Business Law Archive

Understanding the Laws of Workplace Discrimination

Workplace discrimination is among the most insidious threats to American workers. A competent employee who does his job can find himself unemployed (or even unemployable) because of discriminatory employers, who dislike him for reasons unrelated …

Trucking Law Truth in Leasing

Legal information: Trucking law: Truth in Leasing The US trucking business sector is quite competitive, and a very important aspect of the US economy, involving the movement of goods and services from one state to …

What is an Intentional Tort

In case law, a tort is a civil wrong that may not be illegal but does lead to harm to someone else. It is when one person engages in an act or behavior that causes …

Attorneys Needed to Monitor Social Media

Social media has exploded in popularity in recent years. With the growth spurt, has come some issues that are affecting personal rights, privacy issues, liable statements, and many other legal issues. This is creating a …

What is Discrimination in the Workplace

Workplace discrimination often occurs without the individuals responsible or subjected to it, being aware that it is actually happening. Ensuring that both employers and employees are more aware of the laws is therefore important, because …

How the Durbin Amendment might Affect Consumers

Essentially, the Durbin Amendment seeks to limit the “swipe fees” that banks get whenever consumers use their debit cards to buy something. Because there have been only two providers of payment services, Visa and Mastercard, …

Marketing your own Inventions

There are a lot of normal people who come up with new ideas for products that offer better and more efficient ways to accomplish tasks ways to do things, but a lot of those ideas …

The Truth in Leasing Law

Whenever 2 parties enter into a leasing contract, potential problems may arise. Unfortunately, the trucking industry is no exception. When owner-operators lease their trucks to motor carriers they are often bombarded with a variety of …

Us Tort Reform Medical Malpractice Laws Conflicts

This article discusses tort reform in the United States in the context of medical malpractice law. “Tort reform” (sometimes called “civil justice reform”) is a political buzzword that describes ongoing efforts throughout the country to …

What is an Intentional Tort

An intentional tort is a civil wrong which has been caused by an intentional action. This is in contrast to torts resulting from lack of appropriate action within an area of responsibility, which fall under …

Distance Selling Consumer Protection

Buying goods and services online or by phone can be risky for the consumer.  The United Kingdom’s Distance Selling regulations are designed to give consumers  confidence to make purchases without having face to face contact …

What is the Durbin Amendment

The Durbin Amendment is named after its author, Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. Durbin crafted the amendment that eventually was incorporated into the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. After a lengthy …

Legal Issues for Business Litigation

Oftentimes companies and firms do indeed break-up due to many factors, some seen and others unseen. When such inevitabilities do occur, the firm may have to deal with the circumstances of such break-up, at times …

Getting a Patent for your Invention

Don’t procrastinate when you have a great idea for an invention. But, don’t be in a hurry to write a check either. You’re lying awake channel surfing one night, when you see it; one of …

Tips for Licensing an Invention

John Hastie, a former aerospace engineer, is the classic example of the overnight success. Well, overnight if you consider ten years overnight. In reality, many successful inventors can relative to this timeline. Hastie invented Acusharpe …

Trucking Law Truth in Leasing

Business owners strive to be successful and they work hard to make an honest profit. Trucking owner-operators are no exception. Sometimes, however, despite their best efforts to protect their business and make a living, problems …

Government Rights vs the 5th Amendment

The government maintains the right to take private property from their citizenry for public use under the rule of Eminent Domain. This idea seems to resonate with a more classical time under the rule of …