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• U.S. Supreme Court decisively protects employees from retaliation

  Joshua Laws | May 29, 2008 2:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that two federal laws protect employees who complain of race discrimination and age discrimination from retaliation by their employers. In a 7-2 opinion...

• Retroreflective tape: How Visible are Heavy Trailers at Night?

  Michael Phelan | May 26, 2008 7:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  The term "heavy trailers" means trailers that are at least 80 inches wide and have Gross Vehicle Weight Rating over 10,000 pounds. I once handled a case in which a tractor trailer driver attempted...

• Nanotechnology: Are Carbon Nanotubes the Modern Asbestos?

  Michael Phelan | May 21, 2008 12:16 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is concerned that the tiny nanoparticles used in nanotechnology pose serious health risks for workers employed in the nanotechnology...

• Police officers win $10 million judgment for opposing discrimination against co-workers

  Joshua Laws | May 16, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  The City of Philadelphia is $10 million dollars poorer this morning after a jury returned a verdict in favor of three police officers who were retaliated against after they objected to the racial...

• Wounded Vets Face Attacks at Home From Unlikely Source

  Michael Phelan | May 16, 2008 11:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  Here's another sad story about the federal government trying to screw our brave, wounded soldiers who are simply trying to collect their disability benefits. A psychologist who helps lead the...

• High Tech Employees Catching On To Fact They May be Owed Overtime.

  Zev Antell | May 15, 2008 6:26 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  There’s a widespread misconception among the general public that if you are well-compensated, you are not eligible for overtime. That simply by virtue of one’s salary or commissions earnings, their...

• Digitek® (digoxin tablets) Recalled Due to Deadly Manufacturing Defect

  Michael Phelan | May 15, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Actavis Totowa (formerly known as Amide Pharmaceutical, Inc.) recalls all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek® (digoxin tablets, USP) as precaution The following is an FDA notice...

• Discrimination Complaints Surge in 2007; Pregnancy Discrimination at Record Levels

  Joshua Laws | May 15, 2008 11:37 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Discrimination

  According to the EEOC discrimination complaints surged in 2007. Discrimination complaints against private employers were up 9% over 2006. Race discrimination, retaliation, and sex discrimination...

• Employers Are Hogging Their Employees' Time for Free

  Bill Tucker | May 14, 2008 4:58 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Employers should pay their employees for all time worked, including time worked "off the clock." When an employee works more than 40 hours in a week, whether or not it is "on the clock," federal law requires the employer to pay the employee "time and a half" for the time worked beyond 40 hours.

• There is No Medical Malpractice Crisis

  Michael Phelan | May 13, 2008 11:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Medical Association, and their various lobbyists have been screaming for years that medical malpractice law suits are driving up doctors' insurance...

• Tort Reformers Embrace the Tort System When They Are Injured

  Michael Phelan | May 12, 2008 3:45 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  When he was 79 years of age, former U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Robert H. Bork, accepted a speaking engagement at the New York City chapter of the Yale Club. As he walked onto the dais, Judge Bork...

• Are Blackberries Turning Sour for Employers Who Do Not Pay Overtime?

  Bill Tucker | May 01, 2008 12:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Many employers provide Blackberries and other remote devices to their employees hoping to increase productivity by allowing the employees to access their email and perform other work from remote...

• Here's Why Preemption is a Joke

  Michael Phelan | May 01, 2008 11:33 AM | 2 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Aredia, Baycol, Bextra, Celebrex, Fen Phen, Rezulin, Vioxx, and Zyprexa. These are all drugs that were "approved" by the FDA. Does FDA approval mean that the FDA tested these drugs itself? No! The...