Category: Business Law

Contemplating a merger or acquisition? You must consider antitrust laws before moving forward.

Considering trademark registration? We reveal four excellent reasons why you probably should register a trademark in today’s blog.

The EEOC published new guidelines on religious accommodation and discrimination in the workplace clarifying its position about employers’ duty to accommodate particular beliefs and practices.

This new legislation expands those businesses covered by FMLA, but it would also increase the benefits available.

If you’re planning to hire, here are four tips to implement in your hiring process to attract qualified candidates.

The “Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act” (the FAMILY Act), introduced in the Senate on December 12, 2013, would provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave each year to qualifying workers for the birth or adoption of a new child, the serious illness of an immediate family member, or a worker’s own medical condition.

Is sniffing someone in the workplace considered sexual harassment under the law? The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it very well could be, depending on the material facts.

Yelp’s website success does rely on an active base of reviewers, however opponents to the lawsuit have likened it to Facebook users demanding payment for status posts.

ENDA is a bill that would make discrimination based on “an individual’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity” illegal in such areas as hiring, firing and compensation in both the private and public workplaces.