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Tampa Drug Crime Attorney – Peter N. Meros

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Profiles In Law Peter N. Meros, of Meros, Smith, Lazzara & Olney P.A., the Tampa drug crime attorneys, was born in 1947, is a native of St. Petersburg and has lived here throughout his entire life. His family has practiced law in St. Petersburg continuously since 1952. He and his wife, Marcy, were married in 1969 and have [...] Read the rest of the...

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Check Out this Excellent Business Card Design from Cyber Publishers

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Legal Ulcer
Eddie Brown of Cyber Publishers never ceases to amaze!  He masterfully designed these wonderful business cards, in addition to our beautiful new site and logo; BigAppleSEO.com

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California Court Restricts Trespassing by Labor Unions on Private Property.

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: California Employment Law Articles The California Legislature has enacted two statutes that create barriers to injunctive relief against trespassing by union agents on the private property of employers, and California courts have repeatedly sought to exempt labor unions from the intentional tort of trespass that applies to all other persons and organizations in this state.

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California Court Strengthens Property Owners’ Right to Exclude Labor Unions.

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: California Employment Law Articles California trespass laws allowing preferential treatment to labor unions picketing on private property are unconstitutional, the California Court of Appeal has ruled. Ralphs Grocery Company v. United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 8, No. 34-2008-8682 (July 19, 2010). State statutes set strict standards for obtaining injunctions against labor unions that engage in picketing on private property. The Court found the statutes violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution by giving unions “preferential treatment to speech about labor disputes over speech about other issues.” The Court held that property owners should be legally permitted to exclude a labor union from their premises just as they would any other trespasser.

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In Wake of ‘Heller,’ 3rd Circuit OKs Ban on Unnumbered Guns

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Law.com - Newswire In an important Second Amendment decision that charts a course for evaluating the validity of gun laws now that the Supreme Court has declared the right to be an individual one, the 3rd Circuit has refused to strike down a federal law that bans possession of guns with obliterated serial numbers. Perhaps the most important lesson to be gleaned from the 3rd Circuit opinion is that courts faced with unanswered questions in the Second Amendment arena should look to the extensive jurisprudence on First Amendment claims for guidance. Read the rest of the...

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Lawyers Argue Over Venue in BP Spill, Toyota Hybrid Cases

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Law.com - Newswire More than 100 lawyers squeezed into a courtroom on Thursday in Idaho to argue before a panel of seven judges about which U.S. courthouse should host the massive litigation over the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation appeared receptive to appointing more than one judge. Meanwhile, lawyers pressing claims against Toyota Motor over its recall of Prius hybrids asked the panel to put those cases in Santa Ana, Calif. Read the rest of the...

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Federal Agencies Slipping on Discrimination Complaints, Says EEOC

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Law.com - Newswire The federal government's efficiency in handling discrimination complaints by its own workers is slipping a bit, even as more minorities are landing federal jobs, according to an annual report on the federal work force, released this week by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The report offered good and bad news. Read the rest of the...

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GOP Gets Ripped Apart by Anthony Weiner Tirade!!!

Friday, July 30th, 2010
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Events in Turkey From 1915 Find Way to Los Angeles Federal Court

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com A lawsuit filed on Thursday in Los Angeles aks whether the heirs of the Armenians whose property was allegedly seized in Turkey in 1915 should be able to recover for their losses.

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Auto Insurance Coverage Information from Team Law

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Lawyers.com Blog In our previous post we explained what uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage is. In this post we will discuss in what circumstances your insurance company may pay for damages to your vehicle.

Provided you have a standard insurance policy, your own insurance company may pay for damages to your vehicle caused by:

• Any person or organization who did not have liability insurance at the time of the accident
• Any person or organization who had adequate liability insurance coverage at the time of the accident, but for some reason, the company writing the insurance denies that their policy provides coverage for the loss
• Any person or organization who did not carry enough insurance to pay for your damages in full
  But if you only have a basic insurance policy, you do not have any protection if your vehicle is damaged by either an uninsured or underinsured driver. 
  Other things you should know about being n a New Jersey car accident:
• All NJ uninsured and underinsured motorist property damage claims require you to pay a $500 policy deductible.
• Your insurance company will only pay your uninsured or underinsured claim if the other driver was legally responsible for your damages in the accident. 
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Summer Associate Hiring: Are Happy Days Here Again?

