From law firm Warner Norcross Judd, legal analysis of the question – When are background check discriminatory: “With the economy in disarray, employers increasingly are using criminal background checks and credit reports to narrow their application pools. Approximately three out of four U.S. businesses perform background checks, both criminal checks and credit reports, as part… Read more »
For your reference, here’s a reading list of legal updates covering IP Law and Business matters, recently published on JD Supra: - Trademark Owners Beware…Of Unofficial Trademark Registers and Domain Name Solicitations from China and Hong Kong by Mintz Levin: “Entry of your trademark information into the ‘registers’ of these ‘wannabe’ trademark registration companies has… Read more »
“It filed a lawsuit against the unknown hackers as John Doe defendants and then moved for immediate discovery to subpoena the ISPs “to identify the users of the IP addresses during the dates and times” found on its web site…” In this interesting analysis, Nick Akerman of Dorsey & Whitney looks at the case of… Read more »
“Every employee receives the same information about the rules of the workplace; employees know what is expected from them and what they can expect from the business. Having an employee handbook also may get offer legal protection if an employee later files an employment claim against the business…” Culled from lawyers and law firms writing… Read more »
Here’s interesting analysis by Cole Schotz of a recent IRS court case win that should sound a note of caution for all S Corporation owners: “David Watson, a CPA in Des Moines, Iowa, set up an S corporation which was a principal in a four member accounting firm. In 2002 and 2003, the accounting firm… Read more »
From law firm Ford & Harrison, a timely alert on the topic of workplace violence – with tips for employers on what they can do to minimize the risk of such a thing happening: - According to the Bureau for Labor Statistics, nearly five percent of 7.1 million private businesses experienced an incident of workplace… Read more »
