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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

If a female and a male employee both hold the same position but one of the two is being paid less than the other, the underpaid employee may be protected by the Equal Pay Act (“EPA”) or for disparate wages, as a form of sex/gender discrimination prohibited under Title...

Employers with 15 or more employees, including State and local governments, must comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. This means, if an employee brings to the employer’s attention their disability, the employer must engage in an interactive process with...

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Throughout the month of November, we published articles from our series, “How to Lose Your Small Business in 10 Days.”  Brothers Mario and Luigi’s small business was doomed from the start and only worsened over time.  Indeed, they lost their Plumbing & Pizza...

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Day Ten – Lack of an Operating Agreement Luigi has decided that enough is enough and he is going to hire competent legal counsel to advise him and Peach regarding all of the issues that they are facing. He has to salvage what he can of the business he loves. As he...

Day Nine – Trademarking Your Brand Despite eight days of tumultuous business ownership, Luigi and Peach believe they have finally weathered the storm and are looking forward to a profitable enterprise.  Then the phone rings and it is an attorney who represents Wario...

Day Seven – Get it in Writing Plumbing & Pizza Delivery is recruiting as fast as possible to meet the terms of Donkey Kong’s contract, however, finding skilled plumbers and pizza cooks is turning out to be more difficult than first imagined. Yoshi informs Peach...

Luigi Writes a Non-Compete   Yoshi’s newly hired employees (and independent contractors) have begun their training as either pizza cooks or plumbers. However, being such a unique business, Yoshi has taken the time to train each employee individually on how to perform...