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com At long last, it appears the BigLaw job market might finally be showing signs of a serious thaw.

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On Immigration: The Debate Turns to the 14th Amendment, More . . .

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: WSJ.com: Law Blog - WSJ.com The dust from Phoenix federal judge Susan Bolton's immigration ruling continues to settle, and the nation's scribes continue to try to make sense of it.

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2011 Is Looking Better for Summer Associates

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: ABA Journal Top Stories Some large law firms are planning to step up their hiring of summer associates for 2011 after a year of cutbacks. The Am Law Daily talked to sources, some of them anonymous, at a handful of firms and learned they are planning to increase their summer associate classes. Although the numbers won’t reach the high levels of 2009, "even modest jumps are what pass for good news these days," the story says. The Am Law Daily identifies these firms as planning increases: • Cravath Swaine & Moore, planning to hire about 75 summer associates for 2011, compared to 23 this… Read the rest of the...

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Pierce Atwood Reaches Tentative Deal to Protect Views in New Waterfront Offices

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: ABA Journal Top Stories The Pierce Atwood law firm has reached a tentative deal with a seafood auction house in Portland, Maine, that will protect its view of the Fore River. The law firm’s new office is on a fish pier owned by the city. Its deal with the Portland Fish Exchange, also owned by the city, restricts development on two lots next to the firm’s headquarters, the Portland Press Herald reports. The deal still must be approved by the boards overseeing the pier and fish exchange, the story says. Details have not yet been disclosed. Critics say the deal interferes with the city’s… Read the rest of the...

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Higher Ed Book Author: Get a Liberal Arts Education, Consider Law School

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: ABA Journal Top Stories The co-author of a new book on higher education says undergrads should skip the vocational classes and consider going on to law school. The book maintains that it’s a waste of money to spend $250,000 on a bachelor’s degree from top universities such as Harvard and Yale, Reuters reports. Co-authors Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus say the cost of an undergraduate degree has doubled in real dollars in the span of one generation, but the education is not twice as good. "All undergraduate education should be a liberal arts education where you think about the enduring ideas and issues of… Read the rest of the...

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Bribery In China. Does Your Home Country Even Care?

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: China Law Blog

Transparency International just came out with its most recent report on country enforcement levels against foreign bribery (h/t China Bystander). In other words, this is a report on how actively various countries enforce their laws against engaging in bribery overseas. Examples of these laws would be the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) in the United States and the United Kingdom Bribery Act. 

The report groups the 36 largest countries in terms of foreign trade into three categories: Active Enforcement, Moderate Enforcement, and Little or No Enforcement. Denmark, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States engage in active enforcement.  Argentina, Belgium, Finland, France, Japan, Korea (South), Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden engage in moderate enforcement. Australia, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Africa, and Turkey engage in "little to no enforcement."

I had no idea there was such a disparity between countries like the United States (active enforcement) and Canada (little to no enforcement).  I am also surprised to see Italy in the active enforcement category and new Zealand and Austria and Australia in the little to no enforcement category. 

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What Is The "Youth Minimum Wage"?

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Federal Employment Law Articles We've had inquiries recently about whether the federal Fair Labor Standards Act allows employers to pay less than its $7.25-per-hour minimum wage to certain younger workers. While there is such an exception, it is limited in important ways.

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DOL Publishes Guidance On FLSA Lactation-Break Requirement.

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Federal Employment Law Articles The U.S. Labor Department has released its general views about the meaning of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's new lactation-break requirement that was the subject of our April 1, 2010 post. You will recall that FLSA-covered employers must now grant breaktime to a worker for the purpose of expressing breastmilk for her nursing child.

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New Guidance on Law Requiring Breaks for Nursing Mothers.

Friday, July 30th, 2010
Source: Federal Employment Law Articles Employers are affected by the health-care legislation, also known as the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, in numerous ways. One of the lesser-known parts of the Act is Section 4207, which amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Section 4207, also called Reasonable Breaks for Nursing Mothers, requires employers to provide nursing mothers reasonable breaks to express breast milk and a separate room where they can take the break for up to the first year after the child’s birth. (See FLSA Now Requires Breastfeeding Breaks and a Place to Take Them).

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