How can your startup hire a quality lawyer

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Starting a new venture can be exciting and challenging. It is important that you hire a lawyer too as all companies, irrespective of their size needs legal representation. When you start your business, you will find that you need legal guidance at every step and at different phases of the business life, from the initial incorporation to raising capital for expansion to hiring employees, you need the services of a good lawyer. It goes without saying that most businessmen cannot handle the legal matters in a way that professional and competent lawyers can.

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Can Your Employer Fire You for Raising Safety Concerns Over Coronavirus?

In most cases, an employer can legally fire you if you refuse to come back to work following a coronavirus-related business shutdown. Fear of the coronavirus isn’t generally a good enough argument to stay away and keep collecting unemployment.

But what if they fire you if you complain about inadequate safety measures?

In that case, you may have a better legal argument to make.

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If You Lose Your Job Due to Coronavirus, Do You Still Have to Pay Chiild Support?

Losing your job due to a coronavirus-related business shutdown is bad enough. But if you have child support obligations, the loss of a paycheck can be doubly burdensome.

One of the first questions you might ask if you find yourself in that unfortunate situation is: Do I have to continue to pay child support?

The short answer is yes. Courts only rarely suspend child support orders.

But can you modify your child support order so that you pay less?

Maybe.

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Mask Laws: From Illegal to Wear to Illegal NOT to Wear

As recently as late March, public health authorities were saying people didn’t need to wear face masks. They were important for medical personnel and health workers, of course, but unnecessary for others.

Then, on April 3, the Centers for Disease Control said that people should start using “cloth face coverings fashioned from household items or made at home from common materials … as an additional, voluntary public health measure.”

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DeVos Releases New Guidelines for College Sexual Assault Proceedings

After years of discussion, criticism, and delays, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos unveiled final language for guidelines regulating campus judicial proceedings regarding sexual assault and harassment this week.

The regulations will drastically alter the rights of victims and defendants, along with how universities can handle and resolve allegations. It is also sure to meet a court challenge from opponents, who accuse the government of gutting protections for victims of sexual assaults.

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National Labor Relations Board v. Ingredion Inc.

National Labor Relations Board v. Ingredion Inc., 18-1155

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Petition denied. The petition for review of a National Labor Relations Board decision was supported by substantial evidence and contentions that the Board violated due process and improperly imposed a notice-reading remedy were without merit.

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Griggs v. Chickasaw County, Mississippi

Griggs v. Chickasaw County, Mississippi, 18-60401

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Affirmed. The trial court’s determination that the County Board of Supervisors’ elimination of a longtime county Solid Waste Enforcement Officer’s position was retaliation was upheld. The employee was running for sheriff as an Independent and the Board preferred Democrats.

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Southern Hens, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

Southern Hens, Inc. v. Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 18-60436

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Petition denied. A company’s petition for review of an administrative law judge’s finding of violations and imposition of a monetary penalty against a poultry processing plant following a worker injury was upheld.

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