Protect Your FMLA Rights: Times When Legal Representation Is Necessary
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is an essential piece of legislation that protects eligible employees who need to take time off from work to address a serious health condition or care for a loved one. However, navigating the complex laws and regulations surrounding FMLA can be challenging, particularly when you need to file a claim or address violations. If you've been denied FMLA leave, experienced retaliation for seeking leave, or believe that your FMLA rights have been violated, it may be time to consider hiring an FMLA lawyer.

Badmouthed By A Former Boss? What To Know About Defamation
While employer/employee relationships usually end on a positive — or at least neutral — note, some former employees end up dealing with a vengeful prior boss who badmouths them. If this has happened to you, do you have any legal recourse? Here's what you need to know about defamation and employment laws. What Is Defamation by a Former Employer? Defamation is a statement that injures another person's reputation. In a legal context, it takes two forms: slander is spoken defamation, and libel is written defamation.

When To Hire A COVID-19 Medical Leave Lawyer
There are attorneys out there who represent clients who need help with things like medical leave. These attorneys and their services can be particularly useful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many people have never had to hire a lawyer for this type of thing before, and this might be the case for you as well. However, there might be a time during the pandemic when you will need to hire one of these attorneys, or there is a chance that you might need to hire one of them right now.

Tips To Help Your Teen Fight Sexual Harassment At School
Teenagers and young adults sometimes think about sex more often than most other age groups, and it's generally considered to be a healthy part of growing up. However, if all of those hormones are causing someone to sexually harass your teen or young adult while they are attending high school or college, your kid needs to know that they don't have to put up with it. Here are some tips you can use to help your child regain control of the situation, and what you should do if the problem continues:

What To Do If You're Dealing With A Family Member Contesting A Will
If someone in your family has recently passed away and someone else in your family is contesting the will, you could be dealing with a really stressful situation right now. It can be tough to know how to handle this type of situation, but if you are dealing with a family member contesting a will, these steps can help you get the situation resolved. Be Careful About How You Communicate

Should You Allow License Borrowing?
License borrowing allows users in a network to effectively gain a software license for a limited time. The license is returned at the end of the time period, similar to how you'd check out and then return a library book. Borrowing is very helpful for people who might not use the software regularly, so they'd rather not drop hundreds on a full license. The question you, as a software engineering company, need to ask yourselves is if you're going to allow borrowing for the software you sell.

Let's Talk About "Happy Accidents" And How To Patent Them: A Legal Perspective
In whatever manufacturing business you are in, there may come a day when your plant accidentally produces something unusual. When you realize that the accidental product is new, different, useful, and marketable, you may want to turn your "happy accident" into cash. Before you get that far, you should explore patenting your new accidental product and consulting with a patent lawyer about your product. Here is what the lawyer might have to say about this accidental product.

Sandwiched Disasters: 3 Secret Sauce Ingredients To Protect Your Business From Messy, Pickly Lawsuits
Are you a new business owner? If so, you are likely happy about the future of your business. Perhaps you have not considered the possibility that your business could be involved in a lawsuit in the future. Lawsuits for businesses may originate from unhappy customers or disgruntled employees. Sometimes the allegations made are true, but there are times when litigious individuals file lawsuits against business owners. If you are not prepared for this type of business issue, the aftermath may be severe enough to force you into going out of business.

Avoiding Probate: What To Know
The avoidance of the probate process has increasingly been in the news, which may cause some to believe that wills are a thing of the past. In fact, if there is a will, probate cannot be avoided. You can likely not avoid probate altogether, but you can keep some of your property out of the probate process and thus ensure a quicker and more private way to dispose of your estate.

About Hiring An Attorney For A Family Business Dispute
Is your family business at risk of shutting down due to an internal dispute involving money? If you intend on taking the dispute to court in an effort to settle things, you might want to hire a business attorney. He or she will be able to assist with settling the dispute via mediation, which is a more cordial way of handling the concerns of all parties involved. In this article, you will discover a few of the ways that an attorney can assist with your family business dispute.

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Becoming an entrepreneur was one of the most exciting, stressful, and memorable events of my life. After quitting a beloved job, I carefully planned the launch of my home-based business. Thankfully, I quickly started earning a profit each month. After working at home for an entire year, I decided I didn’t want to work for someone else ever again. If you’re thinking about starting your own business, consider consulting with a reputable business attorney. An experienced business lawyer can help you acquire, and correctly complete, any permits, contracts, and other documents you might need. On this blog, I hope you will discover the most common tasks business attorneys perform for entrepreneurs.

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