Hot legal news! As the patchwork of pot laws continues to evolve nationwide, that can leave law enforcement in some sticky situations. Perhaps none more so that differentiating between legal hemp and illegal marijuana. “That’s because the only way to distinguish hemp and marijuana,” according to the AP, “is by measuring their tetrahydrocannabinol,…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2TRPj2p
Monthly Archives: April 2019
Alec Baldwin Sued for Alleged Parking Spot Assault
Hot legal news! “When you’re a star, they let you do it — hit ’em right in the face.” Wojciech Cieszkowski’s lawsuit against Alec Baldwin certainly doesn’t pull any punches, alluding in its first sentence to President Donald Trump’s infamous quote about his alleged access to women. The suit, which details some of…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2FNBptd
Vice Settles Gender Pay Discrimination Lawsuit for $1.87M
Hot legal news! Along with Nike, Oracle, Google, and many, many other companies, Vice Media was accused of “systematically and intentionally” underpaying female employees. A statistician hired by the plaintiffs found an estimated $9 million gender pay gap at the company. But in the end, both sides decided to settle the matter for…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2VjusGS
California Women’s Hospital Sued for Allegedly Filming 1,800 Patients
Hot legal news! Sharp Grossmont Hospital in El Cajon, California claims it was investigating employee theft of anesthesia drugs. So it installed motion-activated cameras on drug carts in three operating rooms at the facility. The only problem? Those three rooms were part of the women’s health center, and the secret cameras recorded some…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2FVkDJZ
Death Penalty Cases Expose Deep Divide on Supreme Court
Hot legal news! We’ve always known the Supreme Court is a political institution. Justices are appointed by presidents representing political parties, and those appointments are coveted to the extreme. And we even refer to Justices as “conservative” or “liberal” based on their voting history. But the Court itself has taken great pains to…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2K4FMp2
How to Fire Workers and Avoid Age Discrimination Claims
Hot legal news! Running a business can be costly. In addition to paying rent, insurance, taxes, vendors, and other operating expenses, you have to pay employees. And if you have good employment policies designed to retain your best talent, you might notice that those annual merit raises have added up over the…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2FUUM52
Equal Pay Day 2019: Latest Labor Department Developments
Hot legal news! The National Committee on Pay Equity decided to celebrate Equal Pay Day on a Tuesday for an auspicious reason: that’s how far into the next work week women must work to earn what men earned the previous week. Most employers don’t need to be told that paying male and female…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2CSZ9vc
Can Customers Sue If You Change Your Return Policy?
Hot legal news! Outdoor outfitter L.L. Bean had a pretty legendary lifetime return policy: “100% Satisfaction Guarantee. No Conditions. No End Date.” That was until last year, when the company told customers that some of them had been “interpreting our guarantee well beyond its original intent,” and treating the return policy “as a…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2OGyTc6
When Is It Too Late to Enroll in Medicare?
Hot legal news! The modern American health care system can seem like a mess. Many of us have health insurance through our employers, with different coverage options, deductibles, and copays. Many others are on Obamacare, with its own enrollment period, possible penalties if you’re not covered, and legal challenges to the Affordable Care…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2UnVcZn
Xarelto Settles 25,000 Cases for $775M
Hot legal news! The makers of the blood-thinning drug Xarelto, Bayer and Johnson & Johnson, have agreed to settle the 25,000 consolidated cases against them for $775 million. The massive mass tort settlement resolved the cases by creating a fund that the individual plaintiffs in each case can seek compensation from. Curiously, in…… FindLaw News – Top Stories https://ift.tt/2YGSEVK
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