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September 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Leaders of Midsized Firms Aim to Keep Practice Focus

For the leader of a midsized law firm, daily life is marked by constant balancing between keeping an active practice and managing the firm's business and strategic operations.
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August 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

IRS Scrutinizing Settlement Payments in Employment Disputes

Those who have experience settling employment disputes know that one of the thorniest issues to arise after agreeing to the principal terms of a settlement involves how to describe the payment in the settlement agreement. The all-important corollary to that issue is how the payment should be taxed, if at all.
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July 25, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

26 States Introduce Laws to Combat Workplace Bullying

While there may still be some people naive enough to think that "words will never hurt me," in some cases words have all the power and intention to do just that. Workplace bullying destructs the emotions and mentality of its victims, leading to immense psychological and emotional trauma, according to workplacebullying.org, the nation's grassroots legislative movement to enact the anti-bullying Healthy Workplace Bill. The reality is that bullying is not only evident on the playground, but it is found within the workplace as well. As adults, the conditions are even tougher. In the workplace, the demands to perform well are high and the stakes of consistently performing well are even higher. What should an employee do when bullied in the midst of trying to perform at work?
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June 27, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Does Your Company's Attendance Policy Violate the ADA?

When is an employer's "inflexible" attendance policy really just a sham to discriminate against disabled workers? That is the million-dollar question. Or, at least it was the question raised in two recent cases under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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June 17, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judiciary's Policies Balance Right to Access Records, Security Interests

Jeffrey Campolongo authored "Is Your Arrest Record Preventing You From Getting a Job?" in the May 23 edition of The Legal. We share Campolongo's concern that criminal history information may be misused in violation of provisions of the Criminal History Record Information Act (CHRIA).
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May 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Is Your Arrest Record Preventing You From Getting a Job?

The expression "crime doesn't pay" has never been truer than it is today. In fact, for those who have been arrested, even when never convicted, it is probably more accurate to say that "being arrested could cost you for life." The cost for those who come into contact with the criminal justice system, both those convicted and those not convicted, results from the criminal record created by the arrest and the subsequent involvement with the criminal justice system. Oftentimes, this information can blemish the individual for life and lead to significant adverse collateral consequences that expand an individual's involvement and/or punishment well beyond that which was originally contemplated by the criminal justice system.
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March 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Summary Judgment Can't Shield Employer in Discrimination Case

Motions for summary judgment in federal court are oftentimes one of the most over-utilized tools in employment discrimination litigation.
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February 28, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Displaced Phila. Workers Protected Under Little-Known Law

The best-kept secret for Philadelphia employees in the hotel, building-management and health care fields is a local law that went into effect in June 2000 known as the Philadelphia Displaced Contract Workers Ordinance (DCWO).
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January 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Legal Landscape of LGBT Rights in the Courtroom

The LGBT movement has sometimes been described as this generation's civil rights movement. As societal norms continue to shape the social landscape, so too do the opinions of the courts when it comes to issues affecting the LGBT community.
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November 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Criteria Outlined for Awarding Attorney Fees Under ADA

Without question, one of the topics civil rights lawyers like to discuss (and argue over) most is the issue of attorney fees. After all, getting paid for the work we do is typically the icing on the cake to celebrate a victory for our clients. As the U.S. Supreme Court articulated in one of the earliest cases construing Title VII, Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, 390 U.S. 400 (1968), plaintiffs who bring actions for violation of the public accommodations provisions are "vindicating a policy that Congress considered of the highest priority" by acting as "private attorneys general." Eventually, Congress codified the private attorneys general principle into law with the enactment of the Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. § 1988.
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