensed Contracting Can be Severe
There are a lot of great things about living in South Florida. However, one not so great thing is the number of people who say that they are licensed to do projects, improvements, or construction on your home, but who are not. Anybody who hires a contractor to do significant work, whether on business… Read More »
Using the Fifth Amendment in Civil Cases
Most people, at least most people in the law, know what the Fifth Amendment says. It is the amendment to the constitution, included in the original Bill of Rights, which protects us against testifying against ourselves, otherwise known as the prohibition against self-incrimination. Criminal vs. Civil Case Use of the Fifth Amendment But there… Read More »
