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Practice Time Management Tips for the Overworked Attorney

Practice Time Management Tips for the Overworked AttorneyIt is odd to think about finding ways to reduce your workload at a time when millions of people are out of work. But, for the businesses that are still in practice, the need to properly allocate time ...

How to Still Achieve Maximum Productivity While Working Remotely

How to Still Achieve Maximum Productivity While Working Remotely In addition to the many personal and physical challenges the Covid-19 pandemic has introduced, none are more difficult than the way it has forced us to change how we do business. Never have we ...

Tips for Litigating Successfully During a Pandemic

How to Successfully Litigate During a Covid-19 The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected virtually every industry and workplace. Even those who already worked remotely have had to make changes. For the legal field, these changes include virtual litigation. ...

5 Great Tips to Take Your Professional Legal Writing to the Next Level

Professional Legal Writing Preparation Learning and implementing a writing style and terminology in preparation of various types of legal documents can be difficult for many legal professionals. In this article there are a number of suggestions which may be ...

Five Benefits of Developing a Healthy Work-Life Balance

Five Important Healthy Work-Life Balance Tips The term “work-life balance” is something that you are hearing more and more about in modern society. Only a few generations ago, “work-life balance” was not a trending term and Americans mostly had clear ...

How Legal Outsourcing Can Improve Health & Wellness

How Legal Outsourcing Can Improve Health & Wellness There are numerous benefits that legal professionals can receive from utilizing legal outsourcing services and delegating various aspects of their caseloads to qualified specialists. Legal outsourcing ...

“At-Will” Employment Doctrine and the 4 Exceptions You Need to Know

Most employers and employees know what “at-will employment” means. Essentially, the “at-will” employment doctrine states that an employee can quit a job whenever they want, and an employer can also terminate an employee for any reason without notice ...

5 Employment Law Trends to Watch in 2018

Republished: NY State Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section, Electronically In Touch e-newsletter Legal compliance is a significant part of running any business. Even if you are an attorney who is a solo practitioner or you work for a small law firm that ...

When Religious Rights and Employment Rights Intersect: Who Prevails?

Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, et. al, 137 S.Ct. 2290 (June 26, 2017). The case involves a Colorado baker’s refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex ...

The Overtime Maze and How to Navigate the Peak Holiday Season

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a law that was enacted in 1938 and guarantees a minimum wage for all hours worked. The Act also requires that an employee work no more than 40 hours per week. If an employee works more than 40 hours a week, the ...

Gender Transition in the Workplace: The Intersection of Disability and Sex Discrimination

Some may think that transgendered issues are novel and just now receiving public attention because it is the newest activist topic to pursue. But, that could not be further from the truth. There are historical accounts of the existence of transgendered people ...

Free Speech in the Workplace: What the NFL Protests Should be Teaching Us about the First Amendment

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you are familiar with the protests that are taking place during NFL games- the “take a knee phenomenon.” The movement has gathered so much support that even some celebrities and public figures have posted photos ...