Kristie Rearick

December 14, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Website accessibility lawsuits continue to increase nationwide and here in Florida. Nearly every business sector has faced such lawsuits. Florida ranks first in the number of website accessibility suits filed in federal court this year.

By Kristen D. Perkins

5 minute read

December 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

One of the oldest clichés in motivational speeches, and management in general, is that the Chinese character for “crisis” is composed of two subsidiary characters, one of which symbolizes “opportunity” and the other “danger.”

By Jay Steinman

21 minute read

December 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Whether it is because of 24-hour cable news networks, social media or the “reality show” of the recent presidential election, and events since the election, politics is taking over.

By The YL Editorial Board

6 minute read

December 13, 2017 | Daily Business Review

Imagine you are a manager in attendance at a company-sponsored holiday party and in the spirit of the holiday season you hug a number of co-workers of the opposite or same sex. You have worked with some of them for a long time and others are very new employees.

By Aaron Tandy

4 minute read

December 12, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Not surprisingly, employment law developments at the federal level in 2017 reflect policy changes that often come with new administrations. These changes largely can be characterized by what has been undone, halted or muddled in some way.

By Debra S. Friedman

7 minute read

December 11, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Upon Further ReviewSteven Calabresi, one of the Federalist Society's co-founders, in advance of the organization's most recent annual convention…

By Howard J. Bashman

11 minute read

December 11, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

In E.S. Management v. Gao, 2017 Pa. Super. LEXIS 925 (Nov. 15), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a verdict against a landlord who attempted to pressure individuals to enter into a lease arrangement or risk losing their so-called “security deposit.”

By Alan Nochumson

9 minute read

December 11, 2017 | Daily Business Review

When the Castellanos v. Next Door Company case from the Florida Supreme Court came down in April 2016, striking down caps on fees for attorneys who represent injured workers, uncertainty abounded.

By Joshua T. Higgins

5 minute read

December 08, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recent news and awards indicate law firms are increasing their investments in innovation. Stories of recently launched innovation committees, R&D teams and idea labs routinely grace the pages of industry publications. Yet despite these investments, the trajectory of the industry as a whole seems to have remained largely unchanged. Why are innovation efforts by larger law firms failing to make a meaningful impact?

By Marcie Borgal Shunk

5 minute read

December 08, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

It's been over three years since Kevin Harrigan, Philip Williams and Kathryn Knott bashed a gay couple, Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse, in Center City Philadelphia on Sept. 11, 2014. At the time, there was outrage that such an attack could occur in Philadelphia, a place where LGBTQ people are supposed to feel safe in a city considered the most LGBTQ-friendly in the country by the Human Rights Campaign.

By Angela D. Giampolo

6 minute read