Entrepreneurial Young People Can Now Snow Shovel Without a Permit in NJ

Snow shoveling always has been a means for young people to learn how to run a business. They learn how to advertise, interact with customers, work for a competitive wage, and learn something about service to the community. All businesses are at the service of others; and, snow shoveling, like delivering newspapers, or running a lemonade …

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, Accused of Discrimination Against Men

Posted by Ashley Torres. In July of 2012, Marissa Mayer became both the President and Chief Executive Officer of Yahoo!. During her time within the company, she has found herself involved in many lawsuits, and is yet hit with another. Recently, in the San Jose District, a former media executive known as Scott Ard filed the …

Workplace Respect at McDonald’s

Posted by Michael Ragone. Recently, McDonalds workers have opened up explaining in detail, sexual harassment incidents that they have experienced while at work. Until last year, under the law, McDonald’s could not be held accountable for labor violations in franchise owned stores. With that being said, McDonalds still ignored all serious instances. Most of the …

Gun Manufacturers and Products Liability

Posted by Melani Filosa. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, a regulatory committee created by the Consumer Product Safety Act enacted in 1972, regulates all consumer products in order to protect the buyer. They promote safety by issuing recalls, developing standards, and requiring warning labels. Because this committee regulates consumer products, they first needed to define …

McDonald’s’ Franchise Suit Over Failure to Pay Overtime

Posted by Michaela Jerkowski. In recent events, McDonald’s Restaurants settled a labor lawsuit pending from 2014, and was ordered in federal court to pay $3.75 million dollars to about 800 employees in California. The lawsuit states that Smith Family LP, who franchised five restaurants in California, “violated California law by failing to pay overtime, keep …

Pharma May Be Moving Out of UK

Posted by Cody Wimmer. Recently AstraZeneca made a statement warning Britain that pharmaceutical companies may be moving out and away from Britain due to their low-funding and exit of the European Union. In Britain, funding for clinical drugs goes through the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice), “which is based on how cost-effective …

Phone Makers Could Cut Off Drivers. So Why Don’t They?

Posted by Katherine Harris. This article brings up the question whether or not a company has liability in how or when the customer uses their product. In this case, Ashley Kubiak was driving her Dodge Ram truck, as she checked her iPhone for text messages. Kubiak then crashed her truck into another vehicle killing two people …